October snow 2011
By Lynn R. Mitchell | Saturday, October 29th, 2011 | Catch-All
A rare October snowstorm has covered the Shenandoah Valley and surrounding mountains with snow at a time of year when most are still enjoying autumn leaves.
In the central Valley, there was 3″ of heavy, white snow this morning on the deck furniture that had not yet been put away for the season. Snow flurries are not unheard of in this area but this much accumulation is unusual.
Because leaves are still on many trees, branches are drooped to the ground and scattered power outages have been reported from snow-heavy limbs breaking onto the power lines.
With autumn decorations and jack-o-lanterns waiting for Halloween on Monday, it is surreal to see everything covered in white. WHSV TV-3 in Harrisonburg has continued coverage of the winter weather.
Cross-posted at LynnRMitchell.com
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As SWAC Girl (an acronym for Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County), Lynn has been writing in the Virginia political blogosphere since 2006. Active in area politics, she has coordinated campaigns and served in leadership for the past decade. The Shenandoah Valley of Virginia is one of the most beautiful places to call home ... the Republican Party carries her beliefs.
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6 Responses to "October snow 2011"
Looks beautiful. Of course early snow is a sign of global warming. (grin)
Lynn,
Great pictures; thanks for putting them up. Up here in Fairfax County the morning rain turned over first to sleet and now to a steady snowfall. The ground is too wet for anything to accumulate yet, but the temperature is dropping and I think that we will see a light cover before this is over. Our fall color is at peak right now so it is very strange to see the combination of fall color on the trees and white snow.
Val, I’m pretty sure that you know the difference between global warming (sic) and global climate change and that was a parody of Al Gore when he used an August east coast heat wave as evidence of “global warming.”
In related news, the Occupy DC campers in Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square are cold and miserable in the wet snow.
Good. This is the first October snow accumulation in Washington in 32 years. Do you suppose that God is sending them a message?
HR says “Do you suppose that God is sending them a message?”
I have to hope that Bismarck was right when he said “God watches over fools, druggies (sic) and the United States.”
Al Gore warned them about this and they foolishly ignored him. I think when OWS etc become unhelpful to the left they will use this as evidence they were really Tea Party denier types in disguise.
The snow is a punishment from God for Occupy Wallstreet
Funny… heat spells indicate global warming to human-caused alarmists, and cold spells/noreasters in October indicate no warming to “deniers” of human-caused warming. Will it ever end, or is this a bright spot in the conversation.. one cancels out the other and we’re in good shape. grin
Seriously, though I don’t think “scientists” have it right, I do know that probably in the near future things will get hot. I take this from God’s Word, so you can bet on it happening. However, it will be on God’s timetable, not cow or factory emissions.
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