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Glacial Status

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Last week Hubby said, “We’ve reached glacial status.”

I’m pretty sure I got a titch of whiplash when my head whipped around.  “What the hell does that mean?” I know things are frosty between us but I didn’t think it was that bad!

“It means, the snow is hard enough for us to walk on top of it, the weatherman said so this morning.”

So I went right outside to see if I could walk on the snow.

Turns out he’s right.  A grown ass woman really can walk on snow.

Funny things dogs do.

Shhhsh, don’t tell him, he’s not right very often in our house. He could get a big head.

The funny thing is, the snow has been steadily melting.  In fact, we are probably down to between six to eight inches in the yard.

So how does it happen, melting snow is hard enough to hold the weight of fully grown adults at the end of March?

Well I’m not a meteorologist, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn a couple of times so I’ll give it my best shot.

The snow seems to be melting from the bottom, because when you are out walking, despite the freezing cold, the water from the melted ice is running down the street.  Yet the top snow, the snow exposed to the cold and wind is staying frozen.

And so, it’s March 24th, four days into spring, a week before the 1st of April and we’ve reached glacial status.

Can someone, anyone, send some warmer weather our way?

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  3. I wish I could help, but the wind was so strong yesterday that BOTH of my ears turned upside down on my walk. Mom said I look like I saw a ghost.

    Love and licks,
    Cupcake

  4. That is usually the story of our life here in Minnesnowta. We had grass for a few weeks, but got a fresh load of 10″ of snow on Sunday night. We all love it since we didn’t get much snow this winter, but it is melting fast…this year from the top and bottom. It will be gone soon and I bet you will see grass soon too.

  6. I’ve been trying for over a week now to send you some warmer temps; but Jim Cantore keeps getting in the way with his Weather Channel crew. We still get some cold nights — well, cold for us at least — with rain up the wazoo, but mostly it is feeling more like Spring now. Hopefully my attempts will succeed eventually.

  9. Oh, I hate it when that happens. The poor dogs start to walk on the crusty top and then break through. Haley ripped one of her dew claws from that. I sure hope your glacier disappears soon!

  11. Sorry ….. we can’t help you with this….. We woke to 1.5″ of snow this AM…. butt it IS nearly all melted away…. WE want REAL Spring to come , also.

  12. That’s funny….my hubby was just telling me yesterday that we could now walk on top of the snow (he didn’t use the words “glacial status” though).
    We are SO with you on this….it’s really hard not to get depressed. I’m so tired of bundling up to go outside.

  13. Better weather is on the way, I promise! And the reason you can walk on the snow has something to do with the moisture content I think but then again, I haven’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express so what do I know? 🙂 Here’s to blooming spring bulbs and sunny skies.