February 29, 2008

Happy leap year. I'm so stoked we have an extra day this year. It was as warm as 55 degrees yesterday with a lot of sun. Very nice. The pile is slipping away into the storm drain. It's a thing of beauty.

On another note (which will mean nothing to most of you) I set my PR on Wawawaii yesterday.

February 28, 2008

It' going to be over 50 today and even warmer tomorrow. This will lead to the quick demise of the snow pile. Thank God. There is still a fair amount of snow out there. This morning while walking "dog" I fell on my ass on a snowy/icy part of a trail. Not really "dog's" fault. I put the blame on snow.

February 27, 2008

The snow pile is disappearing right before my own eyes. It's quite amazing to see how much leaves everyday. The pictures for the next few days are going to be a little different since I am using Allison's camera since she took mine with her to Paris.

The South Fork of the Palouse is HUGE right now! Thank God we did not have any rain a few weeks ago (Pineapple express type rain) otherwise Pullman would have flooded for sure.

February 26, 2008

I was up in Spokane this morning and there was the dreaded "ice fog" hanging around up there. This has nothing to do with the Snow Pile...I just wanted to bring up the ice fog. It's strange stuff. I really never had to deal with it when I lived in Illinois.

February 25, 2008

We finally have a little bit of rain. The rain is really hammering away on the snow pile. It's gone down a couple of inches in the last day. The rain is good for leaing the streets off as well. It's been getting very dusty around here as of late since it has been so dry.

In other news...our yard is basically a giant field of mud. What sucks about it is the hound gets very muddy every time he goes out. He, of course, wants to show me how muddy he is and makes sure to place his paw on my shirt or jeans. Stupid dog...

February 24, 2008

February 23, 2008

Late post today. I had other things to do today...like walk the dog since Allison's back is so bad and go out and enjoy the beautiful day by riding 80 miles.

Grass is now visible at the base of the snow pile. Sweet!

February 22, 2008

Wow...what a great morning. It seemed a lot warmer this a.m. The temps barely dipped below freezing last night which means the black ice was almost non-existent this morning on my walk to work.

I wonder what my neighbors think of me taking pictures every morning of a snowpile. Hell, I wonder what I am doing...

February 21, 2008

February 20, 2008

I was told the other day that all my posts are basically the same. Yeah...what do you expect? This blog is probably the least looked at, most boring blog on the interweb. It's a blog about a snow pile melting! Who the hell came up with such a boring idea? I did...but I did have inspiration for it.

First and foremost from this blog: http://gloriousstench.blogspot.com/ I'm not sure how I found it but I think it's great.

Second was the Simpson's ripping off some kid who took a picture of himself for something like 6 years straight and then posting it to the web. Cool idea...but I did not know about it until the Simpsons did this: http://fragg.net/video/homer-simpson-picture-39-years It was a thing of beauty. It almost makes me teary eyed...almost...

Onto the snow pile. It's officially half the pile it used to be.

February 19, 2008

The Palouse had another nice sunny day yesterday with the temps in the low 40s. What amazes me is how quickly the black ice will come out and stay around. For example, we went for a ride in the late afternoon and by the time we came back one of the roads we use to get home was all black ice. It made me wonder what the actual temperature is in the middle of the snow pile or at the bottom of the snow pile. I just may have to test this to find out. The only thing is that I do not want to disturb the snow pile. We'll see...

On another note the neighbors have finally used there little white Toyota (I think it's a Toyota). You can see it is no longer in the photo from the side view of the snow pile. I may have to crack open a beer for the car tonight since it was finally released from its 3 month hiatus.

February 18, 2008

Not much to say today. It should be in the 40s again...it got down to 20 last night. Insert witty comment here_______________.

February 17, 2008

Yesterday turned into a beautiful day and a lot of snow and ice in the area melted away. This morning we awoke to a lot of fog. The fog really did not clear until the late afternoon and it kept it pretty cool. The ice from the base of the melting snow pile usually turns to water every day. Not today though it was ice all day.

I must say that the snow pile has entered that really ugly stage. It's crusty and dark with all the basalt and other crap that is on the rodeway clinging on to it. No biggie for me though...'cause it's leaving...but not soon enough.

