Winter is still a few months from now, but here's a preview.

I'm in MN so winters are pretty freaking brutal. MN is the coldest state in the lower 48 and some places get over 100inches of snow here. Last year was a very warm and relatively low amount of snow so probably going to get hit bad this year.

A few years ago we had so much snow our snow blower couldn't throw it over the snow bank to get it off the driveway. Had 10ft snow banks. Driving to work is very interesting out here in rural areas in the winter. Sometimes they don't blow the roads for 3-4 days so good luck! I have ridden my snowmobile to work before. Used to ride snowmobile to school to when I was a kid. Sorta get use to it here as it's cold here from like October through May sometimes.
 
Not at all. I gotta go drive into the mountain passes for work. Nobody here can drive for shit. The slightest inclement weather and there are crashes cars everywhere like a zombie movie.

My commute is 25 to 30 minutes but in the snow it can be anywhere from 2 to 5 hours.
 
Not at all. I gotta go drive into the mountain passes for work. Nobody here can drive for shit. The slightest inclement weather and there are crashes cars everywhere like a zombie movie.

My commute is 25 to 30 minutes but in the snow it can be anywhere from 2 to 5 hours.
I used to drive 60 miles to work from west of Minneapolis into the metro area. It normally took an hour to get there. the first 45 miles is rural that last 15 is city/suburbs. When it snowed it took me like 50 minutes to get into the suburbs and then like 2hrs to go 15 miles.
 
I used to drive 60 miles to work from west of Minneapolis into the metro area. It normally took an hour to get there. the first 45 miles is rural that last 15 is city/suburbs. When it snowed it took me like 50 minutes to get into the suburbs and then like 2hrs to go 15 miles.
I just hope it doesn't fucking snow as much as last year. Sometimes you get on the road and THEN it changes from 2 to 4 or 5 hours and you're stuck at that point.
 
The first snow in November or December is pretty magical, but by January you're like "OK, I've had enough" but winter outstays its' welcome until April. I think it's very hard for people who live in warm climates to understand how much Canadian winters fuck with your psyche.

All the "Quality of life" charts placing Scandivanian countries and Canada towards the top are essentially lying because they never take in account weather, which is complete garbage for 6 months of the year.
 
No snow in my area, but I'm just hoping we get less rain this year. Last year was ridiculous in NorCal. Seems like La Nina will happen, which could possibly mean a drier winter...
 

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