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Four inches of s@#%!!!! ARGH!!

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I hate snow.

We got four inches of it last night.

Grrrrr. :moreevil:

I leave for work before any of the snowplows hit the streets, and true to form, after the first snowstorm of the year everyone forgets how to drive.

At quarter after four this morning I counted three accidents along the five miles between home and work.
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Re: Four inches of s@#%!!!! ARGH!!

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Tyler Morris wrote:...after the first snowstorm of the year everyone forgets how to drive.
I'm glad NC isn't the only place with that problem...

We didn't have snow at all last year, so we've been pretty lucky
driving-wise. But a couple years ago we had less than an inch of
ice/snow that crippled parts of the city. Major arteries became
jammed with cars. Some people couldn't make it home and slept
in WalMarts and grocery stores. It made national news. :oops:
So, yeah, it could be worse.
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I find the Irish word for "snow" (sneachta) to be quite useful. Said with force, it sounds very much like a curse word, which perfectly expresses how I feel about snow. Try it...it's very cathartic. All together now:

SHNYAKH-tuh!

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Redwolf wrote: SHNYAKH-tuh!

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OOoo, that feels kinda good! :D
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We got a little more than that, Tyler (at least around my work near the University of Utah), and every idiot in Utah was driving (3 mph) in front of me when I drove in at 6:30. Even the main roads in North Salt Lake hadn't been plowed (they knew this storm was coming!). Tyler and other northern Utahns will understand this: One of our research coordinators who lives in Draper just phoned to say that she left home at 7:00 a.m. and at 8:00 a.m. was only at 7200 South and it will probably be another hour before she gets to work--don't know the distance in miles but it's a trip that normally would take her about 30-45 minutes.

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Redwolf wrote: SHNYAKH-tuh!
Bless You!

I love snow, it means it's not raining...
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susnfx wrote:We got a little more than that, Tyler (at least around my work near the University of Utah), and every idiot in Utah was driving (3 mph) in front of me when I drove in at 6:30. Even the main roads in North Salt Lake hadn't been plowed (they knew this storm was coming!). Tyler and other northern Utahns will understand this: One of our research coordinators who lives in Draper just phoned to say that she left home at 7:00 a.m. and at 8:00 a.m. was only at 7200 South and it will probably be another hour before she gets to work--don't know the distance in miles but it's a trip that normally would take her about 30-45 minutes.

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We're just barely getting plows out here where I work in Draper...urghh!
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This week last year, my wife got stranded overnight near Bodmin, 30 miles from home, by a sudden snowstorm. It was the first time in 20 years in Cornwall that I'd seen snow covering the ground at home. Don't much care for the stuff meself, unless it's on distant mountain tops where it belongs.


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We had 3.5 inches of snow Sunday, then it warmed up just enough to rain, so there's about 1 inch of snow left. But it turned cold - 8:20 am and it is 3F. At least the wind has died down or the wind chill would be murder! It's supposed to snow again tomorrow.

One family from Portland, Oregon, drove up to Seattle on Monday to see the football game, then started back home after the game. It normally takes about 3 hours to drive from Seattle to Portland. It took them 15 hours to get home.

Our dog is part Husky and he loves this weather! We have a heated water dish for him and that is really nice - no more going out and knocking a chunk of ice out of the dish. Of course, the birds like it too, so I still have to empty it and clean it out because the birds make a mess in the water.

This is why I tried not to complain when it was 95 this summer - I figured we would be really cold this winter. But I didn't think it would be so early in the season. Usually this kind of cold settles in about January.

Global warming, anyone?

(I know, somebody's going to say that temperature extremes are all part of global warming.)

edited to change the date of the football game - I have Sunday and Monday off, so Monday seems like Sunday to me!
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Charlene wrote:(I know, somebody's going to say that temperature extremes are all part of global warming.)

Temperature extremes are all part of global warming. :D
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Here in my part of Minnesnowta, it's been unseasonably pleasant for practically all of autumn until today. From the balmy upper 40s/lower 50s (F) of the last few weeks to the low 20s in one fell swoop. Supposed to get down to 7F tonite. Yow. Adjustment will be like a slap in the face.

As for snow, it's iffyish for now.
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4-6" snowfalls are common here--in fact, I don't usually start to pay attention until they hit 8-10" or more. But the first snowfall of the season is always memorable because everyone forgets how to drive in it! They drive too fast or too slow, stop too soon or not soon enough, drive down the center of two lanes instead of one or the other...

If they'd all just driving perfectly for the conditions like Tyler and I do :D .

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Re: Four inches of s@#%!!!! ARGH!!

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Tyler Morris wrote:I hate snow.

We got four inches of it last night.

Grrrrr. :moreevil:

I leave for work before any of the snowplows hit the streets, and true to form, after the first snowstorm of the year everyone forgets how to drive.

At quarter after four this morning I counted three accidents along the five miles between home and work.
Heh. I love snow; I just hate city traffic on snow.

We got 6 inches of snow on Monday evening, and the roads in the area are still solid ice. On her commute from work Monday evening, it took my wife 4 hours to drive 15 miles, at which point her 2-wheel-drive Honda couldn't make it up the hill for the last 5 miles home. So, she parked it at a grocery store (where it remains today) and called me to come get her with my AWD Subaru. It then took me 3 hours to make the 10 mile round trip. (My Subaru had no problems, but I kept getting stuck behind folks in 2WD cars who were just spinning their tires on the ice.)

This much snow and ice is rare around here at the lower elevations, especially in November. People don't know how to drive in these conditions, and the cities and counties aren't equipped to deal with it. There were a lot of folks whose Monday evening commute home didn't end until Tuesday morning.

We're now on our 2nd day of unplanned vacation, and the roads are still solid ice. Here's a pic I just took of the street in front of our house:
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Here's the scene in our back yard. All this snow fell on Monday, but it hasn't warmed up enough to melt since then.
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The birds are all puffed up to stay warm, too.
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SteveShaw wrote:my wife got stranded overnight near Bodmin
Hey! I've heard of that place. They have a big moor there, right? Sure, I've seen references to escaping prisoners and Bodmin's Moor.

I just can't imagine snow on him, for some reason.

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I watched one of the tv shows from there. I didn't understand a word they were saying. I couldn't make out if the guy was trying to be a celebrity or a fish ....

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we're supposed to get that weather Friday. I do NOT look forward to driving home from work - but I just made an appointment at another site and will only have 5 miles to drive vs. the usual 20!

I suppose every store is just about out of bread and milk. Every year before the first "white death" they always sell out of bread and milk.

I grew up driving country roads, with chains and strategically placed bags of Sakrete in the trunk. I absolutely HATE driving in city traffic in "snow".
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