Musings at Altitude

I want to visually compare the difference between snow in Baton Rouge and snow in Colorado Springs:

 

Baton Rouge

12/10/08

 

Colorado Springs

12/1/08

Although my wife’s family is from Louisiana on her Dad’s side, we now live in Colorado.  We used to get as excited about snow as they did in Baton Rouge this week when we were growing up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  But now, after living in Colorado Springs for many years and after experiencing up to 40 inches of snow in any one snow storm, we just don’t get as excited about snow anymore.

We do get excited (in an adverse way) about the shoveling that has to occur when there is a big snow storm.  We get even more excited when it’s that very wet, very heavy snow.  But we don’t get excited about a “dusting”, which is what we call a light snow fall that creates no consequence other than those small accidents caused by people who get careless when they need to be careful.

I’m just happy to hear the excitement of people here in Baton Rouge when they experience an event that occurs so commonly in Colorado Springs.  That’s something special!