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I live in the Inland NW. This will be the third winter at my home. I was noticing today, my squirrels are pudgy. In fact, they're just plain fat. We had our first snow of the season this past Friday. I will gladly continue to feed my little friends through this winter. Especially since it's rumored to wetter & colder then normal.
One of the coldest winters I remember in the San Joaquin Valley of California was when I found caterpillar cacoons under my roof awnings in July.
It froze so hard that when you drove through a puddle of water it froze up right behind you.
Also as a 75 year old living here virtually all my life the late summers and falls feel different. When the trees waffle in their annual hibernation, sudden warm spells it is cold. Really cold. When you just suddenly see the leaves turning it is still very cold but not to the freezing, hard freezing level.
Rain can be felt in the air and sometimes people say they can smell it. Sudden storms and animals will pace, dogs bark, horses run in circles, cats sit and look at the skies, a lightening storm coming and birds can be seen walking around, not flying, until suddenly they just fly away in mass.
Strange place I live in.
So sad to hear of her death. Thoughts and prayers to all
I know this I study weather I follow all patterns fronts etc but when there is lots of hurricanes and or tropical depressions this means plenty of snow in the coming winter this will never fail you not many hurricanes tropical depressions mean little snow that coming winter a lot of people do not know this I do
To Larry Dietrich - I too track signs to predict winter weather. Were there more hurricanes and tropical depressions than usual this winter?
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