It's happened before. In 1973 we got 16" where I live in SC. In the lower part of the state they got 24". The whole Eastern Seaboard from Louisiana to Virginia got hammered.
Snow happens occasionally in the South. The usual scenario is that a really cold spell sets in, and then Gulf moisture comes up the coast quick enough to arrive before the cold leaves. I'm in eastern NC. I got about 4 inches. It has been years since we've even had the ground covered in snow.
We got a foot or more in the early 70s. It was waist deep to my father in parts of our yard. In the late 80s, we got a similar snowstorm at Christmas. There were drifts up to the second floor of a downtown church. The city had to use frontend loaders to scoop up snow and load it onto dump trucks. Then it was hauled to the river and dumped. It was massive.
Younger people seem to think every weather event is somehow unprecedented. I've lived long enough to know better. I remember snow on the ground in my hometown on Christmas Day back in 1958. The snow was earlier, but it just stayed really cold for a few days.
Gulf coast here. Used to happen in the younger days 50-60’s all the time. Dosnt last long cause it melts but all the older folks tell me they remember colder winters and more snow that in recent years. Rare on the coast due to salty air but it does and used to happen much more often!
It's happened before. In 1973 we got 16" where I live in SC. In the lower part of the state they got 24". The whole Eastern Seaboard from Louisiana to Virginia got hammered.
https://www.wjbf.com/weather/beyond-the-forecast/51st-anniversary-how-the-great-southeastern-snowstorm-impacted-the-csra/
Snow happens occasionally in the South. The usual scenario is that a really cold spell sets in, and then Gulf moisture comes up the coast quick enough to arrive before the cold leaves. I'm in eastern NC. I got about 4 inches. It has been years since we've even had the ground covered in snow.
We got a foot or more in the early 70s. It was waist deep to my father in parts of our yard. In the late 80s, we got a similar snowstorm at Christmas. There were drifts up to the second floor of a downtown church. The city had to use frontend loaders to scoop up snow and load it onto dump trucks. Then it was hauled to the river and dumped. It was massive.
Younger people seem to think every weather event is somehow unprecedented. I've lived long enough to know better. I remember snow on the ground in my hometown on Christmas Day back in 1958. The snow was earlier, but it just stayed really cold for a few days.
I guess they had harp in 1895 when happend before?
Gulf coast here. Used to happen in the younger days 50-60’s all the time. Dosnt last long cause it melts but all the older folks tell me they remember colder winters and more snow that in recent years. Rare on the coast due to salty air but it does and used to happen much more often!
"Gulf of America"
I'm getting used to it fast.