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Julie Bove[_2_]

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2019-02-11 4:17 p.m., wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:00:59 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/11/2019 1:34 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
>>>> People panicked here in the Seattle area last Thursday, as evidenced
>>>> by my local Fred Meyer being completely out of shopping carts when I
>>>> arrived around 6pm to pick up a few things. I had done my major
>>>> shopping
>>>> the day before and as always I managed to forget something. I soon
>>>> found
>>>> where all the shopping carts had gone - they were manned by restive
>>>> customers standing in lines 20 deep, going halfway up the aisles. I
>>>> must say things were pretty calm despite the gridlock and lack of
>>>> essentials like bread and bananas. Fortunately I had "about 12 items"
>>>> and the express lane lines were more reasonable.
>>>
>>> When I lived in Philadelphia, that was common. In New England, no big
>>> deal. People were batter at driving in snow and the highway crews are
>>> better equipped to deal with it. In all my years in CT, if I could get
>>> out my driveway I could get to the store.
>>
>> They had snow out in Vancouver and an arctic draught which veered
>> their way instead of across country. Can't say I even felt a twinge
>> for them as they had all made sure the country saw pics of their
>> cherry blossoms etc the week before that That'll teach them
>>
>
>
> I went out to Vancouver in Feb/89, apparently in time for the once every
> decade snowfall. We were stuck in a holding pattern for an hour while they
> cleared the runway. Traffic was moving very slowly. There was about 6-8"
> of snow in Victoria, which was nothing to me, but it threw the city into a
> panic. It was all gone by the next day, completely melted.

I went to Vancouver in May once and there was snow! We had to cut our trip
short as we only brought light jackets. No coats. We went to Stanley Park.