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>>I think we've been relatively lucky in this corner - only about 5" of snow with little drifting. Mountain roads are closed tho.
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>Such a contrast to last year. T shirt and shorts weather I remember

Yes, same over here. It has been a rough winter (and much worse in other parts of the U.S. than here). Still, though. At first I thought I might be reading an Onion-like spoof. People fleeing the country in large numbers because the weather is bad? The economy plunging into recession? Wow.

PS -- is that really a cocker spaniel in the one photo?