Apparently it's the 3rd largest snowfall in the Chicago area in the 126 years they have been officially keeping records...so I think that makes it newsworthy ;-)
-----Original Message----- From: Casey Dougall [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:04 To: cf-community Subject: Re: Finally excavated!!! On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > Yay! Finally excavated from our snowy enclosure. I had snow drifts in > the driveway that were 4ft deep. The official snowfall measurement at > OHare airport was 23". Glad that is over with. It took me an hour > and a half with a snowblower and my wife helping with a shovel to > clear a path from the door to the driveway and to dig out the car and > clear the drive. > > > > What is bad is this wasn't the worst. I don't know what the official > totals were but the blizzards of 1967 and 1978/79 were worse. I > remember the > 78/79 one as a kid.I was 10.I had tunnel systems going through my yard > there was so much snow. We also had piles and the end of our drive > from plowing and shoveling that were 3 times my height. Granted some > of that may be exaggerated due to my perception as a much shorter > person ;-) > > > > It just keeps on falling this year, that's for sure, but I don't care. Snow happens, just keep it off the dam news casts. It's not NEWS! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333933 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
