Randy Cassingham's Blog

Posted by Thom, Brea CA on April 21, 2009:

Re: "2 feet (or about 61 cm, for those of you who use a more rational measuring system)"

I agree it's a more rational system of measures. However, I would expect to see it on your weather station page!

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My weather station is meant for area consumers, so it indeed uses familiar measurements. -rc

Posted by Thomas, Texas on April 22, 2009:

*sigh*

I live in the Midwest. Arlington Texas to be precise. I grew up in NW Minnesota and seeing those pics make me long for snow country. I even have dreams of living in a mountainous area just for the fantastic view. *sigh* I envy Randy and where he lives. :)

Posted by Kimberley, Central Ohio on April 24, 2009:

I am a long time True reader, but just recently found your blog. When you described the dust which soiled the underside of the slab of snow on your roof, it reminded me of the weather an online friend of mine living in Moab described.

She told us about a recent dust storm. They had high winds and red dust swirling thickly through the air. Then came a light rain, which caught all that red dust in the air and took it down in the form of mud. I can't imagine mud falling from the sky and coating everything. She was relieved when it rained in earnest, for that meant this time she wouldn't have to hose down the fruit trees and her garden.

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I wonder if that was one of the same dust storms we saw. The most recent was indeed very red. Moab is only about 100 miles west of us, as the dust flies. -rc

Posted by Keleigh Glenwood Springs CO on April 25, 2009:

Yeah, mudstorms. We get those a couple of times a year. I've never seen more crazy kinds of weather than I have since moving to Colorado.

Posted by James in NC on April 27, 2009:

I loved the enlarged panoramic view, but I see some stupid b___d put his house between yours and your wonderful mountains. Some people have no respect for others. ;-)

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And naturally, that house wasn't there when we built ours.... -rc

Posted by Cory, Topeka Kansas on April 29, 2009:

Gorgeous.

Posted by Les - just outside Yosemite on April 30, 2009:

Precisely OUR roof, too, Randy! Our house is a vintage cedar log home at the 4,000 foot elevation just outside Yosemite. My acreage is all massive climax-growth forest with JUST enough cleared for the house. When I bought the house in 2001, the first thing I did was to replace the original cedar shake roof with a metal one, and yup: with our heavy snows, we too experience the 2' pageboy overhang. What's REALLY interesting (or at least mildly so) is when the temps fall precipitously and the stuff toughens up but doesn't break: we've had a near complete curled curtain from the second floor eaves make it all the way down to the first floor roof.

Ah, life in the mountains...don't ya just love it?!

Posted by Gail, Philadelphia on May 11, 2009:

I like the photos. I didn't realize the black hat was a weather station. When i first looked i thought you had a big snowman hiding in the forest. What a spectacular view. You're in heaven all the time. Thanks for the view.