Sunday, December 30, 2007

Eskimos, & Igloos & Penguins & ICE?!

Well not only has the Uintah Basin been blessed with extreme cold a few weeks ago. It was then nudged out by some storms which warmed us up, and then brought SNOW, lots and lots of Snow. One day I measured 11 inches on the ground with probably a 3 inch layer of ICE underneath that. We have icicles everywhere and snow and it feels like all of the above. Some time has gone by that we haven't had snow, but they keep telling us it will continue to come. I think it may have been about a week now that we haven't had any snow which has been a welcome reprieve. Anyhow, the amount of snow has led the people here to become creative with snow removal and management. We caught this being done across the street from our apartment and snapped the shot as it truly shows what it has been like around here....



Yup, he has a snow blower on the roof and a salt spreader too. We have come up with all kinds of scenarios that could explain Why someone would go to such great lengths and the most popular is that since it is a business, an icicle dropped and hit someone and so it has become important to manage the snow and ice in this way.. Leave your comments as to what could have caused this and after a few days I will post them and we will take a poll.

1 comments:

Peggy said...

Okay, if this is a repeat, its because I'm not very smart. If its the first post, its because I screwed up the other one. Anyway, several years back there was an old supermarket (Gibson's) that was where the Pepsi plant is now, and the entire roof caved in from snow and the building was a total loss. It was big news in the town. I think of that every time I see people that seem like idiots on top of their roofs shoveling the snow off.