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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 618276" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>This year is really unusual for us. We do have cold winters but it very rarely stays below freezing for more than a day or two and I don't even remember the last time we were down in the single digits. We don't get that much snow here but when it does snow, it's usually gone in a day or so. Luckily we've only had a few flurries so far this year. Folks who get lots of snow make fun of us for getting so worried over an inch or two of snow but it's because our roads are so treacherous here! They're all hills and curves and a lot of roads are cut in to a hill where you have a rock wall on one side and a sheer drop-off on the other. That snow on the road will melt during the day, then refreeze at night, slick as glass. When I lived in the country our house sat at the bottom of two steep hills, on a curve. And when it would snow we could be marooned 12 miles from town for up to a week because the roads were absolutely impassable - nobody made it up those hills. And every single year there would be so many people slide off the road near our house that I kept the Sheriffs Dept. and the local towing service on speed dial!</p><p></p><p>I absolutely HATE the cold weather but not as bad as I used to when I was still working and had to drive in it. I came from St. Louis where we got a lot of snow but I was a kid then and it was just fun. But I grew up in Florida, went to school in Florida, and learned to drive in Florida. They taught us things like how to not get your car stuck in the sand at the beach when the tide comes in, not how to drive in snow. I remember having Drivers Ed class and the teacher skipping over the entire chapter about driving in ice and snow because, as he said, "None of you will probably ever need to worry about that"! Uh, yeah! Right!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 618276, member: 1883"] This year is really unusual for us. We do have cold winters but it very rarely stays below freezing for more than a day or two and I don't even remember the last time we were down in the single digits. We don't get that much snow here but when it does snow, it's usually gone in a day or so. Luckily we've only had a few flurries so far this year. Folks who get lots of snow make fun of us for getting so worried over an inch or two of snow but it's because our roads are so treacherous here! They're all hills and curves and a lot of roads are cut in to a hill where you have a rock wall on one side and a sheer drop-off on the other. That snow on the road will melt during the day, then refreeze at night, slick as glass. When I lived in the country our house sat at the bottom of two steep hills, on a curve. And when it would snow we could be marooned 12 miles from town for up to a week because the roads were absolutely impassable - nobody made it up those hills. And every single year there would be so many people slide off the road near our house that I kept the Sheriffs Dept. and the local towing service on speed dial! I absolutely HATE the cold weather but not as bad as I used to when I was still working and had to drive in it. I came from St. Louis where we got a lot of snow but I was a kid then and it was just fun. But I grew up in Florida, went to school in Florida, and learned to drive in Florida. They taught us things like how to not get your car stuck in the sand at the beach when the tide comes in, not how to drive in snow. I remember having Drivers Ed class and the teacher skipping over the entire chapter about driving in ice and snow because, as he said, "None of you will probably ever need to worry about that"! Uh, yeah! Right! [/QUOTE]
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