18 thoughts on “Those of us who lived in the snow belt. Played that game much too often.”
Pittsburgh in the 70’s. We’d take 3 hours to take a 20 min drive to work, then all stand around talking about what we had to do to get there on snow and ice. Work for an hour and begin the 4 hour drive back home. 70’s in Pgh were brutal.
Not so much in Cincy. Didn’t even use the snowblower last year.
Yup. Live in Syracuse for a time.
Lake effect snow from the Onondaga reservoir.
Don’t miss it.
Lake effect snow in Chicago every year !!!!
well, at least Pendot does a damn good job around here. not so much elsewhere in the state I have lived. now, the local clowns have yet to realize that the plow must touch the road to clear it. most of the winter we have between 1-2inches of hard ice on the road. nice thing is if you can make it out to the main drag, you got it made !
now, back in philly, you just saw the trucks parked. running to keep the guys warm
but the roads where as bad as above, if not worse.
around here, anywhere a school bus has to go, the roads are clear.
Colorado Front Range. Drove an old 1974 Nova, and a “71” for years delivering pizza in that shit.
Eric.
Yup. Lived in central New York for over 20 years. So glad we finally escaped that stuff. When the plows have it piled 6 feet high on the sides of the road. Just glad we didn’t live farther north near the lake–they had 20 foot drifts, or higher. Like driving through narrow canyons. And the ice storms. . .Don’t miss that one bit!
Here in West Texas, we occasionally have this but nothing like you guys. Fuck all this. I wanna move back to Savannah.
North western Adirondacks. The roads are here are like a bobsled coarse every winter. No place to pull over if you break down.
It’s gonna start here in the Upper Peninsula any time now when the cold wind comes across Lake Superior . It keeps the bugs away and I don’t have to mow the yard so it’s all right with me after a summer of work. Throw some wood in the stove and sit back with a book. I’m ready. —ken
Lake effect snow bands are crazy. In less than 50 feet you can go from no snow to can’t see the road. Used to work occasionally at a compressor station just North of Springville, NY, it’s like 30 or so miles south of Buffalo. They had a picture on the wall with a big ass tractor – 200+ hp with a huge snow blower on it. The snow was 5 feet over the cab in the cut that a railroad snow blower they had brought in to clear the 3/4 mile driveway made
Over 2.5 feet so far and counting.
Hey, P2 compared to me you’re practically living in the tropics.
Gave up the 200 to 300 inches a year in the Copper Country for the sunny, frozen climes of south of the Iron Range when jobs dried up almost a decade ago.
You don’t realize how much the lack of sun in the winter effects you until you move out from a perpetual winter lake-effect cloud from winds in all directions except SSW winds.
Great to only get 3 feet on average compared to 20 or so feet, even if any driver on the road can kill you at any time, these fuckers here are idiots with any snow cover.
I think you guys are overlooking one of the main benefits of cold/snow.
The newly arriving illegal vibrant invaders are largely creatures of the tropics or subtropics. I count on brutal winters to discourage the bulk of them from squatting this far north. If any end up here, the first winter should encourage them to look for other parasitic hosts in warmer locations. I think it has the same effect on homeless of any nationality as well.
I’m glad I escaped winter to the Phoenix Metro Area. There are occasional rumors of snow, and I’ve even seen videos of it in the air, but I’ve not experienced any in the nine years I’ve been here. I have a tender cactus on my front porch that I have to bring in for about 2 weeks a year to keep it from being damaged by below-freezing temps.
The picture reminds me (somewhat!) of all the wonderful whiteout conditions we had to drive through to/from the Missile Sites in North Dakota. It wasn’t too bad until it got to -20 F and colder, but believe it or not the traction got better then. Visibility? WHAT visibility??
Still… we didn’t have ANY streetlights, fences, road markers, trees, houses, or anything else to tell us where we were. NoDakLand is flat flat flat and the wind blows constantly. We used to say that Minnesota blows and Montana sucks, and it never snows in North Dakota, it just blows into NoDakLand. It actually was quite dangerous when the wind got to 45 MPH and you were trying to navigate to the next site. WITHOUT GPS!
I could bore y’all to death with some of the stories of my more “memorable” dispatches. Bit I won’t. We all survived. Good enough.
I am originally from Southern California. My Dad was originally from Tucson. I finally got him to take me up to the snow in the San Gabriel Mountains behind our city when I was about ten. He drove me and my dog up to the snow line and parked, open the door and said “go play” and off I went with my dog. I wasn’t dressed for it. I came back later with frost bite and freezing cold, my dog seemed fine. I told my Dad it hurts and he said “you going to ask again?” and “I said no” and He said, “good.”
Snow is for the mountains and we would have to put chains on our tires. I have been to the North several times on business in the winter when there is snow. The worst was when I went to Ottawa for training and a blizzard when I was leaving. I drove to the airport early and was going slow as I could not see the hood of my car, the road, and the Canadians were slowing as the got near me but then sped on fast. I got to the airport but the car rental people were not going to be there when my plane left. My plane left on time as the Canadians do not seemed bothered by snow.
Spent a high snow volume week in Detroit back in the late 80’s. Lived in Tulsa at the time both cities were prepared for it about the same, not.
Having self-deported from The People’s Republic of Massholistan in 1990 I can tell you that I don’t miss this one bit.
