tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593970477444543007.post-84912109147068223982009-10-10T14:10:00.003-05:002009-10-10T14:13:57.931-05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/homer-dog/3998511508/" title="First Snow 2009-10-10 by Homer-Dog, on Flickr"><img alt="First Snow 2009-10-10" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/3998511508_e98eb5191f.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" width="500" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">This morning we had our first snow of the season - a full 50 days earlier than </span><a href="http://homerstravels.com/2008/11/what-great-pas-few-days.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">last year</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">. It was fairly substantial dropping over an inch of snow. The streets and sidewalks are still warm so they remained clear.<br /><br />The weather this year seems to be off. Not sure if it's climate change, el niño, or just normal variation but I do know that's it's been wetter and cooler than last year. Forecasts I've seen are all over the place - colder and wetter, colder and drier, and even milder than normal. Meteorologists aren't much better than economists - both dismal science. Based on my observations I'm betting on colder and wetter. Maybe this year I'll have an opportunity to break in my </span><a href="http://homerstravels.com/2008/12/christmas-day-after.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Christmas snowshoes</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">. Not today though as it's already starting to melt away.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593970477444543007-8491210914706822398?l=homerstravels.com' alt='' /></div>Bruce H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00180515178920053080noreply@blogger.com4