andamu

That's a big reason why we are living here - along of course with a few others like family and a job...

After twenty winters in Fargo, ND and before that, seven variously in Montreal, Winnipeg and West Virginia, my precious one vowed he never wanted a snowy winter again. But I am not fond of heat, and so some places were eliminated off the possible-settling-down-spots list right away.

This seemed to be a pretty good compromise - no, that does not do it justice. This was a place where both of us could be generally happy about the climate. Until, that is, the freak storms arrive.

We had snow here last Wednesday, and again this Tuesday and a bit on Wednesday. Two inches this last time. Which prompted schools to close for 3 whole days! And threw everyone else into a tizzy. Snow is so scarce here the entire city only has seven snow plows. Which meant that few roads were plowed, many iced over, and the going was tough and treacherous.

The return of the more usual rain here today melted most of the remaining snow and ice, and schools were open for the first (and last) day this week There were still people late in to work because of "the weather" but in general things returned to some semblance of normality.

But for a little while still I will have a tough time explaining to mpo just why we choose to live here...