Driving in to Springfield today, we passed numerous yards and fields that were full of big clumps of snow up to a foot or so in diameter and we only got 2-3 inches of snow. Looking closer, they turned out to be rolls of snow, rather like a rolled-up carpet, many of them with hollow centers. The newspaper said they’re called “snow rollers” caused by snow falling in a high wind and being rolled across the ground by the wind.
I’ve lived most of my 55+ years in the godforsaken northlands and never saw anything like this. Odd.
When I was a child, my parents had an acreage where they had a few cows and some cropland. One summer for a change, they decided to plant popcorn. As it happens, that turned out to be a disaster. It got so hot that summer, the popcorn popped in the field, the cows thought it was snowing and froze to death. They lost everything.
I used to see more of them when I was a kid living on the Great Plains. To be honest, the wonder of them paled because it was usually so freakin’ cold, I was more concerned with getting my tongue away from the lamp post.
Last night it was below zero, and I was out in one of the mobile homes I’m rehabbing to sell, hanging shelves. I usually hold a few screws in my mouth as I’m working, handy for the next place I need to drive one. Well, they stuck to my tongue. Oopth.
On 2003-02-12 14:17, Chuck_Clark wrote:
Driving in to Springfield today, we passed numerous yards and fields that were full of big clumps of snow up to a foot or so in diameter and we only got 2-3 inches of snow. Looking closer, they turned out to be rolls of snow, rather like a rolled-up carpet, many of them with hollow centers. The newspaper said they’re called “snow rollers” caused by snow falling in a high wind and being rolled across the ground by the wind.
I’ve lived most of my 55+ years in the godforsaken northlands and never saw anything like this. Odd.
That sounds psychotic! Get out of that godforsaken place while you still can! Oops, our driveway looks like a good candidate for snow rollers, so nevermind…
On 2003-02-12 18:00, Zubivka wrote:
Where’s the photograph ? >
Actually, I took the digital camera out and took about 30 of them, including some of whole little herds of them. It was cool because there really wasn’t that much snow so many of them had trails of bare grass for 5-10 feet behind them, just like they’d been grazing on the snow.
If someone would tell me in relatively simple terms how to post a picture here, I’d be glad to do so.
I live in Lincoln, just 30 miles north of Springfield, IL. When I drove in to work yesterday, snow rollers–hundreds of 'em–were scattered all over the front lawn of the college where I teach. Weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.
[ This Message was edited by: MichaelG on 2003-02-13 12:55 ]
On 2003-02-13 10:36, brownja wrote:
in the winter, when the snow is on the ground, i ride rollers
(not my bike, this is just a link to a photo i found)
[ This Message was edited by: brownja on 2003-02-13 10:50 ]
Hey, brown…what kind of rollers do you ride? I used to ride krietlers when I was doing triathlons in Colorado. Can’t tell you how many front wheels I’ve had to realign after slipping off the side, going for the water bottle at 20+ mph and hitting my bedroom wall…
Hey, brown…what kind of rollers do you ride? I used to ride krietlers when I was doing triathlons in Colorado. Can’t tell you how many front wheels I’ve had to realign after slipping off the side, going for the water bottle at 20+ mph and hitting my bedroom wall…
Aodhan
Weyless, which is a bit of a misnomer since they weigh a ton, steel drums, nice flywheel effect. I ride in the basement, let’s just say that the furnace and I are very well aquainted.
Cheers,
jb
On 2003-02-12 18:00, Zubivka wrote:
Where’s the photograph ? >
Actually, I took the digital camera out and took about 30 of them, including some of whole little herds of them. It was cool because there really wasn’t that much snow so many of them had trails of bare grass for 5-10 feet behind them, just like they’d been grazing on the snow.
If someone would tell me in relatively simple terms how to post a picture here, I’d be glad to do so.
OK, here goes :
You need some personal site, or an Internet provider which offers “hosting” of pîx or music. Upload, check the link not to the page but to the picture alone by itself (say http://www.mysite.com/pictures/pix001.jpg)
post this link here between the bracketed codes:
Done.
BTW, thanks for your picture, MichaelG!
[ This Message was edited by: Zubivka on 2003-02-13 14:12 ]
Get out of that godforsaken place while you still can! Oops, our driveway looks like a good candidate for snow rollers, so nevermind…
