My rather extended and potentially very wrong thoughts on next week’s big snowstorm

The debate now comes down to two questions: 1) How big and 2) how far inland? Accuweather’s blog tonight saying that next week’s East Coast storm could be a ‘big deal’ has received national attention thanks to being linked by the Drudge Report tonight.. But the Weather Channel appears to concur that the storm may … Read moreMy rather extended and potentially very wrong thoughts on next week’s big snowstorm

Just another night in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania

Once upon a time, when the child in me was alive and young, I loved snow. I had no conception of adulthood.. adulthood featuring driving in ice storms, traveling in inches of snow, and trying to force cars out of ditches after storms. But tonight, all of those things occurred at once. And I cursed the … Read moreJust another night in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania

Mother Nature gives you no choice: Rest for a night

I took the Coal Speaker dog Bailey for a walk tonight in the snow storm. There was something very peaceful.. Night snow is quiet.. And yes, my location is miles from an interstate and relatively in a quiet part of the earth, there is still noise pollution. But on a night where the only thing visible … Read moreMother Nature gives you no choice: Rest for a night