[Magdalen] Safely home

[Jay Weigel]

Nor do I miss the sub-zero days of Madison. The thing that finally sent us
south was a January with 5--count 'em, FIVE--days where the temperature
ever got higher than 10 degrees F. I was home with a small baby (our Sam)
and that was entirely ENOUGH for me!

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 11/12/2014 9:04:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
>
> My  problem with winter in Appalachia has been the gloom. In Wisconsin it
> may  have been cold but there were many bright, sunny days. Once I  moved
> southeast, it seemed that much of winter was gray and cloudy (not  to
> mention wet and drizzly). That definitely tends to make winter seem
> longer!>>>
>
> Yes.  This can be quite noticeable.  The Middle  Atlantic States are much
> more
> overcast also, especially in the winter, but really year round than those
> in the
> Upper Midwest.  Yet, the precipitation totals aren't all that  different,
> oddly.
>
> It gets even more overcast in New England and then the extreme occurs
> in the Maritimes of Canada where all the low pressure systems seem to  end
> up.
>
> The other problem with light year round is that the sun rises and sets
> over
> the mountain ridges, cutting off, or at least dimming the light for
> additional
> hours each day.
>
> OTOH I don't miss the numbing cold of NW Wisconsin.
>
>
> David Strang.
>