Comments on: Winter Hath Come! http://www.matthewmeyer.net/blog/2008/11/19/winter-hath-come paintings, illustrations, and blog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Quintin http://www.matthewmeyer.net/blog/2008/11/19/winter-hath-come/comment-page-1#comment-7291 Quintin Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:22:01 +0000 http://www.matthewmeyer.net/?p=2403#comment-7291 I have never even experienced real snow... Strange, where I live the winters are marked by dry weather, sunny days and crystal clear blue skies where you can see forever if you happen to be on a high spot. On google earth you can actually see which pictures were taken in winter, the lack of green is marked, with the veld being almost crayon yellow. Summers are marked by intense heat, humidity and thunderstorms with tons of rain (if it is a wet year.) Gadda love it. I have never even experienced real snow…

Strange, where I live the winters are marked by dry weather, sunny days and crystal clear blue skies where you can see forever if you happen to be on a high spot.

On google earth you can actually see which pictures were taken in winter, the lack of green is marked, with the veld being almost crayon yellow.

Summers are marked by intense heat, humidity and thunderstorms with tons of rain (if it is a wet year.)

Gadda love it.

]]> By: Cornelius P. Jammiesworth http://www.matthewmeyer.net/blog/2008/11/19/winter-hath-come/comment-page-1#comment-7207 Cornelius P. Jammiesworth Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:47:51 +0000 http://www.matthewmeyer.net/?p=2403#comment-7207 I meant to tell you, we have snow thunder here as well. It's very cool. It does seem to reverberate but I think it's because the falling snow is so silent (compared with rain) that the thunder seems magnified. Also, snow lightning makes the whole area glow for a split second! The thing I always wonder is, is it safe to shovel snow during snow thunder - I've never heard of anyone getting zapped during a snowstorm, but you never know. I meant to tell you, we have snow thunder here as well. It’s very cool. It does seem to reverberate but I think it’s because the falling snow is so silent (compared with rain) that the thunder seems magnified. Also, snow lightning makes the whole area glow for a split second!

The thing I always wonder is, is it safe to shovel snow during snow thunder – I’ve never heard of anyone getting zapped during a snowstorm, but you never know.

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