This year in
Maine was the hottest year on record, beating last year’s record, and beating
the record from the year before – each the hottest.
This month the weather has been nutz. We started this month
with snow, and about three weeks with day temps in the single numbers and night
temperatures dropping below zero. That
weather is more common in February than January.
The last
week or so we have had rain with temperatures in the upper thirties and forties
during the day and nights dropping just below freezing.
Tonight, we
are predicted to receive three to five inches of snow and tomorrow a front
comes in and will drop up to one inch of rain.
We have had
ice out on the frozen rivers and lakes followed by flooding, then refreeze; and
tomorrow probably ice out and flooding again.
So far, we
have had twelve snowmobiles go through the ice; but no deaths.
The snow
banking my house is pretty much gone; and I count on that during the winter to
protect my crawl space from freezing.
I am having
to wear ice cleats on my boots whenever I go outside. Last
week I took a fall in the driveway – but had on so many clothes I just
bounced.
I am a winter
person. I love the winter; but this
year is fucked up.
the Ol’Buzzard
