BS: I am sick of this snow!

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: MaineDog
Date: 24 Dec 08 - 08:27 PM

I recently read an article in Forbes Magazine in which it was stated that the public is being fed a watered-down, simplified, metaphorical version of the "scientifics" of global warming, because us dummies would not understand the real stuff, and yet we must be prodded into action. How should we respond to this?
MD

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: gnu
Date: 24 Dec 08 - 08:38 PM

Look it up?

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 01:33 AM

From AUSTRALIA what is snow

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: Peace
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 01:35 AM

Snow is a four-letter word.

Canadian

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: gnu
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 02:14 PM

I wish I had snow now.... +9 and enough wind to blow the shingle tabs off my roof and right up my

I told the neighbour just to keep them and I'll collect them after the wind is over.

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: GUEST,Amos
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 03:40 PM

HAving seen those pictures, Tami, I vow I will not gloat anymore, at least until 2009. Dear Gawd!! No wonder you New Englanders all have such broad shoulders!!
Stay safe, stay warm, and Spring will catch up with you before you know it!

A

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: Stewart
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 04:33 PM

Don is right about Seattle.
Another couple of inches last night
and snowing again this morning
Probably over a foot of snow so far
and the city doesn't believe in using salt
(environmentally bad - makes Puget Sound too salty)
and even though they are supposed to have 7 snow plows
the most anyone has ever seen is just one,
and they use rubber-tipped blades
not to damage the streets (the few that are plowed)
they just compress the snow, and now with thawing temps
(35 deg F) there are hubcap-deep ruts in the ice/snow/slush
Now I remember why I left Minnesota,
but in our small town there
the streets were all plowed, salt and sanded,
in a couple of hours.

Now about those Snow Angels:
the late Johnny Cunningham wrote a tune,
"The Unfortunate Snow Incident"
"A wee wintry four-part jig written
in commemoration of the time a friend tried,
after too much holiday cheer,
to 'write' a yellow Snow Angel
in the cold drifts outside a local pub.
Frostbite can be an ugly thing."

Cheers, S. in Seattle

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 04:37 PM

Well, not a bad day today, weatherwise. It cooled down to a few degrees below freezing overnight and a little snow fell. It looks pretty agreeable out there now.

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: Ebbie
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 05:06 PM

We've been upgraded from a Weather Watch to a Weather Warning now- effective midnight tonight until 4 pm tomorrow, expecting 8 to 12 inches of more snow, along with wind.

I'm kind of hoping it will happen - there's something excitingly elemental to me about storms, as opposed to clouds hanging overhead and sogging down upon me.

Speaking of salt on the streets and sidewalks (pavements), my preference is sand and small gravel. Anything to give traction. If one scrapes the sidewalks to the surface one almost has to use salt or its equivalent but I like to leave an inch or so of snow which then becomes crisp and crunchy. Not to mention that my dog can hardly bear the salt on her feet. On occasion I have even picked her up and carried her to a snowy spot.

Yesterday I had her with me as I went around town hanging posters for our upcoming monthly Gold Street Music concert. She enjoyed it hugely until we got to the curried areas; I ended up taking her home and finishing the job alone.

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: maeve
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 05:50 PM

A little snow, a lot of rain and winds shifting from west to nor'west resulted in power outages from early this morning until noon. Good thing we don't mind celebrating Christmas for days on end here, for our Christmas dinner couldn't be cooked without a working oven.

Our thanks to the utility workers who were out in that wind on Christmas day working to restore power in the area.

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: Don Firth
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 06:10 PM

A bit of levity may help.

Bear cub runs up to its mother and says, "Mama, what kind of bear am I?'

"Well, sweetie," the mother bear answers, "you're a polar bear."

The cub ponders that a bit, and wanders off.

After a few minutes he comes back and says, "Mama, what kind of bear did you say I am?"

"Well, honey," she says, "you're a polar bear."

A few minutes later, he comes back again and says, "Mama, are you sure that I'm a polar bear?"

"Yes, of course," she answers. "Why do you ask?"

"'Cause I'm freezing my butt off!!"

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: Alice
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 06:28 PM

Toronto does it right.
They put snow from the streets into a melting machine.
I wish our town could have this method.
Toronto snow management - melting machine

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: ranger1
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 07:57 PM

Geez, how come every municipality in snow country doesn't have one of those gizmos? Makes sense to me.

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: Alice
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 08:03 PM

The only downside I could think of for our area is that all the snowpack is what gives us soil moisture in the spring. But at least for the main streets, it would help, as we end up with huge mountains of snow that are pushed up by the plows and stay around for months.

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: Bee
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 08:22 PM

Toronto has had to get imaginative about snow removal, as no Canadian living outside that venerable city will ever let them live down their calling in the military to clear up after a heavy snowfall in 1999. Almost a decade later, everyone from Newfoundland to Alberta is still laughing at them, although BC seems more inclined to be quiet about it, since snow in Vancouver gives all the residents heebie jeebies.

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: Alice
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 08:27 PM

... but 1974 is when Toronto first started using the melting machine.

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: Bee
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 08:41 PM

In that case, it can't be a very efficient method of dealing with excess snow. ;-)

Snow in Newfoundlamd, Trans-Canada Highway:

http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dbehm/Images/JeepInSnow.jpg

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: Ebbie
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 08:49 PM

In Juneau, bladed trucks and dump trucks push and dump snow, respectively, over the banks at various points that then melt into the ocean. The city don't use salt, I understand, but some kind of urea compound.

Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 25 Dec 08 - 08:51 PM

The melting machine is a great idea. We could sure use it right now in Orillia.