Have I mentioned, snow FREAKS ME OUT?!

[AlienGirl]

It does. :scared: I get into a pessimistic, cynical, often panicky mood when it's snowy. That's why I live where it is supposed to rain and not snow. But today...it snowed. Blech.

Tucker

[Maddy McCall]

1. I'm in the deep south...so snow is a delicacy.

We're supposed to get a "wintery mix" this weekend. I'm not holding my breath, though.

Why does snow freak you out?

[AlienGirl]

2. It makes everything look dead.

[hfojvt]

9. in a proper northern climate

it makes everything beautiful - the whole world is covered in a smooth blanket of white. Much better than the sloppy, muddy look that a rain creates or the otherwise dead look of winter where most of the trees are not evergreens. Plus, you can go out in the fiercest snowstorm and not get soaked. And it is so much prettier coming down, swirling about, floating lazily or being spun by the wind.

What you probably get is slush - a very wet heavy snow that mostly melts whenever it hits anything.

[AlienGirl]

12. That blanket of white looks dead to me

I grew up in a northern place*, where we could get blizzards as early as September or as late as May. Maybe that's why I am freaked out by it.

Tucker

*UP of Michigan

[hfojvt]

13. we had a May snowstorm in southern Wisconsin one year

everyone was all freaked out. Oh no!! Not snow!!
I walked into the bank singing "Let it Snow!"

You may have seen "To Build a fire" too many times.

[bridgit]

3. it snows here very, very rarely, and it never sticks...

but it does get cold, not like back east or up north cold but cold for us :scared:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

18. .

(self-edit)

:rofl:

:hug:

[bridgit]

23. oh honey i'm sorry, did i forget to mention...

we live 1hr 20min from the donner fucking pass you know: blinding white-outs, stranded pie-eyed easterners on their way to some...'dream', cannibalism...freezing cold pioneer cannibalism oh yeah, calif has it all B-)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

19. Delete.

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[vixengrl]

4. I think I'm down with that.

Except a certain degree of rain and/or fog will get me there, too--especially if I have to travel in it. When I'm driving (or even more so if I'm a passenger, because I have to surrender control like last Thursday, dark and driving rain--I was so *antsy* coming home from my in-laws' Thanksgiving.) in this certain kind of late fall, early winter slippery cold driving rain/slush/ice mess, it's like I almost feel paranoid. Like no one is driving at a safe speed ( but me) or knows what a safe stopping distance is, or watches for red lights,and I worry about my family members driving in the crap, too. It *is* really unnerving, and sometimes I want to move the lot of us (yep--"Sorry, family, I decided you all would be better off...") to like, New Mexico, or someplace where there *really* shouldn't be winter-weather. Blech, indeed.

[SeattleGirl]

5. Fresh snow makes me happy (long as I don't have to drive in it)

but when it starts melting and turns to slush, that's when I get sad. Kind of like when I take the Christmas tree down. How is it where you are? It's not real bad where I am in south Seattle, but I did leave my car out by the main road, because if I left it in my driveway, no way could I get out.

[AlienGirl]

6. Here in Blehvue it's about two inches on the ground

The roads are slushy but the snow has melted off them.

Tucker

[SeattleGirl]

8. Be careful in the morning, though.

It's only supposed to be 34 or so for a "high" tomorrow. I'm supposed to go to Everett, and I know the snow was worse up there, so I might have to cancel my appointment. If it's real nasty, I'm not going. The appointment is not life or death.

[Major Hogwash]

10. Blehvue? Hahahaha! That's hilarious!

It's not so bad where you're at, AlienGirl.

We're getting snow here in Boise tonight, supposed to get 4"!!

I love it!

You should take up skiing, it can kill an entire weekend.

[SeattleGirl]

11. Is it really hilly where you live?

It is here, and they have to close a lot of side streets because of icy conditions. Otherwise, it's a suicide run.

[Major Hogwash]

32. Yes, it is.

Most of Boise is built on the ancient, worn down banks of the Boise River. A large glacier pulled out of here millions of years ago as it receded during the end of the last ice age. As it melted back towards Vancouver, it gouged out a narrow, shallow valley between 2 mountain ranges.

Then, during the ensuing erosion that followed that ice age, for 10's of 1000's of years the Boise River was as powerful as the Mississippi River, and it cut a wide channel into the bottom of that gouge. As the ice melted away from the mountains in central Idaho that fed the Boise River, the river flow slowed down considerably, and the river became much smaller. As a consequence, it left 2 distinct river banks on either side of the river. The ancient river bank is referred to as a bench. Boise is spread across both benchs and both banks of the river. The river itself is located at the foot of one of the mountain ranges, and we've even built subdivisions into those foothills that have caused some controversy because it's flatter to the south of Boise.

But, I know what you're talking about, I've been to Seattle a dozen times.
I know what you mean because Seattle is very vulnerable to the snow there.
Plus, the people don't know how to drive in it because they don't get enough practise driving around in it.

My brother lives in Seattle and even he says that a lot of the roads are just too steep to drive on when it snows. I think he also told me that you can't use studded tires there.

Studded tires are a necessity here in the winter. They have saved my life twice over the years. But, I don't put them on until we get a lot of snow because we usually wind up warming up enough that the snow melts before too long.

We only got 1" last night and it already melted off.

[SeattleGirl]

34. You can use studded tires, but there is a "season" for them.

I can't recall the start and end dates, but they are okay during the winter.

And yes, people don't have much practice driving in it, which is the main reason why I don't want to go out driving in it myself -- don't want some full-of-himself 4-wheel-drive dude running me off the road! Or, someone who is scared to death to drive in it plowing into me (I do wish those people would stay home or find an alternate way to work!)

