Snow

[PamNY]

I love everyone's photos. Since I don't have a car, snow in NYC is a largely painless event. I spent a blissful day in my two favorite parks (Central and Riverside). Children were sledding, adults were laughing and the hawks were soaring. The bike path is cleared enough that I got in 14 miles (daylight riding only, since there is some ice).

[crazycanuck]

Umm I might need some cool weather visions in my head on Mon & Tues next week...I just saw the forecast & it's going to be 40C....

I think i'll be biking early early both days....

[Tuckervill]

They just said 100% chance of snow for Arkansas tomorrow! But, I bet we get 1-2 inches and it's gone before we get up for presents on Friday.

Karen

[Zen]

I wouldn't bet on that.

[owlice]

The kid, who goes to school in the Berkshires, got home last night. He was pretty surprised when he looked out back at the patio table; there's still a good foot or so of snow on it. Even getting out of the car and to a door was tricky, as, because I [strikeout]am a lazy @ss[/strikeout] was exhausted from so much shoveling, I didn't clear the entire driveway; he could get to the kitchen door, and I could get to the front door, but we couldn't both use the same door without one of us having to walk through snow.

Oh, and get this... he has TWO warm coats at school, one of them a down jacket. AND snow boots. I had told him to make sure to wear a warm coat and his boots home. (He has to walk a couple of miles to catch the bus home, and wait outside at the stop until the bus gets there. Only one a day, so he needs to be there a bit early.) He showed up in a hoodie and sneakers. A hoodie. He was wearing a short-sleeved tee shirt under it.

It was 9°F here this morning. Will be an interesting semester break!

[Crankin]

That made me laugh, Owlice. I saw a teen waiting for the bus on Tuesday morning; he was wearing shorts and a hoodie and it was 7 degrees out. His legs were so red, I am sure he had frostbite.
I went for my first x country ski of the season yesterday. It was a perfect temperature, around 24 degrees. However, the conditions were not that good. It wasn't icy, but even though the trails are tracked and groomed, there were tons of leaves, pine cones, and little twigs around. It's amazing how quickly a pine cone will stop you. As usual, I was extremely cautious my first time out. We were about 200 yards away from the touring center finishing up, when my right ski slipped on a little incline to the side and down I went. Other than that, it felt good. I wish we had more consistent snow so I could get more practice time. We do go up north a couple of times a season, but the season is just so short that just when I feel I'm getting good, it's time to get back on the bike.

[owlice]

That made me laugh, Owlice. I saw a teen waiting for the bus on Tuesday morning; he was wearing shorts and a hoodie and it was 7 degrees out. His legs were so red, I am sure he had frostbite.

I'd ask whether this sight was in the Berkshires, but then remembered that my kid doesn't wear shorts (ever), and now I'm thankful he doesn't, because he just might do something like that^!!

No injury, I hope, from your fall! And obviously, you need more vacation time so you can ski up north more!

[Selkie]

Ice for you tomorrow, Zen? I hope not. We might get a period of it early but it's supposed to turn to rain. Flooding is a probability. Downspouts are cleared of snow. Will miss our annual Christmas cookie-burning walk at Arlington cemetery...outdoor plans for tomorrow are not a good idea.

Yesterday after work, I shoveled the remaining ice bergs/slush mountains from the road in front of our house. That stuff was heavy as concrete. There was a short wall of them between the bit of pavement down the center of the road and the cleared spots DH made for our cars. Climbing the car over the ledge in the morning could be dicey because of overnight freezing and neighbors' cars parked along both sides of the road.

I have a mind to go out and do a little more of it, that's how anxious I am to see the last of this stuff.

We will send any future snow up to you Crankin, ok?

Owlice, looks like he's SOL. Don't buy him a new coat, boots, or warm outerwear. Next time, he'll remember to bring stuff home w/him.

[Ritamarie]

He showed up in a hoodie and sneakers. A hoodie. He was wearing a short-sleeved tee shirt under it.

LOL, Owlice... here's my 15 year old shoveling snow. He was out for an hour like that. It was like 15 degrees! He goes to school every day with a t-shirt and hoodie, jeans and sneakers. He's usually late for the bus and running down our 1/4 mile lane to catch it, so he doesn't usually wait too long. But really (!) the other day it was 4 degrees and he went to school in a hoodie! If he misses the bus I (usually) make him walk to school (just a little over a mile through the woods). He's done that a few times in the single digits lately in a hoodie and sneakers. No gloves, no hat.

[Tri Girl]

Eek! We wound up having the worst blizzard on record yesterday in Oklahoma City. We got 14" (which although it's not much for you northerners, it's a TREMENDOUS amount of snow for us). Our previous record of 8.5" was shattered. The city shuts down with 3-4", so 14" about did us in. The airport, and all the highways and many major roads were shut down- and there are abandoned cars/buses/trucks littering the streets. My DH is a mailman, so he had to deliver mail in it all day, but made it home safely. they had to send out the National Guard out to rescue people stuck on the highways.
Here are the same two pictures that I posted earlier with the final snowfall total.
We've only had 3 white Christmases in the last 100 years, but we got one this year. I think it's highly over-rated. Snow is just problematic unless your city can handle clearing it off effectively (which ours cannot). It's pretty, but I'm already ready for it to go away.