If you know what the actual *data* says (at least for Portland)
<http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/gyx/climo/CON_Winter_Snow.xls> you'll know
that you don't have to be anything but a young whippersnapper (such as
myself, you know) to understand that the granddaddy winter was not in
the distant past or just last week. It was the winter of 2007/08 when
Portland had 102 inches of snow. The next winter down the list was only
78 inches in 1886/87. So, you see them really old timers (such as
yourself, of course) hadn't seen it all yet until 2007. You being of
only 20 years experience (and lacking knowledge of the previous 110
years), of course, didn't recognize the 2007/08 history you were living
through due to the lack of historical perspective. But now you do
courtesy of some Florida based young whippersnapper who has presented
you with *actual* (ugh) snowfall *data*. :-) :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/12/2013 3:55 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Yeah, yeah. You young whippersnappers don't know what a proper
> blizzard is like. <wink>
>
> Don't forget, this was a coastal storm. Some of the heaviest stuff
> wasn't even where they record data. Like Round Pond. <g>
>
> Having sat through a number of big storms up here in the past 20
> years, I'm prepared to call Nemo a real corker of a storm. The only
> reason it wasn't a disaster was because we kept our power 'cause it
> was so damned cold the snow was little bits of grits.
>
> --Blizzard Bob
>
>
> On Feb 12, 2013, at 2:27 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> I lived for many years in Michigan and upstate New York and also
>> spent the winter of 1962/63 in Germany when the Rhine froze over...
>> which supposedly hadn't happened since 1917. So, I weren't always
>> a Florida man... which is exactly why I am a Florida man... once
>> again. I used to live here before as well and made the mistake of
>> going to Boston of all places... for 11 long, long cold years.
>> :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 2/11/2013 6:09 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>>> Damn, you are such an old poop! <g>
>>>
>>> Easy for you to say, Florida Man.
>>>
>>> --Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 10, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>
>>>> Now if everybody in the path of the storm has set records I'd
>>>> be impressed. 'Taint so that I know of. It was just another
>>>> big blizzard. They tend to happen up your way.
>
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