# So, Where is the Snow? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291 "2002-12-03T22:22:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/21 "2002-12-04T03:21:20Z")
Hey, **chula** , come upstate for a bit and you’ll see all the snow you could possibly hope for. Take some back with you. Take it _all_ back with you. Please. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/22 "2002-12-04T06:13:27Z")
If there were a way to do it I’d take the snow off the hands of you folks back east that don’t want it. Most of the ski areas around here aren’t even open because there’s NO FRIGGIN’ SNOW!!! Most of the ski areas that are open are operating with only one or two lifts running. I imagine the snow is still spotty in these areas. And dammit, it’s just not quite Christmas if there’s no snow. I say bring it on! ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/23 "2002-12-04T06:29:06Z")
Yeah, upstate NY is the place for snow. All the snow you like, and then twice as much. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/24 "2002-12-04T07:29:03Z")
Upstate NY is so gorgeous anyway! Tuckerfan, are you saying the snow is a no-show? Maybe it’s just slow, you know. My favorite song is the Snowbird Theme from Channel Four. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/25 "2002-12-04T12:00:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*Upstate NY is so gorgeous anyway! > > Tuckerfan, are you saying the snow is a no-show? Maybe it’s just slow, you know. > > My favorite song is the Snowbird Theme from Channel Four. \*\* **Zoe** , there’s no snow. There’s never any snow, and anyone who _likes_ Snowbird is the anti-Christ in my book! ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/26 "2002-12-04T14:07:51Z")
Close to fifty inches here. Want me to send a box? ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/27 "2002-12-04T14:11:30Z")
Looking out of the window: seeing hot sun, arid desert, flawless blue sky… …no, no snow here either. Anyone got any spare? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/28 "2002-12-04T16:18:24Z")
Well, it’s snowing now. How do I make it stop? * * * In Scandanavian lands, they pronounce skiing as _shee- ing_. I think they’re full of skit. - Crow T. Robot ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/29 "2002-12-04T17:10:12Z")
Still no snow here in mid-TN. Oh sure, the trees were covered in ice this morning, and traffic lights were out, and I had to warm up my car 15 minutes early…but nothing that would keep me home from work dammit! Bill Hall, burn in heck! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/30 "2002-12-04T17:11:01Z")
and you can have it!!! Its 21 degrees today! Someone take me to Florida!:mad: ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/31 "2002-12-04T17:14:35Z")
We got about 5 inches dumped on us last night here in Southeast Kansas. Feel free to take as much snow as you want out of my yard. I can’t even see my car. ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/32 "2002-12-04T17:21:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neidhart \* > \*\*I hear it snows on Mauna Loa 🙂 \*\* Actually, I think it’s more likely to snow on Mauna Kea [Picture taken last February](http://groups.msn.com/RichBritzWard/evenmorepicturesfromparadise.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=53) If you look closely, you’ll see two people sledding. And, I get to go back this February! ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/33 "2002-12-04T17:36:39Z")
Well they haven’t predicted snow for us, only ice, freezing rain, and sleet. The grocery stores are probably having a field day. What is it about snow in the south that drives people to the grocery store like they will never be able to buy food again. ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/34 "2002-12-04T20:39:33Z")
Woohoooo!!! Snow day! You’re gonna hate me, **ultress** , but we’re getting the white stuff up here in the mountains. My boss sent me home early! Woooo! ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/35 "2002-12-04T20:46:21Z")
Well it’s snowing here now also. Pretty, big, fluffy flakes. No going home for me. You wouldn’t have any electricity if they sent us home. ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/36 "2002-12-04T22:22:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5 time champ \* > \*\*You can have the less than an inch forecast for the St Louis area tomorrow. I won’t mind at all. \*\* If only **NoClueBoy** had taken you up on the offer! That bit of snow we got balled up traffic like crazy this morning. Please, let’s only have snow in places where people have a clue how to drive in the stuff! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/37 "2002-12-05T01:44:22Z")
Here in southern Maryland, I think we’re starting to get sleet. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/38 "2002-12-05T01:48:06Z")
Oh yeah - here’s a radar map from [Weather Underground](http://www.wunderground.com/radar/mixedcomposite.asp?region=b5&size=2x). ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/39 "2002-12-05T02:10:22Z")
The weather idjits here can’t even agree on when it’s supposed to start or how much we’re going to get. Some say 8:00 (hasn’t started yet), some say 10:00, some say after midnight. As for how much, I’ve heard everything from 1-2 inches, to as much as 8-10 inches. Sheesh, with all that fancy weather equipment, you think they’d at least agree on their predictions, even if they turn out to be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291/40 "2002-12-05T02:17:21Z")
10 inches of sleet?!? That’s gonna destroy every tree and take down every power line in your area! man, I’m counting my blessings. We had an ice storm out here last January that got me a whole lot of work, rebuilding house parts. The weirdest thing was hearing the explosions, yes explosions, of ice covered trees. Wednesday night TV sucks. Just noticed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-snow/140291.md?page=3)