# For those snowed in today... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774 "2014-01-03T05:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/1 "2014-01-03T05:00:15Z")
[it could be worse](http://wwwwww.ilyke.net/uploads/2013/12/30/sub/44014-ilyke.net-large-44014-hSVgvL611-580x473.jpg) - this is what “heavy snowfall” looks like in Russia. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/2 "2014-01-03T05:07:29Z")
Brrrrrrrrrrrrr ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/3 "2014-01-03T05:18:42Z")
Holy shit! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/4 "2014-01-03T06:30:06Z")
Those look like the mini-poles that typically run beside railroad tracks, not full-height utility poles. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/5 "2014-01-03T06:56:45Z")
Well, the Russians are used to it. I’m sure that before the winter’s out an inch of snow will bring England to a halt. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/6 "2014-01-03T11:50:45Z")
Makes it easy to restring any downed wires I guess … :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/7 "2014-01-03T12:35:39Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Well, the Russians are used to it. > > I’m sure that before the winter’s out an inch of snow will bring England to a halt. Hope so. We’ve hardly even had a frost yet this winter. Damn Canadians and Americans hogging all the cold. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/8 "2014-01-03T14:13:49Z")
You get that and worse in the Sierras every year. It’s not uncommon to have 20-30’ of snow on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/9 "2014-01-03T14:49:03Z")
Yeah, you don’t have to go to Russia for that. There’s a very similar vintage photo of snow-to-the-top-of-telephone-poles in Michigan’s UP that I can’t seem to find a copy of online. I’ll post it if I can find it. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/10 "2014-01-03T17:01:16Z")
Wish I would have been snowed in this morning. But only my car was ☹ Even though Cuomo declared a state of emergency last night, my damn employer wouldn’t tell us to stay home. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/11 "2014-01-03T17:24:12Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Well, the Russians are used to it. Wow! I’ve lived in Russia most of the last twenty years, and I’ve never seen anything like that! :eek: The most snow I’ve seen there was in St Petersburg, due to its proximity to the Baltic. Siberia gets a lot, but the air is pretty dry for the most part. For all the time I’ve been in Moscow, the winters there have been relatively mild. It’s the darkness and the muck that really get you down. In terms of cold and overall snow, Minneapolis and Toronto are far worse, but spring comes much earlier in both. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/12 "2014-01-03T17:44:30Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Yeah, you don’t have to go to Russia for that. There’s a very similar vintage photo of snow-to-the-top-of-telephone-poles in Michigan’s UP that I can’t seem to find a copy of online. I’ll post it if I can find it. Yeah, Michigan gets a lot of snow, and the UP even more. Here we only have about 8 inches. BUT, it’s also minus 4. Brrr. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/13 "2014-01-03T18:06:07Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > For all the time I’ve been in Moscow, the winters there have been relatively mild. It’s the darkness and the muck that really get you down. In terms of cold and overall snow, Minneapolis and Toronto are far worse, but spring comes much earlier in both. I don’t know about Moscow, but Minneapolis and Toronto really don’t get a lot of snow at all. The cold and ice is much worse than the snow. You need to head north from both those cities to get to the real snow. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/14 "2014-01-03T19:22:18Z")
Wow. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/15 "2014-01-03T19:23:35Z")
For a snow hater like me, Russia would be a terrible place to Live. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/16 "2014-01-03T19:35:58Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > You get that and worse in the Sierras every year. It’s not uncommon to have 20-30’ of snow on the ground. What Sierras are you referring to? Not the Sierra Nevada in CA - it is unseasonably dry, and warm out here - those Sierras have very little snow (I think they said 19% of normal for this time of year). It is going to be a really bad drought year unless things pick-up toot-sweet. Hey east coasters, and those in the midwest - please share the wealth a little - we are dying for some weather of any kind out west! ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/17 "2014-01-03T19:38:57Z")
My Russian next door neighbor was outside this morning in single digit temps, grinning and wearing very light clothing as she shoveled the eight inches of snow we got last night. She’s from Moscow and thinks over sixty is hot weather. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/18 "2014-01-03T19:53:25Z")
If you really walked on snow that deep wouldn’t you sink in farther than shin height? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/19 "2014-01-03T20:01:55Z")
> [@CT\_Damsel](#): > > If you really walked on snow that deep wouldn’t you sink in farther than shin height? Depends on how densely packed it is, I imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774/20 "2014-01-03T20:22:21Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > What Sierras are you referring to? Not the Sierra Nevada in CA - it is unseasonably dry, and warm out here Perhaps not this year. But there’s a cabin I’ve gone to many times in Donner Pass where we’ve often skied off the roof of the 3 story building, had to duck to get under the power lines, and dug down 10’ to get to the front door. Sorry you’re not getting it yet this year. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-snowed-in-today/677774.md?page=2)