when we get about 8 inches of snow we consider putting on boots and possibly even shoveling

Shoveling? The Peepster? I'd have to see that to believe it.

Get in the flask!

usually it's just a small swath in front of the garage to get the snowblower going

That's more like it.

heaven forbid you plug the dryer into another outlet in the house...of course, you could have hair as big as DQs and therefore an industrial strength 1950s style full floor/chair hair dryer is required, which makes moving it to another plug difficult...

All of our schools are closed and I hear some bank's aren't opening until 11:00 today. They're closed for...........om.................oh...yeah...rain.

Actually, we probably narrowly missed a mess...it's rained all night long and had the temperatures dropped sooner, it would have been one slick mess out there this morning.

Other than that...I swear there are a bunch of drama queens around this area.

It was about -10, snowy, and dark yesterday morning when I started off on my hour-long commute. The wife and kids were still in bed, as school was cancelled. I was feeling kind of depressed when about half-way into my ride I came up on an Amish guy peddling a rickety old bike up hill in the snow and slop and freezing temperatures. I guess I don't have it so bad.

Wow GoBucs - that does put things in a different perspective.

It is a balmy 3, with wind chill of -13. No school again today. I am glad I don't have to worry about that-my kids are all out of school. More snow coming Thursday and then Saturday too. But the weatherman did say 30 on Saturday. Holy heat wave!!!

(we'll be around 74 on Saturday) js.

You don't have to rub it in!!

Ok, so when I was a kid they did not close the schools for cold ever. It only closed if it was determined that it was not safe for the buses.

The fact that most of the kids walked to school (10 miles up hill both ways in the snow) did not seem to be part of the equations.

We were tougher back then!

Ed...you forgot you were barefoot, too.

I got a good chuckle when I saw what they were considering snowmageddon. When they get a foot of snow down south, then we can talk snowmageddon.

Down here...you can see snow, so you know you aren't going anywhere and you just deal with it once a decade or so.

However, it's sleeting now...if all this water freezes on the road, the bigger concern will be icemageddon.

Up north we had shoes, coats, indoor plumbing...

If we got snow down here, all would be good....but we seem to never just get snow.....always ice first.

We had the ice storm the weekend before Christmas-people were without power for over a week in some places. I would much rather have snow than ice!

Atalnta made the news this morning. Ice and a couple of inces of snow. Lows in the teens. People had to spend the night in their cars because of grid lock. I know for them its serious business, but they have to know that some farmer in Minnesota is just staring in disbelief at the tv.

Glad to hear some of you will only have to carry umbrellas instead of shovels.

BBB1 - some kids had to spend the night in their school, also.

It is easy for us Northerners to mock people down south when something like this happens but when you consider there are no snow plows and no salt for the roads it can change your perspective a little. Plus, not everyone can be as tough and hearty as those of us born and bred in the hinterlands.