Snow poll!

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I saw it snow across the northern suburbs of Melbourne once, back in the 80s, but that was a freak event. It was in February, the peak of summer. The day before it had been 46C and it was stinking hot overnight too, but the next morning temperatures dropped and dropped and about 1:30 in the afternoon it snowed.

I made a snowman. Not very big, about 18 inches tall, and not just a bunch of round balls. I made a little man with his arms out forwards and upwards and he was looking at the sky, I used sultanas for eyes. This was at my mate's chicken shop, I made him inside on a big bread board then went outside and put him out the front on the footpath.

Lots of people stopped and pointed and smiled, it lasted a couple of hours til a 10 year old kid kicked it.

 

[Shevek]

Here, it has never snowed in July. Yet. Usually, the snow is too dry for packing into even a snowball, but the friction of shovelling it makes the piles harder to move a second time.

 

[Forest Cat]

Snow is many things. Liking it or not depends on the situation. For example, this snow is pretty, nice and romantic:

This snow is fun:

This snow is in the way:

This snow is a lot of work:

And this snow just sucks:

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Nothing beats snowmobiling.

 

[maycontainthunder]

The snow we get here is best described as half-assed. If we get a quarter inch we are lucky.

Of course, if we get more, chaos ensues out on the road with people without the faintest clue how to get up a hill. The old Volvo doesn't care and just climbs the hill regardless!

 

[Rodafina]

And the snow is a hotel. Or is it a snowtel?

 

[Mr. Stevens]

I'm never too old for a snow day.

 

[Rodafina]

I'm never too old for a snow day.

 

[Darkkin]

We got a fresh foot of snow from this last round of storms. I always take Dude out in it because he loves it. I tolerate it for him. I'm a reliable snow driver, but I'm terrified of snowblowers, so I stick with a shovel to clear my driverway.

 

[Forest Cat]

And the snow is a hotel. Or is it a snowtel?

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I have been there It's a very nice snow hotel.

In Sweden they have a very nice ice hotel.

 

[Rodafina]

I have been there It's a very nice snow hotel.

Were you able to sleep?

 

[Forest Cat]

Were you able to sleep?

Slept like a drunk baby.

 

[Judge]

Lexi loves the snow!

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

I clicked nearly all the answers. I love and hate snow. I want it all to melt, but at the same time, I hope it stays forever. Many of my happiest memories involved snow.

I thrive when temps are in the low 30s.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

In a way I also connect low temps with smudge pots burning in the citrus and avocado groves of my childhood. A haze over the valley, making and asthma worse, but also a communal pledge to protect the precious crops that so much of our local economy relied on.