Snow

[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.

[kenyonchris]

We got it in North TExas yesterday as well. Not as much as OK, but it was the first white Christmas since the 20s for here. It was COLD.
A lot of it has melted but still some patches, and of course I work tonight. UGH. I will probably spend a lot of time doing traffic control on accidents. And it is like 25 degrees.
I am dressed up like Nanuk.

[Tri Girl]

Ooooo, stay warm Chris!! I just saw on the news it was your first white Christmas since '26. Crazy!!!!

[owlice]

Ritamarie, what is WITH these kids?!?! No internal thermostats? Running hot? What? What?

Poor guy looks like a Peep in a microwave

lol, Zen! Now we know what you've been doing with Peeps!!

All those in places with dangerous weather, please stay safe and warm.

[Tuckervill]

I was thinking about you, Tri Girl! I was howling about the first ever BLIZZARD Warning I'd ever seen. It was for the one county over in Oklahoma, but we are 3 miles from there. I was really hoping for a spill over. But, of course, it slid right by us, as usual. There has to be something geographical about the Ozarks that causes this phenomenon. We got 2", and the wind died down before the snow started, so no blizzard.

But a white Christmas is nice. And we had a good excuse not to go anywhere.

Kare

[Trekhawk]

Take care all of you!
We keep seeing shots of all your snow on the news at night. The delays at the airports look like hell.

It is hard to imagine all that snow when we are in the middle of some super hot weather. We are expecting a high today of 40 degrees C (about 104 degrees F). Not a lot of riding going on here today either.

[Cataboo]

I'm jealous! I want more snow. Rain is melting ours away.

I went to my Mom's for Christmas & she had made herself a snowman:



We had some thick fog & rain earlier today:






From snowshoing Christmas eve:

[divingbiker]

Be careful what you wish for. I'm housebound at my sister's, out in the country in Nebraska, and we're in the middle of a blizzard. Roads are totally blocked by drifts of snow, 40 mph winds, temp is 10 or so with wind chills well below zero. There's not been a storm like this in many years.

Our storm last week in the DC area was a piece of cake compared to this. I'm not even sure I'll be able to fly home on Sunday.

And the whole family is cooped up together; another day or two and it might get ugly.

[Zen]

I went to my Mom's for Christmas & she had made herself a snowman:

Poor guy looks like a Peep in a microwave

Be careful what you wish for. I'm housebound at my sister's, out in the country in Nebraska, and we're in the middle of a blizzard.

Little House on the Prairie
And little Laura without her xc skis
Be sure to tie a rope around you if you have to go out to the barn

[divingbiker]

Little House on the Prairie
And little Laura without her xc skis
Be sure to tie a rope around you if you have to go out to the barn

LOL, Zen. I keep saying the same thing to the folks here. You can tell we're about the same age, with the same TV references.

[Cataboo]

LOL, Zen. I keep saying the same thing to the folks here. You can tell we're about the same age, with the same TV references.

I read the books

If I was trapped with my sister, definitely things would get ugly and there would probably be blood.

But I'm home by myself, I have milk, toilet paper, and snowshoes. I want snow.

[7rider]

Be careful what you wish for. I'm housebound at my sister's, out in the country in Nebraska, and we're in the middle of a blizzard. Roads are totally blocked by drifts of snow, 40 mph winds, temp is 10 or so with wind chills well below zero. There's not been a storm like this in many years..

Now I know why you haven't returned my phone call from Christmas Eve.

We're stuck at my sister's place in Connecticut. Not for horrible weather. Well, for the lack of decent ski weather. We didn't head to Vermont, as planned, b/c they're calling for warming temps, sleet, and rain. Not exactly ideal ski conditions. Blech.

[Trekhawk]

I'm jealous! I want more snow. Rain is melting ours away.

I went to my Mom's for Christmas & she had made herself a snowman:

Catriona - Great snaps! What a beautiful place.

[papaver]

It started snowing today...