COLD!!!!!

[bill ace 350]

1993 was the big storm I remember we got 3 ft of snow. That even shut stuff down here in Pa. Well the whole east coast was shut down. Then the next bigger one was 1996.

Blizzard of '77 is the one I remember most.... Now THAT was a storm!

 

[gmc2003]

Blizzard of '77 is the one I remember most.... Now THAT was a storm!

That one and I think it was 70 or 71. The city of Burlington shut down, and allowed snowmobiles on the streets. It's the only time I can ever remember a school cancellation growing up. We have a picture of my father shoveling snow off the roof of our house. He's 6'4" and the snow was up to his waist.

Chris

 

[Buckeyedude]

1993 was the big storm I remember we got 3 ft of snow. That even shut stuff down here in Pa. Well the whole east coast was shut down. Then the next bigger one was 1996.

93, I was a sophomore in hs. I was 6th man on our basketball team and we won state in our division. We traveled to Watertown Wisconsin to play the state winners from Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. Winters were still winters in the 90's but we got hit on the way back with what the news called "the storm of the century" It was legit! we got held up at a hotel ( Im not sure how the driver found anything let alone the road, gas stations and the hotel) that we rode it out in. Was fun as a kid, Im sure the coaches and chaperones were a nervous mess though! Would have been march 93.
Dam Im getting old!

 

[clifish]

I remember 2 years ago my daughter was in college at ECU in Greenville, NC and they got 3" of snow. She had my Subaru Outback at the time so she went driving. She saw the few snow plows that they had and a couple of them spun off the road in front of her....lol. The best part is when she took out the snow brush/ice scraper and her roommates had no idea what that was.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Remember when I was in college, girlfriend now wife lived 2 1/2 hours away. Went to visit her for the weekend, on way back to college drove into one town from the west, not a very big town, drove out the east side of town into a white out blizzard. Following the tailights of car in front of me... when they started heading for the ditch, I started flashing my bright lights at them... didn't take long for them to know what was going on.
Don't care to be in that situation ever again!

Ryan

 

[clifish]

Remember when I was in college, girlfriend now wife lived 2 1/2 hours away. Went to visit her for the weekend, on way back to college drove into one town from the west, not a very big town, drove out the east side of town into a white out blizzard. Following the tailights of car in front of me... when they started heading for the ditch, I started flashing my bright lights at them... didn't take long for them to know what was going on.
Don't care to be in that situation ever again!

Ryan

yeah, white out driving is not fun...lots of lake effect snow off of lake Ontario from my schooling at SUNY Oswego, NY.

 

[indaswamp]

So....

Lowest temp. I saw for Tuesday night was 4*F in Abbeyville, La.
Highest snow total was about 50 miles ESE of here....in Vacherie right near lake Des Allemands....10 1/2" of snow. They got more lake effect snow being right close to that large lake.

 

[clifish]

So....

Lowest temp. I saw for Tuesday night was 4*F in Abbeyville, La.
Highest snow total was about 50 miles ESE of here....in Vacherie right near lake Des Allemands....10 1/2" of snow. They got more lake effect snow being right close to that large lake.

Friggin crazy, only 19 deg in NE PA now and maybe 6" on the ground!

 

[bigfurmn]

not sure about the snakes...gators will just slow down their metabolism.
But I'll tell ya....this cold snow and ice will severely knock back the mosquitos!!! Spring will be like heaven around here this year!!

And THAT is why Minnesota is ok with me. no poisonous snakes or spiders. Gators

 

[Fueling Around]

And THAT is why Minnesota is ok with me. no poisonous snakes or spiders. Gators

Sorry Tom to inform you
There are Black Widow everywhere. Brown Recluse have been found, too.
No gators, but snapping turtles have a nasty bite.

 

[bigfurmn]

Sorry Tom to inform you
There are Black Widow everywhere. Brown Recluse have been found, too.
No gators, but snapping turtles have a nasty bite.

Snapping turtles???? Pssh I spent almost every Sunday with the oldest Mata Mata Turtle we can find on record. She is over 50 years old.

 

[DougE]

No gators, but snapping turtles have a nasty bite.

In all fairness though, unless you're "Noodling" you aren't likely to encounter a snapping turtle up close and personal like.

 

[clifish]

In all fairness though, unless you're "Noodling" you aren't likely to encounter a snapping turtle up close and personal like.

IDK I have had several Snappers take my hook!

 

[bigfurmn]

P.S. Fueling Around thanks for killing my buzz.
I see huge snappers all summer long up here. I carry a 2ft 2x4 for them to snap on to help them across roads. I'm a softy for turtles

 

[WaterRat]

And THAT is why Minnesota is ok with me. no poisonous snakes or spiders. Gators

Actually there are timber rattlesnakes in MN, used to see the warning signs when we camped down at Whitewater state park. But, pretty rare

 

[bigfurmn]

Actually there are timber rattlesnakes in MN, used to see the warning signs when we camped down at Whitewater state park. But, pretty rare

Didn't see them here in January I bet?

 

[WaterRat]

Want real fun

Didn't see them here in January I bet?

lol! No sir!

 

[Fueling Around]

I'm going to have to post a turtle kill and cook this summer. Been years since I've had turtle.

Actually there are timber rattlesnakes in MN, used to see the warning signs when we camped down at Whitewater state park. But, pretty rare

Not sure where Whitewater SP is located. SE MN is my guess as that was the range for pygmy rattlesnake

 

[DougE]

IDK I have had several Snappers take my hook!

So have I and I let it have the hook. Had plenty more.

 

[WaterRat]

Here’s real cold weather fun. My brother, Dad and nephew ice fishing. 2 feet of ice and found a rare fissure. Thank God everyone is OK