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Have to Learn

Wednesday at 7am 11.4° above with 1.8 inches of snow and .12 for water. Tiny flakes continue for a while and then blue sky with slowing snow out of the north and a 21.5° high. Thursday -22.6° (our coldest) Ice fog along the Animas. Cirrus out of the NW by 9am.

Content With Life

A quiet and peaceful week weather wise and otherwise. Day five temperatures were consistently above freezing with three days barely above 40 degrees. Nights were mostly below zero with Sunday’s ten below on coldest reading. When Mother Nature relaxes and takes it easy, so do we.

Growing into Gratitude

Wednesday -7.1 degrees at 7am with fain cirrus and variable blue all day. Gradual warming to 45.1 degrees. Pleasant light breeze. Thursday -1.2 degrees bottom out. Still with occasional cirrus increasing as the day continued. Too nice to be inside! 49.2 degree high. Friday -4.

New Perspectives

We are all blessed with so many different opportunities living way up here in the Polar Hamlet! For your friend Freddie obviously observing nature is a constant compelling way to wake up before dawn each new day and immerse myself in the harshly beautiful world surroundings.

From The Standard Mail Car

Dear Editor, It has been said several times, but it needs to be said again. Thank you very much to all the folks who worked during the holidays keeping our roads and sidewalks clear, as well as the folks tirelessly shoveling out those in our community who can’t shovel themselves.

Variable Horizontal Snow

Wednesday 16.1° at 7am with upcanyon light variable horizontal snow. This continued all day and into the night. 17.4° high. Thursday our 7am temperature was the same as the daytime high! Overnight we reached 15.4°. More wind drifting and horizontal transport with a 20.8° high. Friday 17.

Wild Windy Winter World

Wednesday December 22 we were -3.5° at 7am. However, bottom out followed shortly thereafter -4.9°. A bit of blur overhead with some faint cirrus. We were still below freezing at 1pm yet made out high for the week 42.4° later on. Thursday 14.7° above was out low overnight with 32.1° by 7am.

A Conversation with Carol Wilkins

Current pieces from Carol Wilkins Design [Editor’s Note: This column is the first of a series brought to you by the Silverton Creative District, a local nonprofit whose mission is to promote the growth and sustainability of arts and culture and to provide economic prosperity for our artists and...

Our Winter Wonderland

Wednesday, 15.2 at 7am. 4.5 inches measured with lots of wind drift. Water Content .64. Flurries and air turbulence during day with a 23 high exactly. Thursday -14.1 below. Cirrus edging in overhead. Occasional clearing 32.1 high gusty snow blowing wind strictly on the valley floor. Friday -4.

SMPA Response to Power Outage Last Tuesday

Editor’s Note: Alex Shelley, Communications Executive for San Miguel Power Association, sent a letter to Silverton and San Juan County leadership in regards to the power outage last Tuesday night. We are printing it in full below.