Further you go into New England the more we like understatement about things like weather. For some people it's being tough and acclimated. For other people it's about not being b****y about mother nature.
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Bruce, you echo my words exactly when I lived in MA. During the great blizzard of 1978 in Framingham which was near the center of the highest snowfall (46 inches around my backyard) I spent the week in the darkroom - one of the most productive periods for such work in my life. I miss that kind of snow. Alas, I see my thermometer reads just 80F on my back deck in Austin TX.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
Walked to the beach for some fresh air this afternoon. Owls Head Maine
At the risk of sounding masochistic, I envy you folks in the north-east. After 20 years with a small two-stroke Toro snow blower and last winters 100 inches of snow and the dreaded two words "polar vortex" I decided it was time for a new, more powerful one (also Toro). As it stands, I will be hard pressed to get the needed two hours of operation this winter for its first oil change. Love the Maine coast. Must put a return on my bucket list.
Yeah my definition of wind has been permanently skewed by 10 years in the desert, where the Santa Anna winds would be 20-30 mph sustained for days, sometimes 50 mph sustained, and one year hit 70.
Twice I tried to set up my astrophotography rig in 15 mph winds. Film astrophotos require 1 hour exposures. The results were horrific.
Anyways, it's a New Hampshire tradition to clear your driveway and then go for a drive when the roads haven't been cleaned off. I took the kids to Walmart and bought the stuff for hot chocolate. Now they're running around high on sugar after a full day outside playing in the snow.
Newly made large format dry plates available! Look:
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