<p>That’s it – I’m done mollycoddling all you parents from the South and California who ask how your kids are going to survive the winters in the Northeast and the Midwest. I am going to gleefully report that it’s snowing – again! 6-8 inches forecast here in the upper Midwest. We also had a couple of mornings this week where temperatures were still in the single digits.
If you have to ask . . . we don’t want you! You’re all a bunch of wimps! Only the hardy need apply!
(DISCLAIMER – please note tongue that is firmly in cheek! The weather report, alas, is accurate and we are all dreaming of a far-away spring.)
Peace out.</p>
<p>Ahh, the joy of long hard winters. I can assure you I don’t miss it. </p>
<p>What I do miss is the spring fever that kicks in just about the time that elm trees bloom.</p>
<p>We have more coming Sunday afternoon. I’m a hardy New Englander but a whole season cleaning off roofs does take a toll right now. Lots of coworkers taking warm weather vacations in the next few weeks here.</p>
<p>My Texas-raised daughter used to think that once it got below 32, all further temperature declines didn’t mean much. She has discovered that 0 and 25 are really quite different!</p>
<p>I think this is the longest winter I can remember. We haven’t had very much in the way of snow, but it is always cold and I am so over it.</p>
<p>Literally, just walked in from shoveling about 2 inches - it has stopped for now, but maybe more to come… :(</p>
<p>Hee Hee - this is the second worst winter I have had here in Western New York, the worst was the year it snowed on Mothers Day, not flurries, the heavy gotta get out and shovel it snow…</p>
<p>It was hard to return to more snow after a college visit on a 70-degree plus day this past week. Yesterday I saw a group of students that were obviously in town to tour the Eastman School and they were shivering so badly I wanted to offer them all boots, what they were wearing on their feet would not survive half a Rochester winter…</p>
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<p>Bad news dbwes, it’s snowing in California too … for the next ten days.</p>
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<p>Southern California’s been hit pretty hard with the snow, too. My parents have had more feet at a time this year than we’ve had in about 10 years or so.</p>
<p>Plus it made the deck collapse.</p>
<p>It’s harder when you live in California and get tons of snow, even if you live somewhere that gets at least a little snow every year. It causes some serious cognitive dissonance, especially when you’re only a couple hours from the hottest, driest place in North America. :p</p>
<p>I can see snow in the mountains of San Diego County from my deck…while standing there in my bare feet, shorts, and t-shirt. </p>
<p>I want the people in areas with harsher weather (I used to live in some of those areas) to know that at least I very much appreciate the great weather we have here - I don’t take it for granted.</p>
<p>Friends hiked in a blizzard up in the mountains on my island this past weekend. Can see the snow from my windows in the mountains. Had a bit of hail and then clear blue skies, pretty cold. It’s February. I am very pleased: the drought is done for…lots of snow pack! So for those of you in the upper midwest: you never worry about water. That is a gift.</p>
<p>It’s snowing again here in the hills of Western Massachusetts. We finally took the plunge and had a 8KW generator installed. The major ice storm back in December (power out for 26 hours, but other towns nearby were without power for 2 weeks or more) convinced us that it was about time. With that said, I still wouldn’t trade our lives here for anyplace else, including Florida, where we lived for several years before coming back home to New England.</p>
<p>undecided you can’t be serious! Southern cal hit w tons of snow ? What part ?</p>
<p>Big Bear/Lake Arrowhead in the mountains above San Bernardino. It’s about 80 miles from Los Angeles and 70 miles from Palm Springs. :D</p>