TOPIC: So southern california residents. . . ..

Man, I miss blizzards.<br /><br />I felt the earthquake - my first one!<br />

You're allergic to dairy too aye?<br />I've been for about 20 years, so there have been all sorts of tasty concoctions that have come into existance in that time that I've never had.<br />

I am referring to snowstorms.  One year a blizzard closed school for three days and created drifts that were over my head!<br /><br />Brian<br />

I'm not fond of Blizzards (the ice-cream treat) because I dislike cold foods.<br /><br />Blizzards of the snow-dumping variety are kind of fun. I remember, like Brian, seeing snowdrifts over my head. Whole houses almost lost in the piles of snow. Schools closed until the snowplows can clear a route for the buses to go through. (Although, in Canada, the snowplows are on call pretty much from Oct thru March, so blizzards rarely shut things down for more than a day.)

Usually the same happened in MA - we were ready for winter, so it was a very unusual storm that would close school for more than one day.  It is always amusing seeing the very rare snowfall in a place like Virginia or DC - a half inch shuts down the state!<br />

I have had to shovel off a foot of snow off my dad's roof before, and still they had school. this is michagan though and they are usally pretty ready for snow.

Ahh I have heard of this fabled snow.  Are you sure it is truly not the stuff of myth and legend?

Oh when you live with it, you know it's not a myth or legend. I've seen 4+ feet on the side of my house, from where I as shoveling off the roof. It made for a fun way to get down though.

Oooh, I have a fun picture from last winter's blizzard up here.<br /><br /> <br /><br />That's my car, half-buried under snow...after the snow had already started melting.   =)  There was at least another foot on there originally.

*points to picture*<br />Oh LOOK! An Ice Sculpture in progress! Its really impressive how they're starting to color the ice sculptures to make them more realistic! <br /> =D

yeah I've been in that boat to, car snowed in and it takes 2+ hours just to clean it off and de-ice it.

<br />I remember the Northridge quakes like they were yesterday.  Practically knocked me out of bed!<br /><br />Funny thing is, there are probably people reading this thinking to themselves "Thank God I don't live in Southern California" when in reality, its not all that bad.  <br />

<br /><br />The one before northridge (was it Whittier) scared the living XXXX out of me.  That one lasted long enough, that I went from "What was that, did a truck hit the building"  to "Oh <Bleep> I need to get under a door frame"  to "Man this is going on quite a long while, I hope it isn't a serious one" to "how do I get out of town after all the bridges collapse".<br /><br />Thank God, I no longer live in SoCal.