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Uma Guma

CJ Antichow
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What’s one thing that would instantly improve your city?
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If the average first snowfall date wasn’t September 22!!!

Yikes!

October 14/25 in my city

36 responses to “Uma Guma”

  1. MaryG Avatar
    MaryG

    No! Way too early.

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      I know right?! I was a bit startled to see that! Sept 22?? The average day? That’s in a week lol

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      1. MaryG Avatar
        MaryG

        How do you deal with snow removal on your own property up there? Does Clint have a plow?

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      2. CJ Antichow Avatar
        CJ Antichow

        Some people use a small plow mounted on their ATVs, Clint uses a snowblower to do our driveway and some of the backyard.

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  2. jt Avatar
    jt

    I probably would have enjoyed that when I was a little younger, like ten or so, but now as I’m approaching my, uh, maturity, I couldn’t deal with it.

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Oh yes the kids love it! Me not so much nowadays either but what can ya do?!

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  3. JD Avatar
    JD

    yikes!

    here it’s be not having the QEW reduce from 5 lanes to 3 within 1km

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      I can’t imagine the chaos!

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  4. rebuilding rob Avatar
    rebuilding rob

    Too soon…

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Absolutely is!

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  5. JD Avatar
    JD

    …and it’s practically 24/7…there is no “good” time to hit that area…

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Yikes!

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      1. JD Avatar
        JD

        Yeah…heading into it…wish me luck 🤷🏻‍♂️

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  6. Bana.fahgeo Avatar
    Bana.fahgeo

    Oh 😳 no.
    I relate

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  7. veeruucareem Avatar
    veeruucareem

    ♥

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  8. Michael Williams Avatar
    Michael Williams

    i can definitely understand how that would be an improvement Ceej. wow! Mike

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Ughhh 😩

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  9. Stephanie Avatar
    Stephanie

    We’re supposed to have another light snow year, due to Super El Nino. I hope not. But I can definitely understand this sentiment!

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      I’ve been reading and reading what the El Nino means for us but they’re pretty ambiguous about the details 😏

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      1. Stephanie Avatar
        Stephanie

        My understanding is that there will ‘probably’ be less snow and more rain where I am, but not sure what it means for you. We need snow here to stave off drought, rather than rain.

        Generally it means droughts and floods, I think.

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  10. Edward Ortiz Avatar
    Edward Ortiz

    I’m totally with you on that one. Yes, let’s push it to November, at least.

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Ughhh no kidding! I was actually surprised to read this!

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      1. Edward Ortiz Avatar
        Edward Ortiz

        Yeah, September is insane.

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  11. M. Avatar
    M.

    Yowza..that sucks

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      It sure does! Let’s hope it stays away a bit longer this year!

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  12. justrojie Avatar
    justrojie

    already?? whoah…

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Seems a bit early but i think it’s not necessarily snow that stays, just snow that falls!

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  13. thetravelingtaylorsofficial Avatar
    thetravelingtaylorsofficial

    An average first snowfall of September 22 is a genuinely startling number – that is a week away. Answering “what would improve your city” with “move winter back” is very fair when the calendar is that unreasonable. Your note in the comments that it is snow that falls rather than snow that stays is the only comforting part of this. Meanwhile the children would be thrilled, which is the usual split in our house too.

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Thanks for your comment, it actually snowed this morning lol and is still snowing as I type this!

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  14. Michael B. Fishman Avatar
    Michael B. Fishman

    What does “Uma Guma” mean? At least the roads are clear in that picture which makes having snow not so bad. But September 22nd is really early. Do you often get freezing rain up there?

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Uma guma is something Sid said for a while, i’m not sure where he heard it but i would assume from a tv show. Then my oldest daughter and her boyfriend started copying him and saying it all the time. Sort of in place of “oh my gosh/oh my god!”.

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    2. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Oh freezing rain, usually a couple of times in spring/fall but really not that often, i think it’s too cold to be freezing rain, it just comes down as snow lol

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  15. amidlifeadventure@icloud.com Avatar
    amidlifeadventure@icloud.com

    When I was a child we used to get snow, admittedly not until December/January with 6 ft drifts that stopped the buses coming up the hills and we would get time off school.
    The last time we had snow was early December 2022, who says climate change isn’t real? We just get 6 months of rain now 😞

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      That’s crazy, nearly 4 years without snow?!

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      1. amidlifeadventure@icloud.com Avatar
        amidlifeadventure@icloud.com

        I miss it CJ. To me growing up it was a real sign that Winter had arrived and getting on a White Christmas was a real thing! But not anymore 😔

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      2. CJ Antichow Avatar
        CJ Antichow

        Oh yes, at least for Christmas!

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