[darstar]

No problem here in the UP . We salt and sand , everyday.. Roads are great , and , we have 12 feet of the fluffy stuff so far this winter. calling for 12 to 14 " tonight , thats a flurry to us.....
The difference , we have custom designed equipment to do the job right. Winter is wonderful here in da UP.

[Lindseyup67]

I agree Darstar.....let it snow! I live in a snowbelt (Negaunee) and the road crew around here takes excellent care of us! Course it could be that the guys running the plow trucks have tons of friends and relatives that live on our street.........LOL

[darstar]

Originally Posted by Lindseyup67

I agree Darstar.....let it snow! I live in a snowbelt (Negaunee) and the road crew around here takes excellent care of us! Course it could be that the guys running the plow trucks have tons of friends and relatives that live on our street.........LOL

I hope you are not saying everyone in the UP is related ?

I ran into that when I lived in North Carolina.....

[xlabel]

I saw a stat on the news the other night that we've had 17 consecutive days where the high temp never got over freezing, with most of those days being below 20; so it's like, why waste the salt.

[Cliffie]

OK, we've had two days of temps hovering near freezing, and for almost the first time this season we've had 2 straight days w/o snow, freezing rain or what have you. So what do I finally see this morning, driving to work without my parka, on a bone-dry road in actual sunshine?

A TRUCK SPREADING SALT ON THE ASPHALT.

WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THESE PEOPLE?

[MGD]

Originally Posted by darstar

No problem here in the UP . We salt and sand , everyday.. Roads are great , and , we have 12 feet of the fluffy stuff so far this winter. calling for 12 to 14 " tonight , thats a flurry to us.....
The difference , we have custom designed equipment to do the job right. Winter is wonderful here in da UP.

You always sound so supremely happy to be living where you're living! It makes me smile!

And this thread makes me realize...that I was right about one thing...pointless for it to be cold without snow...and if you are going to be somewhere that snows, itshould not be somewhere with accidental or sometime-ish snow that the authorities have no clue how to handle, much less the residents...might as well be dead in the middle of real amounts of it that people are use to dealing with...

That said, I am kind of glad I plan to leave the driving for the most part to the folks who know what they are doing up there...cause right now your weather sounds SERIOUS.

Originally Posted by Cliffie

OK, we've had two days of temps hovering near freezing, and for almost the first time this season we've had 2 straight days w/o snow, freezing rain or what have you. So what do I finally see this morning, driving to work without my parka, on a bone-dry road in actual sunshine?

A TRUCK SPREADING SALT ON THE ASPHALT.

WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THESE PEOPLE?

LMAO

[darstar]

Originally Posted by MGD

You always sound so supremely happy to be living where you're living! It makes me smile!

And this thread makes me realize...that I was right about one thing...pointless for it to be cold without snow...and if you are going to be somewhere that snows, itshould not be somewhere with accidental or sometime-ish snow that the authorities have no clue how to handle, much less the residents...might as well be dead in the middle of real amounts of it that people are use to dealing with...

That said, I am kind of glad I plan to leave the driving for the most part to the folks who know what they are doing up there...cause right now your weather sounds SERIOUS.



LMAO

Everyone on the street you meet , has a smile. Last week , when we had our " January thaw " , in February. ( it got up to 40 for a few hours ) , people were actually wearing shorts , and I saw a few cars with the top down also. Its back to 20 today , lots more snow tonight and tomorrow predicted. The sun is quite intense this time of year however , we pray for sunny days , thats our beach escape.

[MGD]

Originally Posted by darstar

Everyone on the street you meet , has a smile. Last week , when we had our " January thaw " , in February. ( it got up to 40 for a few hours ) , people were actually wearing shorts , and I saw a few cars with the top down also. Its back to 20 today , lots more snow tonight and tomorrow predicted. The sun is quite intense this time of year however , we pray for sunny days , thats our beach escape.

FORTY degrees is a THAW to you? what the....

Ok so just where in northern michigan counts as the UP?

And are you serious there are zero black people, hispanics...no minorities aside from native americans?

And funny, I thought only aborigines had blond hair. Interesting to know some Indians do too...

[darstar]

Originally Posted by MGD

FORTY degrees is a THAW to you? what the....

Ok so just where in northern michigan counts as the UP?

And are you serious there are zero black people, hispanics...no minorities aside from native americans?

And funny, I thought only aborigines had blond hair. Interesting to know some Indians do too...

get out your map... the UP , is Upper Michigan. The land beyond the Big bridge , Lake Superior to the north , Lake Michigan to the south , Lake Huron to the east. We have 3 per cent of the Michigan population , and about half the land area.
We have some blacks , some Hispanics , ( very few ).... most white natives are from Finnish decent. The oldtimers are called " Finlanders " , still speak Finnish , and everyone has a northern European slang , and work ethic .

[MGD]

Originally Posted by darstar

get out your map... the UP , is Upper Michigan. The land beyond the Big bridge , Lake Superior to the north , Lake Michigan to the south , Lake Huron to the east. We have 3 per cent of the Michigan population , and about half the land area.
We have some blacks , some Hispanics , ( very few ).... most white natives are from Finnish decent. The oldtimers are called " Finlanders " , still speak Finnish , and everyone has a northern European slang , and work ethic .

Ahhh...methinks its the finnish mixing with the indians that caused that streak of blonde here and there. lol.

The place has a physical description that SOUNDS like Finland...I can see why they would like it there...

Interesting the connections you find in each part of the U.S. to the roots in foreign lands and the history that made the place the way it is today...one country with several different worlds going on at once...

How did you end up there?