So I’m NOT Alone!
Posted by dminor Sun, 15 Feb 2004 18:23:00 GMT
Jason Perkins wrote in his blog about experiencing his first winter in San Antonio, Texas versus his longtime residence: Chicago. I couldn’t stop laughing—a bit from jealousy, a bit from understanding.
Oh! You have to experience a San Antonio winter. On Christmas day I called home to ask how long I should leave the steaks out on the grill for proper cooking time. One family member told me to go to hell and then hung up and another simply hung up on me. I considered that ample getting even for the San Antonio summer that we suffered through last year.
One of my favorite memories about Oklahoma Holidays is getting to play golf every Thnaksgiving and most Christmases for free on the closed public golf courses. A light jacket was all that was usually needed!
It was a minimal snowfall and was completely melted by 8 a.m. and there were still 700 minor accidents and 100 major accidents in the San Antonio area. I intentionally stayed off of the roads until it was all gone this morning because I’ve seen how badly the local drivers are with rainfall and can’t imagine driving with snow and ice on the road.
The funny thing is that you’ll never find a person living in the South that says, “I’m a bad inclement weather driver.” But everyone will till you how bad “everyone else” is. The bad weather driving is one of the things I’ve really enjoyed about living in Chicago. People do seem to have a better sense of how to drive in bad weather, and let’s hear it for the street crews! They just get it clear … and fast. The other thing about winter up here is that when it does snow, it doesn’t melt the same day. We have, until recently, had 5-6” on the ground for a good while. We never got 5-6” at a time, it came in 1/2-1” at a time over several weeks. But it’s still there! I love it. Overall, while I miss the almost year-round golfing, I’ll trade that for the staying snow and the lack of a long, hot summer. Of course, then my brother Jay in LA will call anytime of year and it sounds pleasant there! I think I’d go nuts without the change of seasons.