[Skittles]

7. that's it, Tucker

you and me need to swap residences - yes INDEED

[barb162]

14. I think it's pretty for about a day . I hate driving in it

[hickman]

15. Most people who live in northern climates,

Our basal metabolic rates start dropping in october. Snow is comfortable to us. When we can walk out of the house and see our breath, all is well. In the old days a green Christmas meant fat graveyards. I've never been able to handle(since I was a child) the hot of summer. Anything over 75 degrees and I'm miserable.

[Porcupine]

17. WTF??- "a green Christmas meant fat graveyards" nt.

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[sarge43]

24. Without the drop in metabolism in the winter, you ran

out of food by March and that was still the case in the north well into the 19th century.

Early spring was starvation time on the edge of the glaziers. A fair share of our ancestors were hunter/gatherers surviving an ice age. We're physically program to cut back on food consumption and in cold weather, else the graveyards got fat.

[sakabatou]

16. Well seeing how I haven't seen REAL snow close up

in over a decade, I wouldn't know.

[chknltl]

20. Hey, y'all shared some of that stuff a little south...

...here in Tacoma. Looks pretty! Thanks.
Spring is my fave season, nothing prettier than cherry blossoms, summer is alright but fall is my least fave season. Winter looks dead to me too, until it snows. Then everything looks all nice and clean. I took my dog for a walk just after the Seahawks game, (snow was commin' down pretty good then), she loved it and loved rompin' around in it when I took her off the leash. :hi:

ps: Blehvue huh? Never heard Bellview (sp?) called that before.

[Lady Freedom]

21. Snow?? I am looking at ICE!!! As in ICE!!!

...MAJOR WINTER STORM POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL THEN USHER IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH MOST OF THE OZARKS FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING BY DAWN ON THURSDAY.

MEANWHILE...A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. THE APPROACHING STORM WILL CONTINUE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...MOST OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BE FROZEN IN NATURE.

THE PRECIPITATION WOULD INITIALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET... CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OZARKS FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. DUE TO WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES..ICE ACCUMULATION WOULD INITIALLY BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...POWERLINES...AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WILL BE STEADY OR SLOWLY FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY...THUS MAKING ALL EXPOSED AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICE ACCUMULATION.

MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WOULD THEN CHANGE TO SNOW BY THURSDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE REGION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD THEREFORE BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF ANY ICE THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN. BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

THIS STORM IS STILL IN ITS DEVELOPING STAGES AND THEREFORE THE FUTURE TRACK AND INTENSITY REMAINS UNCERTAIN. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

22. Dang. Why are all these people getting snow and me, nothing?

I love snow. It makes everything so beautiful.

:cry::cry:

[Canadian Socialist]

25. I hate snow, and I hate cold...

look at the freaking forecast for the next few days!
Environment Canada Weather Forecast
City of Calgary
Issued at: 5.00 AM MST Tuesday 28 November 2006
Today..Sunny. Wind northwest 20 km/h. High minus 23. Wind chill minus 39.
Tonight..Clear. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 27. Wind chill minus 38.
Wednesday..Sunny. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h late in the day. High minus 14. Wind chill minus 35.
Thursday..A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 16. High zero.
Friday..A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 12. High minus 3.
Saturday..Sunny. Low minus 12. High minus 3.
Normals for the period..Low minus 11. High zero.

[midnight armadillo]

26. I love the snow

Driving in it doesn't bother me. That's why I have Nokian RSI snow tires.

My least favorite weather is the early spring rains when everything is slushy adn there's that cold, wet wind.

Actually, I've been pretty damn disappointed by the Boston-area November weather. It's much too warm. Yesterday was 60F, :wtf:. If this keeps up in future years I may have to migrate north to Burlington VT for a proper winter.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

27. I'm actually looking forward to the cold "snap" later on this week.

It's been too damn warm here in the Chicago area for me. I love cold weather.

The local weather forecasters are hedging their bets right now. They can't seem to make up their minds if we'll get snow or not Thursday/Friday.

That being said though, driving in Chicago during the first snowstorm of the season is always a real treat :sarcasm:. It's like everyone forgot over the past 8 months how to drive in the stuff.

I'd better dig the snowbrush out of the trunk of my car and make sure the windshield washer fluid is filled up...

[Westegg]

28. Snow is beautiful. I suspect you have "SAD"/NT

[flamingyouth]

29. I don't really care for snow.

When I was working, it was a major PITA, of course because of the horrorshow commute. Now it just feels weird because the city is so quiet. :D

[KamaAina]

30. Snow? You mean that stuff way up on top of the high mountain peaks?

Why would that bother you? Do you work at one of the observatories up there or something?

Oh, right, never mind... :-)

[grizmaster]

31. as long as I don't have to shovel it I love it

nothing as beautiful as all that calm whiteness with flakes drifting down while watching it out the window with a cup of hot chocolate in hand.

And at the other end of the enjoyment scale, I love getting out there with kids and doing some sledding.

[Zookeeper]

33. I love snow....

and the super clean air that comes with it. I would rather shovel snow for exercise than go to a gym. On the other hand, I lived on the West Coast for ten years and had a constant sinus infection due to the damp, moldy conditions, especially in the winter. And I don't think I've been colder living in Minnesota than I was in S.F. with the strong, damp winds and non-insulated and poorly heated houses.

However, I can understand how growing up with extreme snow and long winters in the U.P. could create some panic when you see the white stuff again! 'Just remember that it's temporary.