It is with no little amount of
trepidation that I watch as this last full month of winter makes her
entrance. With 2011 now in the record books at by far the costliest
year we've had in terms of weather related damage, I can't help but
see more bad things coming and February may just start things off.
In the past, this month has generally
been on the quiet side with not much going on, but cold days and even
colder nights to show for itself. The name itself comes from the
Latin word februum, which means 'purification',
a ritual practiced by the ancient Romans on the fifteenth of the
month. It is also a time when the sun is making a rapid transit in a
northerly direction that results in the creation of hot and cold air
masses and which sets the stage for the storms of a spring yet to
come.
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