Late Thursday/early Friday we got a small layer of snow that has somewhat stuck around due to our temperatures have stayed below freezing. Not much, but if anyone was still in denial then here's their slap in the face - winter will not be stopped. I've yet to get out the full winter gear, and until it gets even colder more consistently I don't see the need. Looking ahead in the forecast, we have temperatures above and below freezing and even some more snow toward the end of this week. Well, you can't control the weather so we'll have to roll with it just like every other year.
In this picture of the back yard you can also see, on the top left, workers installing a new telephone pole. While it might be tougher in cold weather my guess is they do it now purposely, after the loss of foliage that would surely be in their way going through back yards. You can also see in this picture that I finally got the leaves cleaned up last weekend, knowing the snow was coming. I also cleaned the gutters, started the snow thrower and got out the salt and snow shovels. That means I have all my outside work done in preparation for winter - finally.
Friday afternoon I walked to our favorite local bar and grill
Brothers Three (currently
under new ownership after 33 years) and had the opportunity to take a couple more pictures of the creek. I did notice it had gone down further yet, but still not down to where it should be. A
quick check of the lake levels shows that - while much better than a couple months ago - they are still a couple feet higher than they should be and I know they are still working on lowering the levels and still talking about how best to manage lake levels in the future.
Looking up this stretch of Starkweather Creek you can start to see the top of some of the big rocks on the sides. On each side there is at least
two rows of big rocks that had been underwater for several months now. It is nice to see it go down, but this should still be considered significantly high.
Just because I like side by side comparisons,
after the break is the view of the Milwaukee Street bridge from pictures I'd taken Friday and previously.
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2 comments:
Is there a risk of further flooding come the spring thaw? Hopefully those who run things will step up to the mark and ensure it doesn't happen.
It will depend on the amount of snow and spring rains, but probably not. And that chance goes down the lower they can get the lakes before then. This is a very small event compared to the hurricanes and wildfires happening elsewhere, but it is local and something for me to write about.
I can't believe it's almost full winter again. Seems like I just posted winter scenes of the lake recently...
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