Pittsburgh Hasn't Had Much Snow At All This Year
We have been patiently waiting to drag the snowsuits, boots, hats, gloves, scarfs, and sleds out! And finally Thursday night through Friday afternoon we got what we have been waiting for. When I was a child it would snow late October early November and that snow would be here until Late March early April.
The weather has certainly changed from the time I was a kid. You talk with some people and they will tell you the earth goes through these cycles, you talk to others and they will tell you it is the government and there is some crazy conspiracy theory, and yet others will say it's global warming. I do not know what it is what I do know with certainty is that it is changing!
In 2017, 18, & 19 we broke records for the amount of rain we had for the year. And most of the winter is relatively mild. I live in the northeastern US most of the time it's cold here in the winter months. I used to have so much fun as a child building forts, snowball battles, and sledding until we had frostbite. My children are lucky if they get 3-4 sledding sessions in the winter. So when it snows needless to say the excitement level in our house is through the roof!
We bundled up and went out and played for several hours in about 5 1/2" of snow, which is typically here well before Christmas but this year it didn't happen until February 6. At least it did show up and we were able to get one good sledding, snowman building, snowball throwing, playing outside until our fingers were numb session in!
Once back inside we made hot cocoa and wrapped up under blankets and watched Disney's Frozen on television, it just seemed fitting! Our dog loves the snow as well, she was outside chasing us down the hill while we flew on our sleds she was keeping up right beside us! Funny dog!
Now That It Has Snowed The 70s Can Return
Now that I am older I will admit I am happy to get the winter over and get into those springtime temps. My tolerance for the cold weather is not what it once was. I could hang out in the cold at field parties late at night standing around a bonfire until the early morning hours(the alcohol probably played a major role in that) virtually every night without a coat and without a second thought! It snowed we got to play now come on spring!
The wintertime is rather depressing as it is with its short days and long dark nights that I am more than happy to shake the winter off and welcome spring. Plus everything is dead in the winter, no green leaves no flowers, no birds, just drab.
I like when it starts to thaw out and the birds are back tweeting at 5 am, the weather is warm, and there are more outdoor activities. This is the season of carnivals and swimming, so I say bring it on!
What are your theories about the weather, have you noticed change where you live? Do you think global warming or just natural cycles? Curious to hear what goes on around the world in terms of strange weather patterns. Are you more fond of the winter or summer? I look forward to your comments! Always welcome open dialog on my posts I love meeting people and building meaningful relationships with people!
The photos I used in this blog post were courtesy of Unsplash
If you'd like to connect on social media I am on Twitter Facebook & Uptrennd
Thanks for reading! And until my next post, you all take care of yourselves and I will be surfing around Steemit reading your posts, upvoting, and commenting! Enjoy the rest of your day!
I love the photo of flying kid! Looks like a great time. :) Same situation with snow in my country. When I was a kid, I enjoyed playing in snow, building snowman.. but now, there is no snow in the city :/
Hey @teresawrites thanks for taking the time to leave me that great comment! There is something very strange about the weather patterns!
So glad that you took the time to read, I gave you a follow and looking forward to your posts. I love meeting new people and building meaningful friendships.
Even though we could be half a world apart technology makes it very easy to stay connected and in some cases I am in touch with my online friends than I am with my real life friends and family 😀💯
Until next time @teresawrites take care and I will be chatting with ya soon enough!
Thanks for your support @ezravandi!!♥️💯😀
Congratulations @bit-trader! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPTo support your work, I also upvoted your post!
Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!
Am glad the snowfall you had recently brought you some good child hood memories.
You are right my friend, things are no longer as it used to be a couple of years back. Even we as individuals have changed over the course of time. We can only pray and hope for the best.
Enjoy this time, and show the girls some of your cool moves with the snowboard 😀.
Cheers
Posted using Partiko Android
Hah! My cool moves with the snowboard are face down in a pile of snow😂😂 I will stick with the snowtube!
It's sad @linksman the snowfall we had was gone the very next day and it started to rain. It has now been raining for 2 days solid and the weather report for the remainder of today through tomorrow 2/11/2020- 2/12/2020 is another 2" of rain!
Not sure what's happening but it can't be good. That little Greta might be on to something and everyone criticizes the poor kid.
Like you said we need to pray for the best it seems we have done some terrible damage to our home. Thanks as always for leaving me a comment! You always take the time to say a few words and I love that about you!♥️💯😀 @bit-trader