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He will be able to tell his grandkids that he's seen snow.....

Oh, they mean something alright. People just don't like what they have to say.

"I'll fight you with one arm!"

FWIW I just sent my SIL back to ME this morning; no snow OTG there in Lewiston area.

This has got to be the most boring winter here I can remember since joining this site. Day after day of nothing happening....we are just about mid-Jan. I'm already looking at seed catalogs. Hopefully we won't have yet another cool spring that delays planting: I held off til May 31 last year after losing too many eggplants and peppers to cold temps.

It was stormier, and windy. I remember a warm rainy wind that blew my screen door open and shattered the glass, and what a PIA it was to get that replaced. There was a half inch or so late in winter, they didn't bother to salt, and my big Dodge pickup slid down a hilly road before slamming into a curb, ruining the axle. It was a fitting end to a crap winter. I have written before, that I did not touch the snowblower from the end of 96 until the storm of Dec. 2000. There was simply no need. And there were some unbearable summers in there too, like 99.

As much as I love a good snow, I'm not missing it that much. It'll be back again. Someday.

Well there was March 93, but in most of NJ it mixed leaving us with 10 inches of icy concrete.

This is just one of those winters. I haven't needed a real jacket since the brief ice box and have been walking outside in the mornings with summer weight hiking pants and and a fleece jacket. Haven't even needed a hat or gloves.

Big factors in human life expectancy are improvements in infant and child mortality. The wealthy even in antiquity could live to very old ages. Also, life expectancy is declining in the USA.

Was just reading about Europe. I think we are in trouble. The article said this is unprecedented, at least in recorded history.

I just put the garbage out and there were bugs all over the inside of the trash can. Looked like some kind of fruit flies.

Yeah, my 20 year old daughter just looked outside and said, we really aren't getting any snow this winter? I said probably not. Remember, she has grown up with some real blockbusters. Stuff I never witnessed as a kid.

Long time ago, but a foot I would have remembered; it was the last storm I ever used a shovel for, and I remember discussing it with my supervisor the day before. It was a decent snow, but nothing to write home about, and it was a weekend. Other areas had more. We'd just been through the hellacious winter of 94, so this lone event was a story for that reason alone. And compared to the icefests of 94 and the concrete of ice 10 inches of March 93, this one was pretty tame. Frankly, anything under about 18 inches just isn't massive after all I've seen. That said, doubt we'll see even 12 inches for the season this year. Somewhere between 8-10 inches sounds about right. Again, it was a decent storm, but not massive IMHO. Others may feel differently. One other thing, I am literally a stone's throw from Union Co, and if you look at the one map he posted, wide areas there had 8.5 inches. in fact I use the Rahway forecast because Mt. Holly doesn't really work for me.

I'm seeing 8.5, which is less than even I thought. This is not a massive storm. This is a just a storm. Esp after the previous winter.....

I wouldn't call it massive. At least not in these parts.

That would be a win in these circumstances.

The only thing that could bail this winter out would be Feb 2006 type storm. other than that, I'm thinking selling the big snow blower was the right move. Don't need a big one anymore anyway; don't have to get out for work.

It was an awful year for a lot of other reasons.....in fact not having any snow that year turned out to be a small blessing. Imagine if March had been snowy like some prior years...

Yesterday I saw insects flying in the garden. This would have been unthinkable when I was a kid.

IMBY 2015 had a lot of mixing and small events. 2014 was great.

Just a question folks I have not seen Uncle W around to opine on history. Anyone know what happened? I'm not here that often in the warmer months.

My SIL is down from Maine, Lewiston area. They've had some snow but it's all gone. They expect a little more this time of year.

Might be all we see this month for some of us.

snow squall rn in Woodbridge nj....