Especially after a slightly warmer, sunny day the top turns into this crisp ice with slush underneath. I have discovered a new agony with arthritis by having to walk on the crust then having it give way suddenly at random steps.
What sucks is being legally obligated to shovel or else be open to lawsuits if anyone slips and gets hurt. Also, if you wait and let snow melt a bit, you’ll have a sheet of hard, frozen snow that is much more difficult to remove. That, combined with other responsibilities and places to be means you’re stressed and busting your ass to hurry and get the snow removed. I also find snow blowers to be a pain to operate and maintain.
Yeah and I’m a power plant engineer. So no matter the weather I need to show up on time for work. That means getting up at horrible times to shovel/clear snow then make the trek to work. It gets real hairy in blizzards and I’ve actually had to sleep at work a few times.
Thank you for your service. Critical personnel like power and other utilities, medical and the rest that keep the lights on and save lives are undervalued.
Disagree, heavy snow as an adult is still awesome. I almost never experience it anymore…
Same for me here. I work from home these days, so for me it’s just a treat.
Eh, power plant operator here, no matter how bad the blizzard is I have to drive through it and get to work. Then clear and shovel stuff at work before going home to do more of the same after a 12 hour shift. I get that I chose this but it really takes the fun out of it.
Ah yeah that sucks. I’m an industrial engineer and routinely days of heavy snow have been “show up to work an hour or two late because of the snow, get sent home with pay after an hour because nobody showed up and the power is about to go out”
And that is why you think it is awesome.
I’ve experienced it. Loved it. Good infrastructure also helps, we have communal services that clear the roads and bicycle paths and salt it. For walking I just use boots with good profile; if there’s ice, I use the ones with spikes.
I humbly invite you to come experience my driveway, sidewalk and walk way as well as the part of the street the plows won’t touch for some fucking reason.
When’s the meet up? I’ll bring cocoa and rum
The mountains call to me when it snows
Nothing like being a kid and realizing that the snow is deep enough to build a network of tunnels, and you are free to spend all day doing that
Somehow, I never did that. Wish I had, that sounds a lot easier than what my family did. Though what we did was cool in a different way.
My older brothers built snow forts with stairs inside, leading to balconies and sled ramps on the top. They even put blocks of snow around the edges and put up a flag, resembling castles. My younger brother and I did grunt work - walking up and down the street, gathering and lugging snow to the build site. We all got to play in the end though, so we were happy to help. My older brothers always loved building things, and these forts were their collaborative masterpieces. Super snowy storms were the best.
I still love it as an adult, but I don’t have to drive through it, so there’s that!
To me, snow looks nice, feels nice, is bright and cheerful, and muffles sound wonderfully. It’s fun to play with and walk through. Ice on the ground is another matter though, which is when and where I break in to my ‘penguin shuffle,’ so as to avoid slipping and falling on my arse.
My job is literally driving. Snow is annoying, ICE is public enemy #1. Makes my days twice as long as they should be.
Under… standable.
I can underatand your viewpoint as well. When snow isn’t wreaking havoc on everyday life, it does have a peaceful and calming effect that I can appreciate.
It’s a nightmare if you HAVE to go somewhere.
Kids rarely HAVE to go somewhere.
Saw the New York “heavy snow” earlier, and I might be Norwegian, but that was kinda cute.
Lol, they barely got a foot? I get that that’s a lot for inner city but that isn’t even a lot by new york state standards
Heavy snow is still great as an adult. It’s beautiful and quiet and peaceful. And things like snowboarding and donuts in empty parking lots are fun too.
Yup. So… sick… of… shoveling. And I’m norwegian, it’s kind of built into my genes.
It didn’t help that I had a station wagon that was RWD with almost no weight in the rear axle. Driving it was like that Bambi on ice scene. And due to a slight inclination and a sharp turn to get into my driveway, parking in the winter was a special skill that involved a 4-wheel skid.
Anyway, last summer I bought a new car, an AWD SUV, built for the climate, and with a defrost/prepared timer. It was amazing. I was actually looking forward to winter; All I needed to do was to ensure I could physically enter the car. And this winter, due to an abnormally dry and warm winter, there’s almost no snow. Whomp whomp.
It’s not “heavy” snow - that is lots and lots of it… it’s heavy wet snow that is the absolute fucker.
So far this winter, here in coastal New England, it’s been powdery and cold. Easy-peasy to shovel.
Love it!
it’s heavy wet snow that is the absolute fucker
Yeah there’s a reason they call that “heart attack snow”
Well I nipped that bitch in the bud.
Just came in from shoveling the driveway - AND did the street margin up to the walkway of my house, leaving the curbstone exposed, so that the plow drivers will know where the edge is. Had a city worker come along and go tightly along the curb and got the stuff I’d chipped loose, so that was WAY hella nice of him. Get that road-crusty wet shit outta the way.
I will likely go out in another 5 hours and clean the space up where my husband parks, so he can just come in tonight after work with no problem.
I enjoy the snow. I also enjoy shoveling with neighbors and sloughing off a sweat soaked shirt onto the radiator. Then back outside to enjoy our efforts with a little beer share and a big joint!
Camping in the snow as a Boy Scout and waking up with my tent completely buried was awesome af.
I remember once, we got a whole week off school thanks to snow
I love going through snow with my car. It’s fun. Don’t worry, I’m not going fast but it’s soooo exhalarating to drift on an empty plains
I have bad circulation in my hands, so I hated snow then and hate it now.
It’s nice when I’m inside by the fire looking out.
NGL, any time by a fire is nice. Snow or not.
