Snow in March! (Page 1 of 3)

well we are still getting it up on the hills in Scotland.

I got a pic from my cousin in Alabama, America. He said it had not snowed there for about 16 years where he is. It didnt look like much but when you dont have any for that long a wee drop can be a lot.

Ken

I love the snow

It's strange isn't it? It was 72 here saturday and sunday night we get snow!! It's still coming in small flurries here but we're not getting any accumulation. -Pix

Cam - we got about 6". I'm not so lucky to have the day off - not a great commute this a.m.

We got 24 inches of snow a week ago.  Today we got about 8 inches.  We're getting about a storm a week.  Of course in Maine, March isn't called "The Cruelest Month" for nothing.  <sigh> 

Cabin Fever has got me good and that's real bad.  <sigh>

I met a guy from Montreal who said that "Canada has 10 months of winter and two months of not very good sledding."

Topdown, I'm sorry you didn't have the day off, I enjoyed it enough for us both though...GuitarPix, I wondered about you as well, but being close to Wilmington {as I remember} I wasn't sure you were getting any. Upyerkilt, yea even Alabamba got snow, odd for them. I'm a warm weather kinda guy, I can't imagine living in Canada, Scotland, or Maine as some of you do, but then I guess it's what you get use to growing up. Living here in North Carolina we get a taste of all 4 seasons, but I'm so rerady for spring, everyone stay bundled up, it'll be here soon!

         Cam

Well, in a way we do get used to it.  On another forum I belong to, a member from Atlanta was saying that when they get 3-6 inches of snow everything is paralyzed.  Another member is from the UK and they got a freak snowstorm in their area and around London....same results.

Around here, 6 inches+ just means you drive a little more carefully and get to work. 

Yeah, I'm ready for spring.  Maybe some summer tunes will warm me up.

Summer song--Chad and Jeremy
Summer Roads--Tommy Makem
Summer in the city--Lovin' Spoonful
Summertime--George Gershwin

I'll follow the Sun--The Beatles

But after a week of snow removal, I feel more like playing:

"How do I know my youth is all spent,
My get up and go has got up and went."   by Pete Seeger

I hear ya crowellb - I remember as a kid growing up in upstate NY - we'd have 24" overnight and still have school. I remember cussing the plows as the drove by all night. That's the problem in the south - no snow plows. Things literally shut down after a dusting of snow. I left the house at 8 a.m. this morning and major highways had still not seen a plow. I had no problem with my 4 wheel drive, but I wouldn't have wanted to be out there in anything else. I've been working in the mountains of West Virginia and have been dealing with this stuff since November. I loved the snow as a kid, but I would be happy to never see this white crap again. Looks pretty in pictures - you yankees can keep it.

LMAO! I think there's more of a chance for sleet before the snow down south too. I know St. Louis is terrible for ice...that's why I try not to ever fly through there during the winter if I can help it. We're set up to handle snowy/icy weather up here so it's no big deal to us...plus we're used of driving in it! You've probably seen more snow than me if you used to live in upstate NY. I hear the lake effect can really dump ALOT of snow...to the point where you measure in feet instead of inches! The most I've ever seen is 2 feet in one storm, but I've also jumped a snowmoblie off a 15 ft snowdrift...$150 for a new windshield taught me not to do that again!

This is the first year we've had a lot of snow up here for awhile now. The snow was so deep along my driveway this year that I just had to pray no one was coming when I backed out cuz I couldn't see the road from my car!

I forgot about that one.  That's a good little feel good summer tune.  And, yeah a little Jimmy Buffet will bring some of that Key West warmth anywhere.  "Cheeseburger in Paradise" anyone.  <grin> 

Thanks for the info!

Gotta Love Buffett, I've been lucky enough to get to the Caribbean a few times, it's Heaven on earth, especially right now!

  Cam

Is it true what my friend told me, that down East you have 5 seasons? What would be the 5th one?