It is finally cold enough to snow here in Florida, with a low of about 34 expected tonight. (No, that is not a picture from Florida) Of course, it never snows here in Jacksonville, except on rare occasions - like Christmas 1989. That is when we had enough snow (about 1") and ice and sleet to shut the entire city down for three days. Bridges iced over and the interstate highway system closed. Speaking from experience I am...it took me 3 hours to drive home from work (about 20 mins away normally). Of course, the cold temps help to put us in the mood for Christmas (even though by then we might be wearing shorts again.) So, today's blog will help you get ready for (or endure) that snow (I can dream...Irving Berlin must have lived in Florida when he wrote "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas")
ALL ABOUT SNOW
All About Snow brings you, well, everything about snow.
If you have ever wondered about such things as "why is snow white?" well, I have a website just for you. Everything about snow can be found on the site www.nsidc.org/snow
There are Snow "Links" on this site to Avalanches, Blizzards, Education, Flakes & Crystals, Lake-Effect Snow, Ski & Snowboard, Safety, Snow Removal (Josh this one is for you), Snow Science, Weather, and more.
Check out the Snow Gallery - photos of historic blizzards.
SNOWDAY
This is a flash-oriented game. You move the skater around the ice and have him catch as many snowflakes on his tongue as possible. This can be found at www.powerdesign.com/snowday
MAKE-A-FLAKE
If you are really bored, you should try this interactive site. Make-A-Flake enables you to create your snowflakes on the web. Then you can share with your family or friends by email. Now, if you can only get the scissors to cooperate!! This site is at htpp://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com
I am very used to a White Christmas here in WI (although I have absolutley no complaints about spending my Christmases in FL!), but for the last five years at least it hasn't snowed until after Christmas. This year, we got snowed on the day after Thanksgiving and it has stuck ever since... I will try to send Dad pictures to show what we see out our window lately. Stephen even had a "snow day" on Wednesday, which was fun.
ReplyDeleteI just hope Josh comes to appreciate snow as much as Stephen does... :)
We would love to see some photos from your "snow days" in WI. We are praying for warm weather this Christmas in FL. Grandma Baggett is heading this way Saturday or Sunday. I posted some photos today from SC - the ice storm hit there and some people will be without power until Tuesday. It looks like a hurricane went through and ripped up trees, power lines, etc. We have not been able to contact Josh and Janelle yet. Hopefully they are doing alright. Mom and Dad had power most of the time. Cousin Judy did not and Darrell bed would not work without electricity and he fell getting out of bad. Emergency rescue had to come and help him back up as he is too big for Judy to handle. Other than that we have heard no more.
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