weather

Preparing for a Cold Snap

9 December 2010

Seventeen people died in Central Europe in the last 24 hours from the cold, bringing the total this week to 45. A further 11 died in Russia, plus three in France and one in Germany, according to local authorities on Friday.
via At least 60 dead in Europe’s cold snap | World | BigPond News.
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Dirt showers blamed on dust from Southwest windstorms – The Denver Post

30 April 2010

Dirt showers blamed on dust from Southwest windstorms – The Denver Post: “Spring rains are typically refreshing, but Thursday morning’s moisture was mixed with dirt, depositing a dustlike film is some areas.”

An actual news report on that mud-rain we had yesterday.

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Spring In Colorado

29 April 2010

I just love Spring in Colorado, today we had a mudstorm.
It actually rained mud. It’s that special.
A few years ago I was in a gravelstorm. Small gravel about 1-2mm in size were flying around and building up on the windshield. I was thinking that I didn’t want to turn of the wipers so it wouldn’t [...]

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