{"id":269,"date":"2008-11-21T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/11\/snow-the-lack-of-it.html"},"modified":"2008-11-21T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T15:21:00","slug":"snow-the-lack-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/11\/snow-the-lack-of-it.html","title":{"rendered":"Snow…the Lack of It!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So…now that Dave and I have left the Raleigh, NC area, they’re getting snow<\/a>! Again!<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, we’re still high and dry here in Omaha…but hey, it got down to 10 F this morning!<\/p>\n

Those who are closer friends with the Vollmers have heard the stories of the freak weather we bring to every location we’ve lived in since we got married in August 1995. For those who don’t know, here’s the summary:<\/p>\n

1.) Ft. Polk, Leesville, and DeRidder, LA. Ice storm, January 1997<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This was pretty daunting. Louisiana flora and fauna didn’t take to this very well, neither did the 101st Airborne soldiers who were in the field doing training during this ice storm. I remember sliding sideways in my car down the hill towards the base weather station.<\/p>\n

2.) Seoul, S. Korea. Monsoon flooding, August 1998.<\/a> (<– See 5th paragraph of this link) We had a Korean citizen working in our weather unit. Mr. Ko. He told us that folklore said that every 11 years, the annual Korea Monsoon is worse than usual. And every 11th of those 11 years, it’s even worse. And 1998 was predicted to be that 121st year. All of us Americans who’d heard this were like, “Yeah, right, whatever…” Well, the folklore was right. It was the worst flooding in everyone’s memory, bridges that bisected Seoul were flooded out, the military was on the verge of deploying thousands of people into the fields for a major exercise and those plans were disrupted. The building Dave and I lived in flooded on the ground floor, and our Saturn flooded a little, too. But we didn’t have it nearly as badly as some of those stationed closer to the DMZ, whose quonset huts filled to the brim! 3.) Beavercreek (Dayton), OH. Xenia Tornado Redux, September 20, 2000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Most weather weenies know the story of the April 3, 1974 F5 tornado that plowed through Xenia, Ohio<\/a>. They still debate to this day whether that was the strongest tornado ever measured.<\/p>\n

The September 2000 tornado originated very close to our house, and moved AWAY from our house, following a very similar path to the 1974 one. I had asked for a bicycle for my birthday (which was the day after the tornado). We lived near a nice bike trail network, and Xenia was closed to non-resident motor vehicle traffic for about a week. But Dave and I were able to ride our new bikes all over the town and see the damages up close and personal. It was very eerie to see where the tornado had crossed our local bike trail…<\/p>\n

4.) Melbourne, FL. Hurricanes Charley, Frances, and Jeanne<\/a>, August-October 2004.<\/p>\n

By this point in our lives, Dave and I knew that strange weather happens when we live somewhere and I feel it contributed to our decision to NOT to buy a house on the barrier islands. Yes, it’s very superstitious, but I’m grateful every day of the wise choice we made when we bought our first house in Florida 5 miles INLAND.<\/p>\n

We moved to Florida in spring 2002. As the hurricane seasons of 2002 and 2003 wound down, we started looking at just how long it had been since a hurricane hit the Florida east coast south of Jacksonbille and north of where Hurricane Andrew had hit in 1992. Nearly 100 years, if I remember correctly! As every year since Andrew had passed, Florida was holding its breath for the next “biggie”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those storms absolutely decimated houses all over East Central Florida, but our home was spared, except for damaged screens and a blown air conditioner fuse.<\/p>\n

5.) Apex (Raleigh), NC. The Apex Chlorine Fire (not really weather)<\/a>, October 2006 and NC’s Worst Drought in over 100 Years, Summer 2007.<\/a><\/p>\n

We heard the initial explosions from the chlorine storage containers at about 10:30pm, and we saw the glow in the sky from our front porch. It was a pleasant evening, I remember, so we had opened up all the windows in our house, which made it easier to hear the explosions and the emergency vehicles…one after another.<\/p>\n

We wasted no time packing the boys, the dog and some provisions and then made haste to Dave’s NC State office near downtown Raleigh. After that, we took a breath, and made follow on arrangements in a hotel in North Raleigh. It was warm the night we evacuated, so the boys were in short pajamas, and I remember having to buy warmer PJs at Walmart for the following night…one of the season’s first cold fronts had passed.<\/p>\n

I forfeited part of our reimbursement from the evacuation expenses because I refuse to sign a gag order. I had a 4-year-old and an 18-month old! Who knows if something will come along later that might be related to this? <\/p>\n

As for the drought, I’m glad it’s now over<\/a>. All it took was Dave and me moving out of the area…I’m glad we could help.<\/p>\n

6.) Bellevue (Omaha), NE. ??????????? I’m wondering if we’ve shut down the snow here…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So…now that Dave and I have left the Raleigh, NC area, they’re getting snow! Again! Meanwhile, we’re still high and dry here in Omaha…but hey, it got down to 10 F this morning! 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