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Woodholme or Suburban?

My daughter-in-law is from the Upper Lower Peninsula, about 10 minutes from the Mackinac bridge. Tourists in the summer for lakes, boating, etc. Pretty dead in the winter but we did once have lake effect snows in early January from the airport to our hotel. Over the holidays this year, , my son said all the snow melted but now, they are snow covered and zero at night.

Good light show and thunder in Lutherville. Heavy rain earlier around 8:PM but not now.

Reminds me of Salt Lake City where I went to grad school in the mid-70s and thought I would never see again. We would ski at Alta or Snowbird with blue skies and temps in the 40s. As you came down the mt, you would see the city as an ugly blob with temps in the 20s. The temp inversion would have trapped all the smoke and other pollutants from the Kennecott smelters in the valley.

Sounds about right. Played 18 holes at a club in Pikesville and I was pretty soaked by the end of the round. Very few golfers left on the course when I left.

Definite mulch topper in Lutherville.

Was flurrying in Lutherville.

First frost in Lutherville and first golfing frost delay of the season.

In Lutherville- Timonium , we got our power back around 10:30 AM but I understand GreenSpring Station with the three Hopkins bldgs) which is right next to us still had no power early afternoon. Not soon enough to save a lot of the refrig and freezer stuff.

Surprising. I would have guessed even more as I was eating on the deck at Woodholme and the torrential rains seem to continue for a long-time, stopped and then resumed about 30 minutes later.

Mixing in Lutherville.

First snow since we moved "north" in March from Wolf Trap to Lutherville-Timonium. And south does better!

The Wash Post Capital Weather Gang has a "Gift Article" of their interview with Louis Uccellini as he is about to retire (as of Jan 1). It ends with his DCA snowfall prediction.

Was one of these houses in the 7500 block of Salem? Curious because my wife saw on FB that the house of somebody she knows in Falls Church was hit by a falling tree. *********************************** I think I’ve seen enough to say that this was the biggest storm to hit my immediate neighborhood in decades (better than the derecho). Two houses with direct hits, one down the street from me and one a block over. Branches down and leaf parts sticking to everything. I bet we went 70+. EastCoast NPZ, George BM, NorthArlington101 and 10 others 11 2 Quote

Just came in from a walk with my grand daughter. In parts of our neighborhood, could definitely hear the cicada hum. Also our driveway by the garage door looked like a cicada army died trying to invade our garage

This is from Lutherville-Timonium, not Wolftrap.

From the north, in a walk with my grandkids around our new community we checked trees and saw about five shells. However, later when my grandson went exploring he found one tree with many.

For a few more weeks 38.935080 -77.260750 and since earlier this month 39.425030 -76.664360

Third day out of last seven that DCA stayed 32 or below all day, after not doing that for two years.

Was yesterday the first day in about two years that the high temperature at DCA was 32 or less? And today could make two days in a row?

Victory in that the plows are in my cul- de- sac next to Wolftrap.

I thought that two or three weeks ago Fairfax teachers were given three options if they did not want to go back to the classroom: Have a valid Medical excuse for not going back (per Federal law) Take an unpaid LOA Resign Did this not happen?

My two oldest grand children have been back in the classroom basically since Labor Day. They are in a private pre-school and a private school in the Baltimore area. However, I do think there has not been a week where at least one of them has school canceled because of a Covid scare. Because, the classes are small (big difference there between large classes in a City public school and a pay out of the gazoo private school), the possibility of an infection in the class is limited. It also helps to have a lot of parents of students who are Hopkins doctors and can almost instantly arrange Covid testing or so I have heard. Nevertheless, I do believe if we do not get the kids back in school full-time until there is a vaccine (who knows when), we are going to waste a generation of children.

We use Tauck for all of our vacations. Sailing on the Isabela II. Going with 5 or 6 couples we met on prior Tauck vacations. Just checked airfaires hoping for deals for FirstClass/Business class. WE have Iceland in July which may be the safest country in the world due to their extensive testing.

We have a trip to Galapagos in January via Guayaquil. After reading the Wash Post article today on Ecuador, even January seems a longshot.