A question for those whom have never known snow...

Funny, oops.

xpost yeah that would be ideal. nice place to visit, etc.

In Chicago, people are the same way. Those going way too fast tend to be SUVs and others who have 4 wheel drive, which helps you get going in the snow but doesn't help at all when braking, genius.

I believe it. We're getting ice and snow about 3-4 weeks earlier this year than last. I do remember having to walk from one side of the loop to the other when it was -8 outside, and that sucked, but it was just the one day.

Ice skating is fun, though, right?

"A question for those WHOM snow has never known"

So here in Austin, Texas we're getting our first taste of real snow since about 1985. It's pretty! There's enough to go sledding! Or flattened cardboard boxing, since nobody around here owns a sled. And surprise, our infrastructure can't handle the sudden power demand! Who would have guessed... flipping the feds the bird by refusing to connect the state to the national power grid has come back to bite us. Don't worry, the Governor will blame it on wind power or all the liberals here in Austin turning on their avocado toasters at the same time.

I always forget how wet the stuff is.

Enjoy it while it lasts!

fuck snow

my question for these people would be, can i switch places with you

little flakes of death

5° in Houston tomorrow

My mom has been without power for 18 hours and I can’t get her to let me bring her and her dogs to my apartment because she’s afraid to leave her house unattended.

She’s got two dogs, a lot of comforters and I bought her 10 cases of logs (as useless as they are overall) so I think she’ll be okay but all of this stress has had me on the verge of puking for four days now.

Enjoy it while it lasts!

fuck snow

point, counterpoint.

the snow is pretty but what a shitshow this state is... I'd like to be sitting on my couch, but my friend lost power and her apartment is about 38 degrees inside now, so I gotta drive over and pick her up so she doesn't freeze to death. not looking forward to the drive.

so sorry to hear that about your mom, milo, and your friend, f. hazel. i have a friend in austin who ended up checking into a hotel, even though that makes her worry about COVID. libertarian influence on government in this country is so bleak.

i always take it for granted that in the northeast we have the infrastructure to withstand heavy snow - hope everyone gets through ok.

woke up to 14" this morning, thought it looked very pretty from inside the house. got a swift comeuppance for my smugness with a near heart attack shoveling the front steps.

In the Northeast you have a lot of overground utilties going to semi-rural/exurban areas like where my parents live in Connecticut; so wind, snow or ice bringing down power lines is a constant threat.

We've got about eight or nine inches out there... and it's 10º.

Another five or six inches is supposed to fall tonight. It's crazy.

We've had an insane run of snow since the last weekend in January, resulting in well over 30" of snow in the low areas in our yard. Just since Sunday night we've gotten about 19 additional inches (though I've seen some estimates nearby that go up to as much as 21"). Simply running out of places to put the snow we've shoveled at this point, there are drifts in our front yard that are well above my waist.,

We've had a ton of snow in WI as well, and it's been getting down to -10', but it's more or less business as usual here.

News in Houston is so sad, bunch of stories about people accidentally gasing themselves or setting fires trying to stay warm.

xpost - I mean, this round wouldn't even rank in the top 5 snowstorms we had and we've definitely had colder snaps, but the combination of extreme cold days and snow after snow is somewhat unusual for us. If we get measurable snowfall tomorrow, it will set a new record for most continuous days of measurable snowfall.

Definitely places that have it far worse.