[TowerTalk] Maine Winters

[Mirko S57AD]

I'm falling in love with Maine!

73 Mirko, S57AD

Craig Clark pravi:
> I know LXC is going to stop this thread soon. But I have to chime in 
> as I lived in Maine for four years (66-70) and would go back in a 
> nano-second if I didn't live in my second choice heaven, NH.
>
> Maine winters are not that bad except to someone who has never 
> wintered up here in the NE.  Yesterday's storm is a good example. The 
> local news outlets were in "storm mode" preempting the Today show and 
> Good Morning America for "special storm coverage." In reality, 
> schools were closed, power was on, the plows were out and grocery 
> stores open for business. Yet, one might think our world was 
> collapsing from the "eye witness" reports from I93, I91, I495, Rt 
> 3....you get the picture.
>
> In today's news, there was a report from UNH stating that over the 
> last 40 years, our temps have gone up slightly and our average snow 
> falls have decreased slightly.  I have seen temps in the -30 degree 
> range and the winters of 68 and 69 were particularly snowy with 
> several back-to-back blizzards. I have also seen some of the most 
> spectacular aurora's ever seen south of the polar regions.
>
> Way Down East is a lovely place to be except if you are looking for 
> amenities.  The air is freshly scented with spruce and fir. In the 
> dark of the night, you can see for billions of miles as you gaze up 
> in to the sky. Coyotes sing. In the summer, loon's plaintiff cry 
> carries for miles in the morning dew. If you sneak up to the bog, you 
> may be rewarded with a moose or two grazing in the watercress.  Mt 
> Katahdin and Baxter State park are not that far away, nor is the 
> Allagash Wilderness and some of the most beautiful country in the US 
> of A. You are also not far from Canada which is a lovely country to 
> visit (my daughter is at Mt Allison University which is a great 
> school choice for those of you with soon to be college aged kids.) Eh!
>
> I swore that after getting out of the military, I would never live 
> south of the Mason-Dixon line again. It gets too hot and humid for 
> me. Ft Bragg got me going and Ft Gordon drove the last nail in. I 
> also like to ski and there's not a lot of that down south.
>
> So let's end this thread waxing nostalgic for the choices we have 
> made and enjoy where we are.
>
> PS The Maine State Bird is the Black Fly
>
> PPS The State of Maine was doing a survey of the state border one 
> year and came to a farmer's house. They knocked and Silas came to the door.
>
> The surveyor said "Silas, we have some news for you."
>
> "Ayup" he said.
>
> "We've been doing a survey and found that your farm is really in the 
> State of NH."
>
> Silas scratched his head as a Maine farmer is "wont ta do" and said 
> "By the Jesus, that's the best news I have heard in yeahs."
>
> "Tis?" said the surveyor.
>
> "Ayup. I don't think I could take another Maine Winter!"
>
> from Bert and I
>
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> 73, Craig Clark, K1QX
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