Lake Affect Snow Machine

[desi2358]

Lived in several places over the years, you can get extreme weather pretty much anywhere. Lived in north central Ohio when I was a kid, winters were usually snowy and cold. The lake across from the house would freeze enough to support a tractor and everyone used to skate and play on it. Moved to Florida later, went through a couple hurricanes, remember wind damage and some flooding but nothing too horrible when I lived there.

The big 78 blizzard dumped snow as far south as Miami (just a dusting really) but Daytona was pretty well shut down by an inch or two..... at least till it melted. My future wife worked at a hospital in London Ohio and was stuck at work for days. More moves, got familiar with ice storms in Tennessee & Mississippi, ended up back in Ohio. I've seen all kind of bad weather, seen tornados far closer than is good. Just have to do your best to be prepared for the common events where you live and hope nothing extraordinary hits. Heat & light sources (like kerosene heaters and lanterns) can be vital if that winter weather takes out the power.............

 

[Doug M.]

My grand-daughter is in her first year at Syracuse U. She is about to get her first taste of a real winter, after spending most of her life in Texas.

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That will be quite the shock. I remember when I was first trucking in the mid-80s meeting some flat bedders from Texas. A group of them had taken machinery to a paper mill in northern Maine during the winter. They had gotten a rude lesson.

I generally don't mind snow and if I have something to do, just shut up and do it. Freeing fog or rain, however is too dangerous to consider.

 

[dockmurgw]

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A group of them had taken machinery to a paper mill in northern Maine during the winter. They had gotten a rude lesson.

Reminds me of a song...Tombstone Every Mile.

 

[Golddollar]

Reminds me of a song...Tombstone Every Mile.

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