i miss the colder temperature of some places I have lived. Ten degrees difference means the snow is lighter weight, has less water in it. And instead of ice and slush everywhere, you have pretty snow. Until March.
That's part of why southern states often have more trouble dealing with snow fall, even though they get less of it. I remember an
Atlantic article about the phenomenon that, as is
Atlantic's wont, insinuated that the greater difficulty in dealing with snow was all down to foolish policy and cultural failings. Comments on the article pointed out that snow in southern states tends to be very wet and heavy, and invariably turns into sheets of ice overnight. You can't plow a thin film of slick ice.
On the exceedingly rare occasions that we get snow here, it's always a borderline situation. I've made the decision to close down the library on a snowy morning, only to have the mess on the roads melt away completely by noon, making me look like something of an idiot. Then again, some of our staff live well out of town, and the rural roads may not clear up so quickly.
It's been a moot point for the last several snowless "winters." We'll see what happens this winter.
