Think it will snow?

The Western North Carolina Mountains have always been a haven of moderate temperatures and climate, year around. "Think it will snow?" was a common winter question with a not so common positive response - until last year. Record snow storms and accumulations marked 2010 to the delight of skiers and the despair of trail crews and anyone trying to navigate a combustion engine vehicle. 2011 is already heading in the same flakey direction.

"North Buncombe Snow Day Delayed by Snow" was Thursday's headline for the Asheville Citizen Times official Daily Snow News. Daily snow news??? Today had been scheduled as a make-up day at local schools for previous closures, but ADDITIONAL snowfall foiled officials' attempts to maintain a tight schedule. Along side the snow piles Asheville will be seeing less pristine garbage piles as waste collection was also postponed.

When life gives you snow, make snowmen! According to the Franklin Press some folks view the recent mountain winter wonderland as just another opportunity to get creative. The Crabtree family and friends brought  a group of "special" visitors to the Macon County Veterans Memorial Recreation Park this week. The cool visitors are seen here with Abigail Roper, Danyel Fouts, Samuel Crabtree, Timothy Crabtree, Stephan Crabtree, and Erin Moffitt in a photo taken  by Tim Crabtree.

Sylva’s Confederate soldier has a bird's eye view of the season’s third major snowstorm in Jackson County. Monday's storm left a blanket of 10+ inches on the Sylva-Dillsboro area by daybreak. The Sylva Herald reported accumulations ranging from 9 to 15 inches with schedules interrupted for everything from schools to government meetings while all awaited road clearings.


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