...even if 50% of it was shot within a 1/4 mile area.
I debated featuring this instead, if only because of its hilariously unbecoming soundtrack.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Warm Winter
For Yoopers, winter--often the eight-month curiosity that gives Trolls cabin fever--is undoubtedly a booster of morale and economy. Many business strategies and events are planned around winter. But a well overdue snowfall that has failed to meet UP standards may prove ruinous.
When only four years ago, Lake Superior froze over completely for the first time in 20 years, this year's winter follows the trend started by preceding seasons (2006), which the National Weather Service declared "one of the five warmest years on record."
Notably, snow mobile sales and rentals are down as well as ski hill patronage. Mackinac Island usually takes in chilled pilgrims, who cross Lake Huron on foot, ski, and snowmobile by following a path marked by Christmas trees. But currently the lake is a patchwork of ice chunks, floating free like cereal in a half-eaten bowl. Michigan Tech's Winter Carnival celebrations are also in jeopardy. Each year, students and community brave the brisk and build intricate two-story snow and ice sculptures, play broomball (hockey with brooms, shoes, and a ball) outdoors, and ski, snowshoe, sled, etc. more frequently. The marquee attraction, snow statues, take a month to build, and this year, event planners have had to bring in snow from around the Keweenaw area and dump it on campus.
Whether to blame global warming or el nino is a moot point for many Yoopers. A late arrival could mean a late stay or a short series of heavy storms, and, given past experiences, it's difficult to expect anything less.
Yooper - A resident of the Upper Peninsula.
Troll - A resident of the Lower Peninsula (under the Mackinac Bridge).
When only four years ago, Lake Superior froze over completely for the first time in 20 years, this year's winter follows the trend started by preceding seasons (2006), which the National Weather Service declared "one of the five warmest years on record."
Notably, snow mobile sales and rentals are down as well as ski hill patronage. Mackinac Island usually takes in chilled pilgrims, who cross Lake Huron on foot, ski, and snowmobile by following a path marked by Christmas trees. But currently the lake is a patchwork of ice chunks, floating free like cereal in a half-eaten bowl. Michigan Tech's Winter Carnival celebrations are also in jeopardy. Each year, students and community brave the brisk and build intricate two-story snow and ice sculptures, play broomball (hockey with brooms, shoes, and a ball) outdoors, and ski, snowshoe, sled, etc. more frequently. The marquee attraction, snow statues, take a month to build, and this year, event planners have had to bring in snow from around the Keweenaw area and dump it on campus.
Whether to blame global warming or el nino is a moot point for many Yoopers. A late arrival could mean a late stay or a short series of heavy storms, and, given past experiences, it's difficult to expect anything less.
Yooper - A resident of the Upper Peninsula.
Troll - A resident of the Lower Peninsula (under the Mackinac Bridge).
Thursday, January 11, 2007
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