winter – The Coal Speaker

February 24, 2024 THE COAL SPEAKER

Exceptionally warm weather on the way for central, eastern US due to pattern change

Well, so much for the winter of 23/24

August 14, 2022 THE COAL SPEAKER

The creepy last week of summer: Blame the winter of 1994 for the early start

The history of school start dates is interesting.. the 1800s were all about farming. The 1900s respected Labor Day ..

But in 1994, a certain series of snowstorms created a need to change school calendars, and we never went back since.

Let the anxiety begin.

February 6, 2022 THE COAL SPEAKER

Images after an ice storm

The landscape appeared as a painting under the sun..

November 19, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

The real dark winter: The final sunset in Utqiagvik, Alaska until 2021

We have been hearing a lot of people and politicians throw the phrase “dark winter” around as of late. They ain’t seen no dark winter until they are in Utqiagvik for 66 days starting now.

February 1, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

The Groundhog’s predictable prediction

We had one snow storm a few weeks ago that dropped a whopping 3 inches… A storm of so little importance in the scheme of things, but this winter was the most memorable!

The surprise snow squalls in late December were much more dangerous and intense than any ‘storm’ we had since..

This weekend is no different. There were hopeful rumors that a Groundhog Day snow even would blanket Punxsutawney and blend well with the celebrations that the town endures yearly ..

November 9, 2019 THE COAL SPEAKER

On the Eve of our first potential winter event of 2019/20, a tale of winters past.. present, and future

Some of our ancestors who remain present on the planet earth will attest to much worse winters of the past, however.. They will say they had to ‘jump to spat’ at times when they were kids, that the snow was up to the necks and they were still forced to trudge through it to school houses on a secluded country road!

Maybe much of this is hyperbole, but we can look to past headlines to gauge the patterns that once were.. and maybe learn from then to capture a glimpse of life in the patterns of the future..