Last night, as I watched the Pats v. Colts in the AFC championship game at a friend's house, it started SNOWING! I know-- I didn't believe it at first either. When someone shouted it was snowing, I looked out the window and said, "that's just a slushy rain, you whimps" (gotta maintain the New England superiority when it comes to matters of heartiness). But it really did snow. And it stuck! And it was still on the ground this morning when I started biking to class (I turned right around to take these pictures).
My roommate, a Tucson native, tells me this is the first time she's seen snow here in about 8 years, and that it's the first time she's seen it stick in about 18 years (when she was 6 and made a snowman). This is more snow than I saw in New England over my winter break. I might have to study the nonlinear dynamics of climate change.
If it's snowing here, hell must have frozen over. Which is the only possible explanation for the outcome of last night's game.
Suz,
ReplyDeleteI love the pictures of snow in Tucson -- and, yes, hell must have frozen over. It was in the Northeast for 4 weeks from mid Feb through March 21, when it started to melt!