tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577813.post116492102995438610..comments2023-10-17T06:21:38.311-07:00Comments on The State of Discontent: This Is Not Snow:Jaelithehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12081888212421953409noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577813.post-71627899735320111402008-05-23T13:44:00.000-07:002008-05-23T13:44:00.000-07:00I know that this post is away old, put I am new to...I know that this post is away old, put I am new to your site and was looking at your history...<BR/><BR/>This is called graupel or snow pellets. It is caused by supercooled water droplets adhering to a snowflake. <BR/><BR/>I am a meteorologist and this was always my favorite type of winter precip to test my students on. <BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GraupelMamaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258919515250739198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577813.post-1165026465309892102006-12-01T18:27:00.000-08:002006-12-01T18:27:00.000-08:00Reba, I feel your pain. Our electricity is also ou...Reba, I feel your pain. Our electricity is also out now (it went out at midnight and has not come back on). And it took my husband and I nearly two hours to dig out/scrape off our car after a plow came and plowed snow over all the cars in our apartment parking lot. (We also had to help our less fortunate neighbor who had a smaller car push her car over the enormous snowbank the plow had made).<BR/><BR/>I hope you are someplace warm and safe tonight! We had to drive all the way to Alton to find relatives with power who could take us in.Jaelithehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12081888212421953409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577813.post-1165003609334924212006-12-01T12:06:00.000-08:002006-12-01T12:06:00.000-08:00Yes the weather was so not lovely. Luckily I was ...Yes the weather was so not lovely. Luckily I was safe home before it started, but that meant that my car sat in the freezing rain, so that was fun to scrap this morning. <BR/><BR/>Oh and our electricity is out too. So I brought munchkin to work with me so that he could at least be warm.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01235128032417015506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577813.post-1164991153880283382006-12-01T08:39:00.000-08:002006-12-01T08:39:00.000-08:00I'd call that frozen rain. And a royal pain in th...I'd call that frozen rain. And a royal pain in the arse, to boot.Major Bedheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669161302510096751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577813.post-1164944747059733472006-11-30T19:45:00.000-08:002006-11-30T19:45:00.000-08:00Heh we had sunny and slightly cold weather today. ...Heh we had sunny and slightly cold weather today. Jealous?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577813.post-1164941015291482532006-11-30T18:43:00.000-08:002006-11-30T18:43:00.000-08:00Blogger ate my comment. Big, huge, UGHs.Anyway, g...Blogger ate my comment. Big, huge, UGHs.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, glad your family is safe. I worked at home today, so I am actually enjoying this burst of winter!<BR/><BR/>PS- I'm working on that meme right now, but I'm afraid you'll be sorely disappointed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577813.post-1164936565101421982006-11-30T17:29:00.000-08:002006-11-30T17:29:00.000-08:00That is what I drove through to get home. Althoug...That is what I drove through to get home. Although they did have the express lanes on 70 open in my direction, so at 25 mph, I was still flying by the parking lot that made up the regular lanes. <BR/><BR/>My work did decide to have pity on us after all -- at 4:30 this afternoon. Oh well. It was enough for me to make it to the babysitter's at relatively the same time I do every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com