Thursday, March 19, 2020

Fresh snow on the mountains


Our cold rain yesterday was part of a big storm that is ravaging Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, and moving to the northeastern Plains today.  Flagstaff got another seven inches of snow.  I'm so glad I didn't get stuck in that cold!  Facebook reminded me that eight years ago on this date we also had snow and I took Sammy, Sadie and Zeke up Ash Canyon for a romp in the snow.


And cold it was this morning, brr.  I took the dogs out for a brisk two-mile sunrise walk, saw SeanY on the other side of the creek, again. and then just walked east along the raging Carr Creek.  It was 38F at sunrise and my hands were cold for two hours.  The ground was heavily saturated from yesterday's rain and it looked like the last big storm cloud was going to dump more rain.  That never happened.

The peaks were semi-shrouded in fog during my walk.  The new snow wasn't visible until later in the morning, when the storm clouds passed on and the sky cleared.  I was busy pulling weeds to dump them in any room left in our garbage bin before the 8am pick-up.  This is perhaps a futile task.  We have more weeds in the backyard than we have grass.

I stayed inside warming up.  After two weeks of spring mornings, reverting back to winter mornings is hard!  But it warmed enough by early afternoon for a second walk along the raging San Pedro with Susan and her dog.  The river is latte colored right now.  Even Minnie was concerned about getting swept away by the current.


We met a couple from Los Altos, CA who had been at the Casa de San Pedro all week.  Their Southwest flight back to San Jose later today was cancelled, but they did get rerouted via San Diego.  I told them to sit on the left side of the plane, because seeing the Sea of Cortez as it glistens in the sun is quite spectacular.

My second walk with Susan was 2.45 miles, so combined I did a decent mileage with all four dogs.  They all held up well! When I got back home at 4pm, Kevin was already home.  He's now entitled to "work from home" these next two weeks during this Covid-19 pandemic.  I'm not sure how he can "work" from home, since his official job title is carpenter/plumber.  And I got an email from the school stating all teachers are working half days next week.  We still don't know if the governor will close schools after March 27th for the rest of the semester.

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https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2020-03-14-snow-wind-west-plains-upper-midwest-strong-system

The global confirmed coronavirus count is now 244,289.  It only took five days after start of spring break for the number to top 200,000.

As for the coronavirus (which was our topic of conversation during the walk), there has been an increase in testing country-wide, resulting in a spike in confirmed cases.  Arizona now has 44 cases (up from 27 yesterday), and New York's numbers are skyrocketing.  Italy's death count (3405) is now higher than China's (3245).  The confirmed cases count for the US is now 13,594,/199 surpassing France's of 10,995/372.   These numbers will continue to rise. 

I also read an article from the Miami Herald stating that Chinese studies of their patients shows the majority have A+ blood, which is my type.  The least type found was O+.


New York
5,298
Washington
1,376
California
894
New Jersey
742
Florida
426
Illinois
422
Louisiana
380
Michigan
334
Massachusetts
328
Georgia
287
Pennsylvania
185
Colorado
183
Connecticut
159
Texas
156
Ohio
119
Maryland
107
Wisconsin
106
Tennessee
98
North Carolina
96
Virginia
94
Minnesota
89
Oregon
88
Nevada
84
South Carolina
81
Alabama
78
Utah
63
Arkansas
62
Indiana
56
Maine
52
Mississippi
50
Kentucky
47
Arizona
44
New Hampshire
44
Oklahoma
44
Rhode Island
44
District of Columbia
39
Iowa
38
New Mexico
35
Kansas
34
Delaware
30
Nebraska
27
Missouri
24
Vermont
22
Wyoming
18
Hawaii
16
North Dakota
15
Idaho
11
South Dakota
11
Alaska
9
Montana
9
Puerto Rico
6
West Virginia                                            2
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