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Mainers welcome respite from the cold of winter
by Outspoken on Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:11 am
Mainers welcome respite from the cold of winter
By Morning Sentinel Staff
How do you spell relief? This time of year, it couldn't be simpler. Yards that were iced up and roofs burdened with 3 feet of snow are bare, thanks to the January thaw that happens just about every year.
Not to mention the fact that you can actually go outside without gloves. Even the daintiest of dogs that normally wouldn't consider going on a walk this time of year are rarin' to go.
This particular January thaw -- a record-breaker in Portland -- came a bit early. Lasting a full week, it has been sustained.
On the heels of a snowbound December that hearkens back to the 1950s, residents say the mild weather is most welcome, indeed.
"It just gives you a second wind," said Keith Blackwell, a lifelong Madison resident. "It's a mid-winter breather that we most always get."
Blackwell, 69, said his driveway is now bare.
The timing of the thaw, of course, varies from winter to winter.
"It may not come until the last of January or early February, but a midwinter thaw is almost a given," he said.
This year, Blackwell is concerned about a "freshet," as he calls it -- a thaw that could lead to winter flooding. An early-February freshet knocked down the old bridge between Madison and Anson early in the second decade of the 1900s, he said.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4636151.html
By Morning Sentinel Staff
How do you spell relief? This time of year, it couldn't be simpler. Yards that were iced up and roofs burdened with 3 feet of snow are bare, thanks to the January thaw that happens just about every year.
Not to mention the fact that you can actually go outside without gloves. Even the daintiest of dogs that normally wouldn't consider going on a walk this time of year are rarin' to go.
This particular January thaw -- a record-breaker in Portland -- came a bit early. Lasting a full week, it has been sustained.
On the heels of a snowbound December that hearkens back to the 1950s, residents say the mild weather is most welcome, indeed.
"It just gives you a second wind," said Keith Blackwell, a lifelong Madison resident. "It's a mid-winter breather that we most always get."
Blackwell, 69, said his driveway is now bare.
The timing of the thaw, of course, varies from winter to winter.
"It may not come until the last of January or early February, but a midwinter thaw is almost a given," he said.
This year, Blackwell is concerned about a "freshet," as he calls it -- a thaw that could lead to winter flooding. An early-February freshet knocked down the old bridge between Madison and Anson early in the second decade of the 1900s, he said.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4636151.html
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