It's Snowing!

Just kidding. But it feels like it. Temperatures have dropped 15 degrees and the humidity has fallen 33%. I can now be outside for a full two hours before becoming drenched in sweat.

We're still getting used to NY weather forecasting, too. A couple of days ago, fore-guessers warned of an approaching "strong storm." A strong storm in CO would have us battening down the hatches and holing up for a few days. We'd pour our drinks and sit by the window in the living room, listening to the wind howl. And really, you can barely talk over the wind in CO sometimes.

The big NY storm turned out to be about 15 minutes of heavy rain and wind. HOWEVER, the storm did manage to stop the train I was on because tree debris had fallen onto the tracks -- or to be more precise, some giant tree branches had fallen onto the tracks.

Perhaps the difference between CO and NY is that NY has old trees that are poised to come down with the barest whisper of a wind. And of course, CO doesn't have any trees.

Trivia tidbit: The average annual windspeed in NYC is several miles per hour *higher* than any of the larger cities in CO. Oh, and large cities in CO include Alamosa with a population of 16,000.