SNOW ...where is it that it usually doesn't appear ?

[DoubleEagle]

I heard there was snow on the Palm trees in the deserts of the Southwest and was wondering who saw snow that usually never sees any of the white stuff ?   Dolph

[LMT]

Seattle does not get much snow and we have 4 inches here downtown. 

[Speeddog]

Palmdale, CA, 35 miles north of L.A., in the high desert.

[Slag]

My wife is in Palmdale right now. She is trying to get to LA. Did the hiways just reopen in the last few hours?

[Speeddog]

http://www.dot.ca.gov/cgi-bin/roads.cgi

Caltrans says chains or snow tires for part of the 14, perhaps the folks she's staying with can locate the roads described below.

SR 14
    [IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA]
    THE SOUTHBOUND CONNECTOR TO SOUTHBOUND I 5 /IN LOS ANGELES/
(LOS ANGELES CO) IS CLOSED FROM 2300 HRS EACH NIGHT TO 0400 HRS EACH MORNING
MONDAY THRU FRIDAY THRU 12/19/08 - DUE TO CONSTRUCTION - A DETOUR IS AVAILABLE

    CHAINS OR SNOW TIRES ARE REQUIRED FROM NORTH ABBOTT RD (LOS ANGELES CO) TO
THE LOS ANGELES/KERN CO LINE

[Slag]

Thanks  I gave her the info 

[IZ]

I woke up to snow just outside of Austin last week. 

Glad I'm not in Seattle anymore Czaja!!  " downtown?!  I KNOW what driving down there is like!!   

[swampduc]

Little bit of snow in Houma, Louisiana last week. We're about an hour from the Gulf.

[Triple J]

Vegas airport was apparently shut down last night from snow...3.5".  It was the most snow in Vegas since 1979. I remember that storm...I was 5 and my parents took me sledding in the park by our house...1st snow I think I had ever seen. 

I'm in Seattle now...lots of snow here as well. We get a little bit of snow every year...the extended period of sub 32 F temps this year is what is more unusual. The big deal the news makes about it is hilarious! 

[somegirl]

We have had some this week in parts of the Bay Area.

This is not me, wish I had the time for it though:

[LMT]

Here is a photo I took 2 blocks from my house this morning:

[DoubleEagle]

Palmdale, CA, 35 miles north of L.A., in the high desert.

So how do the folks act when this foreign substance falls and accumulates ?

Here in Ohio the folks still drive like 70 miles an hour on the freeway when there is a glaze of ice on the road and cars and trucks are upside down sitting out in the middle of fields or all tangled up .

You would think the folks around here would know better but they still drive like idiots rain , snow , ice you name it !

I can understand you guys and gals having a problem navigating the white stuff since you don't have to hardly if ever having to do it .

I'm glad I don't have to go out in the crap for the most part.

I put my 30+ years in travelling from time to time on the Freeways of life during this soul wrenching time of the year .

I'm leaving for work and the car thermometer read -26 and I had to drive a road that was a solid sheet of ice for 10 miles for 2 weeks before it got warm enough for salt to melt any of the ice.

Every morning I would see at least a dozen cars 50 yards off the road out in fields or against trees

It was so strange. Ice allover everything .

I wore Golf shoes so I wouldn't fall down when I went somewhere that I had to do any walking like into the office.

Hopefully you won't experience those kind of conditions.      Dolph

[DoubleEagle]

We have had some this week in parts of the Bay Area.

This is not me, wish I had the time for it though:

P.  is that a photo from today ?

How do you get traction in the snow ?    Dolph

[somegirl]

    P.  is that a photo from today ?

How do you get traction in the snow ?    Dolph

That picture was taken on Tuesday.

The cyclist in the picture is riding a fixed gear bike, which is good for slippery conditions.   You can also buy studded bicycle tires.

[Speeddog]

  So how do the folks act when this foreign substance falls and accumulates ?

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Around here, lots of folks drive like idiots no matter the conditions.

I'm not in Palmdale, just got the pic from an acquaintance.