Sneaux next week [Historic snowstorm in southeast Louisiana on January 21, 2025] (6 Viewers)

[TheRealJRad]

Didn't we have some snow in the 90s? I remember I was in Destrehan at the time, so early 90s perhaps?

Of course it could also just be child memory making it out to be more than it was

 

[buzd]

punctuation aside - or whatever it's called when you use punctuation for measurements
the tour I mentioned actually started in Aspen where they'd already had 17 FEET of snow (that season not in a day) and THAT was a lot of snow
thing I remembered the most about that snow was watching a guy shovel it and his dog kept trying to catch/eat the snow when the guy tossed it

That is a lot. But mountain snow is a little bit of a different thing - because they're set up for it. It's also pretty interesting to go to ski resorts in the summer to see how much different it looks. Aspen is beautiful in the summer.

 

[Bill]

punctuation aside - or whatever it's called when you use punctuation for measurements
the tour I mentioned actually started in Aspen where they'd already had 17 FEET of snow (that season not in a day) and THAT was a lot of snow
thing I remembered the most about that snow was watching a guy shovel it and his dog kept trying to catch/eat the snow when the guy tossed it

The most snow we ever saw for a ski trip was in Colorado in 2014 where we got 42 inches of snow for the week and had a one-day total of 19 inches! Previous trips we had received an occasional single day total of around 8 inches. But that day in 2014 was the first time I ever really had a chance to experience deep powder skiing!

 

[buzd]

Didn't we have some snow in the 90s? I remember I was in Destrehan at the time, so early 90s perhaps?

Of course it could also just be child memory making it out to be more than it was

Yes, but maybe 1/2".

 

[Madmarsha]

 

[buzd]

The most snow we ever saw for a ski trip was in Colorado in 2014 where we got 42 inches of snow for the week and had a one-day total of 19 inches! Previous trips we had received an occasional single day total of around 8 inches. But that day in 2014 was the first time I ever really had a chance to experience deep powder skiing!

My wife (who is a much better skier than I) turned me into a snow drift the first time I skied real powder. My nieces could hear the profanity down the mountain.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

That is a lot. But mountain snow is a little bit of a different thing - because they're set up for it. It's also pretty interesting to go to ski resorts in the summer to see how much different it looks. Aspen is beautiful in the summer.

Unfortunately didn’t get to see any ski type stuff in Aspen (I’ve only experienced that in Tahoe), we were locked into downtown Aspen the whole time
Still pretty though

 

[Madmarsha]

I was told size didn't matter

 

[Rickboy]

This is one thing I've always wondered about:

What kind of physical condition do you have to be in to be able to shovel a driveway full of snow? Seems like once your body started converting from "young person" to "middle aged" that shoveling snow would become too hard to do for many people.

And I gather you might have to do it once or twice a day for several days running? Sometimes?

I also imagine that shoveling off a driveway would take some time ... maybe an hour for a few inches to several hours for waist-deep snow. About right? Or is it faster going than I'm thinking?

Also, what's the "eff it" point where you just commit to staying indoors for the duration and thus give up on shoveling anything? Waist high? Higher? Lower?

(Man, people moving from the snowless South to a snowy clime must really be lost with this stuff for a while)

For 53, I’d say I’m in pretty decent shape considering I workout 4 to 5 times a week. It takes me about 30 minutes to clear my driveway by hand but keep in mind that the snow here is a powder and not slushy at all. It makes a massive difference in the amount of effort needed.

The hardest part of shoveling snow is my fingers always freeze no matter how thick the gloves are I’m wearing. I really need to invest in some heated gloves.

 

[Rickboy]

I love the view of the front range as you're approaching Golden on I-70. The drive up to the Divide is very pretty as long as there is no heavy traffic. That can make for a miserable few hours.

I do my best to avoid I-70 when there is any sign of snow in the forecast. There are too many folks from out of state that don’t know how to drive in snow and have basic all season tires with no chains. I have winter tires for both of my vehicles.

If I really want to go to Breckenridge, I’ll take hwy 285. There is traffic there as well but a lot fewer people, from out of the state, drive there.

 

[faceman]

I was living in New Orleans and was a few months shy of 4 years old for that one. I do vaguely remember playing in the snow for that winter storm.

Your the same age as my oldest sister. She remembers it. We didn't have any winter boots,so my mom
wrapped our feet in bread wrappers so we could play in it.

 

[faceman]

Didn't we have some snow in the 90s? I remember I was in Destrehan at the time, so early 90s perhaps?

Of course it could also just be child memory making it out to be more than it was

I know there was one in 96. My wife was about to visit Taiwan and her flight got delayed. Looks like it
missed Nola though.

https://www.weather.gov/mob/1996_Snow

 

[Bill]

I do my best to avoid I-70 when there is any sign of snow in the forecast. There are too many folks from out of state that don’t know how to drive in snow and have basic all season tires with no chains. I have winter tires for both of my vehicles.

If I really want to go to Breckenridge, I’ll take hwy 285. There is traffic there as well but a lot fewer people, from out of the state, drive there.

The drive we would take from Denver to the ski resorts always happened early Sunday morning. For about 25 trips I only remember running into weather related traffic twice... and only once was it at a near standstill. I've never taken Hwy 285 mainly because I know how my wife would feel if any road we're on is very close to the edge of a sharp drop off to a deep ravine. She almost lost her mind when I once took our car over Swan Mountain Rd on the south side of Lake Dillon between Keystone and Breckenridge. She always thinks I'm driving too close to the edge of any road when I'm in the mountains. Perhaps I'd feel the same way about her driving if I was in the passenger seat and the roads were icy.

 

[buzd]

The drive we would take from Denver to the ski resorts always happened early Sunday morning. For about 25 trips I only remember running into weather related traffic twice... and only once was it at a near standstill. I've never taken Hwy 285 mainly because I know how my wife would feel if any road we're on is very close to the edge of a sharp drop off to a deep ravine. She almost lost her mind when I once took our car over Swan Mountain Rd on the south side of Lake Dillon between Keystone and Breckenridge. She always thinks I'm driving too close to the edge of any road when I'm in the mountains. Perhaps I'd feel the same way about her driving if I was in the passenger seat and the roads were icy.

I drove over Independence Pass once.

Never again. I will drive all the way around the Rockies before I do that again.

 

[buzd]