Vikingsson on February 21st, 2007

What hath god wrought? I remember the days of the station wagon. If you lived in the burbs and had the standard 2.3 children your dad likely drove a wagon. And that was the only car in the driveway. You could fit the whole family, the dog, and the groceries in this [...]

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Vikingsson on February 13th, 2007

Here comes the big dump. A very large storm is heading our way from the west. We’re still a few hours away from being hit but the lake effect snow has already started. The -17C/+1F temp this morning is being sucked into the low pressure storm causing the lake effect snow we’re [...]

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Vikingsson on February 8th, 2007

It is a bright sunny day. Cold but sunny. And it is snowing. Very interesting phenomenon, a line of snow squalls off the northern lakes appear like a fluffy dog’s tail extending south. It is slowly wagging back and forth dumping heavy snow in a narrow path.
The tail just [...]

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