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RobinA

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6. Just Darn Minute!

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2015, 09:47 AM

Feb 2015

We here in the mid-Atlantic, when schools close and interstates become a snarl because of 6 inches of snow, are always told we are winter babies and whiners and that in Buffalo, Chicago, Minnesota etc. the people can soldier on through three feet of snow without blinking an eye, closing school or ever missing work.

So that was all a lie??? I KNEW it.

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Chicago weather: Historic blizzard cancels schools, causes travel hazards [View all] riversedge Feb 2015 OP

Yeah, I know. Gotta dig out my car. mucifer Feb 2015 #1

My back feels the pain of shoveling. Sienna86 Feb 2015 #2

Home with the kiddies today alcibiades_mystery Feb 2015 #3

14 inches in SE Mich where I live Cal Carpenter Feb 2015 #4

Between 14-16 inches here in the Detroit area maryellen99 Feb 2015 #23

the east coast storms always gets media coverage... chillfactor Feb 2015 #5

Just Darn Minute! RobinA Feb 2015 #6

Chuckle riversedge Feb 2015 #7

Flint, MI got 8.5 inches of snow but it's also very drifted snow Siwsan Feb 2015 #8

We have a great neighbour like that too! inanna Feb 2015 #18

Grrrr.... my snow blower STILL won't start, and my neighbor is away! Siwsan Feb 2015 #19

Lots of snow here in CT and now its changed to freezing rain. Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #9

19.5 inches (but it's not on the East Coast, so it's not a story) frazzled Feb 2015 #10

My corner of South Western Ontario is a damn mess! inanna Feb 2015 #11

yup--snow day riversedge Feb 2015 #29

I am trying to figure out the wisdom of shoveling for 2 hours AngryAmish Feb 2015 #12

Ah. . . Nothing ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2015 #13

yup. imma have to shovel my yard. it's too deep for the chickens. mopinko Feb 2015 #14

Can CNN send out Ashleigh Banfield to be driven around snowy streets? Botany Feb 2015 #15

"Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness," mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 #16

It was really THAT BAD! GitRDun Feb 2015 #17

Glad you are safe.... riversedge Feb 2015 #21

Bad stretch of road in a storm AngryAmish Feb 2015 #24

The wind made everything worse GitRDun Feb 2015 #28

Rahm had better get the snow cleared quickly. roamer65 Feb 2015 #20

Yeah Iowa meh PatrynXX Feb 2015 #22

Chicago also set a snowfall record for Feb. 1 with 16.2 inches ........... riversedge Feb 2015 #25

so glad someone finally got the historic blizzard librechik Feb 2015 #26

I am eternally grateful.. PasadenaTrudy Feb 2015 #27

I have noticed the disparity in snow storm coverage also. Good luck Chicago and uppityperson Feb 2015 #30

car parked near my brother's house Skittles Feb 2015 #31