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eric on Feb 7th 2010 at 1:40 am Random Life Stuff

Wow! So much snow!

But none here. None at all this winter! This is awesome!

Everybody in West Virginia, Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania is still digging themselves out of 12 – 24″ of snow that fell Friday and Saturday. The National Guard was called in for Ohio and folks at the farm in WV have lost power. And with temps in the low 20s, that’s not exactly the most comfortable situation.

As the white, snowy hell was unleashed in the east, it was 60 and sunny in Seattle!

This is why I moved here. Last year, Seattle was completely shut down by a mere 6″s of snow. But this year, there was barely a flurry. A bit of the parking lot of a little icy a morning or two in January, but that’s it. I rode pretty much every day.

I couldn’t deal with Pennsylvania’s fairly relentless winters. While we’re looking ahead to spring with buds starting on the trees and flowers popping up here and there, Pennsylvania is suffering sub and near-freezing temps without a definite reprieve until late March. It could even snow in April. It probably started snowing in October. That’s six months of winter.

Some folks like winter and, well, good for them. But most folks complain about it and with the threat of even an inch or two all the bread and milk disappear from supermarket shelves. Even factoring in how much people like to complain about the weather, I can’t understand why so many folks choose to live there. Even more puzzling is why our ancestors settled there.

Hopefully everybody digs themselves out, schools reopen and WNEP goes back to reporting on sink holes opening up in Coal Township. Meanwhile, I’ll enjoy a mild day of mostly sunny blue skies and temps in the 50s.



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Comment by BradNo Gravatar
2010-02-07 07:36:06

I’m a winter lover. It looks like the east coast is getting the winter we had last year–loads of snow and some bitter temperatures.
I couldn’t imagine living anywhere where my kids would not know the joys of having school canceled for a snow day. It’s one of the great little joys of childhood.

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Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2010-02-07 07:43:33

Very true. I remember loving it as a kid. I remember sitting by the radio (because the radio would get the news faster than WNEP would) and waiting as they read the names of the schools. If Lewisburg got a two hour delay, usually Mifflinburg would follow suit. Lewisburg would usually cancel more easily than Miff, though.

I think Seattle cancels even on the threat of snow.

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Comment by Suresh DasNo Gravatar
2010-02-07 20:52:21

Why did our ancestors choose to live in places like Pennsylvania or worse the Northestern states like Massachusetts or Maine? Just take a look at the globe. The lattitude for Northern Europe, where most of our early ancestors came from is on the same level with Alaska. Pennsylvania was like living in Hawaii for them. For those from Scandanavians countries, living in Pennsylvania was way too balmy, since they were accustomed to living close to the Artic Circle, so they settled in the Great Lakes states such as Minnesota or Wisconsin, where the winters wouldn’t be too terribly warm.

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Comment by ScottNo Gravatar
2010-02-07 23:05:07

Sorry about that Suresh. It was actually one of my forefathers that was one of the first settlers of the Penn colony back in the 1680’s. But you are right in that the part of England they migrated from makes Philly look nice.
Mind you, it did take them nearly 300 years to finally get the heck out of dodge and move somewhere warm. A stubborn lot they were those Quakers.

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Comment by momNo Gravatar
2010-02-10 10:54:06

i like erics weather better, but he had better be careful what he brags about it will bite him in the butt. yes sireee , and you can tell mr. eric his old aunt donna said that..lol

I just wanted to pass on some words of wisdom from his Aunt Donna.

You are being a little mean spirited….we did not rub it last year that you… did get snow in Seattle.

Today Feb. 10th this is only our 9th snow…we have only 6 to go….if we live thru today.

It is really getting deep, then the 40 mph gale force winds starting tonight and then we will start to drift. They just closed RT 83, RT 76 and a few of major hwys. We have 8 inches, only a couple more to go. Everything is closed.
That least we did not have an earthquake like Chicago did today….well not yet.

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Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2010-02-10 11:45:20

Ohh I’m not mean spirited, I’m just glad I’m not in the snow. And you did rub it in a bit last year. :) All in good fun.

At least you don’t live in Maryland or WV. Some friends in WV went four days without electricity. That’s not good.

Chicago sits on the New Madrid faultline – the largest in the country. They get a bigger quake every now and then. But then, so do we. We have tiny ones almost everyday, but I’ve never felt one.

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Comment by Suresh DasNo Gravatar
2010-02-11 22:18:51

On of my ancestors actually came over on the Mayflower. We were always proud of him, until we found out he was a drunk.

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