Snow and roadside trash

Snow and roadside trash
Jan 16th 2008
wolfmoonsleddog
Southeast
Location: Northwest GA
Time - 5:04pm
Temperature: 37 degrees F
Conditions: Cloudy, snowing
Forecast: Winter mix tonight, cloudy with freezing rain possible tomorrow. Lows in the 30s

Well. It’s snowing like crazy here! I haven’t seen it snow like this for YEARS! Unfortunately it’s supposed to change to rain tonight but it’s pretty right now. It’s snowing faster than it’s melting so we have a dusting already.

Calypso and I had a good run this morning but I am irritated because it seems like a bunch of people decided to hold the Lets Throw Our Fast Food Wrappers And Bags All Over The Side Of The Road Festival. Calypso was already bored with that trail and today there was a KFC bag every eight feet. I kept yelling “oh by!” “on by!” “on by, Calypsos!” “oh by!”

We’re hoping that nothing (like freezing rain/ice) stops us from going to the race in VA this weekend. Check out this article about one of the other people who will be competing in the race.

From: http://www.morganton.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=MNH/MGArticle/MNH_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173354198797Â (check out the picture on the link)

No snow poses no problem for dogsledder

By Heather Sanders

hsanders@morganton.com

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Morganton - She hasn’t quite gotten to the Iditarod Great Sled Race, but it may be in her future.Jessica Osbourne, 17, will compete Jan. 20 at her first dry-land dogsledding race in Virginia, sponsored by Siberian Husky Assist of Virginia.

Osbourne left for Virginia on Friday to start preparing her dogs for the race.

So far, Osbourne said she has only practiced on dry land, although she has thought about racing on snow.

“But there’s no snow around here,” she said.

Although Osbourne has 10 huskies and five rescue dogs; she has four main canines pulling her along.

Ceasar, 3, and Zorro, 5, are the wheeldogs. They are the closest to Osbourne’s cart because they are stronger, she said.

Her two female huskies, Storm, 5, and Satin, 4, lead the team.

Osbourne said she has had all of the dogs except for Zorro, who she got from Friends for Animals, since they were puppies.

It is best to start training the dogs when they are 7 months old.

“It’s very hard training puppies,” Osbourne said. “They want to go everywhere. Sometimes they just don’t listen.”

It is still better to start with younger dogs, though, Osbourne said.

Osbourne’s family has had huskies for about 10 years, but she only started running them about three years ago.

In the cooler months, Osbourne, Satin, Storm, Ceasar and Zorro can be seen running the Greenway Trail.

Osbourne’s cart is a three-wheel bicycle with a basket on the back.

She said they typically don’t train in the summer because it is harder on the dogs. Even in the winter, Osbourne always carries water and bowls.

Eventually, she thinks she’ll move up to Alaska and open her own kennel.

“I look forward to doing more races,” she said.

So what is the weather supposed to do for the race? Here’s a forecast from http://www.weather.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=tn&prodtype=zone with the days I’ll be there in bold:

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY…

.TONIGHT…A CHANCE OF SLEET AND SNOW BY LATE EVENING…THEN SNOW
AND A CHANCE OF LIGHT SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100
PERCENT.
.THURSDAY…SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 4 INCHES.
HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 MPH OR LESS.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. LIGHT WINDS.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN
THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. LIGHT WINDS.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. LIGHT WINDS.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS. BRISK. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. COLDER. LOWS 7 TO 10.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 13.

But I must calm down and not become hysterical even though we are having THE BIGGEST SNOW WE’VE HAD IN YEARS! THERE IS ENOUGH OF A DUSTING TO MAKE THE GROUND A SORT-OF OFF-WHITE COLOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, took some pictures which I’ll try to post soon.

Cheers!