Recent cold snap reminiscent of year of no summer

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Last weekend’s cold snap had us gardeners scurrying to cover tender plants. Saturday’s dip into the mid-30s was the coldest May reading I can recall in the 40 years I’ve lived in Catawba County. Sunday morning I saw 36 on my cellphone weather tab. A friend saw frost on the glass of her car in Newton. I checked the web …

Three winters that sent us packing

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The recent cold snap reminds me of why we live in North Carolina. I know, six degrees  sounds extreme, but it could be worse. We could be buried under snow that keeps coming and coming like it did 40 years ago. The other day a Facebook friend posted a photograph from Central Illinois in 1979. It showed a winter scape …