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Posted by Becky Rock on 19-12-2009 at 14:56:
Snow!
We're getting pounded here in the Washington, DC area. Woke up to 9 inches and we're now expecting 15-24 inches. My son is thrilled - this is his first big snow. The local news just declared a blizzard warning because the winds are picking up and will be gusting above 35 mph.
My husband isn't impressed. He's from Indianapolis, IN and says this was normal conditions for that area. He has pictures of a snow drift that reached his second story bedroom window. He and his sisters opened the window at one point and took a few sled rides down the drift until getting caught when my mother-in-law investigated why the house was getting so cold.
Hope everyone in the mid-Atlantic region stays warm and safe and it looks like we'll have a White Christmas since the snow will be staying around for a while.
Hopefully, I can get some writing done since I'm home bound.
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Posted by clouddancer on 19-12-2009 at 15:14:
Congratulations on all your snow Becky and enjoy it. Like your husband I remember snow falls with snow so deep we could ski over farm fences and across the fields. I wish we still had weather like that.
Enjoy your snow while it lasts.
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Posted by lborgia88 on 19-12-2009 at 16:23:
Lucky you, Becky!
I'm going into my third winter living in Indianapolis. Today, we're just getting a dusting of snow, but I do remember one day last year where 18 inches came down in one night -that's the biggest snowfall I've seen yet here.
I like snow, so I'd be thrilled to see drifts as high as the windows!
As a kid in Nova Scotia, I remember the snowplows that cleared the roads would fill the ditches with snow and create giant banks of snow along the sides of the road. We used to make amazing snowforts every winter, tunneling into these snowbanks.
Posted by Springie on 19-12-2009 at 16:41:
We're probably going to get about an inch here in Eastern Virginia. It's flooding in some places, already though...we've started with wind and rain, changing over to snow tonight. I wish we'd get hammered in with snow just once this winter!
Enjoy the snow, Becky! And stay safe and warm!
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Posted by Becky Rock on 19-12-2009 at 17:48:
I grew up in West Virginia and we had snow all the time, but in small amounts. I had a college friend from central WV who had a picture of a school bus on a road with snow piled on both sides literally taller than the bus and he said that happened every few years.
I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, so I hate damp, cold weather. We went out and tried to shovel. I hated dping it, but we figured with 3 of us doing it, it would be easier and faster. Wrong. The snow is light, but there's a layer of ice on the bottom. There are drifts already over 2 feet high. We were only able to get the sidewalk and about a third of the driveway. Within 2 hours, those areas are already covered and piling up again.
Its beautiful to watch and I'm waiting for my son to ask to go sledding. I wish we had a jacuzzi.
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Posted by green on 20-12-2009 at 02:23:
<sigh> Snow. For Christmas. I love freshly fallen snow, it's so pure and makes everything look magical and sparkly. Turns adults into kids again without any embarrassment or inhibitions. And the air smells so clean after a good snowfall...
Excuse me while I just turn the air-con up. It's a little warm here today. Darn the southern summer...
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Posted by clouddancer on 20-12-2009 at 02:52:
I am sure Ebony would agree with you on that Green.
Here where I live, I would love to see some of that snow. If it comes, I just want it to fall AFTER I have finished my holiday travels. 
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Posted by amethyst on 20-12-2009 at 02:58:
Better you than me Becky. I've got trick knees and ankles and neither like icy snow very much. But I hope your son enjoys. I know my kids enjoy going up to the mountains to play while I sit in the car and watch or read.
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Posted by SJ_SwanJun on 20-12-2009 at 03:35:
Gee, am I the only one hoping that this Winter will be snow-free??? I HATE snow... hate it hate it hate it...
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Posted by gatchamarie on 20-12-2009 at 05:50:
You're all so lucky ... those who can have a white Christmas!! With all its drawbacks, snow makes everything look so magical and fun! It never snowed at Malta and I only saw and touched it only a few times when I went abroad! When it's really cold here, small balls of ice tend to fall heavily with the rain ... I don't know the exact meteorogical term for it in English but it's so different from that fluffy snow ... and hard! Although our winter temperatures are higher than those from other countries, here we have a lot of humidity, thus the cold cuts in straight to the bones and it feels so damp! Those who suffer from arthritis won't like it for sure ... I know because I have it in my back! Today we have a lot of wind! It's been strong for this last fortnight and doesn't want to know about calming a bit down! I hate it so much as it literally tosses all our pots and outside decorations all over the place and I worry about how I should protect my kids from it when we go out! All in all, I wish that someday I can take part in a snowball fight like those I watch in movies!!
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Posted by lborgia88 on 20-12-2009 at 20:18:
I've always loved winter. I'm more inclined to be that person, in the summer, who's whining that it's too hot. In fact, I like it best when it's really, really cold, so that the sky is blue and the sun is bright, the snow glitters, there's no slush to soak your boots, and the air just feels so clean and crisp -I find it makes me feel more awake and energetic.
Granted, winters where I live these days, it never really gets that cold, and tends to be more grey and slushy...
Posted by Becky Rock on 20-12-2009 at 23:20:
Depending on which drift we measured, we ended up with somewhere between 15 and 36 inches. It was beautiful last night, with the street lights shining off it with little sparkles.
But then came morning and the realization we had to finish digging out. Took the 3 of us 2 hours after starting yesterday while it was still snowing. Some of the piles we created are over 5 feet tall.
My son was supposed to have school Monday and Tuesday, but the county wisely closed and started the school Christmas break early. Alex was thrilled.
He tried to go sled riding but the snow is so fine, he and his plastic disk sled sank down into it so far he couldn't move. I think sledding is best on 4-6 inches.
As long as I can be in a nice, warm house with enough food, I don't care. The Federal government decided to be closed tomorrow in the WDC area to allow more clean-up time, so I get another day off. We're leaving Tuesday for Florida, where its scheduled to be in the 70s. Then I'll be thrilled.
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Posted by shamrokchick on 21-12-2009 at 00:38:
I agree the snow was too soft to sled 
. We got about 20 in. in the Fredericksburg area.
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 21-12-2009 at 01:53:
Gatchamarie, I believe that you have described 'sleet'.
Oh, joy. Sleet. (At least it isn't hail: that destroys things.)
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Posted by clouddancer on 21-12-2009 at 13:13:
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I am right there with you LB.
Winter is my favourite and easiest time of the year clothing wise. All you have to do is layer and you are fine. In summer you can only take off so much before you are in trouble.
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Posted by lborgia88 on 21-12-2009 at 14:33:
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Alright! We can celebrate the Winter Solstice today.
Posted by gatchamarie on 21-12-2009 at 19:50:
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You're right, UW! Here it's called "siltch", as pronounciated in the Maltese language, which is rightly written as "silg" with a dot on the letter "g" making it sound like "tch" in English! It is literally translated as "ice" but I knew that there was another term by which it should be called and, I think, you nailed the very word! Thanks, UW!
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 21-12-2009 at 21:03:
We have had the oppositehere in NSW Australia! Late night it was a hail and heavy rain thunder storm with bolt lightning. The works!
The last two weeks we've had days when heat of the day has topped 40C or around 108F. Thats early for days that hot and as general rule if we get extremes early I bet you have early snow storms too!!!
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Posted by clouddancer on 21-12-2009 at 23:02:
Yes Tonight is the longest night of the year. From here on, the days are going to be staying lighter for longer.
Up here in the Northern part of the world we really notice these short days and "early" nights. I am sure Ebony does in her part of the world as well. Although for her it is the opposite. Long days and short nights.
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Posted by Tengu on 22-12-2009 at 10:02:
Yep, we have snow here!
Im going sledging.
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