Hey you Southerners

[rainbowchaser]

Don't feel too bad about having trouble with this snow. I've lived in the snow belt all of my life but this storm may have beaten me too. Having stayed inside for several days until the windchill temp rose above zero I went out to clear my driveway today. I got the turnaround in the back done but my snowblower jammed and stopped working in the heavy banks out by the road. I have it sitting in front of a heater so I can look at what happened (hopefully just a broken cotter pin link). I went back out after lunch and promptly broke off the handle of my shovel in the same bank. Using a smaller shovel I just spent a couple of hours shoveling and now have a very narrow lane I can get out. I'll widen it tomorrow if I can. I'm not sure what my back will say about that. So, uh, just how bad is it living with water moccasins in the rivers?

[smij]

Way down here it ain't the water moccasins you gotta watch for, it's the snowbirds...

[WarrenP]

Having lived in Ohio before moving here to Tennessee 30 years ago, I feel your pain with shoveling snow and do not envy you. Yesterday here, it was in the 20's and the same today. I have had all of this "global warming" crap I can stand!!!! : )

[oldster]

Well---Some days you're the dog and some days you;re the hydrant.

[deathb4disco]

Just for the record, snow was not the problem. Ice was the problem.

My usual 15 minute drive home turned into eight hours, and I still had to ditch my truck and walk the last half mile -- all because of ICE.

[Uncle Jesse]

One account I read (from a non-weather professional) said the heat in the pavement quickly melted the falling snow but the air temp quickly froze it into a sheet of ice. Everyone inside the perimeter highway decided to go home at the same time, creating an instant traffic jam on all major roads. The good news is it was too cold and too clogged for the predators to take advantage of the situation. People came out with snacks and warm drinks, Home Depot left stores open all night to shelter refugees, in general the better side of people came out.

I am thinking of putting together a MRE, air mattress & space blanket emergency kit and offering it for sale for people working in the city.