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Dec 26, 2008 17:26 |  #1

Okay, we live in southeastern Arizona, about 45 miles from Tucson. This is the middle of the desert.

We do get snow most years, usually once, occasionally twice. After all, this is the high desert (our house is at 4638 feet / 1413.7 meters), but always at night, and it's always gone by mid-morning.

However, today it started snowing at about noon. It is now coming up on 4:30, and it's still snowing, starting to accumulate! This is unheard of! It hasn't snowed here any significant amount during the day in over 20 years, much less enough to cover the ground!

Of course, we all know that the crazy climate changes are a myth! (Our leaders say so!)

My wife is outside right now, taking pictures of sparrows, quail, and hummingbirds in the snow. Plus a lone male pyrrhuloxia. She's also shooting macros of snowflakes.




  
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Dec 26, 2008 22:18 |  #2

My brother and his family are all snowed in there in Flagstaff. Good luck with the weather!


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Dec 27, 2008 00:49 |  #3

Have you seen the movie Day After Tomorrow?


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Dec 27, 2008 03:41 as a reply to  @ -Pleiades-'s post |  #4
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I don't believe this global warming stuff.I reckon its cooling and theres another ice age coming.


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Dec 27, 2008 06:31 as a reply to  @ BOSS's post |  #5

We are 2 inches shy of record snowfalls here in Michigan.

And currently have 53 degrees and HEAVY rain.


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Dec 27, 2008 07:41 |  #6

-Pleiades- wrote in post #6950913 (external link)
Have you seen the movie Day After Tomorrow?

Yup! They had some brisk weather there!




  
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Dec 27, 2008 07:44 |  #7

BOSS wrote in post #6951233 (external link)
I don't believe this global warming stuff.I reckon its cooling and theres another ice age coming.

Forget the ice age. We're going straight to another Snowball Earth!

And it's coming from the south this time! Australia goes first!




  
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Dec 27, 2008 10:40 |  #8

We've been having crazy weather too. Last Sunday and Monday the temp never got above 0, on Tuesday we got a foot of snow, it started melting on Thursday and continued yesterday, now today our backyard is flooded and it's going to be 62 out with thunderstorms.


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Dec 27, 2008 10:42 as a reply to  @ gary88's post |  #9

I so agree with weird weather and strange happenings...

Even animals are acting different. It's a strange time we live in!


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Dec 27, 2008 11:43 as a reply to  @ LeesaB's post |  #10

Here in Mesa, AZ. it's a balmy 45 degrees with sunshine and no breeze. Time to go out and shoot. BUT, we will be back at 70 by Monday.:D


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Dec 27, 2008 12:06 as a reply to  @ Tom O's post |  #11

Here's my backyard as of 20 minutes ago.

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Dec 27, 2008 14:49 as a reply to  @ gary88's post |  #12

Time to break out the kayaks!




  
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Dec 28, 2008 08:33 |  #13

row row row your boat...


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