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To: elmatador who wrote (86876)	2/4/2012 4:58:33 PM
From: Snowshoe	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218030

Too much winter up here, so we had to import monster snow shovels from Canada. I've had one of these for 20 years. They're great! ;) Snowbound Alaskan town orders Quebec shovels - Alaska National Guard called out to help dig out fishing town of Cordova cbc.ca "We will be shipping 72 shovels to Alaska by plane tomorrow to help," said Genevieve Gagne, product manager at the shovel's maker, Quebec, Canada-based Garant. The new shovels cost about $50 US each, and the city is paying for them with its emergency funds. The Yukon ergo sleigh shovels, with a 66-centimetre scoop, have a huge advantage over regular shovels. "Trying to lift snow all day with those is pretty backbreaking," Joyce said.

To: elmatador who wrote (86876)	2/5/2012 2:36:08 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218030

Winters are brutal in Europe and mild in the US - there must be an explanation

To: elmatador who wrote (86876)	2/5/2012 8:56:53 AM
From: Ilaine	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218030

First week of February 2007 in Washington, DC. we had an ice storm. My first ice storm after living here for 20 years. Week after so much snow the federal government shut down. First really big storm since 1993. Then, 2009-2011, we had two bad winters in a row. February 2010 we had so much snow we called it Snowmageddon, people had no electricity for days and ran out of food. Third blizzard of the 2009-2010 winter. Total of four blizzards in North America that winter. The first one we called Snowpocalypse. I got really tired of snow that winter. Last week of January, 2011, we had so much snow a snow plow got stuck in the street in front of my house. A second snow plow tried to plow so the first one could get out, but it got stuck, too, and the two drivers had to walk out. Really major storm all over the Northeast, 24 people died, $1 billion in property damage. Could not leave the house for almost a week. When we finally dug our way out and drove around on the Beltway, the snow plows had made piles of snow along the Interstate that were 15-20 feet high. The storm was so strong, so fast that thousands of commuters got stuck trying to get home and many spent the night in their cars. This winter we have rain almost every day, warm temperatures. All depends on how the polar jet stream meanders.