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In reply to the discussion: I'm jealous of you folks in the Northeast anticipating the storm. [View all]Cadfael
(1,297 posts)46. We had a big one here in the Chicago area
February 2011 - it's better on paper than in person. Especially when your 100 lb black lab decides he needs to widdle at 3am. I had to take a shovel out the front door, slog through 2 foot + drifts to the back of the house, and shovel a 4x4 ft patch for him outside the back door. The snow had drifted 3 1/2 feet up against the outward opening back door. Sigh. It is beautifully quiet during a heavy snow though...until the chorus of the snow blowers starts. And thunder snow is pretty cool. I fell on the ice in our driveway coming back from getting the mail, so I'm kind of over it for this year.
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I'm jealous of you folks in the Northeast anticipating the storm. [View all]
FLPanhandle
Jan 2016
OP
Here in Sarasota, we have a lot of that grainy stuff also. It's...it's just horrible...and worse,..
BlueJazz
Jan 2016
#27
For those of us whithout a chimney. Kind of like a sterno, without the smell.
Glassunion
Jan 2016
#24
They sell other indoor items besides fireplaces that can still be used with the gel...
Glassunion
Jan 2016
#78
I am jealous, too. I love it when it's snowing. There's a quiet beauty and a peace about it. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2016
#6
Staying in hotel and just experiencing it probably helped with my excitement.
FLPanhandle
Jan 2016
#25
I survived Goliath a couple of weeks ago. What was so bad is it was a Blizzard
Jim Beard
Jan 2016
#48