{"id":183,"date":"2018-04-15T20:53:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T00:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/?p=183"},"modified":"2018-04-19T12:21:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T16:21:14","slug":"my-its-unexpectedly-cold-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/2018\/04\/15\/my-its-unexpectedly-cold-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"My, it&#8217;s unexpectedly cold outside!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not only has it been unexpectedly cold outside, but Bryant school and many of the residences in the community have been without power.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering why the weather has been so icy when it should be spring, Dale Eck from the Global Forecast Center at the Weather Channel offers an explanation:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"124\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/player.wbur.org\/hereandnow\/2018\/04\/09\/early-april-cold-weather\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After last Friday&#8217;s wonderful warm up, Michigan is experiencing a strong storm (blizzard) coming out of the Rockies, over the Northern Plains and Great Lakes, bringing more cold weather for the week ahead.\u00a0 Combined with last week&#8217;s Canadian just streams &#8216;dislodging the cold air from the poles&#8221;, Michigan spring seems to be on hold and Courtyard activities temporarily &#8216;put on ice&#8217;!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2233\/2018\/04\/20180417_112942.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-200 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2233\/2018\/04\/20180417_112942-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"sign of Natural Wonders and Courtyard\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2233\/2018\/04\/20180417_112942-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2233\/2018\/04\/20180417_112942-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2233\/2018\/04\/20180417_112942-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As the state of Courtyard is being assessed, Ruth Tozzi reported that one of the white pine trees had to be removed.\u00a0 According to Mrs. Tozzi, &#8220;the pine tree disease that caused it\u2019s demise, is \u201crust\u201d spore.\u00a0 It starts at the end of the branch and works it\u2019s way through the tree.&#8221; For more information about this particular problem see the following site:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/rm\/highelevationwhitepines\/Threats\/blister-rust-threat.htm\">https:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/rm\/highelevationwhitepines\/Threats\/blister-rust-threat.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We&#8217;re glad to say that one white pine still stands!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2233\/2018\/04\/20180417_112959.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-201 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2233\/2018\/04\/20180417_112959-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"white pine in Courtyard\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2233\/2018\/04\/20180417_112959-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2233\/2018\/04\/20180417_112959-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2233\/2018\/04\/20180417_112959-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~ The Courtyard Committee<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not only has it been unexpectedly cold outside, but Bryant school and many of the residences in the community have been without power. If you&#8217;re wondering why the weather has been so icy when it should be spring, Dale Eck &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/2018\/04\/15\/my-its-unexpectedly-cold-outside\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1064,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1064"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bryantnaturalwonderscourtyard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}