How has the snow storm affected you? No mail here...

You already know what kind of problem we've had around here, Dragon. I'd say we got at least 9 new inches of snow with this latest storm, plus we've had wind gusts up to 55 mph and it's pretty steady at 25 to 35 mph. Trees and large branches are coming down all over the place. I wouldn't even try to get out right now, even if our driveway and private road were clear because of the threat of more trees coming down. I've already counted six trees down on our property. Once the wind calms down, I'll probably try to get out. We have to drive to our mailbox because it's so far from our house. I'm not even going to check to see if we got mail today. I'm pretty sure we didn't. But, you know that postal service saying, "Neither rain nor sleet nor dark of night...." They don't mention anything about snow. LOL I'm sure your sons will understand if the cards don't come in time. I know my sons would understand because they're stuck in the snow as well. I hope we can all return to normal life very quickly and that we have NO MORE SNOW for the rest of the season! Stay warm! Stay safe!

Not at all really. The 35 years I've lived in Minnesota there was just once that mail was not delivered. That was on Haloween day 1991 when in a 24 hour period we got 4 feet of snow. No mail for 2 days was all. nO PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR ONE DAY AS WELL. We are hardy people here in Minnesota and used to the snow, blizzards, and artic cold temps of 20 below zero and even colder at times. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~

We have about 8 inches. School is closed. My son is out trying to make money shoveling, but I am sure alot will turn him down, as the wind is blowing. We have quite a bit of snow in the driveway. I would say there is one 3 foot drift. Guess what my son will be doing later.

We have a lot...maybe more than 2 feet, I am so tired driving this morning, I couldn't move my car. Snow creates huge problem, but at least my town cleans it very fast. The sidewalk is mine to clean...

i am in canada and actually where i am today we are recieving the first significant snowfall of this winter! we are supposed to get several inches which is nothing compared to other winters!

Well it look like here in New York we are going to have close to a foot of snow, if not more, for me it hasn't been a mayor problem, because I can work from home, so I stayed home working, but my car is park in the street, and I am going to have to unburied it from the snow, and I am a tiny woman, I am going to be shoveling snow forever. My boyfriend is out of stay for school purposes, so I will be shoveling snow tomorrow by myself. Other of the things that I really hate about this storm is that you can't go outside because it is miserable.

The last two storms have missed our part of the state. It is cold, though and that is makes me feel really down. My foot hurts when it is cold, and I have not tried on a real shoe yet.

We got quite a bit of snow here in central Michigan. The plows still have not come down my road yet but I'm used to it, It'll be about 3 days and by then everyone who owns a truck with a plow on front pretty much has the road plowed. The schools were called off Wednesday but no businesses shut down, I guess it's just something we are used to. I drove to work Tuesday night right in the middle of the storm and I made it, I just had to give myself extra time. It's inconvienent but it's definately life in these states. I was born and raised in Michigan and I'm not going to let a little snow make me leave.

We haven´t had it as bad as you, no way! But the snow was pretty heavy earlier in the week and casued us a few problems. It took us about 45 minutes to get our car out of the drive, but we managed to get to the farm OK to feed the animals. I could have walked, but it´s school holidays just now and I didn´t fancy walking with the smallest in tow. It would have taken me hours and he´d have gotten really cold. Anyway, when we finally made it down there we discovered that the winds that went with the snow storm had blown in some of our temporary windows on the house and the snow was inside. It was all over the untreated beams which is a disaster. It will take weeks, even months, for them to dry out, and we can´t treat them till they are dry. And of course, we can´t use them until they are treated. This is a real set back to our plans, as we were due to be meeting the wood treatment salesman that day (he cancelled due to the snow!), getting them treated, then getting the floors installed over the next week or two. We ended up being stuck there for hours whilst we made and installed new temporary windows. Naturally, it was the ones right at the top which had blown in so we had to erect scaffolding to get up there and all the scraps of wood we needed were buried in the snow outside. Thankfully we have a gas heater in the workshop which little one played infront of with a pile of Daddy´s hammers and nails and scraps of wood, but we were really really cold by the time we got away. The snow has melted again now which is great. I can´t see why people like snow so much myself! Yes it looks wonderful before it gets walked on, but then it´s just disruptive and dangerous.

Hi, dragon54u. I can say that there has been no snow where I live at. No snow, at all. We were told that we would be getting some. But, there has not been an inch. I did see some sleet last week on the cars outside. But I waited for it to snow after that and it never did. The only thing that we had here lately is cold weather in the 30s and the 40s. We had rain off and on too. We never seem to get any snow that lasts for a very long time. If we get any snow, it will be here today then melt by tomorrow. I was surprised that we did not have snow for Christmas. Because we usually do. I hope that the snow will go away so that you all can live peacefully without it. I hope that you are able to somehow get your Valentine's Day cards mailed out to your son's. Stay safe and stay warm!

yeah we got the storm too, and no mail at all. we have our mailboxes at the end of our court and there is no way the mail man can even get to it because the plowed snow right in front of them, but we also had to clear our roofs off of snow because its been leaking inside of the house.

well obviously the "S.N.O.W" has not bothered this Florida chic. However,it did get down to freezing in Florida. Like in the 20's. One day it was nice, the next day my tootsies were cold even in my slippers. I couldn't deal with no mail. One of my employers refuses direct deposit and pays me with a check in the mail.

In my country we can only wish for snow since we don't have it here. The weather here is just great. Lots of sunshine, no storms coming. Perfect to spend a day in the beach. But i'm really hoping to experience snow in the future but not as bad as what you are describing now.

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Well we don't get a lot of mail here so I'm not sure if mail delievery has been interrupted or not. However, the major problem here is that our roads have not been plowed or salted. They plowed once and that was just to make it a bit passable and that is it. It's hard to get in and out and it's pretty much a constant battle of sliding all over the place to do anything. I'm annoyed. Actually I'm far more annoyed because even with it being relatively nice out, it's hard to get anywhere. I don't want to drive anywhere because I'm afraid I'll slide into someone else. However I still got to go to work.

hi dragon54u oh my I am smiling as I live in southerm california where the only snow here is on MtBaldy. we were out shopping this morning and marveled at how pretty MtBaldy looked all covered with snow. She is about forty miles from here on the roads ,and maybe twenty five as the crow flies.We have had some humongous rain storms here however along with bizarre thunderstorms and hailstorms,unusual for this area. Sorry about all your snows, I grew up in snow country,South Dakota so I know a lot about snow drifts, blizzards and cold, cold weather.

Im from Canada so we only got brushed lightly by these storms. (this time...) I have been personally affected in an indirect way. I am taking an online class, the instructor is from florida and we were told she got delayed while travelling...I bet I know where.

Didn't affect me personally, but my BFF got stuck at the airport for 2 days trying to get a flight back to sunny Florida. I'm so happy to live in Florida.

no in my country there is no snow storm

For the past several years we have had fairly mild weather every winter, but this year has been totally the opposite. We have had a couple feet of snow overall this season which never has accumulated to too much, but it is aggervating for a couple of days. The schools have been out so much they are planning on making up classes into the summer break. As far as the mail, electricity, and water, we have been lucky. I can't wait for summer, I'm frankly sick of the snow.