# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 477
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9523 "2025-12-13T14:06:00Z")
It hasn’t snowed here since 2006. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9524 "2025-12-13T19:05:36Z")
There’s _never_ snow on the ground where I live. A couple of times in my long life, we’ve had a bit of tiny hail that always melts as it hits the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9525 "2025-12-13T19:18:05Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > There’s _never_ snow on the ground where I live. Same here, but there is indeed snow on the ground where I am now, unfortunately. I live in Henderson, NV and am in the middle of a two-week job in Indianapolis. Not where I would have chosen to spend half of December. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9526 "2025-12-13T21:06:14Z")
We occasionally get snow. Maybe once or twice a year. (Puget Sound region) Sometimes hit hard, but that’s rare. Today, it’s sunny and 55. No complaints from me. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9527 "2025-12-13T21:51:50Z")
It was 33 celsius a few hours ago (Google tells me that’s 91.4 Fahrenheit), so I doubt a snowflake would have time to even reach the ground 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9528 "2025-12-13T22:23:46Z")
Supposed to be snow tonight. Maybe 3 inches. I may be driving in it unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9529 "2025-12-13T22:33:06Z")
We’re having a shockingly (disturbingly?) warm December here in Colorado - that said, we had 6-7" of snow just over a week ago, and it remains in any shaded area, including around my house where I piled it up after shoveling, and near my trees. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9530 "2025-12-13T22:34:49Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Supposed to be snow tonight. Maybe 3 inches. I may be driving in it unfortunately. It is snowing in Western Pa right now. Forecast keeps changing but anywhere from 2 - 5 inches is the current meteorological palaver. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9531 "2025-12-13T23:54:25Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > It was 33 celsius a few hours ago (Google tells me that’s 91.4 Fahrenheit) I’d rather have the snow. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9532 "2025-12-14T00:10:08Z")
So do I! ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9533 "2025-12-14T00:11:59Z")
I’m in California, so snow where I am would be very unusual. But from certain spots on the freeway I can see the snowy peaks of the Sierra Nevadas in the distance. I’d likely encounter snow if I drove east for an hour or two. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9534 "2025-12-14T00:23:47Z")
Plenty of catastrophic flooding, no snow. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9535 "2025-12-14T00:24:33Z")
California: where you can swim outside in the morning and ski in the afternoon. (I think. I never actually tried it, when I was out there years ago; only the swimming part.) Whoops, simulpost. @susan, hope you’re OK. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9536 "2025-12-14T00:28:44Z")
Thanks. I am, but a lot of communities are not. We checked the neighborhood flood history before we bought a house. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9537 "2025-12-14T00:35:50Z")
I’ve been glad, a number of times since I moved here, that I bought the place on high ground and not the farm in the bend of the Susquehanna River. I wonder, occasionally, whether that place is still there. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9538 "2025-12-15T01:23:27Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > Supposed to be snow tonight. Maybe 3 inches. I may be driving in it unfortunately. > > It is snowing in Western Pa right now. > Forecast keeps changing but anywhere from 2 - 5 inches is the current meteorological palaver. Turned out to be about 7 inches. Wet heavy snow. Now it’s ice. Should be gone by the end of the week. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9539 "2025-12-15T01:25:10Z")
Razor blades (from [Harrys.com](http://Harrys.com)). That’s all I can think of, other than actual magazine subscriptions. (Oh, and for six months earlier this year, I was getting snacks from different countries, via Universal Yums). ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9540 "2025-12-15T01:32:12Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > > > Supposed to be snow tonight. Maybe 3 inches. I may be driving in it unfortunately. > > > > It is snowing in Western Pa right now. > > Forecast keeps changing but anywhere from 2 - 5 inches is the current meteorological palaver. > > Turned out to be about 7 inches. Wet heavy snow. Now it’s ice. Should be gone by the end of the week. Wow 7 inches is a lot. And ice is treacherous. I think we got about 4 where I live. Managed to find someone on Facebook to shovel my snow. It is supposed to warm up into the upper 40s later in the week thankfully. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9541 "2025-12-15T04:12:09Z")
I chose Other because we tried using the Amazon subscription service, but disenrolled after several rounds of late delivery or Amazon simply canceling the order until the next cycle, saying the item(s) weren’t available. Quite inconvenient. We found that if we ordered the items they deferred to the next cycle individually, we’d receive them (from the same seller!) in 1-2 days. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9542 "2025-12-15T11:10:56Z")
I use Chewy’s Autoship, but I pretty well never just wait for a shipment to arrive. I always have to tweak it to add or subtract something, and order sooner or after my set delivery date. It’s essentially become online shopping with a tinny discount. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=476) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=478)