I'm gonna go poof or a while but I might be back later on

Alaska is a very beautiful place.

We only had about 1-2" of snowfall this year, but I'd stand on the porch and sweep it off. We don't have sidewalks in our neighborhood and not enough snow for people to even plow.

It is very grand. The Northwest in general has that feel to it, too.

See you, Chi --

We don't have sidewalks on our street, but we'd get a lot of snow over night. Well. Not by our standards, but comparably.

We rarely get snow in Austin.

In GA, if there is fog, people freak out. Snow caused places to shut down for days. People I know from colder climates thought we were crazy. I don't think I could even begin to ask the family to move too far north.

It's not too bad. I love the snow; love the cold, love the weather.
It's good exercise, too. A lot like chopping wood.

What do you get in Austin?


Yes, you guys are silly about that. Seattle will shut down at the slightest hint of a snowflake.

It is very hot here in the summer.
It can get below freezing in the winter, but not for very many days.
We have had some ice storms.

I think the winter temps are normally in the 38-48 range. (Farenheit)

I know. I've heard stories but I wasn't sure whether or not to believe them. Snow really shuts down Seattle? It's just.. snow. You get a street plough and you go out early and then the cars do the rest as they travel. Snow tires. Easy.

It's so hilly in Seattle, though. It would get dangerous if it's icy.

When we lived in Raleigh, NC, the whole town would shut down if we got snow.
It was very funny. We had moved there from North Dakota.

Oh, I can understand if there is a lot of uneven ground--ice would then be dangerous. Black ice is so dangerous.

Yes, it is very nasty.

We have hills here, and people are fine; there isn't that much snow there anyway. And Seattle gets enough rain to be considered dangerous, but they adapted.

I had a friend who visited relatives in Georgia; he said the news mentioned snow just once and the shelves at the grocery store were empty. People bought cases of bottled water, the whole town went ballistic.

Yeah, but all their pipes and such are above ground, so they burst if it's freezing, so that does make sense.

Lol, I sound like such a nay sayer. I've just lived too many places.

Yes, we tend to be that way in Austin when they talk about ice storms.

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It'll take more than just a few hours of 32F to burst pipes.

Wow. Why--that is such an extreme reaction. Snow isn't that big of a deal...

In Georgia, snow happens so infrequently that nobody could earn much of a living plowing. I've only lived here for 10 years, and this was the first time I ever saw it snow like that. Everyone loved it because of the time off - at first - but there were some pretty bad accidents because they don't know how to drive in snow/ice. I prefer cold, dry weather. Just hook me up with a generator and a wireless connection, and I'd be a happy camper!

Just dry weather would do it for me. =D

Hah. I love how technology is such a base necessity now. It really amuses me--not that I don't need it too, of course.

@ Paper_Crane - it was crazy what people were buying. But, when things get bad here, we lose power for days. Sometimes even water. I was glad that we'd gone shopping before the news hit.

Without internet or something to do, I'd go nuts. The house would be shockingly clean, but I'd be climbing the walls.

It happens everywhere.
People up here in Alaska, where it snows over half the year, miraculously forget how to drive in snow. Even a few snowflakes--a light dusting of snow that vanishes when you step on it--makes people idiots when they drive.

For some reason, the brake pedal is forgotten and you must travel head-on into a light post.

Even here in Chicago, people forget for the first snow, but the rest of the winter people are sensible.