winter – the quick Sliver

3.20.14 Worst winter ever? Word.

March 20, 2015 Mike Keeler

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Hey, guess what? It’s the first day of Spring, and it’s snowing! No surprise, it’s been snowing forever. It started on November 13, when a lake-effect storm surprised western New York with over four feet of snow; the small town of Bennington got 88 inches of the white stuff. Nicknamed…

9.12.14 Weather Wizards

September 12, 2014 Mike Keeler

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All we wanted to do was get a weather prediction for the coming winter. And we were suddenly caught in the vortex between the “Farmer’s Almanac,” which released its 2015 version on August 25, and the “Old Farmer’s Almanac,” which just released its 2015 version this week. First of all,…

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3.21.14 Deep Thaw

March 21, 2014 Mike Keeler

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It’s time to come back to life. Yeah, yeah, it’s been a long hard winter, one of the worst on record. We’ve got brush and logs piled up all around the county. The temperature is still well below freezing. And the report is for a little more snow before it’s…

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10.25.13 Woolly Crossing

October 25, 2013 Mike Keeler

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Why did the woolly bear cross the road? This time of year there seem to be armies of black-and-brown-banded fuzzy caterpillars crawling across streets and sidewalks everywhere. They are nature’s fastest caterpillars, capable of traveling over a mile a day. So you’ve probably wondered, where are they all headed in…

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2.26.10 Painting Holi Pink

February 26, 2007 Mike Keeler

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As winter takes a last nasty bite, it’s time to conjure up spring by painting the town…pink. The custom is so old that no one is sure how it all got started. But it wasn’t always fun and games. One popular tale is that long ago in India, there was…

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