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I would take a repeat of this in a heartbeat. Unfortunately for me, that’ll never happen here again.unome wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:02 am Valentines Day snow of 1895 - look at those totals ! Makes you appreciate the sunshine forecast for today![]()
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Careful what you wish for. The novelty wears off after awhile. I lived through the '93 Superstorm - was in Birmingham, Alabama at the time. The event itself was very exciting for a weather geek like me. Talk about an adrenaline rush seeing and hearing Thundersnow at night and 16" of snow getting dumped on you. The first day after was pretty amazing - playing in the snow and just taking-in the whole experience. I took a lot of great pictures and jumped in the snow like a little kid.Cpv17 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:00 amI would take a repeat of this in a heartbeat. Unfortunately for me, that’ll never happen here again.unome wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:02 am Valentines Day snow of 1895 - look at those totals ! Makes you appreciate the sunshine forecast for today![]()
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The Valentines Day snow Of 1895 is a very rare event. It probably happens every 200 to 500 years. It occurred in a major cold blast.unome wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:02 am Valentines Day snow of 1895 - look at those totals ! Makes you appreciate the sunshine forecast for today![]()
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I suppose it depends on the location and species. Loblolly and southern longleaf pines are confined to eastern North Carolina. The pines in western North Carolina are better adapted to snow. At higher elevations you get into fir tree conifers, which can handle the snow just fine.
Amazing. The snow miracle of Christmas Eve 2004 has to be Top 3-5.Cpv17 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:00 amI would take a repeat of this in a heartbeat. Unfortunately for me, that’ll never happen here again.unome wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:02 am Valentines Day snow of 1895 - look at those totals ! Makes you appreciate the sunshine forecast for today![]()
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I grew up in eastern NC, but I don't remember our loblollys snapping because of snow alone. If there was only snow the softness of the limbs (plus any wind) caused the snow to fall off branches rather than pile up.jasons2k wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:23 amI suppose it depends on the location and species. Loblolly and southern longleaf pines are confined to eastern North Carolina. The pines in western North Carolina are better adapted to snow. At higher elevations you get into fir tree conifers, which can handle the snow just fine.
Birmingham is just far enough south to have more of the longleaf variety of pines. You can pull-up a map of Alabama on Google Earth or satellite view, and you can see the terrain in northern Alabama, north of Birmingham, the color of the vegetation transitions to a deeper green, especially on the ridges. This is because those pines are shortleaf pines and have a slightly darker, more blue-ish or olive color versus the bright green of southern pines.
Yes, ice is a major problem for pine trees. But during the storm, we heard lots of pines snapping during the night because of the weight of the heavy snow. It was eerie. The ice wasn’t really a problem until after the first day when the snow re-froze into ice. By then, the damage was already done.
Did you ever see 13-16" of snow?DoctorMu wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 1:11 pm I grew up in eastern NC, but I don't remember our loblollys snapping because of snow alone. If there was only snow the softness of the limbs (plus any wind) caused the snow to fall off branches rather than pile up.
Snow + ice was a different matter. Limb crushing.
I can't address pines in the Birmingham area and snow having only traveled through back and forth to ATL, NC, Texas... except those pines are brittle and prone to disease, insects, including fire ants. I'd only speculate that weakened branches probably cracked. If they were softer limbs, they probably would have been OK.
It’ll be a repeat of last week. Another bust. I already told everyone don’t expect much of anything especially south of 10.