So jealous of your snow!!
 

I see that the mid-Atlantic/Northeast coast is setting up for another snowstorm this week-end...the weather lady on CNN International said it would be &quot;copious&quot; amounts of snow. And I am SO jealous!!<BR>We have been in central Germany for a couple of months now and have had a total of about 1 inch of snow. So much for my German postcard winter. On Christmas, it rained. <BR>I know snow can be a huge pain in the neck, but I love it and am going through withdrawal, watching all the pictures of East Coast snowstorms on CNN and BBCWorld. Please send some to Germany!

Fine,take it!

Yup, we're having a real winter here in the Phila. area. It's been a while since we've had such a snowy winter. Cold, too. <BR><BR>I'm getting goceries tonight, then we'll be ready.<BR><BR>Are you no longer in Belgium, Btilke?

Yes BTilke, your old town (Philly) has seen its share of snow this year! <BR><BR>This weekend is my last weekend before my trip to France. How am I going to go shoe shopping with all the snow? Of course, my husband has been elated with all the snow (he's the skier). Blue Mountain and Camelback have had good snow conditions!

BTike, I would love to pack up all the snow in our yard and send it to you. I am sick of snow, come on Spring.

Nope, we're no longer in Brussels...have been spending a few months in central Germany. Tonight on BBC World, I watched a reporter do a story about Iraq (what else) from Philadelphia. I barely noticed what she said (isn't there anything about Iraq that HASN'T been said?)--I was looking at all the snow! The last really big snowfall that I saw in Philly was in March 1983 (I guess there was some in the 1990s, but we had moved to the Pacific NW).<BR>Glad the Pocono resorts are doing so well. They have had many lean years. Even old Doe Mountain near Macungie is probably doing well. <BR>A friend in Chestnut Hill is planning to go XC skiing in Valley Green this week-end.<BR>Mariarosa, buy your shoes in France! <BR>The last few days have been sunny and dry at least (we have had a lot of grey and rainy days). We drove down to Schloss Burg, walked around the grounds of the 12th century castle, had waffles in the old town, and then took a long walk in the forest. It was beautiful, but it would have been even better in the snow!

BTilke : After weeks and weeks of daily temperatures ranging from -5C during the day to -25C at night here in Southern Ontario, and my aching back from all the shovelling on my driveway, you are welcome to help yourself to as much of it as you want ! We're fed-up with it already.

<BR>And all I do is wish to be somewhere warm:)

BTilke: So move a little further into Eastern or Southern Germany! We have got some snow. And last week I have been to the Harz mountains and had enough snow for cross-country skiing.<BR><BR>Greetings from Dresden (with snow)<BR><BR>Ingo

Here in Massachusetts it snows about every other day, never has time to get dingy and gray. I'm really ready to get out of here, and we are going to Paris Saturday, but from the weather reports I've been seeing it's pretty cold there too. Am I going to need my snow boots to walk around the city?

<BR>BTilke, you should have stayed in Belgium! We have had a fair amount two weeks ago. Was such a nice surprise because, as you know, we hardly get any.

We need snow. Not only to alleviate the drought but skiing is horrible!!!! Even cross country skiing is bad. Looking at my GRASS out the window and 40 degrees it looks like May.<BR>Oh, I'm talking NW Montana

It's that damn groundhog's fault.

Years ago we lived for quite some time in Honolulu, and I vowed I'd never again live where it snowed. I am now living in the Adirondacks.<BR><BR>BB

Take ours too! I'm English but live in Ohio and if I never see this white stuff again it will be too soon.

PLEASE!!! come here and shovel for me, I'm so-o- tired--and so stir crazy , I hate the cold..now back to my reading and wine,( on these days)

We woke up to an interesting snow phenomenon this Wednesday morning. I've lived almost 40 years here and never seen it before. Snow of just the right consistency, flat-as-a-pancake central Indiana terrain and 30 mph winds with gusts to 50 made snow “boulders” in some open fields. They range in size from baseballs to basketballs and look like someone started hundreds of small snowmen, but never bothered to stack them up.

Indytravel,<BR>I saw that on the news! Downright spooky looking, like ghosts making lots of snowballs without any footprints.

