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Demsrule86

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15. When I lived in Georgia, we didn't have but two snow storms in 12 years but we occasionally got

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #10)

Sat Mar 12, 2022, 03:53 PM

Mar 2022

really cold weather...and our pipes in the upper regions of the garage (why put them there?) froze. We moved them to the basement eventually. We lived in Wyngate in Town Lake... a lovely subdivision. But the point is, sometimes it was after a what I call false spring...and I worried that we would lose the flowers and plants but somehow they made it usually. As Malcolm said in the first Jurassic Park,'Life finds a way'.

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Arrgh the eastern US weather [View all] nitpicker Mar 2022 OP

Snowing like crazy right now in FalloutShelter Mar 2022 #1

Yay! Ski season isn't over! robbob Mar 2022 #2

We are big skiers cilla4progress Mar 2022 #11

Ouch! Sorry to hear that! robbob Mar 2022 #17

Love BC skiing. cilla4progress Mar 2022 #18

What's your favourite local hill? robbob Mar 2022 #19

Montana - Big Sky, cilla4progress Mar 2022 #20

Wife got up complaining, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #3

My DIL was just caught in a tornado in Ocala Fl Ferrets are Cool Mar 2022 #4

And meanwhile many golf fans may be annoyed nitpicker Mar 2022 #5

lol Ferrets are Cool Mar 2022 #6

We had a lot of wind from that in West Palm Beach. SheilaAnn Mar 2022 #12

Six inches on the ground... IrishAfricanAmerican Mar 2022 #7

Reminds me of exactly 40 years ago. DFW Mar 2022 #8

:) Great story, including that you all got the spring weather for your weddings. nt Hortensis Mar 2022 #9

Supposed to be 38 high in Atlanta today. I'm sad for all the spring Hortensis Mar 2022 #10

When I lived in Georgia, we didn't have but two snow storms in 12 years but we occasionally got Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #15

:) I bet you remember ice storms from your time in GA. Hortensis Mar 2022 #16

I don't remember many ice storms...I do remember a spell of tornados for a couple of year...scary. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #21

Oh, poor little thing. Friends of ours Hortensis Mar 2022 #22

That sounds lovely. I am up this early with a sick dog...hopefully I can get into the vet Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #24

Hope you can all's better today. :) Including hubs. Hortensis Mar 2022 #25

Thanks...enjoy your garden show. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #26

Got an inch or so of snow Deminpenn Mar 2022 #13

We had snow last night...four inches in Bedford Ohio. More snow predicted on Sunday. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #14

Most of my beautiful blooming tulips are bent over this morning. mnhtnbb Mar 2022 #23