CNN says 4-8 in snow april 6
western N C high elevations for Monday
You gotta love it! I bet there'll will even be more. A bunch of cold is com'n down.
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If they are anything like the Weather Channel, you'll get about half of that.
I used to bet my roomate on so many of the snowstorms that the Weather Channel predicted. He'd be going out and stocking up on bread and milk and doing everything TWC told him to do.
I'd say, I'll bet you a dollar that we don't get more than 2" ! He'd say, you're on!
I can remember at least $5 that i won this way.
They like to scare people.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams
The good part is that it is Spring and in a few days the snow will be gone.
It will be quite nice hiking in the slow covered world for a day or two this time of year.
If hikers can't handle a few inches of snow, they should go home.
Cool! Should help recharge the springs and streams.
NOAA shows <1" in the forecast
The trail was here before we arrived, and it will still be here when we are gone...enjoy it now, and preserve it for others that come after us
Snow is good
You're absolutely right Kirby. What does one expect hiking in the high elevations in early Spring?Originally Posted by Kirby
Not just for the world of hikers but for the general population: what's wrong with snow? It's a natural phenomena that humankind has lived with for thousands of years. As Fiddlehead said, the media are hysterical with respect to snow, treating it like the plague or a hydrogen bomb. Where I used to live in the DC area, the local news folks were truly alarmist in their snow predictions, always premising their commentary with the assumption that everyone felt that same panicky way about snow. It seems like schools close at the drop of a hat because of this wimpiness.
Let it snow!
Exactly. Upon his arrival at 1600 Pennsy, Pres. Obama chastised DCers for their wimpy attitude about snow when his daughter's school closed because of a couple inches. Tongue partially in-cheek of course. After all, he lived in Chicagoland previously.
I love the DC media with its "StormCenters" and the like predicting the end of the world. Out here in the Shenandoah Valley we tend to take it all in stride. Well, not all of us...we have a bunch of DC transplants here now.
Out here in Frostburg, we also take it in stride; with an annual average of 100" per Wikipedia, snow is a way of life. And this is one tranplanted DCer who deosn't mind it one bit! In fact, I'm bummed that the 3 winters I've lived here have seen less than that 100" average.......I love the DC media with its "StormCenters" and the like predicting the end of the world. Out here in the Shenandoah Valley we tend to take it all in stride. Well, not all of us...we have a bunch of DC transplants here now.
The TV stations need folks to watch. If they act like a crisis is eminent you are more likely to watch. rateings is what it is about.
Clyde
4-8 inches. that's all? it ain't no biggie. had 2 feet on april 4th of 87 at standining indian shelter. temps. in the teens. it's still winter in the mountains. global warming is a major joke
Seems like its warmed up a good deal since April 4th, 1987.
Just another example of global warming.
pretty unlikelySeems like its warmed up a good deal since April 4th, 1987.
Just another example of global warming.
snow is not that big of a deal did the smokies several years ago and there was two feet or better -- up to your waist if you got slightly off the ridge line in some places you just need the be prepared and understand it will take longer to do the miles
Hillbilly
No more worries about 1-2 feet of snow in spring, thanks to global warmingOur next worry is all the mercury in the ground from all those anti-global warming light bulbs.
You can't expect to traverse 70 miles above 4,000 feet and not see some snow. A few inches is nothing, and since its thru-hiker season, the trail will be packed down.
I get annoyed when hikers complain about the cold.
Were they expecting it to be 70 degrees and sunny every day from Georgia to Maine?
I'm going to school in DC in the fall, I'm looking forward to their "snow storms" of two inches.
In Maine, two inches is a near miss. Two feet is a storm.
Fox news says its going to snow here 2".
We had that in '07 in NC. No big deal. And melts fast. It's just your feet feel like crap.
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