In case anyone had forgotten, this was the scene on January 30 this year, when ice covered the snow (and mountain folks around here were without power for about 52 hours). Predictions for this coming winter, based on woolly worm observations, old almanacs and the musings or old neighbors is that we're in for "seven snows" this winter. Of course, the National Weather Service notes that we're in for an upcoming prolonged drought, with very little precipitation in coming months. We shall see.
Footnotes: What's with the woolly worms? Here's how the predictions work. If the worm is black at both ends, and brown in the middle, as they have been in recent weeks, we are in for a severe winter both at the beginning and end. How does one know we're in for "seven snows?" Well, because there were seven foggy/misty days in August, of course!
