EastCoastians, we may have to redefine "heavy snow"!

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Well, I am reading "heavy snow", and I cannot decide if it will be heavy in feet, or heavy in jamming the blower chute..!

Why not both..!??

I was planning on following the 24 hours of Daytona endurance race, but it ain't gonna happen by candlelight. High winds, here, always. Utility is quite good at preventive tree trimming where needed, so outages are fewer - until some drunk takes a utility pole out!

EDIT: the local current high-low range forecast is quite wide, so who knows?
Actually looking forward to real snow amounts, for photography purposes! :D
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Being a native northerner who grew up in the snow belt east of Lake Ontario . . . and I'm talking in the 1970s when it wasn't uncommon to measure snowfall in feet instead of inches . . . I always chuckle at what they consider "heavy snow" down here in the south. Rumors of a light dusting will empty store shelves and cause mass hysteria. If an inch actually falls schools, banks, and stores shut down for days.
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Totals are well below annual averages in northern NH.
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This is a Florida based forum folks, so go easy on the use of four-letter-words, like the "S" word for example! :D
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I'm glad I covered my new car today. Even if the snow never makes it this far south, it keeps the gecko crap off the finish.

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toomanycats wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:51 am Being a native northerner who grew up in the snow belt east of Lake Ontario . . . and I'm talking in the 1970s when it wasn't uncommon to measure snowfall in feet instead of inches . . . I always chuckle at what they consider "heavy snow" down here in the south. Rumors of a light dusting will empty store shelves and cause mass hysteria. If an inch actually falls schools, banks, and stores shut down for days.
Yeah, we got 10” of snow in one night a couple weeks ago, about 15 in a 30 hour window. Had to leave 5 minutes early to make up for the minor slow down. Snow is not a big deal until stupid people who can’t drive turn it into one.
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mickey wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:08 am This is a Florida based forum folks, so go easy on the use of four-letter-words, like the "S" word for example! :D
Hey, I know it cuts both ways. A week of 95+ degree temperatures up north is a state of emergency, whereas down here in the . . . umm . . . how shall I put it? can I say "Dixie" without giving offense? . . . that's just another day on the farm down here. :D
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toomanycats wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:16 am
mickey wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:08 am This is a Florida based forum folks, so go easy on the use of four-letter-words, like the "S" word for example! :D
Hey, I know it cuts both ways. A week of 95+ degree temperatures up north is a state of emergency, whereas down here in the . . . umm . . . how shall I put it? can I say "Dixie" without giving offense? . . . that's just another day on the farm down here. :D
Yep, I know. I'm the first guy to grab a sweater when the temp drops below 75. The U.S. Air Farce sent me to the U.K. in 1970 in the middle of one of their worst heat waves in centuries where the news over here was full of Londoners getting arrested for stripping nekkid and climbing into the fountains to cool off on their lunch hours while my mother-in-law in Atlanta was laughing because my letters home were like: "Emergency, send sweaters! I'm freezing my ass off!"
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I'm in the 12-18" zone. If my electricity goes out it usually back on within 24 hours. Not sure why, but the rest of the state could be out power for weeks and I'm up and running.

I hate weather hotter than 80... and perfectly happy in 30 degree.
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I'm a Hillbilly that lives in Western NC in the Appalachian Mountains just NW of Asheville the weather here has always been unpredictable today is supposed to be sunny and about 45 for me sweater weather it's 32 right now but tomorrow they're calling for snow. Couple of weeks ago we had 11 inches where I live. I really feel we have moderate weather summertime highs rarely hit the 90's mostly low to mid 80's but you can always head to a higher elevation and a mountain stream with a box of KFC and a case of beer on ice for a good cool down and a great way to spend a summer day.
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@Sinster are in Plymouth county or west of it?
(not to be confused with Suffolk county, per the Dropkickmurphys!)

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The prediction is for a narrow band, and the narrow band has happened a few times now. Just east if a Providence-Boston imaginery line.
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PoodlesAgain wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:52 am @Sinster are in Plymouth county or west of it?
(not to be confused with Suffolk county, per the Dropkickmurphys!)

Music: what's up with the Spire?

The prediction is for a narrow band, and the narrow band has happened a few times now. Just east if a Providence-Boston imaginery line.
Plymouth County...
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