I think having lived only in California and Fairbanks, I've developed some peculiar concepts about weather. I forget that the Rest of the World is Quite Different.
1) The Rest of the World has four seasons of approximately equal length. (The Silicon Valley has two seasons: Rain and Not-Rain. The Tanana Valley has four seasons: June, July, August, and winter).
2) The Rest of the World has rivers that do not freeze solid. Fishing is not in general a winter hobby, but you can in theory go fishing without an ice auger. You may absolutely not ski on rivers. Rivers are not modes of transport for land vehicles. Cars, snow machines, and quads may not go on rivers. Only Jesus may walk on rivers.
3) In the Rest of the World, it snows every winter, but the snow is not permanent for the following six months.
4) In the Rest of the World, during winter, you can build a snowman whenever you darned well please, and don't have to wait for a warm snap. And a warm snap has a slightly less generous definition than "above 0F".
5) In the Rest of the World, one may not use one's porch, nor shed, as a freezer.
2 comments:
Does 'breakup' count as a season?
Yes, I was being slightly tongue-in-cheek. In reality, we have a long summer, ultra-long winter, an abbreviated fall, and two springs--breakup and greenup. :)
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