You call this a snowstorm?

Got an e-mail from a friend of mine, wondering how I was able to survive all these blizzards and snowstorms in usptate New York.

I responded back, “This is nothing, we get at least two or three Nor’easters every year, you just learn to deal with them.”

At which point I realized that there are plenty of people around the United States who don’t understand how us New Yorkers can deal with all these snowstorms without batting an eyelash.  I found this comparison list on line, and modified it slightly to fit the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area.  Hope you like it.

When it’s 60 degrees:

People in Florida turn on the heat.
People in Schenectady plant gardens.

When it’s 50 degrees:

Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Saratoga sunbathe.

When it’s 40 degrees:

Foreign cars won’t start.
People in Clifton Park drive with the windows down.

When it’s 32 degrees:

Distilled water freezes.
The water in the Hudson River gets thicker.

When it’s 20 degrees:

Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
People in Mechanicville throw on a flannel shirt.

When it’s 15 degrees:

People in Pennsylvania finally turn up the heat.
People make one last trip to Jumpin’ Jack’s before it gets cold.

Zero:
People in Miami all die.
People in Troy close the windows.

10 below zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico
People in East Greenbush get out their winter coats.

25 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Slingerlands are selling cookies door to door.

40 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in Colonie let the dogs sleep indoors.

100 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Folks in Poestenkill get upset because they can’t start the Mini-Van.

460 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale.)
People in Albany start saying…”Cold ’nuff fer ya?”

500 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
Berne-Knox-Westerlo schools will open two hours late.