let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

I had an inch in Central Texas 4 years ago. Not impressed are you? Well there is a reason I put up with 105 degrees in the summer. Hope you dig out okay.

My husband's family is from Chicago and one January (can't remember when maybe '93 or '94??) no snow falling yet - the dump trucks were on one of the expressways one on each lane side by side dropping salt on the road and one of the cousins said "Ah Oh!". We are in for a big one!  Sure enough the next day O'Hare was actually closed down and we had to stay an extra day.  I hadn't seen that much snow in my entire life!! Where I live now, the most snow we have had in 24 hours is around 8-9 inches.  I love the snow but our snow melts fast!

Hi Alan May - That 67 Blizzard was something else. The most I've ever seen was when I lived in NYC. I believe it was the 93 nor'easter. For a boy from the desert, that was quite a shock. I think I went out and bought proper winter attire after that!

I remember a blizzard in 1978 that shut down our state for 3 days.  It was horrible, and I had plenty of ice cubes, but the liquid to coat them with ran out.

This was a few years ago about Christmas time. David and I had gone to dinner in the town just next door and the hail turned to snow. Our house (4 miles away got nothing). I can understand the concept of snow. 

I don't remember the exact amount Alan May but I remember in 69 (Fargo ND) we had a blizzard that stuck us in the house due to a snowdrift completely covering our split level home.

 We had a Christmas Eve snowfall in Houston about 10 years ago.  It was a nice touch to the season and we built a snowman about 6 inches in height.  I'm not a cold weather person.  The temperature needs to be higher than my age!

I think back to when I was a child......maybe it wasn't as big as I remember, as I was a lot shorter then!  Keep warm!

Good morning, Alan May I remember the blizzard of '78 in Franklin MA.... the streets were being plowed with front end loaders and backhoes and dump trucks to cart the snow away.....there was no place to put the snow.... the mound were higher than they should have been for safety reasons....

OK, time to stop blogging and go out to meet my snow shovel.  I'm too embarrassed to call the Senior Citizen Hot Line and have the mayor send over a volunteer to do it for me.  Maybe this isn't the time to be vain!

Alan- I heard that there snow flurries in northern Florida today.  I think they melted before any snowball could be made. 

The mmost snow was a few years ago we had 27 inches but we didn't have much wind.  Some storms we have had less snow but because of the wind it was worse.

I would have to say inches at best. I recall once when I was a child that it snowed in San Jose. Today, I can look up at Mt. Hamilton and I might see some snow.

I've only seen snow 3 times - it's a rare occurence in South Alabama, but in the 1970's, maybe 73, there was enough on the ground to make a snowman.  I don't know how y'all make it up there in weather like this. 

We recorded 450 inches of snow for the winter of 2013/2014, but I don't think the biggest storm dumped more than about 20 inches. It just never stopped...

I grew up in Alaska and we'd lose count of the inches, that's how much snow we'd get. :) I just remember waking up and knowing it had snowed over night because it was so quiet. It's sure pretty, but tough to get around in for the most part. 

I remember a snow of about 4 or 6 inches in the San Francisco Bay Area back in the early 60s.  That brought everything to a screeching halt, no make that a sliding halt, and created a big mess.  I like rain for a reason, you do not have to shovel it.  Thanks for the blog.