I saw a pic on Imgur called May in Colorado. Didn't look pleasant.
It's the wet and heavy kind that weighs approximately 39467039678349067 lbs per shovelful
I remember somebody giggling at me when I made a similar postOriginally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks
It's the wet and heavy kind that weighs approximately 39467039678349067 lbs per shovelful
Our problem besides the snow is the temp keeps dropping to around zero. I have two bushes outside my front room window. One has started to get leaves, the other hasn't even got buds.
Usually by now our Lilac trees are in full bloom. Nothing yet
The trees weren't doing so good when I was leaving for work this morning. We have a small cherry tree out front that we planted only a few years ago, it was completely bent over touching the ground from the snow. And there's a big ash tree out front that had multiple branches hanging very low and/or touching the ground. I cleaned them off as best I could this morning. Wife texted me later on and said the big maple out back lost a couple of big branches because of the weight.
That's the worst. We had a huge snowstorm this past fall in September when my sister was visiting. 20 cms (over a foot) and at that time of year every tree has full leaves.
It was so bad that throughout my neighborhood large branches from huge trees broke off and blocked some streets and alleyways. The city had to go around and clear streets.
I feel for you. And any plant with leaves on it that gets enough snow coverage may break or go back into hibernation.
Teh One Who Knocks (05-21-2019)
Yeah, pretty much everything has fairly substantial leaves on it now. I can only imagine how bad the lilac bush in the backyard got it.
Try not to worry. Survival has a lot to do with frost under the ground. Your area has been very warm so any frost under the ground is gone.
Snow dissipates faster when the ground cooperates.
Fun fact - we had a very high number of water main breaks this past winter. Reason was they measured the underground frost level that normally sits at 6 or 7 feet. Last winter was so continuously cold the level was measured at 9 feet.
Once that underground frost goes trees and plants become stronger. Also it's not only temperature that melts snow, it's the amount of direct sunlight on the snow.
Teh One Who Knocks (05-22-2019)
Broke an 89 year old record low this morning. It got down to 30° (-1C) this morning after the snowstorm the night before. Slowly supposed to start warming back up again as the week goes along.
Lost a couple of decent sized branches off the tree in the backyard, but in the grand scheme of things, we got pretty lucky.
Average temps around 18C with sun and cloud and rain. Nothing to shout about.
Currently 41° (5C) and raining.
72, sunny, perfect. After a rainy last month, today is grand.
I wanted to be a Monk, but I never got the chants.
Here we go.... 101°F, sunny and clear. Not a cloud in the sky.
It has begun.
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Under a tornado and severe thunderstorm warning for the entire metro area until 9 tonite
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