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Yesterday, there was a rather unusual weather front that passed through NJ... ahead of some heavy downpours of rain, the temps soared into the mid 70s.  Today. we're back down to the normal-for-February 30s...

Woke up to this scene this morning. For those of you in the winter climates, be sure to check my CarSpace Guide regarding the proper way to get all that white stuff from your vehicle. One benefit to living out here in the mountains is that the local crews really know how to plow snow...

The famous closing line of the shift meeting on "Hill Street Blues". yesterday, it rained most of the day in north NJ.  Making my morning trek eastbound on I-80, we came to a crawl around exit 55.  It's 4 lanes per side at this point, light steady shower.  As we inch along, a state trooper, then not one but two ambulances blast down the shoulder. Another 5 minutes of inching and the vehicles in the right 2 lanes are now rapidly bailing left.  As I reach the scene, several troopers are there, a tractor trailer is pulled over on the shoulder, and in the right-center lane, a car - compressed to about two-thirds of its original size - is being loaded onto a flatbed wrecker...

Not a sudden thunderstorm that blows through in 20 minutes... but a good all-day rain. It's been a law in New Jersey for over 10 years to turn all your lights on whenever sky conditions require windshield wipers.  And yet far too many people don't bother.  With tire spray, rain, and fog, it's REALLY easy to come up on some small car (especially silver/gray/white) with almost no warning it was there because the driver is running "dark"...