The snow warnings you haven't heard yet:

[hedgehog]

I live in an area where the current Boston-type snow levels happen on a fairly regular basis. There are some hazards of deep snow that I haven't heard mentioned:

1. Children love to dig into the snow and make a snow cave. This can be bad news if the cave collapses. The same goes for tunnels.

2. It's easy to fall head first into a snow bank and get stuck. This can be very serious if the fallee can't breathe.

3. Kids love to climb up on top of mounds of snow and/or go sledding down them. This can be a hazard should the kid end up in the street in front of a car.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Thank you. K&R

[hedgehog]

3. I hope I don't sound too nanny-state, but all of these things

have happened to my own kids or kids in town here.

[In_The_Wind]

5. People need to think about that before hitting a snow mound with a plow.

Yes, all of those things do happen.

[L0oniX]

2. We used to build snow forts.

[hedgehog]

4. Snow forts can be good fun, but they can also be hazardous if a tunnel or wall

collapses. We aren't talking the best construction material in the world here. Mostly, it's a matter of keeping wall heights to a safe level.

[L0oniX]

7. Amazing that we all didn't get killed by terrorist snowmen.

[leveymg]

10. Beware the ISICL threat

[randome]

15. Haw! Did not see that coming!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]

[LanternWaste]

17. No more and no less amazing no one was killed in car accidents prior to terrorist seat-belt laws.

No more and no less amazing no one was killed in car accidents prior to terrorist seat-belt laws.

[HappyMe]

6. Yup.

That was a lot of fun.

I used to build them with my sons when they were small.

[hedgehog]

8. just to be clear - I'm talking about snow depths 4' and greater -

and to prove I'm not a total kill joy, I stood by and took pictures while my husband and brother took turns sliding my 18 month old son back and forth the length of our frozen back yard on his back. Sort of curling, but with a toddler.

[A Little Weird]

9. Now that's a funny mental picture!

[dem in texas]

11. I lived in North Pole Alaska in the 60's

We'd get more snow than Boston is getting. Snow piled everywhere. The kids would dig out the heaps of snow and build forts and snow houses. One thing about the snow up there, it was very dry and powdery. If a snow fort did collapse and it would sooner or later, the snow was light. One time I was driving and was hit head by an oncoming car, both cars were driving slowly. I could see that the lady was going to hit me, but the snow banks on the sides of the road were so high, I had nowhere to go to get away from her, so I had to let her hit me.

The worst thing about the heavy snows was breakup when all the snow seemed like it melted at once!. Mud and water everywhere!

[snooper2]

12. An additional one, ensure your tow straps are anchored well at both ends

Because when you are doing donuts with the tractor and have 30 foot of strap to a upside-down VW hood with three people hanging on-

It may suck when it comes loose

[AwakeAtLast]

13. #3 happened in my family

About fifteen years ago.

[hedgehog]

14. I'm sorry to hear that.