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Snow fun in the Nations capital!

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With our record snowfall this year, here's some pics from the paper of snowbanks around town --- Mine was at least 10ft+ http://www.ottawasun.com/Photo....html
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was this today?? or over the whole winter..just gonna say our snow is pretty much melted away with the temps we've been having..specially today and also tomorrow..*sniff* i smell golf season!
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holllllyyy cow i thought it was rough when i had to shovvel 6" haha i couldny magine trying to throw snow on a bank like that
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I'm jealous, LOL. We never made it to the Big Island or Maui for their snowfall, which has probably already melted.
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I was really lost for a minute, I was like it snowed in DC, then I realized wrong capitol : )
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Quote, originally posted by bull77 »With our record snowfall this year, here's some pics from the paper of snowbanks around town --- Mine was at least 10ft+ http://www.ottawasun.com/Photo....htmlAh, but we never set the record. Its still back in the 70s... but we were second this year in snowfall amounts.
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Snow Much?
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Quote, originally posted by darcmater »I was really lost for a minute, I was like it snowed in DC, then I realized wrong capitol : )I thought the same... lol.... We had a record for February in Michigan... 40+ inches, the most snow in Michigan's history (ever..!!!) in February..
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Quote, originally posted by Sputnik »Ah, but we never set the record. Its still back in the 70s... but we were second this year in snowfall amounts.i know, i know, but we must have set a record for something this winter --- maybe the number of back injuries per capita
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Quote, originally posted by bull77 »i know, i know, but we must have set a record for something this winter --- maybe the number of back injuries per capita Oddly enough I didn't hear any stories about people dying of heart attacks from shoveling which the news normally reports on, just so they can warn people not to shovel if they aren't healthy!
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That's crazy amount of snow.Glad we didn't get that much.I realy like this pic
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i was bored and did a search on wikiTop 12 Ottawa snowiest winters Year Snowfall Amounts1970-71 444.1 cm2007-08 434.9 cm1992-93 347.3 cm1946-47 337.5 cm1942-43 316.4 cm1971-72 312.6 cm1996-97 301.8 cm1993-94 284.6 cm1995-96 283.2 cm1959-60 280.3 cm2000-01 277.6 cm1954-55 274.6 cm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa#Climate
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