On or about Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:06:45 GMT, "Ann in Houston"
wrote something like:

The moisture that comes in off the
gulf was providing the precip that froze. Therefore, we kind of had an
upside down weather pattern. Points north, that usually get the flurries
got nothing.

That would be what we call here, "lake effect" snow. Usually happend
off the down wind side of the Great Lakes, or the Great Salt Lake, or
Lake Champlain, for instance. Makes for Great Skiing!
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Crashj