Snowpocalypse 2013, V.2

[mckitterick]

View of the house from the (abandoned) street during Snowpocalypse V.2. Look at how the branches curve toward the earth, white gravity pressing from above. Gusts of wind peel lumps of icy snow from upper branches which cascade down, becoming a crunching avalanche. I went outside and took a bunch of photos, even a little video. It's so quiet, muffled, the only sounds are birds chirping, falling snow, and distant chainsaws.



Oh, and what appears to be a bush beside the tree? Branches. Also, the little "tree" on the left of the photo is actually a giant branch that landed thick-side down. I fear for the trees in the area.

It's lovely outside and all that, but if this means Cory Doctorow isn't able to get here for his talk on Thursday....

Stay safe and warm out there!

Chris

Comments

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

We managed to miss the worst of this last storm; we had maybe four inches of snow, and it was blowing so much that it all ended up elsewhere! Added to that is the fact that Monday was above freezing all day long, so nothing accumulated. So, I ended up going to work around 10 today, just to make sure I wasn't attempting to skate there!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it!

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

wow! that's really purty!!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Isn't it, though? It's like magic, how clear water transforms into white fractal crystals nine times the size of the water they grew from. Love it!

Not such a fan of shoveling every day, though.

[silverfae.livejournal.com]

I was eying our branches out back quite warily this morning as well. Still, it's pretty, isn't it?

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

We must suffer for beauty ;-)

[lil-m-moses.livejournal.com]

So jealous! I miss snow, and didn't even get my annual Christmas trip to Michigan this year. =(

[archway.livejournal.com]

Beautiful!! Thank you!!!!