An Ode to Snow!

[egri]

I have a friend from Michigan who was driving through Tennessee during the polar vortex last year. At one point the Tennessee State Police had closed a road and were only letting drivers through who had chains on their tires. She didn't have chains, but the officer took one look at the Michigan plates and waved her through.

[DHogan]

I missed the great snow storm of 1978 in Massachusetts. I was in boot camp for the navy in Chicago. We had to march in formation to morning chow at 5:30am in -30 weather. If one person slipped and fell, 6-8 others would fall with them on the packed ice on the sidewalks. About 8' of snow this winter so far in Boston.

[Paul S]

January 1996. Just purchased a house here on Long Island on two wooded acres. 170 feet of driveway from garage to street. Big ole blizzard with drifts to waist level. The wife's pregnant and due at anytime. Didn't know yet who to call with a plow and even if I could... Shoveled the whole length just wide enough to get my Ford Explorer through. She delivered two weeks later! The kid is in his first year of college now. I'm since divorced. She has the house. Everything worked out just fine

[RobertC]

Originally Posted by Paul S

January 1996. Just purchased a house here on Long Island on two wooded acres. 170 feet of driveway from garage to street. Big ole blizzard with drifts to waist level. The wife's pregnant and due at anytime. Didn't know yet who to call with a plow and even if I could... Shoveled the whole length just wide enough to get my Ford Explorer through. She delivered two weeks later! The kid is in his first year of college now. I'm since divorced. She has the house. Everything worked out just fine

I can relate! I live in Virginia. In February, 1996, it snowed EVERY night for a week. I shoveled the driveway and sidewalk EVERY day. My son was born Feb 7, in the middle of another snowstorm. I remember driving to the hospital and not seeing another car. BTW, he's now if his first year at William & Mary College, his mother and I are divorced, and neither one of us got the house.