# I didn't expect the snow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-expect-the-snow/573924 "2011-03-08T14:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-expect-the-snow/573924/1 "2011-03-08T14:50:37Z")
I just opened the blinds, and it’s snowing outside. Huge, heavy flakes that are plummeting rather than floating down, since it’s 35ºF this morning. It’s not sticking. I don’t have to drive today, but roomie should have gotten off work about 15 minutes ago. She’ll get to drive in it. It’ll turn to rain soon enough. The high today is expected to be 47º. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-expect-the-snow/573924/2 "2011-03-08T14:57:06Z")
_Nobody_ expects the huge, heavy snow! ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-expect-the-snow/573924/3 "2011-03-08T15:00:37Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > _Nobody_ expects the huge, heavy snow! …or the Spanish Inquisition. Well, someone was going to say it. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-expect-the-snow/573924/4 "2011-03-08T15:09:01Z")
I knew I could count on you guys! 😛 Roomie just walked in. She said it’s sticking about half a mile away. Now that I look again, I see some goose-feather flakes that aren’t immediately melting. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-expect-the-snow/573924/5 "2011-03-08T16:09:09Z")
Our snow is melting away now. I think the temperature has been above freezing the whole day. ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-expect-the-snow/573924/6 "2011-03-08T16:33:27Z")
Unless you live in the Upper Peninsula of MI. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-expect-the-snow/573924/7 "2011-03-08T17:18:28Z")
> [@rayman5321](#): > > Unless you live in the Upper Peninsula of MI. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-expect-the-snow/573924/8 "2011-03-08T17:33:24Z")
I want this damn winter to be OVER! I said it last year, I’m saying it again, we’re headed for an ice age… no one listens… Just wait, when a glacier is creeping down I-5, then they’ll listen. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-expect-the-snow/573924/9 "2011-03-08T17:53:09Z")
That reminds me of (I think) a _Far Side_ cartoon. Two cavemen are looking at a wall of ice just outside of their cave: ‘Glacier any closer today, Og?’ It looks like it’s about 38º out now. The little bit of snow that stuck is gone. Now it just looks wet.