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I just measured the snow in the yard. It's at 18 inches and still snowing. (Original Post) TomSlick Feb 2021 OP
Other than the temporary inconvenience, what's life like in SW Arkansas? mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2021 #1
The power has stayed on - so far. TomSlick Feb 2021 #4
Some of the brighter Texans have suggested... ret5hd Feb 2021 #6
The lore in my family is that my GG-Grandfather traveled west from Tennessee avoiding creditors. TomSlick Feb 2021 #7
ask Sarah Huckabee to shovel for you. te he riversedge Feb 2021 #2
Hell, I wouldn't even let Sarah Smokey-Eyes shovel my snow. TomSlick Feb 2021 #5
Almost that up here outside Little Rock LiberalArkie Feb 2021 #3

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,756 posts)
1. Other than the temporary inconvenience, what's life like in SW Arkansas?
Wed Feb 17, 2021, 09:12 PM
Feb 2021

And I never would have guessed that it was possible for SW Arkansas to get an 18-nch snowfall.

TomSlick

(11,150 posts)
4. The power has stayed on - so far.
Wed Feb 17, 2021, 09:19 PM
Feb 2021

The street department in our little town only has one snow plow blade that it bolts to a dump truck. They won't begin to try to clear the streets until the snow stops. (It will stop - right?)

The temperature has been hovering in the teens for a longer period of time than I ever remember.

We ain't real smart in Arkansas sometimes but at least we ain't Texas trying to run our own electrical grid, apparently held together with baling wire and bubble gum.

ret5hd

(20,564 posts)
6. Some of the brighter Texans have suggested...
Wed Feb 17, 2021, 10:01 PM
Feb 2021

shooting the power lines for not cooperating.

I kid... but not by that much.

TomSlick

(11,150 posts)
7. The lore in my family is that my GG-Grandfather traveled west from Tennessee avoiding creditors.
Wed Feb 17, 2021, 10:12 PM
Feb 2021

When he got to the Red River, there was a big sign that said "GOOD LAND ENDS HERE." Being illiterate, he pushed on into Texas.

When my grandfather learned to read, he moved the family back to Arkansas.

TomSlick

(11,150 posts)
5. Hell, I wouldn't even let Sarah Smokey-Eyes shovel my snow.
Wed Feb 17, 2021, 09:21 PM
Feb 2021

I don't know how she would screw it up but I know she would.

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