That's it. I give up. Mother Nature? You win. Again.

It's not just the population but the terrain.  I grew up in Chicago. Lots of snow and wind, but flat.  Moved to Maryland and laughed at the snow days until I really began driving.  It's hilly and people don't have good tires.  When we first moved there in 1990 snow would fall and be gone in a day.  It was fairly warm.  When we left 20 years later the last few winters had been colder and so much more snow.  People still don't know how to drive in it.

Now I live in CA and it's the rain people have trouble with!  LOL 

So far they are saying most of Friday's snow is supposed to be south of us.  If it does change and come up to central Ohio we will get a larger than usual snow.  The snows that come up from the south are always heavy, I guess they have a lot more moisture in them.

When i was still physically going into work I rarely called in because of snow but there were times I wished I had before I got to work.  There were a few times when it was really bad I would work a shorter day, going in late.  That helped by missing the rush hour traffic.  It also helped me because driving in the dark on bad roads really gets to me.  I want to at least have a good visual of everything on the road when they are bad.

Handsome Kitty said:

It's not just the population but the terrain.  I grew up in Chicago. Lots of snow and wind, but flat.  Moved to Maryland and laughed at the snow days until I really began driving.  It's hilly and people don't have good tires.  When we first moved there in 1990 snow would fall and be gone in a day.  It was fairly warm.  When we left 20 years later the last few winters had been colder and so much more snow.  People still don't know how to drive in it.

Now I live in CA and it's the rain people have trouble with!  LOL 

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Actually, I never thought about it from the perspective of the terrain. I'm in the Chicago area and yeah, always laughed at the snow days out east. Now I get it!

Why I hate PA winters:

The middle of April, 2005. By that point, I was fit to be tied. Nobody was expecting that storm. April. Really. 


November, 2008. Couldn't get Clarence up the driveway, so the poor thing sat at the bottom until we could shovel and de-ice. During the really bad storms, I parked wherever I could and hoped it was somewhere in the vicinity of the driveway. One year, we parked both vehicles at the bottom of the driveway for almost a month. We got so tired of shoveling that driveway that we said the heck with it. We shoveled a 3-foot path down the driveway and walked up and down single-file. Carrying groceries, too. Out in the back yard, on top of the pool, it looked like the craters on the moon. We have a 4-foot picket fence around our in-ground pool; the snow that year was to the top of the picket fence. 


2009. Rick made it up the driveway. Clarence did not. Again. I think I walked up and down the driveway for about two weeks. As soon as we'd de-ice, we'd get more ice and freezing rain. I was not amused.


October, 2011. Some years winter comes early and it stays late. 


The ice storm in 2008.



February, 2011. Another ice storm.


I'd be happy if I never, ever saw another flake of snow for the rest of my life. Oh, and I am fully aware that other places get hit much worse than we do. I saw Buffalo the other year. As far as I'm concerned, one inch is one inch too many. 

(Belize, baby. The day after I retire.)

These pictures show exactly why I love the south. We might get a few flurries now and then. Sometimes we get a for real snow or ice storm. They come and go quickly. Rarely do we have anthing on the ground for more than two or three days. The snow is beautiful coming down, but I think about people who have to drive in it. It is a real problem on the roads here if we get anything. Southern people don't know how to drive in snow and ice.

My mom lived in Pa. She always had to have snow tires. After her husband died, she winterized her home and came to stay with us a lot in the winter.

My in-laws are all in Eastern Tennessee.  SIL and BIL both had to park at the bottom of their driveway yesterday.  The driveway is a literal hill; they were NOT getting back up that!  It wasn't more than a few inches on the ground either.  I would NEVER drive there in the snow or ice.  Every road is hilly and curvy and narrow.  Many have drop offs with no guard rail.  I got car sick driving myself from SIL's to MIL's on a sunny day!  No way would I do well in bad weather!  SIL is in a development at least.  MIL is in the country.  Gorgeous views; but so many more drop offs!!  MIL is a retired nurse.  She did home care for a few years and told me stories about getting snowed in at client's homes in the mountains when they had bad storms. 

Where I'm from in NY a lot of people do become "snow birds" and head to Florida!  My Grandparents never did though.  I'm not old enough but I'm ready to be one!     I gotta play powerball the next time the total gets big again! 

Happy Birthday, Pam!!!!!! arty4:

Happy Birthday!  Mother Nature gave you a nice gift.  A reason to stay home for the day.

Thanks, guys!

Happy Birthday, Winchester!  

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Pam!!

 

Happy Birthday, Pam. Celebrate and have a great day. :nod:

Happy (Belated) Birthday!

Bless you guys! Thanks so much!

Kat, that's adorable!

Happy belated birthday Pam!!