Comments on: 20 Signs of a Hard Winter

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:57:42 +0000

Here is SLC UT I have never had so many spiders migrate into my house during fall. I can’t say I like it! But wonder if it means a harder winter.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:12:51 +0000

We have had an abundance of acorns dropping here in Bucks County, Pennsylvania starting early fall. My dad remarks he can’t remember the last time his 30-year old oak dropped so profusely. The squirrels can’t keep up. Are we in for a rough winter? And the trees are holding their leaves.

By: Sasha

Sasha — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:14:59 +0000

Acorns acorns acorns… I live in Northern Ca. and this year we have acorns larger than I have ever seen. Big whoppers that really are loud on the deck when they fall from our Oak trees. I think that there are more acorns than usual as well. The crickets are very noisey at night and I don’t remember ever hearing them that loud. I noticed that someone else wrote this but we also have seen many mother deer with twins, I can’t recall seeing a mom with just one baby. Should be an interesting winter!

By: Fuzzy Caterpillars « Old Dominion Wildlife

Fuzzy Caterpillars « Old Dominion Wildlife — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:18:22 +0000

[...] discussion at the CapitalWeatherGang site today about folklore and predicting winter weather. The Farmer’s Almanac site says: Narrow orange band in the middle of the Woollybear caterpillar warns of heavy snow; fat and [...]

By: margaret yagoda

margaret yagoda — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:23:43 +0000

We are in New London Ohio and are surrounded by oak trees. The acorns are falling on our camper making it sound like bombs going off! This is the first time I have ever experienced this. Walking is impossible!

By: Chas

Chas — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:30:59 +0000

6 min until its fall!!!!!!!!

By: Chas

Chas — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:15:43 +0000

To John : Goose never migrate in nebraska.

By: Mike M

Mike M — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:21:02 +0000

All summer I was noticing that all of the pine trees around my area just north of Boston are absolutely laden with pine cones right at the very top of the tree. I’ve never seen this many pine cones before. Early on they were difficult to see because they were green but I first noticed them because the extra weight was making those upper limbs droop. Now that they’re turning brown they’re easy to see.

Does it mean anything about what the tree ‘thinks’ is coming or only a response to the cool damp weather we had for most of the summer around here? (It’s been cool and dry around here lately though)

By: John Pearson

John Pearson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:08:11 +0000

Checking in from East Tennessee.
1. Seeing lots of black hairy caterpillars. No orange visible–solid black.
2. Excessive abundance of acorns this year. All of the oaks around the house are bombarding the roof and deck. Things that go bump in the night.

3. Squirells are busy all day long gathering the abundance of acorns.

4. Excessive spiderwebs.

5. As of today, the geese are still around.