Over 90% of Mongolia has been experiencing an extremely snowy winter resulting in livestock being unable to find fodder through the snow cover, and a large number of animals have died due to starvation and cold. A Mongolian term used to describe severe winter weather such as this is zud or dzud. Image: wkyc.com [...]
Yes, it’s rare! For one day last week, every state in the Lower 48 had some form of snow covering the ground. From deep to dusting, from Florida to Maine, from South Carolina to California, there was at least some snow in every state; Alaska, too! Only Hawaii was without snow. And though Hawaii can [...]
The Northeast and the Mid Atlantic over the past week and a half have seen more snow than they know what to do with. Many are wondering ‘whose job is it to clear the snow?’ For roads during snowstorms, most cities mobilize personnel and vehicles to spread salt and plow roads as conditions dictate. The [...]
Flat roofs and heavy snow are not a good combination. Outside view: DCjet at Dulles International Airport. Inside view: DCjet at Dulles International Airport. As if fixing the hanger roof wasn’t going to be expensive enough…
All eyes the past few days have been on the Northeast snow event. The slow moving storm started in the Gulf of Mexico and moved through the Southeast Friday causing flooding in Florida and knocking out electricity to more than 85,000 customers in the Carolinas. Rain turned to snow as the system moved up the [...]