On 06 Jan 2004 22:24:45 GMT, (Bill Spohn) wrote:

A mere six or eight inches snow shuts down the town, which is pretty
funny, cuz when I was in Madison two feet & a blizzard shut down nothing

2-3" does it here in Tidewater. Or less. To be fair, it *does* depend
on local accomodation to usual/unusual weather. School buses don't
have snow tires or chains. Nor drivers much experience in
snow-driving.

I am getting the same front up here in Vancouver (they predict 30 cm.).

It isn't MY driving I worry about - it's the other guy who thinks that just
because he is driving a yuppie 4X4 it will corner and stop just as fast as it
would on dry road (I see them in the ditches as I drive about)

Isn't that fun? I mean seeing them in a ditch? Years ago a hot car
flashed its lights, beeped its horn, and angrily passed my old VW
creeping along in a snowstorm. Passed *him* later. And got home sooner
with no auto-body work in my immediate future. :-)