Posted on 02/12/2010 7:05:43 AM PST by ShadowAce
NORMAN, Oklahoma -- A University of Oklahoma student is taking an extra interest in this week's snow storms in the south and northeast and is working to document the events in a very unique way.
Patrick Marsh said it's likely by the end of the week snow will be on the ground in all 50 states.
From Ardmore all the way to Dallas and even in Louisiana, the south is snowed in. For many, it's a winter wonderland in places that rarely see such weather. But none of it comes close to the mess up north where two blizzards have blown through in a week.
Weather like this is why Marsh is studying to be a meteorologist. Even as the snow fell outside the National Weather Center in Norman, inside Marsh was tracking what could be a rare winter weather phenomenon.
Marsh, a student employee at the NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, is currently trying to collect photos of snow on the ground in all 50 states.
"On Friday afternoon, I'm going to begin asking for photos of the snow," Marsh said. "Hopefully I'll get photos from all 50 states, and if I do, I'll put them into a Google Earth map and make a snow snapshot of America."
Marsh said Florida is the only state without snow on the ground at this point, but he said two to four inches of snow is forecasted on Friday in some parts of the state. There is currently even snow on some of the mountain tops in Hawaii.
If you or someone you know in the United States has snow on the ground where they are, tell them to take a pictures and send it to snow@forwarn.org.
In NC we have had way more snow than we have since I moved here 11 years ago. And now snow in the FL panhandle? I would welcome a little global warming right about now!
I guess that us Unincorporated Protectorates don’t count..
Sigh.
Only 50?? Why would he omit 7 states?
Obviously, he's a racist.
...?????....he can't do a search...or is he looking for a mailing list to promote freezing warming?
Surprised you haven’t been banned for your tagline...
They don’t take kindly to questions of their decisions.
You are right. After all, we are talking about snow. If he wasn’t racist he would be collecting pictures of coal in all 57 states.
I want to see the Hawaii snow picture.
Here in Northwest La. we have had 4 inches since yesterday morning, This is the most snow we have had since New Years Eve 2000.
It’s absolutely spectacular outside right now.
He better hurry if he wants to take a picture of it, though. It’s above freezing now and will get up to 50 tomorrow.
I live in southeast Louisiana. We are right now having our third snowfall this winter.
North Idaho - no snow on the ground (most we’ve had was a couple of inches (last year 80 inches on the ground at this time). Only the highest mountains have any snow and most of the ski areas are struggling.
Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea each top 13,000 feet.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.powdermag.com/news/Bracher_skiing_Hawaii.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.powdermag.com/features/news/Skiing-Hawaii/&usg=___ZcC7O0C5BKrKNxeUDOdLmsv2uU=&h=429&w=600&sz=35&hl=en&start=1&itbs=1&tbnid=owDslHeStGmNbM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3DHawaii%2Bsnow%2Bskiing%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
That was my first question as well.
You, sir, have no sense of humor..
I certainly do, those referred to in your tagline have demonstrably less...
Mauna Kea, where the observatories are, they even have a snow plow.
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