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Old 01-07-2011, 12:13 PM   #1
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The Return of Snowzilla!!!!!

Well, looks like Snowzilla is set to debut this weekend!!
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Do you actually have enough snow in town? It looks like September out here, just frost on the grass! It all blew away!
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Do you actually have enough snow in town? It looks like September out here, just frost on the grass! It all blew away!
Yeah....sorta. A lot of it melted in the warm snap and because of the Chinook, but I guess this guy has managed to find it somewhere. My dad is in Sutton and there is no snow there either. It all blew away on the bitter North wind he had barrelling down thru his area. He is down to ice, frost and grass too.
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That is the coolest thing! I wish we had enough snow to do that at least once!

Question: Why did the city ban it? It looks to be on the guy's property.
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That is the coolest thing! I wish we had enough snow to do that at least once!

Question: Why did the city ban it? It looks to be on the guy's property.
Neighbor complaints due to the increased (major increased) traffic at all hours of the day and night if I remember correctly.
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It's in a pretty cramped neighborhood. The increased traffic, coupled with reduced roadway due to snowbanks, made the area a bit of a mess to travel through the last couple winters. We don't seem to have as many people who love to do big yard dispays up here, so when someone does, it gets attention!!
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Way cool! As soon as we get some decent snow I'm making snow monsters in my front yard (ala Calvin).
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