Puppy mail
This still applies to a few states today, but not as often as it was back in the 1900s. Back then people did not have cars or snowplows or anything of the sort, so the mailmen had to get resourceful. Not only that, but in part of Alaska, the cities were far away from one another, and roads were full of ice, so sled dog teams used to deliver the mail to the rural communities.
It was something that had to be done as the only other option would be walking and let’s be honest, no one would want to trek through several feet of snow in the freezing cold. The sled dogs were the best other alternatives, and some are still employed for transportation today!
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we need snow to purify the landscape an better enhance the holiday season
these picture are wonderful
I live in Srilanka. We never go through winter as in European countries. However, while I am writing this note Srilanka is unusually Misty and Cold from early morning (8/12/22). As per the information received the mist is due to accumulated dust in the Indian atmosphere. Citizens have been advised to wear a good mask before they leave their homes to avoid catching a cold. This reminds me of the Covid19 days. How long will this last be anybody’s guess.
The good old days?? You no longer have snow?? Well, that’s what happens when you move from Massachusetts to Florida! I don’t know what kind of bs you are peddling, but in my part of the country, we still have snow, like always in the winter. There’s nothing “good old days” about it. Every winter, it snows, as usual.
Bitter woman. I hope this was just a bad day for you. Geez!
Back in 2007 or 2008 we had a blizzard in Chicago, and it took me over 4 hours to go roughly 35 miles from workplace St Charles to home in Oswego. Accumulation was over 3 feet, and it took me most of the following day to dig out my driveway. Not quite as bad as the photos you showed, but then I had no National Guard to help me shouvel, either!
They are AWESOM PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It really does show what Snow look like then.
And when the Snow first fell, It was as White coud be, and it look STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember The Blizzard of 1978!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is no reason to fear that the future will have no snow. Our climate is warming and has been since the Little Ice Age ended circa 1840. We are in the midst of a small warming (about 1.5 C degrees). Carbon dioxide and other human emissions are not causing the warming and there is nothing unusual about it. The climate has been warmer at least 3 times in the last 6,000 years. It’ll cool off again.
Yes, snow does exist despite the scourge of global warming!!! Try masks.
Too bad you didn’t have time to check out photos of past winter’s in norther Minnesota
Northport, Washington winters of forever snow. Snow on the ground for 7+ months every year for as long as long as I can remember. Not unusual to shovel or plow 48 inches of overnight snow out of my farm driveway and have to do the same thing after I came home from work. Apparently climate change has not found the U.S./Canadian border. Of course we have not covered everything in concrete like they have in California or used up all the water for our pools and lawns. Note: Always park your tractor at the end of the driveway and out of the way of the county snowplow. I noticed that Biden/Brandon has promised to cover all the cost of the fire disaster for California but not for Hawaii. Whose money is he spending anyway?? I would bet Hunter is not paying taxes again so it will not be his. Yours, MAYBE???
Growing up in Montreal, Canada I can tell you that the snow didn’t melt until spring in April or May.
what yankee winters look like
Cool Pictures! Thanks!
The pictures are really great. I love Snow, the snow that hasn’t been disturbed by humans walking through it. They always mess everything up and make it ugly.
Yesterday, I had an appointment and had not realized that we had a storm and my car was covered
with snow. Of course, I couldn’t find the brush to remove the snow
so turned on the car, defrosters and used my hands to get rid of it. I hadn’t touched the roof
and as I drove’ the roof kept melting and running down my front windows. I just kept using
windshield wipers. By the time I reached my destination and looked at my car, no hint of snow remained and my car looked very clean.
Sometimes, you just have to do what you have to do no matter how silly you look!
We are expecting another storm tomorrow evening, but I’ll get in what I need ahead of time and watch the storm from inside my hoouse