It is just so awful not having the snow. Having to go out into the garden to look at the spring flowers which are now in bloom and to have to cut the grass. The only snow that we will see this year are the blossoms blowing off the trees when the wind blows. <BR><BR>I really am not jealous of your snow!!<BR><BR>Garfield, in sunny Victoria BC

I like to see snow for about 2 days and that is it! We had it in PA for Christmas. That is why I live in SW Florida! Today's high is 78, and the palm trees are swaying and I just planted my impatiens AND I just picked my first ripe tomato. It is tough life, but somebody has to do it, yes? Judy :-)

I loved the snow on Christmas, but it's getting tiring now. We're facing an entire weekend of snow, sleet, freezing rain, and cold. Guess I'll go to the grocery store, Blockbuster, then home to light a fire and cocoon for the next few days.

Yes, we do have a lot of snow on the ground here in New Hampshire USA, about 4'. We have been enjoying the skiing and snowshoeing the past few months. Unfortunately, it is now VERY cold (-24 f this morning), too cold to enjoy the outdoors!

Another thing about the snow pack here in New Hampshire is that since it's been abnormally cold for the last month just about all the snow that's fallen is still hanging around.<BR><BR>Snow banks are piled so high it can be tricky pulling out into traffic.<BR><BR>It is beautifully bright and sunny and fairly calm but cold as a witch's t*t.<BR><BR>MM

I think we've had so much snow here in DC that people aren't even storming the grocery store for milk and bread. (They were at the hardware store getting plastic sheeting and duct tape, but that's another thread.) There has been snow on the ground nearly all of January and February so far. Until just now, today the sky was bright blue and it was sunny with no wind. What a lovely day. However, it is now clouding up and perhaps may start before we have to head home from work. :-( I haven't seen this much snow for so long (usually it's gone here within 3 days) since I lived in Indiana!

BTilke - <BR><BR>You can have as much of the snow here in central Mass as you'd like. I am so done with it. More coming and I have to drive to NY this weekend for a wedding. Do me a favor though? I'm going to be in central Germany in 3 weeks - could you either wish for you snow before or after that, please???? <BR><BR>

BTilke -<BR><BR>I am in Allentown PA and I have a son in State College PA that is not speaking to me now because he has a ticket to a Flyers game tomorrow night that he won't be using since I told him to stay where he is because of the impending snow. As much as I don't want to see it snow again, it better snow a bunch or I am going to be in even worse trouble with him.<BR><BR>By the way, Doe Mountain is now known as Bear Creek Ski area.

Celticdreams, if I'm going to see any snow here, it had better be before March 6--I leave then for 6 days in Vienna and right after I get back, we're packing up and heading to the south of France (near Cannes) for a month--I don't want the snow to finally arrive when we have to hit the road!<BR>Dutchie, thanks for the update. Everthing in the Lehigh Valley is changing. Even the Vera Cruz Tavern has a new name :-( and let's not even think about Bethlehem Steel :-( :-(

I'd love not to think about the Bethlehem Steel but unfortunately my dad is one of the thousands of retirees just about to lose their benefits. In fact my mom was just on the phone asking if there isn't some way to save their life insurance. I grew up in Hellertown where about 9 out of every 10 people worked at the Steel. It is so sad to think it will soon not even exist anymore.

My father worked for Beth Steel for 30 years (most of that in the Homer Research Labs and in joint projects in Africa and S.America). We lived outside Coopersburg (true story: 2 years ago I took a minivan tour of Salzburg with 3 complete strangers. Two were a French couple and other guy was from Coopersburg!) My father retired under a special pension package--Beth Steel executives tried to renege later and it went all the way to the Supreme Court (the retirees won). My parents will lose their health benefits, but those will be picked up by the Medicare and the VA (however, they'll pay more in the long run). Fortunately, his pension is federally protected. <BR>Are you getting that &quot;bunch of snow&quot;? We drove to Brussels today and although it was below freezing most of the time, it was clear and sunny and the roads were bone dry. By the way, if you ever travel to the Ruhr Valley in central Germany, the similarities to the Lehigh Valley are striking. It's steel country. And we came home over a hilly back road outside Essen that made us feel just like we were crossing over South Mountain.

Small world - and getting smaller all the time. Coopersburg is an adorable town. I have many relatives in that area. <BR><BR>No, it's not snowing yet - but he'll just have to get over it and watch the Flyers on TV.

The snow that we had gotten is now ice all around (I know, 'cause I went whooooom-bump-splat on it. I haven't mastered walking on ice without blades yet.)<BR><BR>Tomorrow's snow has now been downgraded, but there are supposed to be a couple more (!) storms coming over the weekend...I love winter, but I'm getting just slightly ready for spring! (which has gotta be one of Philadelphia's best seasons, along with fall, but then again there's a lot that goes on in summer...)