Snowbound?

[Joaz Banbeck]

Here in southern California, the high today is forecast to be in the 80's. We are in a drought.

[hyperpape]

Yes, we certainly do think about it differently . The other big difference is that when it snows down here, it usually just melts. It snowed Thursday, and it was in the 40s yesterday and today.

I understand that's not quite how it works in Western Mass.

[DrStraw]

Yes, we certainly do think about it differently . The other big difference is that when it snows down here, it usually just melts. It snowed Thursday, and it was in the 40s yesterday and today.

I understand that's not quite how it works in Western Mass.

I lived in Minnesota from 1996-2001. The first year we were there they had the highest ever total snowfall for the year. We did not see any grass from November to May. We found out that that was not considered unusual, although our son still lives there and he says it had changed a lot in the last ten years.

[Mike Novack]

You don't have to go to Minnesota for that.

Here in the Berkshires of Western MA it is not unusual not to see bare ground from the end of November till some tile in April. Not every year of course.

This winter is more typical. Snow covered the ground in mid December and we haven't seen bare ground since then. And given the depth built up, even if it got warm and rainy from now on would be some time in March for that. But drop down 1000' into the flood plain of the Connecticut River and they've had bare ground off and on.

[Tombi]

We got just over 1 metre of snow in Nagano a couple of days ago. Defeated winter tyres and chains for a while. Caused a lot of chaos and damage but clearing up now.