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On 2019-02-14 2:18 a.m., Julie Bove wrote:
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> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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>> 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.

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> 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.



Really? A city where is only knows about once a year and you just
happened to be there when it was hit with snow in May, something that is
rare even in locations that get lots of snow. That is incredible in
the true sense of the word.