Snow Plow?

Having seen (via a National Geo article) the rains in Northern Australia, I think that I'll stick with snow, thank you.

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger

At least that rain's warm. Just don't blame me if a somewhat annoyed brass monkey knocks on your door...

RobG

It may be warm but the from the photos in the NatGeo, man there was so ~much~ of it! We get snow, in mostly small amounts, about 2"-3" at a time. Then there's the odd blizzard that'll dump up to a couple of feet at a crack. Those days, I throw another log on the fire and go back to modeling.

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger

Which one?

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Heck, if it's cold enough it's light work shovelling. The soggy kind is a backbreaker, though. :(

Bill Banaszak, MFE

It's this silly white stuff that falls or blows out of the sky and makes everything look pretty for about five minutes--then you come to your senses (if you have any) and realize it's God's way of telling you that this is no place to live, when the same component that comprises

90+% of your body mass is lying there on the ground frozen, and that you will now have to go to extraordinary lengths (and spend lots of money) in order to avoid the same fate.

We don't get snow here (well, okay twice in the fifty-two years I've lived in the Bay Area, and both times there was hardly enough to build a snowman), which makes up for a whole plethora of things we do have that are otherwise undesirable.

Mark Schynert

Such as the earth deciding to roll over in its sleep, mud deciding to live at the bottom of the hill and wild fires?

One earthquake every twenty years (for which I have carefully prepared)?--I'll take my chances.

The mudslide problems mainly exist for the folks who insist on living on unstable hillsides or near chapparal-covered hills that frequently burn off. Eminently avoidable.

Likewise the wildfires, which mainly are a problem for those who insist on encroaching on fuel-heavy terrain without taking care to maintain adequate firebreaks, and/or using methods of construction that make the house less vulnerable to ignition. It truly amazed me to see a few homes in the Oakland hills from the big fire more than a decade ago, standing isolated and intact because their owners had done what many others had not.

You can have the snow--you get it every year, unlike my quakes. Unfortunately, I do have to deal with the absurd politics of this state, which perhaps you are spared.

Mark Schynert

After seeing "Lord of the Rings", I have wondered why folks don't consider Hobbit Holes. Heavy winds would blow over them and they'd be insulated from fires and snows as well. If I was going to ~build~ my next home, I'd consider that, I think.

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger

don't forget, mark, the desert part of out state has no fires or quakes. it's beautiful, vegas is 2 hours away and so is l.a. gimmie that sun.

ISTR a family build a new house out in the plains that was 90% below ground. It was touted to be tornado safe and warmer in the winter, cooler in the summer. To the best of my recollection this was back in the '70s. I wonder how it worked out in the long run.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

What'cha doin' with all the extra water? ;)

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Been a long time but I think it was either Nebraska or Kansas. I'd guess OX would know if it were Oklahoma.

Bill Banaszak, MFE