Snow Storm January 6 and 7, 2024

Well, the weather forecast for this coming weekend shows snow for a lot of the country. Here in Delaware, we haven't had snow in a long while. That's fine with me. When I was younger, and lived in Connecticut, I liked the snow. It's pretty and fun. But as I get older, I can't help but think that it's just a pain in the neck to have to drive in it and to walk the dog in it. Looking like 4 inches of snow for us here. That could change. Hopefully the rain/snow line will move North and we'll get rain instead.

We don't get much snow here. A few times in the past 24 years that we've lived here we've been dumped on pretty good. But usually it's not much at all.

Our tradition here is to either bake cookies or buy them for snow storms. While growing up it was Chips Ahoy cookies for us, when they weren't freshly baked Toll House chocolate chip cookies. My daughter preferred Oreos to anything else so we alway went and got Oreos before snow storms while she was growing up. Now that it's just my husband and I, no more cookies.

Anyone wanna' say where they (generally) are from and if you think you'll get snow and what you are doing about it .. if anything?

a reply to: FlyersFan

Here in the south if we get the hint of a threat of snow, everyone (all at once) runs to the grocery store and buys all the bread, milk, and eggs. Nobody really knows why but they do it. Then when the snow comes in the evening, and melts the next day, we all make French toast. Because, what else would you do with bread milk and eggs?

a reply to: network dude

Just think what would happen in a real emergency.

Yeah, here in MI, it's a crap shoot.

We have had a dusting here in the middle of the mitten, so far this year. Other years, we have had a couple inches.

OMG Global warming!!!!! LMAO.

No, its Michigan.
Anyone remember 1976?
Now that was some snow!!!

I don't want that again, until we can get the wood stove installed.

I'm from Denver, and have lived in the Rockies of Colorado. I'm used to the snow. Lived in the snow all my life until I moved to Mexico. I would have to guess the biggest snow storm I ever lived through was when I was living in Gunnison. There was a really freak storm that hit while I was driving down to Denver. Both sides of the road where the snowplows had gone through literally probably had about 20 feet on each side. At least 5 times as high as the truck was.

I don't miss the snow. I see it when I return to visit my parents in the winter months and they're retired now, so we can just enjoy it. Just returned from Breckenridge actually.

We have a bunch of what we call "snow birds" in our town. Mostly retired Canadians and Americans that come down for half the year during the winter months that want to avoid the snow. Since buying a home here is a lot cheaper than in the States or Canada you don't even have to have that much money to be able to afford to do it either. And I see a lot of campers and winnebagos on the beach from all over in the States and Canada this time of year as well.

a reply to: FlyersFan

Well I’ll take your snow.

I’m 600 miles north of the Montana Alberta border and we have had virtually no snow at all this year.

I haven’t shoveled our sidewalk once. Just a couple of quick sweeps to get rid of a few skiffs.

If this keeps up last year’s wild fires will seem like a joke compared to what’s in store next summer.

All of the dugouts and ponds are mostly empty already.

Wondering how the wildlife is doing for water when what we do have is frozen and there is no snow on the ground.

Last week a coyote and a few magpies were licking a lonely frozen puddle on our street.

The Big Valley in northern California. I highly doubt us getting any snow. I think I remember seeing it snow twice here back in the 60s and 70s. Barely enough to have a snowball fight, but we did the best we could.


My pepper plants still have fruit on them, and my sons tobacco plants have regrown from him leaving the stalks in the ground. They are about to start flowering. I do have a fire going in the fireplace though.

a reply to: visitedbythem

We threw rocks at each other this year

Nothing in our forecast for the next couple of weeks.

originally posted by: NorthOS
a reply to: visitedbythem

We threw rocks at each other this year

Nothing in our forecast for the next couple of weeks.

We used to do that here. That is until we bought our glass houses.

originally posted by: Topcraft
a reply to: network dude

Just think what would happen in a real emergency.

I'm not sure what the approved grocery list is for other events. So far, everything have received the same result, except for Covid, which included Toilet Paper in addition to the existing list.

a reply to: FlyersFan

I’ve been too disappointed over the last few years to get very excited by snow predictions.
I’m hoping for a foot here in north east Indiana but we will only get two inches of snow and some ice…

I'm from the U.P of michigan. Usually this time of year we have two feet of snow or more on the ground. New years eave the ground was bare this year I can't find an emoji with a big enough smile.

Last year we had a couple of major storms already, the banks around the driveway were five feet tall in most places from plowing. It was wet heavy snow last year. I am feeling so good that we could dig a grave and bury the daughters cat on December 26th. There was not even any frost in the ground this year. It has been relatively warm this winter by this time the frost cement is usually over a foot deep. So we don't have to worry about frozen water pipes this winter, even at four feet deep frost, they will freeze at houses. and if the weather was cold with no snow cover, it can get deeper than four feet. Our water pipe is five feet deep and it has about four inches of pink styrofoam covering it but most people here are not so well protected.

People were posting pictures of their houses with snow half way up them last year and bare ground this year. I guess more people are praying up here these days, enough to drown out the prayers of the skiers and snowmobilers. Even most of the snowmobilers are happy because last years snow was real heavy and the trails were closed a lot till they could clear the trees off of them broken by the heavy snow and groom them.

This winter will seem so short, it is usually around six months here, we are now looking at only about three and a half months of frustration.

That storm is supposed to miss us, but I am used to mother nature changing her mind and dumping feet of snow on us in a couple of days storm. I was beginning to think we would never get global warming up here, I thought it was afraid of our winters.

originally posted by: network dude
a reply to: FlyersFan

Here in the south if we get the hint of a threat of snow, everyone (all at once) runs to the grocery store and buys all the bread, milk, and eggs. Nobody really knows why but they do it. Then when the snow comes in the evening, and melts the next day, we all make French toast. Because, what else would you do with bread milk and eggs?

Thats about correct, I do recall in the early 70s we had an Ice storm and we were iced in with 3/4 of an inch of ice on everything roads closed no power for a week, and freezing cold nights falling asleep listening to trees and limbs falling.

Then we had Snow Jam in 94? which was the most snow Ive seen in Georgia, and there was one in the 80s too. I guess we get it once twice every decade. It rarely is an issue for more than a few days.

LOL in the late 80s I worked at Dominoes and it began snowing like crazy one night while at work. By the time it was closing time it was coming down pretty good. A few of us grabbed a few of the dough trays took them with us climbed the fence at a nearby golf course and sledded for hours. Drunk as hell about froze our asses off, but It was all gone by the next afternoon

PA here. Watched the forecast on Fox. This just can't happen!!

I know my rights an we have a locked contract with Lake Erie.
When Lake Erie isn't frozen it's go-time. Hit and miss bands of snow, People from outside PA just won't believe this far in the interior of the State we get lake effect snow.

No Virginia you don't have to live anywhere the lake to enjoy it in it's flake/crystal form.
Just stand at your front door like a olympic runner waiting for the start gun to go off with shovel in hand. Turn your attention to anything else? Well that'll earn you 6-10 inches as your friends 5 miles away are still asking
What Snow??!!

That's how Lake Erie rolls.

originally posted by: network dude
Here in the south if we get the hint of a threat of snow, everyone (all at once) runs to the grocery store and buys all the bread, milk, and eggs. Nobody really knows why but they do it. Then when the snow comes in the evening, and melts the next day, we all make French toast. Because, what else would you do with bread milk and eggs?

I lived in Alabama for 9 years. If the weather forecaster even said 'flurries' the whole place went into a panic and schools closed etc etc.

a reply to: FlyersFan

Been warm and dry here in Joisey Temps were in the 50's for Christmas

Worse in Northeaster (Norester) where low pressure system forms off Cape Hatteras and tracks up the coast

Storm pulls warm water from the ocean into cold air - Gulf Stream is only few miles offside Blizzards with up to 3 feet of snow can occur

Interesting aside New York City is considered a subtropic climate based on average winter temperatures because of warm water just off shore

Living 20 miles west of NYC climate is different When giving weather reports will announce that snow totals significant North and west of city I 287 is usual dividing line

They were saying 4 inches for us.
Now they are saying one inch.
We haven't had snow in something like 700 days.
Fine by me!

a reply to: FlyersFan

The other thing, is when snow hits in an area it hasn't hit in a long time, the first day's driving will be hazardous as the drivers freak out in the new conditions.

Cheers

So whatever happened with the snowstorm?