# The Snow Is Gone! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742 "2017-04-18T22:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/1 "2017-04-18T22:11:00Z")
As of last night! I can check out all directions in my yard today and it has finally all melted. Some years I make it until May First, but not his year. The last hold out is the piles along the driveway under the trees. The way the sun tracks in the winter and early spring, sunlight there is minimal and the packed snow is slow to melt. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/2 "2017-04-18T22:16:28Z")
Do you live on a mountain? A mountain on the north pole? A mountain on the north pole in Antarctica? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/3 "2017-04-18T22:32:29Z")
In the woods of Southern New Hampshire. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/4 "2017-04-18T22:42:48Z")
That’s certainly closer than I had imagined. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/5 "2017-04-18T23:50:03Z")
A week ago I looked outside and all the snow was gone. The sun was shining and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. The trees were sprouting leaves and the grass was turning the brown and lifeless earth into a living emerald carpet. The birds were chirping and the squirrels were running this way and that. I thought to myself, ‘The world lives again! With this rebirth I am sure that all problems are behind us.’ Then I saw a big ugly wasp caught between the window and the screen and remembered how the world works. Well, at least the days of shoveling are behind us and we can relax in the sun. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/6 "2017-04-19T00:34:32Z")
Haven’t had to use 4x4 to get up our driveway in 5 days. It’s a muddy mess, but the snow is leaving. The ‘yard’ is still ass deep in places, but the driveway is clear… For now. May can bring a LOT of snow. 11,200 feet elevation. We are taking a flight out of Denver for Key West on Sunday morning 12:05 am. Winters are long, and hope we don’t come back to more snow. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/7 "2017-04-19T00:42:01Z")
I proclaimed Chez Piper snow-free a week ago. Then on Easter we had snow on and off all day. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/8 "2017-04-19T14:10:58Z")
Congratulations! Play this loudly to celebrate: Josh Ritter - One of my favorites. We lost the snow several weeks at our house but our friends live just a couple hundred feet higher in the nearby “mountain” and they still have snow. It’s going quickly though. Mountain biking season is upon us! 😃 ---
**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:** [April 19, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/9 "2017-04-19T15:15:07Z")
You all suck. The snow was gone; Gone! Then Good Friday gave us 30+ cm more! I spent 2.5 hrs shoveling wet, heavy East Coast snow out of my driveway and off the roof instead of the nice , light fluffy stuff we normally get. My [Commencal](http://www.springsandthingscycles.co.uk/images/commencal-commencal-el-camino-650b-black-bike-2016-p2695-8324_image.jpg) (Although mine has a Brody Unibomber rigid fork) sits forlornly in the garage waiting to see the trails and my daily commute and my %^!&^! snow tires are still on the cars for another week or two. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/10 "2017-04-19T15:16:00Z")
As of yesterday, there was still one small patch of ice on my front lawn, but I’ll bet it is all gone by now. As far as I could tell, it was the only patch on our block (it was under a tree), but the overnight low was 7 and that would have done. When my daughter and family arrived 6 days, there was still a substantial pile on my and other lawns where the town blows snow after clearing the streets and sidewalks. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/11 "2017-04-19T15:34:12Z")
What is this . . . snow? of which you speak? More seriously, we are in the ramp-up to our unpleasant time of the year; 93-degrees predicted for today. I just tell people, “You don’t have to shovel 110.” ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/12 "2017-04-19T15:53:04Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > What is this . . . snow? of which you speak? > > More seriously, we are in the ramp-up to our unpleasant time of the year; 93-degrees predicted for today. I just tell people, “You don’t have to shovel 110.” We are ramping up as well. Might hit 60 today! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/13 "2017-04-19T16:10:36Z")
Snow’s been gone for like a month now but the lake is still frozen. Not that I would go for a swim quite yet even if it wasn’t, but I like open water more than grey ice. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/14 "2017-04-19T16:16:40Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > What is this . . . snow? of which you speak? > > More seriously, we are in the ramp-up to our unpleasant time of the year; 93-degrees predicted for today. I just tell people, “You don’t have to shovel 110.” After the snow melts we get out unpleasant time - Black Fly season. And if that’s not enough, I head to camp in Maine for an even worse (and longer lasting )black fly season. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/15 "2017-04-24T04:08:21Z")
More snow tonight. Just a light wet, dusting of snow … but snow. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/16 "2017-04-24T05:57:05Z")
I skied 25k vert yesterday! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/17 "2017-04-24T09:02:31Z")
All the snow is gone from my front yard finally, (it was about 3.5 ft thick only a month ago), but there is still plenty of it in my back yard. So, the snow is not quite gone here unfortunately. The weather is nice though! ---
**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:** [April 24, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/18 "2017-04-24T11:47:48Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > More snow tonight. Just a light wet, dusting of snow … but snow. Woke up. Not just a light dusting. Wet snow everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/19 "2017-04-24T13:50:40Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Woke up. Not just a light dusting. Wet snow everywhere. Ouch, you can have it. Hopefully our snow is gone until fall. We are actually seeing things start to sprout. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742/20 "2017-04-24T15:07:21Z")
It’s snowing Tahoe as I type this. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snow-is-gone/784742.md?page=2)