[Coco] Stay warm

[Philip Zeigler]

We had a snow plow here in Georgia but we loaned it to Alabama and never got it back :)

Philip

On January 30, 2014 9:07:19 AM EST, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
>
>Hi all,
>I hope all you guys are staying warm. I know some of you that live
>further north are used to this stuff, but down here in Wilmington NC,
>where snowplows exist only in movies and people say "Snow tires? What
>are they?... Are they made of snow or something?"
>We got about 2-3 inches and it shut down the whole county. Usually at
>this time of the year, I don't even wear a coat and some years have
>worn shorts all through January.
>What was bad here is it wasn't snow but 2-3 inches of sleet which just
>made for frozen roads. On top of that it had already rained all day
>making for a good frozen ground for it to land on. Since this happens
>about once every 5 years or so, those in charge cannot justify
>investing millions in winter road machines or preparations.
>I'm originally from Rocky Mount NC, which is a little further inland
>and north of Wilmington. When it got about November or so, my Dad would
>change all the family vehicles to snow tires (ex-cross country truck
>driver). Our first winter here in the Wilmington area (1972), he went
>to the local tire place to get his snow tires put on and they looked at
>him like he was crazy and laughed. In 1973, we had the largest snow
>recorded here in over 100 years with 4-5 foot of snow on the ground and
>15 foot snow drifts. We had to dig out of back door. My Dad changed
>over to his snow tires and went to work. They weren't laughing so hard
>then :-)
>
>Sooo... Everybody stay safe and warm. It's a good time to work on those
>Coco projects since it's too cold to do much else :-)
>
>
>Bill Pierce
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