Forresto Posted January 8, 2010 Author Posted January 8, 2010 It's supposed to snow lightly here in DC again, and we still have snow from when I started this topic BTW beautiful pics Penguin if you took those! Quote
JayDuck Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 One of the funny things about the storm that got this thread started was that those of us in northern New England, who are more used to dealing with heavy snows than the folks in the Mid-Atlantic, got next to nothing. I think we might have had three inches in the driveway at most. Quote
Captain Blackmoor Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 Today I woke up and saw through the window, the blizzard from yesterday is still hanging here. Snowdunes of a meter high, and about 20 cm snow on the normal ground. Yes, the past weeks we've been iced in as well. I can barely make it to school and my job, sometimes I have to stay a night with a friend. I love snow, but it may stop now. Quote
Tereglith Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 Believe it or not, it actually sleeted in Central Florida yesterday, and snowed in Northern Florida! Of course, it all melted after a few seconds on the ground, but hey, when you're down here, you take what you can get. However, the real surprise came when I was listening to NPR yesterday and found out that, at least yesterday, it was WARMER in ANTARCTICA than it was in Florida by about six degrees. Now that's a rare occurence. Quote
Captain Blackmoor Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 The Ice Age is coming our way! Seriously, it would be interesting to see palm trees in snow... Quote
Big Cam Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 One of the funny things about the storm that got this thread started was that those of us in northern New England, who are more used to dealing with heavy snows than the folks in the Mid-Atlantic, got next to nothing. I think we might have had three inches in the driveway at most. Um, I beg to differ. I get snow for 5-6 months out of the year and my city is more internationally known for snow storms than New England is. I don't know how you could say you are more used to dealing with snow than someone else. You don't live here, you don't know how much snow we get. And for the record this last storm that I posted about a few posts up, we had 3 foot high snow drifts again, along with about 6 inches of standing snow. Quote
Tereglith Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 The Ice Age is coming our way! Seriously, it would be interesting to see palm trees in snow... Well, it helps that it's mid summer in Antarctica and they're getting sunlight 24/7. If you have a facebook, here'swhat snow on palm trees looks like - someone made a group! Quote
Forresto Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 Well, it helps that it's mid summer in Antarctica and they're getting sunlight 24/7.If you have a facebook, here'swhat snow on palm trees looks like - someone made a group! What. . . the. . . Snow on palm trees now that's a first I'm kind've scared actually. Quote
VBBN Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 We've actually haven't gotten all that much altely. Michigan usually getsa like a low of 3 inches to a high of 3 feet of snow. It's about 5 inches outside right now, been coming in strongerlately, I'm holding out for a snow day soon, as it's certainly getting more like the Michigan I know. Quote
JayDuck Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 Um, I beg to differ. I get snow for 5-6 months out of the year and my city is more internationally known for snow storms than New England is. I don't know how you could say you are more used to dealing with snow than someone else. You don't live here, you don't know how much snow we get. Whoa, easy there. I don't know where you're from, and I wasn't trying to slight anybody's hometown, but all anybody has to do is watch the news to see that the Washington, D.C. area (and places further south) can't deal with snow very well. A friend of mine who lives in Baltimore now was joking that the snow they got that was enough to grind the whole area to a halt would only have been a nuisance here at home. Heck, last winter the President quipped that Washington needed to 'toughen up' after a minor storm gave his daughters a snow day. It was a really big storm in some places, and not in others. Even southern New England got enough snow to cause problems. Down at my in-laws', they had 20+ inches of snow, but where I am, less than an hour north by car, we got next to nothing. I'm sure we'll get dumped on soon enough, though. It happens almost every year. Ah, the 'wonders' of winter weather. tosses snowball Quote
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