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Offline Thor

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Re: Happy New Year !!
« Reply #25 on: January 01, 2011, 06:36:20 PM »
Tennessee gets too much snow. Snow that needs to be moved and stuff. No thanks !! I had my share of that up in MN. Here in North Texas, we get snow, but 99% of the time, it's off the roads and other paved surfaces within a day.
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Re: Happy New Year !!
« Reply #26 on: January 01, 2011, 09:20:05 PM »
Eastern TN gets snow.  Most places west of the plateau in the southern part of the state (Nashville, Lebanon, Cookeville) are generally snow-free.  We might see snow half a dozen times a year on a bad year and it's usually gone in a few days.

I don't know much about the weather to the west.  I imagine it's more of the same.
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Re: Happy New Year !!
« Reply #27 on: January 01, 2011, 11:44:50 PM »
It snowed when I was stationed in Millington. And I remember  a couple of winters, driving from Norfolk, Va, along I-40, through TN that there was snow.
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Re: Happy New Year !!
« Reply #28 on: January 02, 2011, 05:05:24 AM »
I like the 4 seasons. I like the Fall best. The mountains are pretty with the different colored trees. Besides, the cold does get rid of some bugs.

Five weeks of Winter is better than 5 months.
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Re: Happy New Year !!
« Reply #29 on: January 02, 2011, 08:34:51 AM »
Mrs E lived in Jackson, TN for 10 years before I met her. I moved down there and we got married and stayed another year before moving to Utah.

Whatever happened in Millington, TN (about 75 miles due west of Jackson) wasn't necessarily "normal". Jackson and environs are famous for the ol' business of a mere dusting of snow paralyzing an entire COUNTY for days on end. Schools and businesses shut down and people hibernate in their homes until the snow goes away - which doesn't normally take long.

That part of Tennessee is simply unprepared for snow of any depth.

That said, if I never see another snowflake as long as I live it'll be too soon. The older I get the more intolerant I get of cold, wet, nasty weather.
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Re: Happy New Year !!
« Reply #30 on: January 02, 2011, 05:45:57 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on January 02, 2011, 08:34:51 AM
Mrs E lived in Jackson, TN for 10 years before I met her. I moved down there and we got married and stayed another year before moving to Utah.

Whatever happened in Millington, TN (about 75 miles due west of Jackson) wasn't necessarily "normal". Jackson and environs are famous for the ol' business of a mere dusting of snow paralyzing an entire COUNTY for days on end. Schools and businesses shut down and people hibernate in their homes until the snow goes away - which doesn't normally take long.

That part of Tennessee is simply unprepared for snow of any depth.

That said, if I never see another snowflake as long as I live it'll be too soon. The older I get the more intolerant I get of cold, wet, nasty weather.

There is NO part of TN that is prepared for snow of any depth!

I live in the foothills of the Smokies, with a wide variety of elevations throughout the county. My county has 2000 miles of road and 25 DUMP trucks with snowplow blades attached to the front of them. We do not have anything that could be even remotely considered a real snowplow.  ::)

The trucks may go out on the interstate roads (I40 and I75 intersect here) before the snow stops. They will eventually hit the primary roads after the interstate. They may hit secondary roads. They do not do tertiary roads or subdivisions at all, no matter how deep the snow may get! They will salt for ice only on interstate and primary roads. 
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Re: Happy New Year !!
« Reply #31 on: January 02, 2011, 05:50:59 PM »
Quote from: debk on January 02, 2011, 05:45:57 PM
There is NO part of TN that is prepared for snow of any depth!

I live in the foothills of the Smokies, with a wide variety of elevations throughout the county. My county has 2000 miles of road and 25 DUMP trucks with snowplow blades attached to the front of them. We do not have anything that could be even remotely considered a real snowplow.  ::)

The trucks may go out on the interstate roads (I40 and I75 intersect here) before the snow stops. They will eventually hit the primary roads after the interstate. They may hit secondary roads. They do not do tertiary roads or subdivisions at all, no matter how deep the snow may get! They will salt for ice only on interstate and primary roads. 

If they get 1/2" of snow, people are emptying the water and non perishables off of the shelf.
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Re: Happy New Year !!
« Reply #32 on: January 02, 2011, 05:59:22 PM »
Quote from: Tucker on January 02, 2011, 05:50:59 PM
If they get 1/2" of snow, people are emptying the water and non perishables off of the shelf.

Get a 1/2"?  :lmao:

Heck, all the weather guys have to do is forecast flurries, and the stores are emptied of bread, milk and toilet paper!

It's a joke around here that when things slow down at the grocery stores after the holidays, they pray for possible snow forecasts to get people to go crazy shopping in the stores.  :whatever:
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Re: Happy New Year !!
« Reply #33 on: January 02, 2011, 07:16:17 PM »
A "little" late to party, but Happy New Year everyone. :cheersmate:
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