SNOWS THEN AND NOW

 

Old men remember.   Over a half century ago when I was a young man in Maine, you could not go into the woods in the winter without snowshoes.   Not the puney little aluminum snow shoes of today.  You needed a set of trail shoes or trappers – if you were just over 100 pounds you could probably get by with bearpaws.

 If you stepped off your snowshoes you would sink to your crotch or deeper.   We don’t have snow like that today.

 

The snow storms don’t come as often and are not as severe, then are followed by a warmup.  

 

That said, today we have an old-time storm coming into Maine. The snow just started here in western Maine and is forecast to last all day, dropping 10 to 16 inches.

 

I am located just below and east of the town of Rangeley.   In the 10-16 inch area. 

On the southern coast, the snow will turn to sleet and then freezing rain.  Undoubtedly causing power outages.

 

So, this will be a goodun; but I remember when this would have just been considered a standard storm. 

the Ol’Buzzard