All it takes is to have a few snowflakes fall from the sky and we get a flurry of activity. Kids don their jackets and mittens and run outside. They wait for a thin ground cover to roll snowballs and raise their faces upward catching those elusive snowflakes in their mouth. TV stations send their newly hired reporters outside to head for the hills for live reports.
Weather geeks flood social media with observations and meteorological chatter. Older residents walk to the window and look outside, reminiscing of their younger days. Dogs are let outside in the yard and run feverishly in circles chasing the falling snowflakes.
I believe Tuesday’s brief snowfall was the most excitement we have had since the pandemic began one year ago. Nature teased most of us in the lowlands with several hours of snowfall but little if any accumulation. I had reports of a trace to one-quarter inch in the usual places like Felida and Salmon Creek.
Others in lofty locations to our east reported about an inch of the white stuff. In most areas it was what we call “conversational” snow. Lots of talk, but the city does not come to a standstill. It even snowed along the ocean beaches for hours before the snow began locally. Enough to whiten some coastal communities for a short while.
