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It finally snowed here in The White Mountains of Arizona! We have waited all winter for some moisture but have got none! We are in a major drought and needed moisture in the worst way. It is over 14 inches right now and still coming down strong. Not suppost to stop until sometime tomorrow!

Welcome to Spring! I know we need it but I wish it would have come in smaller increments. My poor dog, Cowboy (chihuahua) is not happy with it at all!!!! We clean off the ramp and in just a few min. it is all covered again. Poor boy! He trys to go into the deeper snow and he just disappears.

Here are some pictures I took this morning.

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Lucky!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to get a snowfall like that here. We are all but through with winter here...we will have about 3 weeks of Spring and it will be Summer until November. *sigh*

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Oh my....that is so pretty!! We live in IN and I've waited all winter for snow like that. We've had rain most of the season. We would share if we could. :phanvan

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Terri - that is beautiful!

Like you, we are VERY dry over in Louisiana and would welcome ANYTHING wet.

Of coarse, in my neck of the woods, the white stuff is only a dream!

ENJOY!

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Here it is 10:00 p.m. and it is still coming down like crazy. We have over 3 feet now. It just wont stop!!

At this rate I wont be going to work on Monday! (I can pray)

I saw on the news tonight that they are getting snow in parts of the Valley (Phoenix)

Hey Jenna are you getting snow?

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Your pics are cute,

We had snow...right before you,

were in the line

I bundled the kids in snow gear and hats, drove around to the state park, and they closed the road. I was so pissed. caused my kids have never seen snow here.

you've got some good coverage

can we come and play

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It's still snowing! Well over 4 feet now.

OMG will it never end?

We had a really bad night. Our heater went out. I got up a 1 am and it was so cold. The blower on the heater went out! Very cold night and still cold today. Only to get to 29 today. Someone is here to fix it so please cross your fingers for me!!!!! I have so many layers of clothes on that I probably weigh the same as pre surgery! :)

YES, Vera come on over and bring the kids. We have a great hill right behind us that the kids love to sled down!

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Terri - 4 feet? :omg:

My goodness, you could get lost in that. You know, that IS a thought for my husbands dog.... (I hate that dog).

Just send him to Terri's and let him goooooo in the 4ft of snow. (Im being silly, sorry - but I DO hate his dog).

Hope the heater starts working soon. ((hugs)) girl.

Back in Feb 97' we had a ice storm - no electricity for 3 days.

it.

was.

cold.

Funny thing... in Nov of the same year, we had a baby boom happen in our city!

Strange, huh? :)

Stay bundled up, you should be safe!

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:clap2: :clap2: I HAVE HEAT!:clap2: :clap2:

But it is still snowing!:cry Roads are closed all over because of accidents. People just need to SLOW DOWN!!

Paula--How funny about the baby boom! Well I quess when there is nothing else to do and you need to get "warm"?:)

Some stranger came along today and plowed us out!:faint: I don't know who he is and he didn't stay after he was done. I need to find out so I can give that stranger a big hug! Aint small towns great!!!!!!:clap2:

Here are some more pictures.

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My fiance and I were up at Cliff Castle casino yesterday and when we went to drive back to Phoenix we got stuck in the huge snow storm. I have never driven in the snow before and I was seriously having a panic attack! People were pulled over on the sides of the rode and driving really dumb so that made me even more nervous. But there was no visibility and the roads were covered and we couldn't see the lines. I am glad for the rain and the snow, we really needed it, but OMG. I won't do that again!

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Hi,

Glad for your area you got snow. Maybe enough to support skiing and help your economy? We got snow here in Kingman too and we really needed the moisture too. I don't know the official amount but it was about 3-4 inches in our yard. Our dogs loved it!

Diane

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