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		<title>Midwest Winter Beauty (Yes, it does happen occasionally)</title>
		<link>http://krisbunda.com/blog/index.php/2010/12/26/midwest-winter-beauty-yes-it-does-happen-occasionally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Bunda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stepped out this morning to this:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>I stepped out this morning to this:</h2>
<div id="attachment_545" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Christmas-2010.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-545 " title="Christmas 2010 - Midwestern Winter Beauty 2" src="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Christmas-2010-600x450.jpg" alt="Christmas 2010 - Midwestern Winter Beauty 2" width="600" height="450" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Winter Wonderland</p></div>
<div id="attachment_544" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Christmas-2010-2.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-544" title="Christmas 2010 - Midwestern Winter Beauty 1" src="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Christmas-2010-2-600x450.jpg" alt="Christmas 2010 - Midwestern Winter Beauty 1" width="600" height="450" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Frosty Trees</p></div>
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		<title>Extreme Midwest Winter Weather</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Bunda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rant and photos about one of the extreme snow storms we've experienced this winter.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>This is what I woke up to:</h2>
<p><a href="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/CarDrift1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-281" title="CarDrift1" src="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/CarDrift1-1024x768.jpg" alt="Midwest Winter, Snow drift, buried car" width="595" height="446" /></a><a href="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/CarDrift2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-280" title="CarDrift2" src="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/CarDrift2-1024x768.jpg" alt="Midwest weather, snow drift" width="595" height="446" /></a></p>
<h3>It just got worse from there.</h3>
<p>My Brother In Law snow blow-ed the drive at 10am, and the drift around the car was back half-as-high an hour later&#8230; and bigger than before not long after that.</p>
<p>About 11am, the neighbor across the street got his Grand Am stuck on the street in front of my house (where the truck is in the photo).</p>
<p><a href="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/SnowBlow.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-287" title="SnowBlow" src="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/SnowBlow-1024x768.jpg" alt="Snow Blower" width="595" height="446" /></a></p>
<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 25px;">Winter Advisory</span></p>
<p>Now it&#8217;s almost whiteout conditions (3pm).  This is the 4th time this has happened in a month (this much snow and drifting in front of my house).  I think it&#8217;s time to either plant a hedge row, or erect a snow fence.  The drift in this photo isn&#8217;t the same one from the photo above &#8212; that one was completely removed and then this one formed within a couple hours.</p>
<p><a href="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/3pmDrifts.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-289" title="3pmDrifts" src="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/3pmDrifts-1024x768.jpg" alt="Snow drifting and white out conditions" width="595" height="446" /></a></p>
<h3>Strange Formations</h3>
<p>Check out these strange formations, and keep in mind that I didn&#8217;t have my garage door opened all day.  This is all snow that accumulated from about 6am through 3pm, all blown through the cracks between the garage door segments and perimeter.  The reason it&#8217;s interesting to me is because these drifts &#8220;grew upward&#8221; throughout the day, like a stalagmite (stalactite?) that grows up from the bottom of a cave&#8230; but there&#8217;s not corresponding precipitation from above in this scenario.  There&#8217;s no big snow formation attached to the ceiling above.</p>
<p><a href="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/SnowFormations.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-288" title="SnowFormations" src="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/SnowFormations-1024x768.jpg" alt="Strange Snow Formations" width="595" height="446" /></a></p>
<h3>Aftermath</h3>
<p>Here I am the next day; our neighbor cleaned out the drive except for this drift&#8230; looks like my wife is going to have some serious shoveling ahead of her if she wants to go anywhere : )</p>
<div id="attachment_296" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/BigDrift.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-296" title="BigDrift" src="http://krisbunda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/BigDrift-768x1024.jpg" alt="Big Snow Drift" width="450" height="600" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Yes, those are my Penguin Pants.</p></div>
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