This Crazy Pocono Mountain Weather

early November, I wanted to have a family portrait taken outdoors, in the leaves. Too bad, on that day it was bitter cold; the wind was attacking with an icy blast. Mr. Rice and I were not looking forward to a winter that started with such cruelty!

Then, magically, December and January were almost spring-like. Okay, that is an exaggeration, but it was much warmer than normal, and, much to the dismay of our children, there was no snow. Until the big Valentine's Day storm, which got Pennsylvania some unpleasant attention nationally - our Department of Transportation kinda dropped the ball - I guess someone forgot to remind them that they really are still in the Poconos - where it does snow in the winter. (Usually, anyway.)

Here it is, Easter Sunday, and not only is it colder in Hawley than it was on Christmas, but it was snowing all day! Nothing that stayed on the ground, but sheesh! This is just a little ridiculous.

About nine years ago, in March, we got a terrific snowstorm that dumped a couple feet of snow on us. But the very next day, I was playing with children outside in short sleeves. It was almost 80 degrees! Have you ever built snowmen while wearing a t-shirt? The kids were crying because their snowpants and boots were too hot.

One year, we residents of Pike County, (along with most of northeast PA) were pummelled, week after week, with significant snowfall. I remember all this crazy weather being blamed on El Nino. Okay, and now, what is to be blamed for this?

Snow on Easter: The New Inconvenient Effect of Global Warming.

Sure. OR: Maybe it's just a part of the weird weather patterns that we really can not comprehend. Weather has not really been tracked for that long - only a hundred years or so. It could be that every few hundred years, things radically change.

At any rate, Spring can spring any time now, and I think more than a few people have a grudge against ol Punxatawney Phil. *smile*

Easter Candy photo by Sister 72.

In spite of bizarre weather at times, the Poconos in northeastern PA (NEPA) is truly a beautiful place to call home.

This Crazy Pocono Mountain Weather, ©Copyright 2007 by Karen E. Rice. All rights reserved.