~November 15, 2010 saw over 5 feet of snow dumped in one storm at 7L. It was great for skiing at Thanksgiving, but made life difficult for several weeks. There were more broken trees and blocked roads that are still being cleaned up 6 months later. Then in March 2011 (I was in europe) there were even more intense storms that had more high winds and a lot of snow. This broke more large trees and blocked more roads.
In January 2011 we have 5 weeks of very warm and sunny weather. It was 60F here (at 4200ft) in January! A lot of the trees started to blossom and then had to retreat. This sudden warmth did not fool too many trees tho. Most trees blossomed more in early April and hopefully there will not be another snow storm. (Last year it snowed on May 1st).
I consider these extreme weather patterns to be part of climate change: global weirding. This is great for providing California with a lot of water. Everything goes in cycles, and there will come the opposite cycle of NO WATER - and that is when WinSol3 will shine, because it was designed with this in mind. The only issue will be that I need to be here during each small winter rainstorm and make sure that all the systems capture and store the little rainwater/snow that will be available. A small price to pay for 'free' rainwater.
Reflections
As Robert Frost says so beautifully in his poem 'The Road Not Taken'
- 'I took the one less traveled by,
- And that has made all the difference'
- I love that line and the pictures that reflect it:
- Which road will you take?
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