hangman
almost-scientist
It came up on another thread, but Cajuns and cold do not mix. I mean, not at all. I never thought much of it until explaining it to my amused friends at college.
So for one, anything below about 25F (-3C or so) is incomprehensible. It simply doesn't register. 15F could be -10F for all we know. We'd be shivering, paralyzed with a single thought: "COLD!!!1!!"
It freezes rarely enough that people in the area (and most of the Gulf Coast I imagine) have next to no experience driving on ice, so it is highly inadvisable to drive at any time when there may be ice, since the carnage is regularly as bad as it was in Atlanta last year, minus the traffic.
For this reason, and maybe because kids here get extremely excited about any snow or ice (more on this in a second), schools often issue snow days when a freeze is likely, canceling classes at the slightest hint of ice.
Snow is even rarer than freezes. The only time I've ever seen significant snow here (like an inch) was in 2008. Most times (maybe once every 2-3 years) it's a slight dusting, enough to powder the roofs a bit. It's enough so that you will see people flooding outside to play in it. In college, I awoke early one morning to hear a ton of screaming outside my dorm thinking there was some kind of fight or something. Turns out, it was just snowing. The small amount of snow does not deter kids (and adults!) from making snowmen, usually about foot tall or less. I still get giddy when it snows, even though I've been to snowier areas before.
So for one, anything below about 25F (-3C or so) is incomprehensible. It simply doesn't register. 15F could be -10F for all we know. We'd be shivering, paralyzed with a single thought: "COLD!!!1!!"
It freezes rarely enough that people in the area (and most of the Gulf Coast I imagine) have next to no experience driving on ice, so it is highly inadvisable to drive at any time when there may be ice, since the carnage is regularly as bad as it was in Atlanta last year, minus the traffic.
For this reason, and maybe because kids here get extremely excited about any snow or ice (more on this in a second), schools often issue snow days when a freeze is likely, canceling classes at the slightest hint of ice.
Snow is even rarer than freezes. The only time I've ever seen significant snow here (like an inch) was in 2008. Most times (maybe once every 2-3 years) it's a slight dusting, enough to powder the roofs a bit. It's enough so that you will see people flooding outside to play in it. In college, I awoke early one morning to hear a ton of screaming outside my dorm thinking there was some kind of fight or something. Turns out, it was just snowing. The small amount of snow does not deter kids (and adults!) from making snowmen, usually about foot tall or less. I still get giddy when it snows, even though I've been to snowier areas before.
