01-18-2004, 05:40 PM
Hey Dave, When have we ever had a normal winter? Do you really believe the weather men? I often think they are guessing every year. The squirrels give better predictions than people do. The squirrels tell methat we are to have a long winter not necessarily a really badone but the growing season, at least in this area will be late to begin. They have stored an abundance of nuts but they are hidden in plaqces that could not be used if there was a lot of ice or snow. Now squirrels like to eat and place their food in places they can reach easily. Last year most of thier storage was well above ground in trees. This year I have found staches in dug out holes. To methis is a better prediction than TV gives. As far as a normal winter it is far different than when I was a kid. Then you could count on at least 4-6 inches of snow by Thanksgiving and the pond frozen by then until thru the Feb. thaw. At school our fox and hounds pattern was in place before Thansgiving and we never had to make a new one, just scrap out new snow. I can not remember any time during the 1940's that was any different except one year 46, I think we had a freak tornado about a week before Christmas and that still did not make any difference in the snow and ice. What do you think, is anything normal?
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