[TheForge] OT - Snow in NJ

[Jason Nass]

A number of years ago I was visiting my daughter in Portland, Oregon for
Xmas, and it was one of the rare years they see snow... well, about 6-8
inches of the stuff fell and the city shut down... completely. All busses
stopped running, none of the stores save the ones where the employees lived
within walking distance were open, city government was closed. They declared
it a disaster... I was laughing hysterically over that. Meanwhile I was the
only person on the unplowed roads driving around in a normal little rental
car and everyone thought I was insane. My response to them was "if you can't
drive in up to 3 feet of snow, don't move to NE Ohio... you will be stuck in
your home from November till March... and sometimes even April or May. Being
as they don't get snow often there, I could see most people staying home as
they have no plows for the roads, but to declare it a natural disaster day
was just a touch over the top I thought. LOL.

Jason Nass - MacTalis Ironworks
me at wargoth.com


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Vida
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 12:53 PM
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We 13.5 feet last year at our place in Summers Co. WV.  In Elkview now -
barely a foot.  This is the life.  Friends in Hinton say they got hit pretty
good, maybe 4' the night before last.  At that rate, they will be well past
13 feet by spring.  That side of the Appalachians gets it way harder than
this side (west).  Weather-wise, I like the Charleston area more than down
south, that is for sure.

Jason Nass wrote:
> Yeah, well that is because what is a huge snowfall for them is a light 
> dusting for us. Last winter at the peak of the Lake Effect storms that 
> hit us here, I measured 53 inches of snowfall on my front porch... I 
> had to dig trenches on the deck, down the steps, around the car, and out
to the shop.
> The dog came out in it while I was digging the car out and ran up the 
> snowbank at the edge of the driveway and disappeared in the yard.  
> Then I saw him tunneling around in it like a cartoon rabbit. Pretty 
> much normal for these parts...
> 
> Jason Nass - MacTalis Ironworks
> me at wargoth.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kim George
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:54 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT - Snow in NJ
> 
> I live south of Kent at the edge of the secondary snow belt. Compared 
> to you guys we don't get any snow. Isn't amazing how if a storm hits 
> the east coast it's big news but if it hits us barely a peep?
> 
> --
> Kim George
> 
> "Why for you try to bury me in cold,cold ground?"
>      Taz
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