Rachel just said it started snowing in her town today. Don't know

[gateley]

where that is, but someone earlier said those back there could be seeing some flakes. Wow!

[marmar]

1. When I lived in Syracuse, NOT having snow before Halloween was the exception.

nt

[JI7]

2. do kids go trick or treating if it snows ?

[marmar]

10. Yep. They're a hardy bunch up there in Upstate NY.

nt

[frazzled]

16. In Minneapolis, in 1991, we had 28.4 inches of snow on Halloween night

We'd invited a bunch of kids and their parents over for dinner and trick or treating. Some of the parents took the kids out while the rest of us cleaned up. The snow began to fall. By the time they came back, one tiny little girl who had started out as a princess came back as the Snow Queen. The blizzard continued with horrendous force. How everyone got home I can't remember. But I can tell you this: since it rarely got above freezing that winter (and winters last a long time in Minnesota), when the spring thaw finally came in April, every lawn on the neighborhood suddenly had the jack-o-lanterns from the previous October and giant pumpkin leaf bags emerging from under the melting layers: just in time for the Easter Bunny.

[gateley]

9. Wow - I can't even imagine that! I thought this must be

the earliest snow every in the history of the world! :blush:

[justiceischeap]

3. Rachel lives in Massachusetts nt.

[rurallib]

4. I think she lives in Western Massachusetts.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. big snow storm moving toward east coast now

we had frost here last night, in Detroit, but no snow yet

[moondust]

6. It snowed in Amarillo, Texas, yesterday.

Per local news.

Weird.

[elleng]

7. She lives in Northampton, Mass.

Also NYC.
Forecast for snow in Northampton Sat/Sun.

[gateley]

12. Sounds charming -- I'm sure it'll be beautiful!

:hi:

[elleng]

21. Yes, gate, very, and SMART!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_College

[Tx4obama]

8. Earlier today on the news it showed Boston getting A LOT of snow.

They said something like they'd be getting 3 times the record for October.

[gateley]

14. Totally missed that. Hope it's a blip and not a harbinger of

a very, very, very, long, snowy winter.

[valerief]

11. We got a layer of snow in Massachusetts last night. I think it was all Massachusetts.

We're supposed to get 4 to 6 inches tomorrow night.

[Aerows]

13. I miss snow

I'd love a nice layer of snow. Instead, I live on the coast, and it's hot as hell.

[gateley]

15. I love snow, too - I get excited every time it beings to fall.

I'm lucky in that it doesn't hang around long (or make it to the top of our roofs!). I'd really miss it if I lived in a hot as hell locale. :( :hug:

[Aerows]

18. If it snows

I run outside like a kid. Can't help it. I've been in 5 below and was overjoyed. I have the heart of the South, but a body that adores the North :D

[gateley]

23. I know -- I'm such a kid, too! A few years ago we got more

than our share, snowed more often, lasted longer -- and every time it would begin to fall again I'd start squealing and run outside.

You need to head up north at least once a year!

[Aerows]

26. I agree!

I went to Louisville, KY one year and actually went sledding. I was delighted. It was so awesome, I recommend everyone sled in their lifetime, even if they are 35 ;)

[valerief]

19. Snow is fine if it's under 6 inches. Unfortunately in New England, we get

mountains of it. Not as bad as the Northern Plains but enough to make us quickly sick of the shoveling and skidding and falling down and losing power.

[Aerows]

22. I love snow

I would be willing to shovel snow every morning.

It would be a trade off of dying of heat in the south :D

[valerief]

27. Oh, after thirty or forty or fifty years you wouldn't be saying that. Getting up at five am

in zero degree weather to spend and hour and a half shoveling so that you can get your car out of the driveway so that you can get to work at a reasonable hour. It's no picnic. That's what snow REALLY is for the average person.

And our last ice storm had people with no power for up to two weeks. I was out four days. It was really, really cold. All motels with power were full.

[handmade34]

17. snow forecast for vermont

[gateley]

25. Beautiful. You can hear the "peace". nt

[hlthe2b]

20. Meh....Colorado got major snow, including Denver two days ago....

Massachusetts is SOOOOO behind the time. ;)

[gateley]

24. Haha! Boy, it sure sounds early to me! Although I love love love

snow, don't know how well I'd do if I had to live with it for MONTHS.