Comments on: Heap Big Snow Come http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/03/26/heap-big-snow-come/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed America's most comprehensive site dedicated to the life, literature, and many homes of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Julia Frey http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/03/26/heap-big-snow-come/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Julia Frey Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:59:49 +0000 http://www.beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=567#comment-72 I felt the same curiosity you did about blizzards while I read the books growing up. But I grew up in HAWAII! No chance for a blizzard there. And now I live in Los Angeles. I lived in Seattle for a year, but the worst that happened was gentle snowfall two or three times in the winter. I'm still curious. I felt the same curiosity you did about blizzards while I read the books growing up. But I grew up in HAWAII! No chance for a blizzard there. And now I live in Los Angeles. I lived in Seattle for a year, but the worst that happened was gentle snowfall two or three times in the winter.

I’m still curious.

]]> By: Elllie Mae http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/03/26/heap-big-snow-come/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Elllie Mae Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:51:11 +0000 http://www.beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=567#comment-69 I hope you came through this blizzard safely! I am in northern Colorado, and we were whomped with this blizzard yesterday. While (foolishly) driving in it, I realized that visibility was terrible--this gave me the biggest rush! Why? Because I thought back to the blizzards described in "The Long Winter", and was in some small way imagining what it was like for Laura's family back then. Silly, I know, but it put a huge smile on my face, even as I negotiated frightful roads in a fairly inadequate minivan. I hope you came through this blizzard safely!
I am in northern Colorado, and we were whomped with this blizzard yesterday. While (foolishly) driving in it, I realized that visibility was terrible–this gave me the biggest rush! Why? Because I thought back to the blizzards described in “The Long Winter”, and was in some small way imagining what it was like for Laura’s family back then. Silly, I know, but it put a huge smile on my face, even as I negotiated frightful roads in a fairly inadequate minivan.

]]> By: Kim http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/03/26/heap-big-snow-come/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Kim Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:51:58 +0000 http://www.beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=567#comment-70 Enjoy your blizzard. :) I hope you don't lose power. Get out your copy of The Long Winter and sit by a window to read it. We're expecting 3-5 inches of snow tomorrow night here in Southern, IL. It won't be a blizzard, but I'll still enjoy it. Enjoy your blizzard. :) I hope you don’t lose power. Get out your copy of The Long Winter and sit by a window to read it. We’re expecting 3-5 inches of snow tomorrow night here in Southern, IL. It won’t be a blizzard, but I’ll still enjoy it.

]]> By: Cheryl Whitlock http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/03/26/heap-big-snow-come/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Cheryl Whitlock Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:58:59 +0000 http://www.beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=567#comment-71 I hope to experience a blizzard from a safe viewing point one day. Being from the South, I have only seen a half-dozen really good snows in my 53 years. The best one was when I was about 10, it snowed almost a foot. We had a icy hill in front of our house and I had my first and only sled ride. It is amazing how fast you can go. I hope to experience a blizzard from a safe viewing point one day. Being from the South, I have only seen a half-dozen really good snows in my 53 years. The best one was when I was about 10, it snowed almost a foot. We had a icy hill in front of our house and I had my first and only sled ride. It is amazing how fast you can go.

]]> By: Chris Lowenstein http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/03/26/heap-big-snow-come/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Chris Lowenstein Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:10:19 +0000 http://www.beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=567#comment-68 I once saw a blizzard in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, near Lake Tahoe (where the Donner Party encountered their gruesome fate). While I am used to seeing snow up there each winter, the blizzard was amazing, with snow falling and blowing so thick that we could not even see the house across the street from the house where we were staying. I was so thankful to be inside, and I could really understand the Gold Rush legends of people who got lost in a blizzard and were found dead about five feet from their front doors. They couldn't even see it. Good luck with your blizzard. Stay inside and be safe! And read a little Long Winter to keep you company. ;-) I once saw a blizzard in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, near Lake Tahoe (where the Donner Party encountered their gruesome fate). While I am used to seeing snow up there each winter, the blizzard was amazing, with snow falling and blowing so thick that we could not even see the house across the street from the house where we were staying. I was so thankful to be inside, and I could really understand the Gold Rush legends of people who got lost in a blizzard and were found dead about five feet from their front doors. They couldn’t even see it. Good luck with your blizzard. Stay inside and be safe! And read a little Long Winter to keep you company. ;-)

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