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Originally posted by Camron Rust
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Originally posted by Jay R
Rainmaker, what do you call snow? A couple of inches, a couple of feet?
Three weeks ago, we received two feet of snow over two days. A week later, we got another 16 inches on top of that. The snow bank at my driveway was about 8 feet high. The saddest part is that (in Atlantic Canada) nobody makes a big deal about it. You get used to it.
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Not that much really. At the tourney site, there was 1-2 inches on my car when I left at 11pm. There was 1-2 inches on the ground from previous days. At my home, there was less than 1 inch total. In other place, there were several inches.
Most roads were essentialy clear. The real problem was that the temperature was just below freezing so in spots the roads had a thin layer of packed snow but also had a wet surface layer making it very slick.
[Edited by Camron Rust on Dec 31st, 2003 at 04:02 PM]
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We get so little of it here, that no one has a clue how to drive in it. People that go to the mountains every weekend are accustomed to gravelled roads, and they have SUV's and think they can get away with anything. Which, in a town that only gets snow or ice maybe twice a year, just isn't true. So we've got this thin coating of snow over a thin coating of ice, covered by a lot of out-of-control metal and rubber -- makes a very dangerous situation. And tonight the whole thing will be doused with a generous dollop of alcohol. I'm staying home.