Yes, you may figure out how the muslims may have some slight problem if their RAMADAN happens to be in the end of June. Ramadan means they can't eat during the day, when the sun's up.... pretty good fasting diet if you'd ask me, and they drop a few pounds. If Antarctic ever becomes inhabitable...even today there's a slight gnarl from them up north in Sweden. Still too light at the end of August. The sun goes down alright, but just for a 2-3 hrs.
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Snowed in... in Texas
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Yes, you may figure out how the muslims may have some slight problem if their RAMADAN happens to be in the end of June. Ramadan means they can't eat during the day, when the sun's up.... pretty good fasting diet if you'd ask me, and they drop a few pounds. If Antarctic ever becomes inhabitable...even today there's a slight gnarl from them up north in Sweden. Still too light at the end of August. The sun goes down alright, but just for a 2-3 hrs.
I'm in Oklahoma. I've been out all three days in it. This morning was by far the worst. It's been raining almost all morning and the road is a sheet of solid ice. I only live 3 miles from work, and I almost met a ditch on the way home today. To be fair a supercharged, rear drive car with shallow gears and snow packed summer tires probably isn't the best vehicle to be out in, but hey you get around in what you got.
What's funny there is a long straight away that leads to the plant I work at, and there is always a hero that has to pass everyone. Sure enough, some genius in a jacked up F350. He made it as far as the left lane, tried to accelerate and humbly made his way back into right lane.
What's funny there is a long straight away that leads to the plant I work at, and there is always a hero that has to pass everyone. Sure enough, some genius in a jacked up F350. He made it as far as the left lane, tried to accelerate and humbly made his way back into right lane.
I live in Buffalo. Need I say more?
Feel for you. Spent 16 years in Ithaca where we got the cold but the the snow. This winter is nearly an average Buffalo winter here in CT which is saying something.
I live in cleveland ohio. Snow is pretty much all we have to deal with. Temps almost never above 100, no hurricanes, no earthquakes, very few tornados.
Not a bad trade off really. Bring on the snow.
Not a bad trade off really. Bring on the snow.
Cleveland needs all the help it can get
.....You live on the dry side of the the big water. Ask Buffalo about the wet side.The thing is that when the snow hits those areas, it's a different kind so to speak. Like the people of Greenland have 17 different words for snow and no actual word for snow. Even if I moved there with my 4wd car, studded tires, and experience in driving in snow, I think it wouldnt "behave" the same. It still would be a nuisance, and annoying. Moreso than up here. Given all other things equal. But if your municipality isn't made/built for that from the start on, and it only occurs every other leap year then it's understandable. You can't hedge your bets, for every occasion. The thing is with the other way around is that if we up here got that tropic summer, our houses are sturdy enough built to withstand that too. It takes quite a while for that heat to creep inside too, just as well as it takes it for leave it later on.
The only thing that would take a serious hit are the crops.
The only thing that would take a serious hit are the crops.
Ithaca is beautiful! Yes, I have a number of clients in New England and I know you're having a Buffalo-esque winter. The thing is, we have legendary snow removal capabilities. Even when we got 6 feet in 72 hours back in Snowvember, the roads were largely cleared within 24 hours.
You cannot comprehend the madness caused by other drivers.....You could be driving a SnowCAt and still take 3 hours to drive two miles.....People just abandon cars in the middle of the roads by the hundreds. The Governor declares emergency and no one is even allowed on the roads....
As for drivers...
Those people who were unable to handle driving on the flat dry roads of Texas somehow find their way here...
Sideways in the middle on the interstate...
In Cherry Creek....
You get the idea
Those people who were unable to handle driving on the flat dry roads of Texas somehow find their way here...
Sideways in the middle on the interstate...
In Cherry Creek....
You get the idea
Do, do, do, lookin' out my backdoor...
Forecasters kept muttering that three-letter word (ice), but I'm happy to say that we simply got a 4" blanket of crystals.
Driving around my small town in snow is fairly safe. Columbia, MO (where I work) is another story. The University of Missouri attracts all sorts of drivers without the first clue on how to adapt to slick conditions. 
Forecasters kept muttering that three-letter word (ice), but I'm happy to say that we simply got a 4" blanket of crystals.
Driving around my small town in snow is fairly safe. Columbia, MO (where I work) is another story. The University of Missouri attracts all sorts of drivers without the first clue on how to adapt to slick conditions. 
I live in Saskatchewan Canada and some years we can have snow for 6 months, we really only have two proper seasons, winter and summer. Anyways. I went to college in Vancouver and it snowed a little bit once and I was amazed and how the city just shut down. I remember driving around and only passing one other vehicle, a big lifted truck from Alberta. It's true they aren't prepared or used to that type of thing so I'm glad they stay off the roads.
Even around here where people have tons of experience driving in bad weather, they get amnesia for the first few storms of the year. The one rule everyone forgets right away is that brakes don't work on ice, at all. And 4WD is only good up to 40MPH. So if you are driving a full size SUV and trying to go 50MPH on the highway, you are a colossal idiot. Yet there they are, every year, thinking they are more important than everyone else, trying to pass everyone including the snow plows.
Gotta love the travel bans too. During a recent one, I'm out clearing my driveway during blizzard conditions, look up, and see a minivan going down the road in my direction. There is a statewide order to keep all motor vehicles off all roads at this time, FYI. About 10 minutes later, they drive back in the other direction with a paper bag on the front seat next to them. They made a run to the liquor store down the street. So it was more important to them to get their booze than follow the law, probably would have been a 20 minute walk. I believe that is the same conspiracy theorist who is convinced the government is coming for us. He makes me laugh.
Gotta love the travel bans too. During a recent one, I'm out clearing my driveway during blizzard conditions, look up, and see a minivan going down the road in my direction. There is a statewide order to keep all motor vehicles off all roads at this time, FYI. About 10 minutes later, they drive back in the other direction with a paper bag on the front seat next to them. They made a run to the liquor store down the street. So it was more important to them to get their booze than follow the law, probably would have been a 20 minute walk. I believe that is the same conspiracy theorist who is convinced the government is coming for us. He makes me laugh.
Ok, you can visit the Alamo. Just be sure to check out the basement while you're there.
Last year this time my daughter and I drove from VA to CA. We took the southern route through LA and TX to avoid ice storms. No weater at all. This year that route would have been a mess.
