Thursday \u00a0January 30 \u00a0 Great Lakes Ice<\/p>\n
A friend sent me this article from MLive. \u00a0I reverses a trend that had been going on for a few years, less and less ice cover on the big lakes meant that sunshine did not bounce off the ice; \u00a0it entered the open water, warming it up, and increasing evaporation and lake effect snow. \u00a0The evaporation was a big reason the lake levels had been going down. \u00a0But apparently this monster cold weather as spiked the amount of ice cover a whole lot during January (62% of all Great Lakes surface is now ice). \u00a0More ice, more sun bounces off ice, less lake effect snow,less evaporation, more winter sunshine and more cold. I’m scratching my head about this. \u00a0Check out the article. \u00a0Here are the first few lines; \u00a0link to the whole piece is just below.<\/p>\n
Enjoy the sun; take care about frostbite.<\/p>\n
john sj<\/p>\n
p.s.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0UDM’s board of trustees meets this afternoon and tomorrow so I won’t be posting tomorrow.<\/p>\n
pps.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Here’s a short poem.<\/p>\n
Enough<\/strong><\/p>\n Enough. These few words are enough. This opening to the life David Whyte, Where Many Rivers Meet<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ppps. \u00a0\u00a0Here’s the M-Live article<\/strong>:<\/p>\n “The Great Lakes have reached 62 percent ice coverage due to extreme cold, and in the weeks ahead that can have a triple-barreled consequence on Michigan’s weather: More cold. Less lake-effect snow. More sun.<\/p>\n The coverage is growing rapidly. The ice area more than doubled in just one recent week, from 22 percent coverage on Jan. 15 to 48 percent by Jan. 22. From Jan. 22 to Jan. 28 the average Great Lakes ice grew another 14 percent.<\/p>\n Lake Superior is 69 percent covered in ice. Lake Michigan has 46 percent ice cover, while Lake Huron is 71 percent ice covered. Lake Erie is almost totally covered with ice, at 96 percent. Lake Ontario has 26 percent ice cover.”<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/weather\/index.ssf\/2014\/01\/michigans_great_lakes_rapidly.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thursday \u00a0January 30 \u00a0 Great Lakes Ice A friend sent me this article from MLive. \u00a0I reverses a trend that had been going on for a few years, less and less ice cover on the big lakes meant that sunshine … Continue reading
\nIf not these words, this breath.
\nIf not this breath, this sitting here.<\/p>\n
\nwe have refused
\nagain and again
\nuntil now.<\/p>\n