| 'Blizzard'
in Minneapolis |
Lee
Frelich |
| May
28, 2006 15:07 PDT |
ENTS:
For the last two days the air in Minneapolis has been filled
with white and
there are drifts up to 6 inches deep on the ground, but its the
warm and
fuzzy type of 'snow', in the form of cottonwood seeds. One does
not
realize how many big cottonwoods trees there are in this city
until this
summertime blizzard hits. Building managers hate it because all
the
screens have to be cleaned when its over, but I think its a lot
of fun to
see the air filled with seeds and the grass in places completely
covered
with white. Now wonder cottonwood trees pop up anywhere the soil
is
disturbed. Their seeds are everywhere.
Summer has started early, and the annual cottonwood blizzard has
been
accompanied by the first tropical air of the season. Today we
will beat
Manaus Brazil, in the Amazon Rain Forest at 2 degrees latitude,
for heat
index. Its already 96, and the afternoon is still young.
Tomorrow should
be an interesting day as a strong jet stream blowing from the
southwest
approaches, providing the setup for supercell thunderstorms,
which will
supercede many Memorial Day picnics. We are already being warned
not to
stray far from shelter tomorrow afternoon.
Lee |
| Re:
'Blizzard' in Minneapolis |
Don
Bertolette |
| May
28, 2006 17:03 PDT |
Lee-
I am
reminded of one of Aldo Leopold's essays, in which he comments
on the
differences between 'the land' and 'the country'...one of the
differences
was how the 'locals' viewed cottonwood trees during the time of
year you're
having the last two days...
-DonB
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