You might be a “Southie” if...

[duluthralphie]

I am under the border line on duluthraphie's map. 47 cm/18 in of snow in under 24 hours yesterday. More coming tomorrow. -30C/-22F before wind chill is added. Surely this proves I am not a Southie

Sorry, it proves nothing. Even Florida gets snow once in a while.

The only way to prove you are not a Southie is a birth certificate from north of the line. Also you will need your parents and grandparents birth certificates.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Heck, even Phx gets snow.

And it's both beautiful and terrifying (because people here are idiots and can't drive in RAIN, let alone with 2cm of sky coke on the ground).

 

[1muttsfan]

I lived downstate in Michigan for a while, we got 30" of snow in about 8 hours overnight once time. Lake Effect snow can arrive anywhere along the Great Lakes. Nothing compared to the grueling cold and winter conditions up here in the Great White North.

Speaking of which, I wish you Southies would send our snow back up here. We have barely enough to run a snowmobile on. Cold without snow is BORING.

 

[DukesDucks]

I'm a long way from the Great Lakes. I like a good snow fall because then I can see the tracks of what went by in the night. Easier getting around on snowshoes than driving today.

 

[SueT]

I built a snowman yesterday...

In less than an hour he collapsed from heat prostration

 

[duluthralphie]

I prefer less snow. Too much snow ruins the ice fishing, when the water starts to seep above the ice.

 

[duluthralphie]

I built a snowman yesterday...
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In less than an hour he collapsed from heat prostration
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That is another way to tell if you’re southie. If your snowmen don’t have a 9 month life span, you’re a Southie.

 

[azurbanclucker]

I prefer less snow. Too much snow ruins the ice fishing, when the water starts to seep above the ice.

OK educate a desert rat. Is this because the show insulates and keeps seeping water from freezing or is it because the weight of the show forces water up from under the ice making a mess?

This winter wizardry is a mystery to me.

 

[duluthralphie]

The weight of the snow pushes the ice down.. the water seeps up through every crack and hole and covers the ice. The ice then has water surrounding it… think ice cube in a sweet tea.

In addition the snow insulates the lake to slow or stop it from making more ice.

A good ice cover is noisy, incase you didn’t know this. The cold freezes the ice which is constantly expanding, think beer bottle left in the freezer too long.

It makes a rifle like cracking with odd pitches to it as it freezes. When a Southie hears the ice freezing they turn extremely pale and start to freak out because they think the ice is cracking and they are going to drown.

 

[SueT]