My birthday . . .
In the upper left of the above image, note “Happy 81st. I intended to stay inside at home on my birthday. Loud noises prompted me to step outside. A fireworks display awaited me. Someone in the neighborhood must have orchestrated this. How they managed the “Happy 81st I have no idea.
The actual colors are from the chemicals, some shown below:
This week, nothing much happened here this last of ’24 and beginning of 2025. Off and on it snows and when it stops there is fog. Sunday or Monday may be clear and above freezing by Noon. A run to town is in order.
Our air is very much coming from the Pacific. It is flowing on to land down where Oregon and California meet. By the time it makes the 400 mile journey to here the temperature drops from 55 to 35 degrees; at night a little less.
The cold air in the mid-part of the USA is totally missing west of the continental divide. I use a web site named Ventusky to see temperatures and snow.
By next Thursday morning the temperature in Iowa is expected to be about 8°F. The cold will continue moving south and east. Clarion PA – – my hometown – – should get down to about 13. I’ll check those numbers next weekend. Many years ago – – the winter of 1968 (or ’67) – – I was in Iowa City and the temperature went to 30 below. Ouch!
Keeping Track
on the Naneum Fan
John