Old Time Hunter wrote:Personally I do not understand what the issue is? Where I am from the majority of the year I do have snow, it is the minority of the year in which we do not. Enjoy!
The issue is, this is East Texas. We have laws against snow.
Well, we should.
I like to visit snow and then go home. I like snow to visit me, and then go home. If snow visits to often, then I begin to think I live too far north and get an hankering to move.
It has been so wet here that the ground is rotten. This heavy snow toppled some trees last night. We're lucky we didn't get strong winds in the storm or it would be worse.
My power blinked a few times last night and then went off this morning for about 8 hours. I guess a tree fell on a main supply line somewhere. I showered in the dark, but at least I had hot water.
The roads were slushy yesterday, and idiots who don't drive in snow much cause wrecks. Today the roads were just wet-no ice. Still, all the schools shut down and city government did as well. (except for fire, police, ems) I wonder what that cost the taxpayers?
I was irritated at the schools shutting down for what I perceived as "nothing" until my daughter offered her point of view. She said it was better to let kids out of schools so they could play in the snow and go to school on a boring day. She also made a good point that some kids had not ever seen snow deep enough to play in and make snowmen. Often, around here all they can make is snow/grass/mudmen. Or instead of snow, it's sleet with a layer of frozen ice on top.
So..I came home from work early to play in the snow with my 18 year-old before she leaves the nest. (forgot about the electricity/heat being off...didn't think that part through.
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