[Coco] Stay warm

[Retro Canada]

here in montreal 2-4 inches is a common thing. what knocks down the entire city is the freezing rain as happened in 1998

On Jan 30, 2014, at 9:07 AM, 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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