[Magdalen] Frost on the Pumpkins.

[cantor03 at aol.com]

It's been an unusually warm and wet autumn.  The Halloween thunder showersprovided some of the sharpest electrical activity for the year, and droppedjust over 2 inches of rain here at the edge of the Pennsylvania Poconos.

Electrical storms with tornado warnings and heavy rain:  This surely isunusual for this location as late as November 1st.

Then the thermometer plunged this past night, and the lovely annualswho have been soldiering along finally froze (overnight Nov.1-Nov. 2)It's the latest frost I can remember.

And California burns.  I feel so sorry for those Golden Staters who havelost everything.  I incidentally worry about the unique coniferous forestsof Northern California and the Sierra region.  Losing them would beanother tremendous loss.


David Strang.