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Hey SVL - you have any pictures you can add?

We didn't get much snow until late this year and now that it's mostly gone again it starts snowing again. Arrgh!
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Right now we have been having rain. Portions of my backyard is flooded due to the ponds and wetlands overflowing. It was in the 60's yesterday, but getting colder, fortunately not cold enough for snow. We aren't out of the woods yet, we can get hit with a snow storm even when we get into April.

Keep it on your side of the country, we've had our fill of it.
 
Spud, too busy enjoying skiing the pow with my boys, and my daughter today to take pics, but springtime in the Rockies should be filled with snow! If I get a chance, I will post a shot.

EDIT: ok, here is a quick cell phone shot off the back deck with the view I have from the computer window. Doesn't show the fresh pow, that is on the hills higher up and 12 miles north up the valley, but shows that in march, we still have good cover down in the valley. Springtime in Idaho!

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Been there except I never had any studs other than the one piloting the bike. :dude: I just get tired of breaking my equipment down to get all the moisture out of it.
 
My wife called and said she had just gotten off the phone with her sister who lives in Rhinelander Wisconsin where it's 6 degrees F right now. She said that this is by far the worst winter she's been through in the twenty years she's lived in Rhinelander...and winter's not over yet.

Dang global warming....:rotflmao:
 
Bloozcat said:
My wife called and said she had just gotten off the phone with her sister who lives in Rhinelander Wisconsin where it's 6 degrees F right now. She said that this is by far the worst winter she's been through in the twenty years she's lived in Rhinelander...and winter's not over yet.

Dang global warming....:rotflmao:
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I think the new term is 'climate change.';)
 
I live several hours southwest of Rhinelander and have lived here since '96. December was bad--set a record for most snowfall in that month. We've certainly had easier winters here but this one hasn't been awful. The thing is that the snow started so early in the year and just stuck around so that it feels longer than usual. More years than not, it seems, we'll have very little snow for Christmas. This year we had tons of it for Christmas. Hopefully we don't get as wet of a spring as last year or we'll have some serious flooding problems again.
 
Spud and SVL, nice pics! It's beautiful out there in Idaho.

Since I moved to Florida (17 years ago now) I actually miss snow. I wouldn't say I miss all the pain in the butt stuff that comes with it like shoveling driveways and poor road conditions, but the sheer beauty of freshly fallen snow is something I loved. I do actually miss the cold weather aspect as well. Florida is too hot and humid for me most of the time. 10 months of summer is much more than I need.
 
R_of_G said:
Spud and SVL, nice pics! It's beautiful out there in Idaho.

Since I moved to Florida (17 years ago now) I actually miss snow. I wouldn't say I miss all the pain in the butt stuff that comes with it like shoveling driveways and poor road conditions, but the sheer beauty of freshly fallen snow is something I loved. I do actually miss the cold weather aspect as well. Florida is too hot and humid for me most of the time. 10 months of summer is much more than I need.
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I like playing in the snow, and playing in the cold weather. I just don't want a steady diet of sub freezing weather from November though March. Shoveling snow, dead batteries, ice slick roads, that kind of chill you just can't get rid of...nah...

I do agree R_of_G...10 months of heat and humidity is too much. The longer I live in Florida, the less tollerant I am of it. This winter has been an absolute blessing...the best in many years. Haven't had the A/C on since early November.

I really think I'd like to live in a place like eastern Tennessee when I retire, sort of halfway to winter. Cold in the winter, but not bone chillingly so. Cold fronts that come...and cold fronts that go.
 
marnold said:
I live several hours southwest of Rhinelander and have lived here since '96. December was bad--set a record for most snowfall in that month. We've certainly had easier winters here but this one hasn't been awful. The thing is that the snow started so early in the year and just stuck around so that it feels longer than usual.
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Our winter started late this year and was very mild into mid December. We got snow just in time for Christmas. It's these late storms that frustrate me. I WANT TO GO OUT AND PLAY!
 
I just got back from picking up jr Spud and there are 2 cars in the ditch, 2 crashed into each other and 1 rollover. Not a pretty day on the highway.
 
Hey! We got our own heat wave going today...it's 38 degrees.:)

Winter Weather Causes Havoc on Roads
Posted: March 29, 2009 05:25 PM
Updated: March 30, 2009 11:01 AM


By Hailey Higgins, Local News 8 Reporter

EASTERN IDAHO - Old man winter just doesn't want to leave eastern Idaho behind. Idaho State Police Sergeant Dave Peterson told Local News 8 that to say "driving is difficult is an understatement."

He said the rain and hail we got early Sunday mixed with the cold wind, has frozen into a solid sheet of ice on the roads, making them treacherous. Several vehicles have gone off the roads all over Eastern Idaho and Western Wyoming. Police are discouraging travel Sunday night. If you must travel please use extreme caution.

In Pocatello, the calendar says it's almost April but outside it feels more like January. Strong winds were around most of Sunday. Blowing snow around and making it freeze to car doors and windows.

Flags in Idaho Falls were blowing in the strong winds. Gusts were so fierce, metal street signs didn't stand much of a chance. And even traffic lights in Ammon swayed as the wind ripped around the state. And for the most part, this weather isn't getting a warm welcome.

"I guess this is March for Idaho but it is really ridiculous," says Nathan Reidle, of Shelley. "I am ready to wear shorts and ready for the warm weather. I know we need the moisture to help with drought but it's crazy. It needs to get warm."

"Yeah it's pretty crazy. It's pretty windy," said Brian Preusser, of Idaho Falls.

"I don't have to work in it," says John Carey, also of Idaho Falls. "So I don't mind seeing the mountains with the snow on them."

"I think it's crazy. I have lived here most of my life and I have never seen weather like this at this time of the year," Mike Olson, of Idaho Falls. "It's ridiculous I think. I am ready to go somewhere else besides here."
 
One word, repeated, for those whiners in that article: wah, wah, wah! It is the Rocky Mountains in Idaho for gosh sake! Bring on the snow, it's still only March! Oh, and April can be a snowy month 'round here too! :poke: ;)

Now I will sympathize with regard to the wind. I could do with a bit less of that. ;)
 
Dude. It's the end of March and we've only had 1 60 degree day so far. Waaaaaaaah. Maybe where you are that's acceptable but I live in the south man.
 
LOL!! I am always of two minds this time of year. I would love for skiing to continue for another 2 months, but I would love to be out on the bike, etc. too. But when people whine like that in the paper because they live in the mountains, . . . Well, you heard me the first time. :-)
 

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