Thundersnow and Other Local News

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 05:55:11 PM EST
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We're having a Thundersnow storm ...about 5 minutes after getting home from court the skies turned dark and snow began falling. Then you could hear thunder. It's going to snow through the night, clear tomorrow and then snow again on Saturday. Rush hour will be a mess. The local news reporter just said the only thing we haven't had yet is locusts and pestilence, but the day isn't over yet. Lots of accidents.

More local news: The Ward Churchill wrongful termination case against the University of Colorado went to the jury this morning. From his lawyer's closing: [More...]

The job you are now undertaking is quite possibly the most important decision you will ever have to make," Churchill's attorney, David Lane, told the Denver jury during closing arguments. "You are in charge of preserving, protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States of America."

Lane added: "Are you going to allow lies to overcome the truth?"

(Added: No verdict today, deliberations resume tomorrow.)

In better news, a bill to allow undocumented residents to pay in-state college tuition passed the Colorado House Appropriations Committee.

And in funny news, the Aspen Daily News has an April Fools edition today, with stories like White People Lose Jobs in Aspen, Lance Armstrong to Enter Mayor's Race and Aspen Daily News to Fold Next Week. I'm so glad the last one isn't true, I read it every day.

What's the news in your neck of the woods?

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Segue: thunder. (none / 0) (#1)
by oculus on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 06:00:49 PM EST

So I'm at opening night of a new play, "Irena's Vow," starring Tovah Feldschuh. She and the cast are on stage after the play. The daughter of Irene is taking questions from the audience. One of the questions has to do with Irene's being Catholic and the people she saved from extermination being Jewish. At that moment there was a single, very loud thunder clap.

are you blogging from the play? (none / 0) (#2)
by Jeralyn on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 06:05:52 PM EST

Very cool.


: No. I saw it Sunday night. (none / 0) (#3)
by oculus on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 06:09:10 PM EST

Am home now.
Learned something though. All the new plays were available at the half price booth at Times Square. But I pd. full price to sit in front because I was worried I wouldn't be able to hear the dialogue. But, for Irena's Vow, because it was opening night, the only seat available was the mezzanine, top row. Surprise: with the hearing assist pointed just so I could hear everything.

Ward Churchill (none / 0) (#4)
by Spamlet on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 06:13:17 PM EST

is one of those disagreeable characters whose cases end up being tests of whether people who consider themselves intelligent and well informed really do understand and support the Constitution.

At a social event over the weekend, I heard quite a bit of ignorant, vitriolic comment about the O. J. Simpson case from people whose response to the verdict is, shall we say, overdetermined.

Not that there's any equivalence between the charges against Churchill and those brought against Simpson, but the verdict in the Simpson case serves as another such test.

Still discussing OJ verdict? (5.00 / 1) (#5)
by oculus on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 06:16:38 PM EST

Let it go, folks.


: Seriously (none / 0) (#6)
by Spamlet on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 06:18:30 PM EST

These were people I don't normally associate with and will see again rarely if ever. There are reasons for that.

Your locusts went extinct (none / 0) (#7)
by Dadler on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 06:44:56 PM EST

The Rocky Mountain locust was quite the pest, possibly with the greatest swarms ever seen.

We've replaced the locusts... (none / 0) (#10)
by MileHi Hawkeye on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 07:15:53 PM EST

...with the Rocky Mountain Pine Beetle. Trust me, they're every bit as good at inflicting damage as a locust.

So, so many dead pines--one well-placed lighting strike this Summer and we've got a super inferno on our hands.


Same here (none / 0) (#13)
by Dadler on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 08:57:08 PM EST

San Diego's backcountry forests (sounds oxymoronic, I know, but it is Southern cal, an hour from beach to mountains to desert) are really getting hit hard too, by drought, disease, beetles, of course, good ol' fire.


: It certainly seems like... (none / 0) (#14)
by MileHi Hawkeye on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 09:15:08 PM EST

...fire season has become a year-round affair in the Western US due to the drought, pestulance and year upon year of forestry mismanagement.

Thundersnow! (none / 0) (#8)
by MileHi Hawkeye on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 06:48:27 PM EST

Gawd, I do love this place. For those who may not know, TS is not quite hail and not quite snow. Now its just plain snowin'.

Best line of the day (so far) on pictures of HRH: "why is George Washington wearing that pink dress?".

"Locusts and pestilence" LOL! (none / 0) (#9)
by ChiTownDenny on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 06:49:16 PM EST

My experience in CO was that it was very sunny. You are describing Chicago weather, and, therefore, have my empathy. ;)

Churchill (none / 0) (#11)
by catmandu on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 07:50:35 PM EST

Churchill's research misconduct really damaged the university's reputation. There was some major accusations which seem well documented and well founded. It will be hard for other university researcher's work to be accepted in the academic world. One person ruins alot of people's reputations in a position where reputation is everything. What a selfish jerk.

: You like mean winning... (none / 0) (#12)
by MileHi Hawkeye on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 07:58:37 PM EST

Nobel Prizes and such?

In Physics the Stanford University (10) and the Harvard University (9) hosted most of the Nobel Prize Laureates. The other "big names in research" are strong too. In addition some other institutions are relativly strong too: also within the group of leading institutions (more than three Nobel Prizes) are the Academy of Sciences in Moscow, the Bell Laboratories, the IBM Research Lab in Switzerland, the CERN Geneva, the Lebedev Physical Institute Moscow and the University of Colorado and the University of Illinois.
Over the time periods you will find a concentration of Nobel Prizes towards less institutions. Especially in the periods from 1950-1989 more than 70 % of all prizes went to the group of leading institutions. It seems to be that this phase of concentration came to an end at the turn to the 21st century. In the last years only 56 % of the prizes went to the "big names" and the University of Colorado in Boulder found as a "newcomer" its place among the leading institutions.

: Catmandu (none / 0) (#17)
by Jeralyn on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 11:21:50 PM EST

You just registered today. New commenters are limited to 10 comments a day. And name-calling is not allowed. You may not call Dr. Churchill a jerk here. Please read the commenting rules.

Snow in April? (none / 0) (#16)
by BrassTacks on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 10:19:24 PM EST

You have my sympathies. I don't think I could stand to live in a place where winter lasted so long.

: It usually snows around Mother's Day in May (none / 0) (#18)
by Jeralyn on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 11:24:00 PM EST

We're used to it, but those are flash storms and since we're at such a high altitude with low humidity, there's rarely slush afterwards-- it disappears as quickly as it came. But it never snows this much, or this freqently, in April.

: It isn't winter ... (none / 0) (#20)
by sj on Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 09:24:13 AM EST

... the whole time. Some stunningly wonderful days in the middle of winter.
But Spring snow storms are as common as early Autumn snow storms. I was always just happy if the snow stayed away long enough to get some Fall color. I knew the weather would come back around. The colors, though, might pass us by.

School has been cancelled here (none / 0) (#19)
by Militarytracy on Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 06:59:07 AM EST

today due to severe weather, thunderstorms with rotation.