# It's snowing now **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409 "2005-01-06T16:53:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **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:** [January 6, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/1 "2005-01-06T16:53:57Z")
Just looked out the window, and it’s snowing. It should snow until Saturday. I guess I get to drive slow and use 4WD! ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/2 "2005-01-06T17:11:32Z")
Lucky you, it’s not supposed to snow here till this evening. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/3 "2005-01-06T17:21:32Z")
No snow likely here for the foreseeable future… we haven’t had a good cold winter with easterlies off the Continent for years. I hate this mild, rainy weather. Arctic blasts are where it’s at. Apart from a few days over Christmas when we had some lovely sharp frosts and sparkling clear skies (and I had to drive through a blizzard on Christmas Day) we’ve had a very dull winter so far. I want snow, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/4 "2005-01-06T17:27:23Z")
I’m working from home, being snowed in (_paging the Donner party…_) – about 13 inches of snow since Tuesday late evening. It just stopped snowing (Thursday @ 11am). The townhome association just plowed out the driveway a few minutes ago, and I figure it’s not worth a 1.5 hour train ride downtown to work for a couple of hours. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/5 "2005-01-06T18:13:51Z")
Snowing VERY heavily here, almost a whiteout. Unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/6 "2005-01-06T18:18:15Z")
This morning it was kind of freezing-rain-snow stuff and the wind was blowing it against the windows of the lecture theatre. It sounded _exactly_ like a great many people typing busily on their laptops. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/7 "2005-01-06T18:57:34Z")
It’s snowing here now, too. Just what did you do? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/8 "2005-01-06T21:56:52Z")
it snowed here lightly for like 3 minutes and then stopped. I forsee team news coverage ---
**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:** [January 6, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/9 "2005-01-06T22:12:10Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > it snowed here lightly for like 3 minutes and then stopped. > > I forsee team news coverage I saw KIRO-7 in the parking lot of Fred Meyere in Bellingham. I thought about telling them they should come up here to Birch Bay if they want snow pictures. It’s a lot snowier here than in town. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/10 "2005-01-06T23:07:33Z")
We’re supposed to 4-6 inches of snow tonight/tomorrow. I hope so- this is my first northern winter, and so far it’s had surprisingly few blizzards. I was given to believe that winter here would be like that movie “The Day After Tomorrow”, but with a better story. That reminds me… I need a sled. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/11 "2005-01-06T23:42:50Z")
When I first glanced at your thread title, for some reason I thought it said “It’s snowing snow” and I thought, “well, duh!” Also, I would just like to point out that it was 70 degrees here in Virginia today. I’m wearing sandals and short sleeves. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/12 "2005-01-07T00:12:21Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > I saw KIRO-7 in the parking lot of Fred Meyere in Bellingham. I thought about telling them they should come up here to Birch Bay if they want snow pictures. It’s a lot snowier here than in town. You could send your pictures to KING 5. They show one taken by a viewer every night with the weather. They always say its going to snow here but it never does ☹ You got it all, **Johnny L.A.**. Give some back, before hubby has to go back to the Lazy B. (That would be Saturday.) ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/13 "2005-01-07T01:47:37Z")
That’s a good idea, **Picunurse**. You have to regester to see them but there’s always lots of cool viewer pics on their site. It’s still raining here in Seattle. The KOMO guy is saying we might get 2-4 inches of snow by this time tomorrow. I sure hope so. It looks like I’ll be moving from Queen Anne Hill at the end of the month and will no longer have my panoramic view of Capitol Hill and the Cascade Mountains. It would be wonderful to see it all snow-covered one last time. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/14 "2005-01-07T01:58:07Z")
> [@monica](#): > > …it was 70 degrees here in Virginia today. I’m wearing sandals and short sleeves. That’s just _sick!!!_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/15 "2005-01-07T02:01:10Z")
Did someone say SNOW DAY? I’m in Boston and it’s actually really icy here. Snowed all day and now it’s freezing rain. Big slushy mess. Sadly, I live close to work and drive a four wheel drive. Otherwise, tomorrow would surely be a snow day. L ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/16 "2005-01-07T08:19:24Z")
It would, of course, snow Friday night - making the weekend miserable, rather than Thursday night - giving me a 3 day weekend… alas. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/17 "2005-01-07T14:25:41Z")
It’s snowing here, and in balmy Victoria, this should be a nightmare. I don’t want to go out… But I must. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/18 "2005-01-07T15:49:39Z")
The news is reporting 40 mph wind gusts in this area. I heard the wind this morning as I lay in bed, and I could see the snow blowing horizontally in the streetlight earlier; but I haven’t been outside, and it looks like there’s very little wind now. It’s really coming down. I’m on a video shoot tomorrow. Exteriors. Oh, boy. I just _knew_ I should have loaded the gear yesterday! ---
**Author:** ![woodstock989](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@woodstock989](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstock989)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/19 "2005-01-07T18:46:38Z")
Send some of that snow over this way - it was too friggin warm to snow earlier this week, so it rained…and everything is flooded (again). Not only that, but I’m supposed to go snowboarding…which is just a tad difficult with NO SNOW! :rolleyes: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409/20 "2005-01-07T18:57:24Z")
We got 7" yesterday, and it’s continuing to come down today. Contrasting anecdotes: An old friend just flew in from Calgary yesterday – a few days ago I had assured him that the weather was beatiful. (Blue skies, glorious.) His reaction: “What are you talking about? This _is_ beautiful! It’s thirty below at home, man. This is t-shirt weather.” 😃 On the flip-side, I have a housemate from Cambodia who had never seen snow before. He was suitably impressed, and spent an hour on the phone reporting back home on the phenomenon. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-now/283409.md?page=2)