# I do find one foot of snow in less than 24 hours a tad excessive. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917 "2013-01-12T00:27:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/61 "2013-03-19T20:18:02Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#): > > The winter i lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, on an even smaller peninsula sticking out into Lake Superior, we got almost 300 (three hundred) inches of snow. Two hundred inches per winter is average up there. I had to shovel to get out of the house to go to work in the morning, and then shovel to get back in after work. Snowplows did what sounded like machine square dances in the streets all through the night, every night. That child would have been hoping to die. > > But I do admit that the cross-country skiing was the best of anyplace else I’d ever lived. And out near the end of that pointy sticky outie Keweenahi thingi in the middle of Great Gitchigumi is [Mt. Bohemia](http://www.mtbohemia.com/), a ski hill designed for tree skiing. $100 bucks a year for an early season’s pass, over 270 inches fresh in a typical winter (four times what we get at the top of the lake in TBay), and lots and lots and lots of trees. Lots. [Skiing the glades at Mt. Bohenmia on a powder day is better than the best sex you will ever have.](http://youtu.be/-ynIyXzKRhw) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/62 "2013-03-19T20:22:59Z")
Thanks, all y’all prairie dogs, for sending some of your storm our way. It’s bringing a lot of joy to the skiers in Thunder Bay, for we hadn’t received much snow this winter. If you happen to have a CP Rail line anywhere near you, just ship that white stuff our way. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/63 "2013-03-19T22:19:30Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > Yay Regina! We did it! Set a new record snowfall for the year, and it’s still March! _sobs uncontrollably_ I had to shovel myself out twice yesterday. > > [This is my apartment building](http://i.imgur.com/enKAwzv.jpg). Yes, that is a 2nd floor deck. How do people on the first floor get out? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/64 "2013-03-19T23:45:05Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I’m trying to choose between going to bed, or drinking heavily. Can’t you do both? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/65 "2013-03-19T23:52:08Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > How do people on the first floor get out? We can’t. We’re trapped inside until May. Please send help. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/66 "2013-03-20T00:30:32Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > We can’t. We’re trapped inside until May. Optimist! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/67 "2013-03-20T02:04:14Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > It’s wearing us all down. > > One of my co-workers’ 4-year old daughter asked him the other day: “Daddy, will the snow be gone before I die?” :eek: The correct response to that is, “It only _feels_ like it will last forever in March.” Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/68 "2013-03-20T03:31:29Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > The correct response to that is, “It only _feels_ like it will last forever in March.” Sigh. I would have said “Depends on when you die”. This is why I don’t have kids cause I would have totally said that ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/69 "2013-03-20T05:31:18Z")
Whereas it was 72F where I’m at today. I went for a mtn bike ride before work and the green grass was speckled with blue and yellow blossoms as well as purple Lupin, I saw a couple of Gopher snakes, one a baby, sunning themselves in the middle of the trail. Poison Oak is out in force, but I can live with that. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/70 "2013-03-20T07:51:41Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Whereas it was 72F where I’m at today. I went for a mtn bike ride before work and the green grass was speckled with blue and yellow blossoms as well as purple Lupin, I saw a couple of Gopher snakes, one a baby, sunning themselves in the middle of the trail. Poison Oak is out in force, but I can live with that. I daresay that at this time of year, your observations and experiences will do little to endear you to those of us who live in northern climes, who put up with wildly fluctuating day/night temps, and who are sick of clearing snow off the car every morning in March. As we’ve done since last fall. Mods, I would suggest that if any of us Canucks, who have suffered an honest-to-God real winter since last October or November, loses it as as result of **outlierrn** ’s post, it is not a bannable offense. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/71 "2013-03-20T12:14:39Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > We can’t. We’re trapped inside until May. > > Please send help. Learned from experience: always ensure that there is a shovel inside the hot-tub cabana, just in case a sudden storm deposits a six foot drift against the door while you are soaking, forcing you to paw your way out using your hands. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/72 "2013-03-20T12:56:41Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I daresay that at this time of year, your observations and experiences will do little to endear you to those of us who live in northern climes, who put up with wildly fluctuating day/night temps, and who are sick of clearing snow off the car every morning in March. As we’ve done since last fall. > > Mods, I would suggest that if any of us Canucks, who have suffered an honest-to-God real winter since last October or November, loses it as as result of **outlierrn** ’s post, it is not a bannable offense. Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/73 "2013-03-20T14:56:54Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > How do people on the first floor get out? There’s no exits on that (east) side, the building exits are on the north and south sides and appropriately maintained. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/74 "2013-03-20T15:03:32Z")
Actually, even in England (probably not in the south but I wouldn’t bet on it), there forecast is for blizzards and “atrocious conditions” (the words of the normally unalarmist Met Office) at the end of the week. It’s nearly April, for fuck’s sake. We have had literally three days this year so far when the temperature has crept above 10ºC. I like snow but it’s time for spring now. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/75 "2013-03-20T18:52:09Z")
You’re right, that was unkind. My sister is in the Adirondaks, so she’s used to my digs. If it helps, we are **7’** ’ behind in our rainfall for this year, it will be a long dry summer with water restrictions likely. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/76 "2013-03-20T19:23:47Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Actually, even in England (probably not in the south but I wouldn’t bet on it), there forecast is for blizzards and “atrocious conditions” (the words of the normally unalarmist Met Office) at the end of the week. > > It’s nearly April, for fuck’s sake. We have had literally three days this year so far when the temperature has crept above 10ºC. I like snow but it’s time for spring now. See, this is why I love the UK. You never hear Environment Canada forecasting “Atrocious Conditions”. Although I shudder to think what would constitute this when Cold Lake is supposed to get 10 cm of snow today, 10 more tomorrow and windchills in the -30s. To outlierrn; :p. I sincerely hope you get poison oak stuck in your nether regions…I am kidding! To everyone in Sask/Manitoba, I am so sorry, you can expect more winter joy in about 10 hrs or so… ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/77 "2013-03-20T20:34:26Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > See, this is why I love the UK. You never hear Environment Canada forecasting “Atrocious Conditions”. Although I shudder to think what would constitute this when Cold Lake is supposed to get 10 cm of snow today, 10 more tomorrow and windchills in the -30s. Yeah, well “atrocious conditions” in the UK probably equate to “slight breeze with a dusting of snow” in Canada. That said, even the usually mild Channel Islands had a very notable snowfall earlier this month. See picture 3 on [this page](http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/21756110), for instance. Bear in mind any snow at all is a rare event in the Channel Islands. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/78 "2013-03-20T20:46:13Z")
That is a significant snowfall. Nice pics. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/79 "2013-03-20T21:27:04Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > That is a significant snowfall. Nice pics. Unfortunately, the system that was meant to dump quite a lot of snow in southern England (where I live) veered south at the last minute and dumped it on the Channel Islands and northern France (which got over 1 metre in places) instead. Where I live, we had a couple of hours of fairly light snow that didn’t even settle. At the end of this week the heavy snow is forecast to be further north over the Midlands and northern England, so I’m hoping it does the slipping southwards thing again. Then after that, it can get warm, please. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917/80 "2013-03-20T22:11:27Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Actually, even in England (probably not in the south but I wouldn’t bet on it), there forecast is for blizzards and “atrocious conditions” (the words of the normally unalarmist Met Office) at the end of the week. > > It’s nearly April, for fuck’s sake. We have had literally three days this year so far when the temperature has crept above 10ºC. I like snow but it’s time for spring now. At least they’re not at “Ludicrous Conditions” yet. If that happens, hang on to your big black helmet! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917.md?page=5)