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First snow for the season.
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RE: First snow for the season.
Winter of 81-82 in eastern Iowa did me in for snow and cold. In January 82 we were living on my grandparents' farm in a house that was 100+ years old. I had a four year old and a baby under three months old. The kids and I were snowed in at the farm three weekends out of four. My husband was unable to get to our house after work those Fridays. The last weekend there was a blizzard that stacked snow up several feet deep and the wind chill plummeted to 70 below. At one point during this miserable month a couple friends came over on a snowmobile. One stayed with the kids while I rode with the other one across the fields to my parents' house so I could use their car to go get diapers, formula, and other necessities that I then had to hold onto during the return snowmobile ride to the house. That was enough for me. The next winter I spent in basic training and AIT and then off to southern Arizona. There was one other winter spent in Iowa along the way but it was a mild winter. Every other year I have been in the south where winter snows/ice are scarce and short-lived. I hate, hate, hate winter weather like I experienced in the first twenty some years of my life.

It's chilly and rainy here in north Texas today and I hate it. But I also keep in mind that these 40 degree temps with 30 degree wind chills are a hell of a lot better than 70 below with snow stacked higher than I am tall.

I think I missed fall - it happened sometime over the weekend. We go from sweltering heat to holy shit it's cold, wet, and windy in a matter of hours it seems.
  
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First snow for the season. - by onlinebiker - October 30, 2019 at 8:39 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 30, 2019 at 8:40 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 30, 2019 at 8:44 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 30, 2019 at 8:50 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by Brian37 - October 30, 2019 at 10:34 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by Anomalocaris - October 30, 2019 at 11:51 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 30, 2019 at 8:47 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by brewer - October 30, 2019 at 9:25 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 30, 2019 at 12:16 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by Brian37 - October 30, 2019 at 12:57 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by Anomalocaris - October 30, 2019 at 2:04 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by arewethereyet - October 30, 2019 at 2:06 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by Brian37 - October 30, 2019 at 2:17 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by arewethereyet - October 30, 2019 at 1:52 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by Brian37 - October 30, 2019 at 3:53 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by Athene - October 30, 2019 at 2:34 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by Little lunch - October 30, 2019 at 3:48 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by Athene - October 30, 2019 at 5:52 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by The Grand Nudger - October 30, 2019 at 10:52 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 31, 2019 at 5:53 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 31, 2019 at 6:10 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by Anomalocaris - October 31, 2019 at 1:47 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 31, 2019 at 1:48 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by The Valkyrie - October 31, 2019 at 2:40 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by onlinebiker - October 31, 2019 at 2:58 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by Rev. Rye - October 31, 2019 at 3:12 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by Fake Messiah - November 1, 2019 at 3:12 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 1, 2019 at 5:34 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by onlinebiker - November 1, 2019 at 8:00 am
RE: First snow for the season. - by arewethereyet - October 31, 2019 at 3:17 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by onlinebiker - October 31, 2019 at 4:36 pm
RE: First snow for the season. - by Fireball - November 1, 2019 at 10:16 am

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