Pittsburgh in the 70’s. We’d take 3 hours to take a 20 min drive to work, then all stand around talking about what we had to do to get there on snow and ice. Work for an hour and begin the 4 hour drive back home. 70’s in Pgh were brutal.
Not so much in Cincy. Didn’t even use the snowblower last year.
Yup. Live in Syracuse for a time.
Lake effect snow from the Onondaga reservoir.
Don’t miss it.
Lake effect snow in Chicago every year !!!!
well, at least Pendot does a damn good job around here. not so much elsewhere in the state I have lived. now, the local clowns have yet to realize that the plow must touch the road to clear it. most of the winter we have between 1-2inches of hard ice on the road. nice thing is if you can make it out to the main drag, you got it made !
now, back in philly, you just saw the trucks parked. running to keep the guys warm
but the roads where as bad as above, if not worse.
around here, anywhere a school bus has to go, the roads are clear.
Colorado Front Range. Drove an old 1974 Nova, and a “71” for years delivering pizza in that shit.
Eric.
Yup. Lived in central New York for over 20 years. So glad we finally escaped that stuff. When the plows have it piled 6 feet high on the sides of the road. Just glad we didn’t live farther north near the lake–they had 20 foot drifts, or higher. Like driving through narrow canyons. And the ice storms. . .Don’t miss that one bit!
Here in West Texas, we occasionally have this but nothing like you guys. Fuck all this. I wanna move back to Savannah.
North western Adirondacks. The roads are here are like a bobsled coarse every winter. No place to pull over if you break down.
It’s gonna start here in the Upper Peninsula any time now when the cold wind comes across Lake Superior . It keeps the bugs away and I don’t have to mow the yard so it’s all right with me after a summer of work. Throw some wood in the stove and sit back with a book. I’m ready. —ken
Lake effect snow bands are crazy. In less than 50 feet you can go from no snow to can’t see the road. Used to work occasionally at a compressor station just North of Springville, NY, it’s like 30 or so miles south of Buffalo. They had a picture on the wall with a big ass tractor – 200+ hp with a huge snow blower on it. The snow was 5 feet over the cab in the cut that a railroad snow blower they had brought in to clear the 3/4 mile driveway made
Over 2.5 feet so far and counting.
Hey, P2 compared to me you’re practically living in the tropics.
Gave up the 200 to 300 inches a year in the Copper Country for the sunny, frozen climes of south of the Iron Range when jobs dried up almost a decade ago.
You don’t realize how much the lack of sun in the winter effects you until you move out from a perpetual winter lake-effect cloud from winds in all directions except SSW winds.
Great to only get 3 feet on average compared to 20 or so feet, even if any driver on the road can kill you at any time, these fuckers here are idiots with any snow cover.
I think you guys are overlooking one of the main benefits of cold/snow.
The newly arriving illegal vibrant invaders are largely creatures of the tropics or subtropics. I count on brutal winters to discourage the bulk of them from squatting this far north. If any end up here, the first winter should encourage them to look for other parasitic hosts in warmer locations. I think it has the same effect on homeless of any nationality as well.
I’m glad I escaped winter to the Phoenix Metro Area. There are occasional rumors of snow, and I’ve even seen videos of it in the air, but I’ve not experienced any in the nine years I’ve been here. I have a tender cactus on my front porch that I have to bring in for about 2 weeks a year to keep it from being damaged by below-freezing temps.
The picture reminds me (somewhat!) of all the wonderful whiteout conditions we had to drive through to/from the Missile Sites in North Dakota. It wasn’t too bad until it got to -20 F and colder, but believe it or not the traction got better then. Visibility? WHAT visibility??
Still… we didn’t have ANY streetlights, fences, road markers, trees, houses, or anything else to tell us where we were. NoDakLand is flat flat flat and the wind blows constantly. We used to say that Minnesota blows and Montana sucks, and it never snows in North Dakota, it just blows into NoDakLand. It actually was quite dangerous when the wind got to 45 MPH and you were trying to navigate to the next site. WITHOUT GPS!
I could bore y’all to death with some of the stories of my more “memorable” dispatches. Bit I won’t. We all survived. Good enough.
I am originally from Southern California. My Dad was originally from Tucson. I finally got him to take me up to the snow in the San Gabriel Mountains behind our city when I was about ten. He drove me and my dog up to the snow line and parked, open the door and said “go play” and off I went with my dog. I wasn’t dressed for it. I came back later with frost bite and freezing cold, my dog seemed fine. I told my Dad it hurts and he said “you going to ask again?” and “I said no” and He said, “good.”
Snow is for the mountains and we would have to put chains on our tires. I have been to the North several times on business in the winter when there is snow. The worst was when I went to Ottawa for training and a blizzard when I was leaving. I drove to the airport early and was going slow as I could not see the hood of my car, the road, and the Canadians were slowing as the got near me but then sped on fast. I got to the airport but the car rental people were not going to be there when my plane left. My plane left on time as the Canadians do not seemed bothered by snow.
Spent a high snow volume week in Detroit back in the late 80’s. Lived in Tulsa at the time both cities were prepared for it about the same, not.
Having self-deported from The People’s Republic of Massholistan in 1990 I can tell you that I don’t miss this one bit.