[SEL] Snow pics (OT)

Arnie Fero fero_ah at city-net.com
Mon Aug 8 12:50:52 PDT 2005


Hi Curt,

Yep, it still snows out west.

http://www.micmacmedia.com/Weather/Sierra_Snowfall/sierra_snowfall.html
The winters of 1982 and 1983 had snowfalls in the 700" to 800" range.
The annual average (1878 - 2000) is 415" (34.6 feet!).
The record snowfall was the winter of 1906 with 884 inches (73.7 feet).

The reason that it seems that the snow isn't as deep as you recall as a
child is that your knees are further from the ground now.  8-))

See ya,  Arnie

On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Curt wrote:

> Goodness! I see the build date was 1883. Does it snow like this anyplace
> in the US anymore? NC sure doesn't get the snows I recall as a child
> anymore.
>
> Arnie Fero wrote:
> >Pshaw Curt, that ain't big.  For BIG you want the steam-powered rotary
> >snowplows designed to clear the rail lines through the mountain passes in
> >the Rockies.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_snowplow




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