[TheForge] OT - Snow in NJ

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

32 flakes of snow is a clear indicator for me to head south in a hurry!

On 12/28/2010 10:38 AM, Jason Nass wrote:
> 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-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Vida
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 12:53 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT - Snow in NJ
>
> 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-----
>> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kim George
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:54 AM
>> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
>> 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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