Volume 10 , Issue 5

Gazebo's, Winter & Ground Hog Day

Ooops!.... We won't be sitting under this gazebo anytime soon! This is one of the things that happened last Sunday evening into the early morning hours of Monday (Jan. 28, 2008) when 8 inches of heavy, wet snow fell here in the valley of Southwest Colorado. AND... Sunday brings more of the same -- SNOW!

We woke up this last Monday morning to NO electricity at 7:15a.m., Monday, 01/28/2008, with over 8 inches of fresh wet, heavy snow that had accumulated during the night before, on top of the 6 or so inches we received in the last few weeks. That gives us a valley TOTAL of over a foot of snow this Winter.

Our electricity stayed off until "High Noon" MDT. So... If you were trying to see Monday morning photos from our webcam, they were NOT updated until after "High Noon" (MDT) when the electricity came back on mid-day Monday.

Glad to hear that the sun was brightly shining in Oklahoma after a 6 inch snow storm passed through there this week. It's been snowing here in Southwest Colorado since we wokeup this weekend, Saturday, in the valley and continued to do so until early evening hours before dusk, when a few stray rays of sunshine broke through the clouds.

Our SW Colorado gas prices are hanging around $2.99.9 for regular, as usual, with a 12-cent difference between "plus," "premium' and "regular."

Our temperature Saturday morning measured 27F with a snow advisory in effect until 6pm MST, this afternoon. The winter storm watch remains in effect from Sunday morning through Monday afternoon. I suppose some of this snow watch will head towards Kansas and Northwest Oklahoma, huh?

Saturday, Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, 2008 -- Will there be another six weeks of winter?

Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil says six more weeks of Winter! Phil's official forecast was read 02/02/2008 at sunrise at Gobbler's Knob, in Pennsylvania. On Gobbler's Knob on Groundhog Day, February 2, 2008, Punxsutawney Phil, after casting a weathered eye toward thousands of his faithful followers, he consulted with President Cooper and directed him to the appropriate scroll, which proclaimed: "As I look around me, a bright sky I see, and a shadow beside me. Six more weeks of winter it will be!"

BUT... that was in Pennsylvania! Does Punxsutawney Phil predict the weather for Pennsylvania or for all of the United States? What did the ground hog (marmot, prairie dog, whatever, etc...) predict in your neck of the woods? I don't think he could have seen his shadow in the snowy morning hours in the valley of Southwest Colorado where it snowed most of the night and day.

This is a very special holiday for those of us who look forward to the Winter festivals going on this time of year. Ground hog day is just one of many festivals. If that little guy somewhere in Pennsylvania doesn't see his shadow, then spring will be early.
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