Snowman in July / myLot

Waialua, Hawaii

October 11, 2019 2:34pm CST

The first time I saw it snow, it was in the month of July - in the mountains of Southern California. At first I had no idea what this white fluff was which was falling from the sky. It looked like down feathers except that it was literally everywhere. So that made no sense. But, it was July after all. I thought of the time I saw ash fall from the sky when Mt. St Helen's went off in Washington which we saw all the way in Newport Beach. But it was different. No, this was definitely snow. We even gathered a bit to make a small makeshift snowman which we placed on our balcony railing. It lasted two days. Living at 6,000 feet and above, one never knows quite what may happen.

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Alex Socorro

@Alexandoy (65308)

• Cainta, Philippines

11 Oct 19

That was strange to have snowman in July and in California.

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Writer Ruth

@WriterRuth (268)

• Waialua, Hawaii

11 Oct 19

The land of mystery! Or is that Fruits, nuts, and flakes? (the Granola state)

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Alex Socorro

@Alexandoy (65308)

• Cainta, Philippines

11 Oct 19

But in fairness, there are high mountains there that may have snow.

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Writer Ruth

@WriterRuth (268)

• Waialua, Hawaii

11 Oct 19

@Alexandoy Only about 6 months out of the year! ha ha. They are hot when it is 70's, those mountain people. Here in Hawaii we break out the foul weather gear at that temp. At least I used to but then menopause kicked in...

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Clint Perry

@cperry2 (5608)

• Newport, Oregon

12 Oct 19

The Sierras can do that, snow in July and even August. I took my Family to Los Vegas to one summer, and when we left the city the thermostats on the banks said 126 degrees F, we drove for several hours and crossed the Sierras, heading to Sacramento where we lived, when we reached the crest, it was snowing. This was on the same day. I'm very familiar with snow but this blew my mind.

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Writer Ruth

@WriterRuth (268)

• Waialua, Hawaii

12 Oct 19

The highest heat I have been in is probably 110. How high is the crest? An interesting drive is from Big Bear to Barstow. Heading down the mountain and into the desert you see the change from pine forest, to yuccas to cactus. I am not sure how many places in the world have that sort of thing.

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Clint Perry

@cperry2 (5608)

• Newport, Oregon

13 Oct 19

@WriterRuth Where the roads go through about 7200 ft.

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Writer Ruth

@WriterRuth (268)

• Waialua, Hawaii

16 Oct 19

@cperry2 We lived at 7,000 feet for about a year in the San Bernardino mountains in Green Valley which is between Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead