I hate snow

[Kitsune06]

I grew up in WI. Snow was nothing. As kids, we'd try to run out and measure 6" b/c it was at that holiest of measurements that school would be closed for the day.

Here in Portland, absolute chaos resulted from 2" last year. I sh*t you not. My car has terrible tires/suspension/traction, so that was maddeningly embarrassing, but also, city buses took out mailboxes, fences etc as they slid into ditches.

All that said... I pine for a little these days. Having grown up with clear, starry winter nights and glowing sapphire snow illuminating my childhood... the darkness of the cloudy winter skies and dark green/brown of the earth is depressing.

I miss snow-covered woods, walking out into the crushing silence and feeling it press against ever-assaulted eardrums until the solitude envelops you. It's then, that with a start you realize you can hear the individual snowflakes landing around you between the deafening rushes of your breath.

Memories like that make me feel ever more that I don't belong in the city...

[Zen]

The problem with the DC area and snow is that people (feds mostly) come here from all over and don't know how to drive in it.

I like our occasional snow. I just stay home and watch the traffic reports all snug and smug...

[IFjane]

Hey Zen - I heard on the radio this morning that your neck of the woods had "freezing fog"? What the heck is that? Does it break when you run into it?

By the way, all of you in the mid-Atlantic area and up to NYC, be careful on the ice this weekend!!

[silver]

I grew up in Alabama and I don't like snow.

[Geonz]

Freezing fog is like this wavery-thin film of suspended iciness in the air. It is exquisite to ride through. It can leave a little icy film over *everything* (your clothing included when you're done).