Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays [was: Happy Holidays]

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Dec 24, 2004, Bill Vermillion wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 24 09:03 , Steve Wiltsie, showing utter disregard for 
....
>> At least you weren't in some of the hundreds of cars and trucks
>> that got stranded on the interstates and secondary roads in
>> Indiana and northern Kentucky. It took up to 24 hours to get
>> all of the people out of their vehicles and into a shelter.
>
>That's why I live in FL.   About every three years the snow in the
>front yard would be over 5 feet deep, most years it was three.

In many parts of Florida your weather results in large demand for
flat house paint.

I was racing at West Palm Beach back in February of '78 or so when a major
snow and ice storm hit the east coast.  I had had to drag my race car
trailer out of three feet of snow in Maryland to make the trip down.  When
I called my mother to say we were on our way back on Sunday, she suggested
that I stay with a friend in Titusville for a few days as things were much
deeper.  On Thursday we drove back, and things were very ``interesting'' in
Georgia and South Carolina as there were cars and trucks in positions you
wouldn't believe around I-95.  They just don't know how to deal with snow
and ice in that part of the world.

...
>Of course homes being blown down happened to many here in Fl this
>year when it was just rain and not snow. You can't hide from the
>weather - at least here - as North America has the worst weather
>conditions in the world because of the flow of currents in the
>Atlantic.

I find the weather here in the Pacific Northwest the best I've seen in the
U.S. (I like seasons so don't say San Diega :-).  The summers aren't
sweltering and humid, and the winters generally mild with what are
considered major snow storms every five years or so (major here is from one
to four inches :-).  I've had all wheel drive Subarus for years which have
always been able to get up the long, steep driveway to our house (the same
one Bob remembers getting out of the Santa Cruz parking lot).

I'll take a major earthquake every fifty years or so rather than major
hurricanes in Florida or snow and ice storms elsewhere.  At least
earthquake damage around here is generally localized (the 1964 Anchorage
quake was a major exception).

Bill
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