Remember what I said about making God laugh, about the best laid plans, about thinking more than a day in advance with the winter season here on the eastern coast? (Well, maybe I didn't say anything about that last one...but I should have!)
The overnight low here at the Aerie was 8 degrees. That's positively balmy compared to the minus 12 degree low up near the Bolt Hole. At 8:30 AM the temps have risen to 11 degrees and minus 11 at each location.
Terry had intended to stick around here for the Christmas Bird Count on Saturday before driving into NJ. That was when then. Then--yesterday--was when the forecasters seemed to have the storm coming up from the Texas Gulf Coast shooting out to sea somewhere around Virginia. Now is a different story.
Apparently the storm wants to visit D.C. and Atlantic City. The result is it will hug the coast more and won't veer to sea until it has hit the Jersey shore. Fifty mile an hour gusts are possible along the coast. Six to ten inches of snow are possible for NYC and its immediate environs. Linden, NJ is close enough to both to get a walloping.
Terry will be leaving this afternoon for NJ. There, she can help Jessica shovel the driveway and walk. The Aerie will be amply defended by the three cats and I as we sit/lie in front of the fire. We should get anywhere from a dusting to an inch or two of fresh snow.
2 comments:
Safe travels to Terry.
Hey Joated when the weather clears up, why don't you take some more photos of the birds at your feeders. I enjoy looking at them and I bet a few others do as well.
JDP
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