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Originally Posted by ronaldhanko
We got hit again today with another foot of snow. I've not seen anything like it - we occasionally get a blizzard, but never have we had such along stretch of bad weather. We have a friend who's in the hospital and dying and can't even get there to see him.
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That's a real bummer Ron! It really is. I sympathize and offer my prayers for your friend.
My neighbor asked me this morning if I had ever seen another winter like this one (presuming Cadillac, Michigan). I was able to say, yes. In 1977 we had a freak snowfall of over 4 feet overnight. Started Thursday afternoon and went overnight. Friday morning we had 4 feet on the level. It took the city the next 3-4 days to open even the emergency routes! And that was using highway plows in the city and only 2 lanes for emergency traffic. My wife and I used cross-country skis and backpacks (we had just moved here from southern Oregon
) to go to the local grocery store for essentials (like beer
)
Don't think this will be the last weird storm season. It hasn't been the first. But as soon as we can get control over the gas-guzzling SUVs and Hum-Vees and learn to curb our demand for fossil-fuel-generated products, we'll be much better off. I'm just glad I still have my gas guzzling snow blower to help with snow removal
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