It's not that we've never had snow in May before. In fact, on exactly this day in 2010, we had a little storm. But, this year is different. After a short winter and warm spring all the trees were fully leafed-out. On top of that, this one came in warm, so everything was sticky. Finally, this was not a couple of inches of Utah powder, but a huge slug of heavy, heavy moisture. We may have had eight inches of snow, but it contained at least an inch of water. The result has been bad. "Natural disaster" may constitute hyperbole, but for a place that doesn't have hurricanes or tornados, this is probably as much tree damage as we are likely to see. The branches were breaking all night, all across town. It sounded like gunfire. And the thumping of branches hitting our roof and the ground all around the house kept me awake for hours. I kept waiting for the big one to end up in the bedroom. So far, though, I'm not sure we've had any roof damage. There is one big branch laying against the chimney, but I am keeping my fingers crossed. It's not over yet . . . still snowing . . . and we keep having power bumps, but I'm hoping that the final tally will be a lot of clean-up and some half broken trees, with no trunks on the house.
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