# I somehow really lucked out with this Snow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-somehow-really-lucked-out-with-this-snow/810247 "2018-03-08T17:33:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-somehow-really-lucked-out-with-this-snow/810247/1 "2018-03-08T17:33:36Z")
NJ got hit with a really bad snow storm yesterday. Parts of North Jersey got as much as two feet and lots of places got over a foot. And this was a really wet, heavy March snow. But not my neighborhood. It rained for most of the early storm. Snowed a bunch and the turned back to rain again. We got maybe 4 inches. It was indeed wet and heavy but only that much. A friend that is only a few minutes way got over a foot. I am very lucky. Worse still, many people around me have no power some have been without power since the wind and ice storm lats Friday and they say it will be days before it comes back. I went without power for weeks after Sandy so I am very thankful to dodge this one. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@MonkeyCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyCat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-somehow-really-lucked-out-with-this-snow/810247/2 "2018-03-10T16:08:53Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > NJ got hit with a really bad snow storm yesterday. Parts of North Jersey got as much as two feet and lots of places got over a foot. And this was a really wet, heavy March snow. But not my neighborhood. It rained for most of the early storm. Snowed a bunch and the turned back to rain again. We got maybe 4 inches. It was indeed wet and heavy but only that much. A friend that is only a few minutes way got over a foot. I am very lucky. > > Worse still, many people around me have no power some have been without power since the wind and ice storm lats Friday and they say it will be days before it comes back. I went without power for weeks after Sandy so I am very thankful to dodge this one. At first, I was confused. Had to look up Sandy and make sure she wasn’t the typical hurricane. Usually, they sputter out a little past Florida. That sucks! It’s amazing the difference a mile or two makes with snow. Sometimes the interstate is ice for a quarter mile and the next ten miles you can go 70 mph again. Sometimes we get an inch of snow and the city nearby gets closer to 8 inches. There doesn’t seem to be a gradual increase/decrease. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-somehow-really-lucked-out-with-this-snow/810247/3 "2018-03-12T23:27:06Z")
That **is** lucky. We got 16" last week. But you might get a second chance to be nailed tomorrow, when they’re predicting another 12-18" in New England and the mid-Atlantic states. Sigh. I wish it was _really_ going to be spring here in a few days. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-somehow-really-lucked-out-with-this-snow/810247/4 "2018-03-12T23:46:35Z")
Sounds like lucked out from your definition means your luck has run out. I would feel gypped if I only got what you did while everyone else got snow glory. Power out, well OK and all, not in itself a bad thing, and with a generator not a problem either. No I don’t consider you lucky, you missed out and don’t even realize it, and that part is the most sad of all. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-somehow-really-lucked-out-with-this-snow/810247/5 "2018-03-13T15:56:18Z")
Ha! As I get older I am starting to understand why people retire to warmer climes. I used to love the snow now it can take a hike 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-somehow-really-lucked-out-with-this-snow/810247/6 "2018-03-13T16:11:30Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Sounds like lucked out from your definition means your luck has run out. I would feel gypped if I only got what you did while everyone else got snow glory. Power out, well OK and all, not in itself a bad thing, and with a generator not a problem either. > > No I don’t consider you lucky, you missed out and don’t even realize it, and that part is the most sad of all. That’s really weird projection going on there, **kanicbird**. Have you ever experienced a multi-day power failure in the winter? “Not a problem” with a generator is not true by any means - most people’s generators do nothing to keep the house warm, and very few folks have whole-house generators so they only do limited good. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-somehow-really-lucked-out-with-this-snow/810247/7 "2018-03-13T16:14:35Z")
Got 9 inches on Saturday. When I left to go into ‘town’ about 10 miles away, there was about 5 inches. No snow in town. By the time I got back, we had picked up the other 4 inches. I got stuck in our steep driveway and had to winch my Pathfinder out with my truck, and then plow.