Thursday, December 19, 2024

Thursday, 12/19

Even though you think the difference is big, when you compare the pictures you realize it isn't.

Many of you may recall our non-winter winter last year, a winter where we had a whole 30-some inches of snow instead of our usual 120+ (almost half of that 30-some inches on one day). One year ago today we had no idea just HOW non-winter it would be, although we probably had an inkling when you look at some pictures I took on December 19th, 2023, showing just HOW non-winter it was--





It was so non-winter, in fact, that on December 19th I actually wore shorts to work-- 



THAT'S how non-winter it was.

So compared to last year, this winter is a return to normal, right? Well, it is, to an extent. We had a bunch of snow a few weeks ago, but as happens with an increasingly frequency as climate change wrecks havoc on us, it disappeared. Here's an example, starting with one of the pictures I took a year ago today--



And then a picture I shot yesterday of the exact same courtyard--



The sky this year is what we expect in December, but it you look closely the snowfall is not what you'd expect in December. Sure, it's more than it was a year ago, but then anything—literally just a flake of snow—would be more than we had last year. I don't know what that portends for the rest of this winter, but we'll see. I'm doubtful we'll have to have a debate about whether or not we'll have a white or green Christmas, but after last winter I don't think anything's off the table any more.

And the pictures I took a year ago today prove it!

(jim@wmqt.com)

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