tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post111110862229219796..comments2023-10-10T03:39:50.342-05:00Comments on A Little Urbanity: Southern constructions of snowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1111275801809009652005-03-19T18:43:00.000-05:002005-03-19T18:43:00.000-05:00And it's now impossible to buy an umbrellia made i...And it's now impossible to buy an umbrellia made in America.Billy Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16264147065000056960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1111173678635001892005-03-18T14:21:00.000-05:002005-03-18T14:21:00.000-05:00Not to rain on anyone's "umbrellas-in-the-snow" pa...Not to rain on anyone's "umbrellas-in-the-snow" parade, but (as a native North Carolinian living in Boston for the past four years), I was just thinking how odd it was that, during the last snow-storm, everyone up here was walking around with umbrellas.<BR/><BR/>I can't speak for the rest of New England, but umbrellas-in-the-snow is alive and well in Boston.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1111168546089677812005-03-18T12:55:00.000-05:002005-03-18T12:55:00.000-05:00People in the South carry umbrellas becuase our sn...People in the South carry umbrellas becuase our snow is often "wet". Snow events in the South are likely to occur when the temperature at ground level is around 32 degrees or above and the atmosphere temperature is not much cooler. This causes the snow to be wet and to melt quickly after contact. <BR/><BR/>I have made the mistake of going for a long walk in a wet snow in Greensboro. When I got to my destination it looked like I had walked through a waterfall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1111160663213712832005-03-18T10:44:00.000-05:002005-03-18T10:44:00.000-05:00David-Brilliant construction! I believe your summa...David-<BR/><BR/>Brilliant construction! I believe your summary point is on the mark. Southerners...in particular... the ladies, generally do prefer dry heads without employing knit hats.<BR/><BR/>What you state for those in Iowa also holds true in New England.<BR/>You would never catch *anyone* with an umbrella in a snowstorm.<BR/><BR/>One weather centric factor to consider in this construction... the wind. From my recollections: there is more wind with a snowstorm in the Northeast than in the South.<BR/><BR/>In fact, the South is largely without constant winds. See the U.S. DOE National Renewable Energy Lab's <A HREF="http://www.nrel.gov/wind/images/wherewind800.jpg" REL="nofollow">Wind Power Map</A>Rob Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09219906678744621367noreply@blogger.com