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I like that a lot. Lol A beautiful place to live!
If anyone is interested here are pictures of the Christmas blizzard taken in Bismarck/Mandan. It was much worse there than here.
Christmas Blizzard of 2016 - Gallery | North Dakota | MyNDNow
We generally do not get a lot of snow during the course of a winter, usually not much more than 36 inches. There are no large bodies of water to moderate temps so we get 3 or 4 inches at a time associated with Alberta clippers. This last storm brought up moisture from the Guf of Mexico. The Bismarck blizzard was about 12 inches. The wind and the open land cause severe drifting in towns. The biggest problem here is that after Thanksgiving whatever snow does fall will be here untill the spring melt, usually early April. The longest cold snap I have ever seen was about 90 consecutive days of below zero temps day and night in the winter of 1978/1979.
Yep. I was stationed in Syracuse for a few years long ago, which sits in the "snow belt" of upstate New York. Something called the Lake Effect takes any moisture in the air over the Great Lakes and dumps it on that area in the form of snow.
One winter while I lived in Syracuse we had 155 total inches (about 4 meters), but locals simply dealt with it -- business as usual in that area.
I don't miss it a bit.
Out here in NorCal, we're just hoping to not float away during high tide.
California and Nevada Pummeled By Flooding Rain, Mudslides and Rockslides as Atmospheric River Event Sets Up
https://weather.com/forecast/region...eric-river-sierra-snow-flood-forecast-jan2017
Wah, wah, wah, drought. Wah, wah, wah, water. Just can't please y'all.
It does sound like, on average, things are quite nice.