Date:         Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:18:54 -0800
Reply-To:     Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
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From:         Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: Big Snow In the East <WOT>
Comments: To: arbosch@RA.ROCKWELL.COM
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Panic over a measly 6 or 8 inches of snow???!!!
Out here in sunny California we've had about 5 FEET of snow over the past 48
hours... but no panic... we're used to it up here in the mountains.
We look at it as an opportunity to play... ski, snow board, 4 WD, etc.
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
Lake Tahoe
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Bosch <arbosch@RA.ROCKWELL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: Big Snow In the East <WOT>


>My company has offices up and down the East coast - from Greenville, SC to
>Boston - that are closing because of the snow.  Our district office in
>Philly said, "... it's terrible!!  <panic in voice!!>  There must be six or
>eight inches on the ground <even more panic in voice!!>!!"
>
>To that I say "HA!!"  Eight inches of snow...  Panic in the streets!  What
>would you folks do if you got two storms, three days apart, that each
>dumped 25 inches of snow on your butts, like what happened to us last
>March?!?  Only thing closed were the schools.  Couldn't drive the Van thru
>the stuff, but what the hey.
>
>Gimme a '82 Rabbit Diesel with a set of Blizzak (sp?) snow tires and I'd be
>all set.  Had one too, many moons ago.  Sure miss that Rabbit when the snow
>flies...
>
>Alan Bosch
>& Phred ('88 Wolfsburg)
>Rochester, NY
>It ain't snowin' here...
>