Posted by IsoM on January 4, 2002, at 14:21:01
In reply to Re: Snow, Rain, and Ice » susan C, posted by Mitch on January 4, 2002, at 13:38:58
Snow? What's that? I live north of Seattle in Canada not far from Vancouver & we've had one brief snowfall that melted the next day. It feels like spring right now. The other day, the temperature reached 12C (54F). The coldest low this winter has been -4C (25F) & the next day warms right up again. Remarkable, huh?
Mind you, when it does snow, it exerts this strange pyschic force to draw everyone from their houses into their cars. Then, all lemming-like, they attempt to drive up & down the hills we have in town. But powerful magnets, cleverly hidden in the snow-covered ditches, yank their cars into these ditches. Some magnets are even powerful enough to flip the cars onto their roofs. Other psychic forces convince ordinary drivers to think they can drive twice as fast as they normally would, sliding through stop signs & red lights to careene into other cars heading for ditches. It's a great comic epic everytime it does snow here!
More seriously, I'm pretty warm-blooded but I haven't worn a coat or winter jacket once yet & most days I go out in sandals still unless it's pouring rain. But even that's not been bad this year. I've still got flowers blooming, albeit rather pitifully, in my garden & planters. It's helped to make my winter doldrums much better. Blame it on global warming, I guess. I've been watching the news in fascination at all the snow Buffalo got in 5 days, the snow the South got, & other weird weather around the world.
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> > > Sorry, I know to most of you, snow is not that uncommon, but here in South Carolina, it is rare. Anyway, we had a nice 6" snowfall Wed/Thur. You REALLY can tell when people have "issues" when you see them down here in the snow. I grew up in DC, so snow was no big deal, but boy howdy, do folk act weird in the South when it snows! Makes me feel more normal to see others in panic for a change (just kidding).
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> > You would think people in the Northwest, who have lots of big SUV fourwheel drives and go up skiing in the Cascades, would know how to drive in the snow and ice (read s-l-o-w or not-a-tall) But every time it snows in the lowlands (sealevel) the news is packed with pictures of ditches full of vehicles...
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> > Go figure...
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> > mouse sitting by the warm fire with PAX watching out the window
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> Nobody seems to "get it" everytime the snow starts in the winter. Short memories, distracted?? I notice their driving improves somewhat after the 1st big snow...
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