I can't stand the thought of this first winter storm business! I hate winter to start with and can't stand the white stuff and it aftermath. I just despise this time of year!
Funny is how I grew up here?
It hasn't started yet.
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I'm scared!!!!!!!!!!! HELP
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CAJUNLAWYER
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Snowing in Port A ?????????
The world really IS coming to an end!!Tell you what, the cane farmers just saw their season go to ****. I think a lot of profit is sitting out there in the fields all burnt, frozen and souring
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When you have snow down in Louisiana boil up some crawfish and have a party!
Wee Hooker
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Snow days are great day to fiddle with reloading and minor gun smithing.
LVSteve
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It hasn't started yet.
You mean because it isn't 21 December yet? Mother Nature sends winter on her schedule, not according to what is marked on our calendars.
DeathGrip
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It's all good now that you have the green light to have a cigar in the basement and with that new griddle you can burn meat in the house too.
It's supposed to get pretty cold down here by tomorrow eve. I got fixings for Sausage Biscuits and Gravy for Sunday morning and a project to do in the utility room.
Plenty of beer. Always.
DeathGrip
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Snowing in Port A ?????????
Tell you what, the cane farmers just saw their season go to ****. I think a lot of profit is sitting out there in the fields all burnt, frozen and souring
And there goes what's left of the citrus crop down here. The price of OJ is gonna go threw the roof next year.
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If you own any pants that go down to the ankles and shirts with sleeves, put them on. Stay indoors, this too shall pass.
BigBill
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Maybe 5"++ here or more on the way. The plow on the jeep is sharpened. Changed the oil for the first time in 15 years. It only plows snow. I hope this is one storm for a while not multiple storms.
I'm tired of the cold already. I have a head cold that's killing me. Tea with honey. Need blackberry brandy.
I'm tired of the cold already. I have a head cold that's killing me. Tea with honey. Need blackberry brandy.
kozmic
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Ok, remain calm (deep breathes). Snow isn't fatal Caj (usually), but it does require some prep work and forethought. The essentials like toilet paper, pet food and scotch top the list of must haves. Don't sweat the first 16 to 18 inches. Those levels are status quo and all activities still have a green light. Once you hit 36 inches it's time to think about letting your wife walk the dog. She should also shovel the driveway so the pizza guy can get to you easier. It's suggested, but not mandatory to use 4 wheel drive at this point in case she needs to go pick up the pizza. After 4' you won't be called out as a "wuss" for cancelling your weekly bowling league. However, if your local pub is within 5 miles, your dart league will still be a go. Anything over 5 foot you're probably ok to concede that Mother Nature owns you and go sledding. A flask of blackberry brandy is mandatory for any outdoor excursions at this point.
I hope this helps.
I hope this helps.
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We are from Chicago area and my daughter went to college in Memphis. One day during her freshman year they had some snow/ice but by noon it had melted. Some of the local girls came and knocked on her door and asked if she would take them out for pizza, they were still nervous about the weather. They said "you a Yankee, you know how to drive in this."
ParadiseRoad
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...we're having a dry fall here...only about 24 inches total so far...it was down to a breezy 8 degrees a couple of nights ago...
This morning, just outside Houston. Can't remember the last time we had snow before winter officially starts. The dogs were not happy either at 5am when I took them out and it was still coming down.
Sorry. I just have to laugh at southerners talking about snow and cold. I grew up in the north. 10 inches of snow was not really something that you noticed. I remember 52 inches of snow in one day. Had a job delivering pizza when I was younger. Plenty of times that I got to use snowmobile for that. There were plenty of times that me and my friends went camping when it was cold enough for trees to explode. That would be about -60 degrees or so. Don't smile and inhale unless your mouth is covered or your teeth can crack. When you grow up in those conditions you get used to it. Fixing the car outside on a windy day when the temperature is -50 just sucks! A few years ago I was in Atlanta when they got a quarter inch of snow. That was funny.
White stuff....
White stuff is fluffy, and you can even drive in it. But when it turns into that hard, slippery stuff, watch out. When it gets iced up around here people drive faster to get out of it quicker.
Don't like that white stuff.
White stuff is fluffy, and you can even drive in it. But when it turns into that hard, slippery stuff, watch out. When it gets iced up around here people drive faster to get out of it quicker.
We had 6" back in '72....
While delivering papers early in the morning I came across a police car slewed sideways in a suburb road and the policeman was nowhere to be found. I had to back down the street and go around the block. I can picture him trudging through the snow wondering if he was going to have to eat himself to stay alive.
While delivering papers early in the morning I came across a police car slewed sideways in a suburb road and the policeman was nowhere to be found. I had to back down the street and go around the block. I can picture him trudging through the snow wondering if he was going to have to eat himself to stay alive.
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No snow but maybe a squall line in a couple hours.
Hope the busy work at the plant is done by then.
I was in high school when it snowed in Miami right around the time Jimmy Carter was inaugurated. Started frozen and wet then fined up into tiny flakes like dandruff. Some accumulation was noted from the Palm Beaches north but the only place it showed here seemed to be in the Afros.
Can't recall the last frost down here and it's been years since I could catch the whiff of snow carried on the wind.
