Originally Posted by
Steely Dan
let's hope, but sometimes these bad winters work in long term, multi-year trends. as has been mentioned before, during my childhood in the late 70s/early 80s, chicago was walloped with a series of bad winters. since the mid 80s though, winters have been closer to normal, some worse than others sure, but nothing out of the ordinary. then came this utterly ridiculous winter. this winter reminds me of the crap winters of my childhood. let's hope it's not indicative of a longer term trend.
I remember those winters of the late 70's early 80's in Chicago, and this winter is bringing back those bad memories. It seemed like they would never end and it would never quit snowing, yet now that's so far in the past it makes me want to tell people to get off my lawn.