Reply #15: My sister called from Maryland this morning- they had 5" overnight [View All]

[hedgehog]

so the schools are closed. We had 5" and just brushed off the cars and got going. The big difference is that we plow the daylights out of our roads because we admit that it does actually snow in the winter. I am convinced that people in Southern states have bought the propaganda that it never snows south of the Mason-Dixon! It's a shock every year when it snows.

Driving on unplowed roads is easy; it's the stopping that gets interesting. I think that if our roads weren't plowed, we in the snow belt would have problems with a half inch of snow, too.


Three foot over night does mean a snow day around here (Emphasis "A" snow day; expect to go to school the next day!) Otherwise, as long as you can see, you drive. I just find my self rather bemused at having to wade through the snow to walk the dogs and accepting it as a matter of course.