You can notice that the neigbor's car is finally free of snow. You can see the progression of this if you look at all the pictures. That car has not moved since late November. I guess snow really freaks them out which is strange to me since a little front-wheel drive car with some studded snow tires on it is actually a great way to travel in snowy Pullman.

February 16, 2008

Another sunny day on the Palouse. We had some rain last night that turned to snow. It cooled down pretty good so we have some nice ice spots around here. I'm just happy that the snow is melting...and melting fast...

The South Fork of the Palouse River is rising very quickly and moving at a very good pace but I do not think we'll have any flooding problems since we have not had a huge rainstorm yet. That's a good thing. No need for flooding.

February 15, 2008

One of the reasons I started this blog is because of amazed I was by the amount of snowfall we had in Pullman this year. It reminded me a lot of a few of the winters I had back when I was living in the Midwest. My last few years in the Midwest were spent at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL. That's right...the same NIU that has been plastered all over the news because of yesterday's killing spree. So today you get the regular snowpile pics and one thing for my alma mater.

February 14, 2008

Valentine's Day...nothing but a fabricated holiday. I'll celebrate it with my girl. We'll sit back and watch the pile o' snow melt. We are simple people who are ready for spring and I can't think of a better way to enjoy the day.

It got down to 20 degrees last night so the snow pile is a hard and crusty due to the multiple freeze thaws it has gone through. It's sort of like life. You become "hardened" to many different things and grow "crusty" all while you start to shrink.

I guess the snow pile could be an analogy for life.

February 13, 2008

It's a little cooler today and the high is only expected to be 37. No matter...snow/ice will melt at or around 32 degrees plus it's sunny so that will help.

February 12, 2008

It keeps going down...but it is still huge!

February 11, 2008

Another warm day is expected on the Palouse. We never went below freezing last night which is great for the demise of the snow pile (and all the other snow around here). I'm elated with the turn in the weather. Spring is on its way! I think you can see that the pile has shrunk quite a bit.

The only bad thing about the snow melting is dog shit. That's right, dog shit. There are a lot of lazy dog owners out there who rarely pick up their dog's crap. For some reason when there is snow around this phenomenon increases exponentially. Yesterday I was on a walk and saw so many pieces of bloated watery old dog poo all over the sidewalks and roads. What gives people? Just because there is snow does not mean that your dog’s crap will disappear. Pick that shit up! That being said I’ll take some dog crap in the area rather than the snow.

To summarize:
Watery, old, diluted dog crap > snow

February 10, 2008

More rain last night and I don't think it ever got below freezing. You can see tht the pile is shrinking rapidly but man...it's still huge as all be get out. The possible human intervention that occured yesterday may have actually bolstered the street side of the snow pile.

Human Intervention?

Yesterday the city came by to clean up the street a little more than they have been doing. I was worried that they may touch the snow pile. I want the snow pile to disappear on its own without any human intervention. Luckily the did not do anything to it.

February 9, 2008

It is over 40 degrees right now on the Palouse. The expected high will be about 45 today. We had a steady light rain all night which helps aid in the snow melting.

Snow Pile February 8, 2008

View from the street. The plow finally came by yesterday which may or may not strengthen the pile. We shall see. There is a large chunk of the pile gone towards the left of the picture. This is because some idiots in their fancy Ford Focus got stuck in it last week (after getting stuck in another snow pile up the street). The assholes then shoveled themselves out and subsequently threw all the snow in front of my driveway. I have nothing against the Ford Focus...however...when you slap on that stupid ass loud tailpipe, tint your windows, lower the car and put $2000 rims on it you, my friend, are a dumbass.

We are blessed with another "warmer" day on the Palouse. It's above freezing (around 37) and the wind is howling once again which, according to my co-worker, speeds up thawing of snow. I have no empircal evidence for this theory but I'll run with it. The snow pile has begun to shrink. Notice that you can actually see the asphalt and side walk now. Everyone around here is worried about a fast thaw since Pullman will flood. We shall see...

Snow pile on February 7

Here is the snow pile. Hopefully it starts shrinking soon.