Gravity and Icicles

Now it is Monday. The Federal Government is closed so we are not at work. The above ground stations for MetroRail are not open yet. Giant is open. Safeway is not.

Photos compliments of and enhanced by NMH.

Back to gravity when the sun comes out on the South side of the House: Aren't melting drips of water supposed to come off the roof and head straight down to the porch per Newton's laws?

Are these icicles responding to some music we can not hear, perhaps announcing spring is coming?

I don't think that is what they are hearing. The weatherman is calling for 3-12" of more snow starting tomorrow at noon. We are under another winter storm warning. I think these icicles are bracing for the worst.

And woe are the Kousa Dogwood branches that are too near the house because the icicles are launching the drips out to the tree clearly creating art as the roof snow melts. Click on picture to enlarge.

No quilting today. Just not safe.

Melissa said this morning at 11am, the plow had just arrived to clear their street for the first time since the Friday storm started. We were talking on the cell phone because the first calamity was his taking out the neighborhood cable tower and while they have power, they have no tv, computer or phone service.