Snow Falls on San Francisco for First Time in 35 Years

[Hissyspit]

Source: New York Times

Snow Falls on San Francisco After a 35-Year Wait
By JESSE McKINLEY
Published: February 26, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO — As a Pacific storm coincided with a blast of cold Canadian air over their fair city, residents here saw snow late Friday, a long-absent visitor for a city accustomed to fog, sweater-weather and other nearly bone-chilling accoutrements.

Predictions had called for the possibility of the first significant snowfall in San Francisco since February 1976, when all of an inch fell, according to the National Weather Service. And just before midnight, several high-lying city neighborhoods, including Twin Peaks, at some 900 feet, reported light snowfall.

The scattering of flakes capped a weeklong flurry of activity among civic leaders and commuters — as well as dreams of flying down some of the city’s famous inclines.

“I can’t wait. It’ll be crazy,” said Marisa Belaski-Farias, 23, a graphic design student from Hawaii who has never seen snow in person. “I have a cardboard box at home. Hopefully there will be enough snow to sled.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27snow.html?_r=1

[Serve The Servants]

1. Coulda sworn that it snowed back in '98

I was a lad growing up in Marin County watching the Niners on TV play The Patriots in New England. The announcers mentioned that it was snowing in San Fran. Sure enough, I looked out of my window in Corte Madera and there was snow falling.

[Tesha]

3. It *HAS* snowed at the higher elevations out of The City.

But apparently this is the first time in a while
when it snowed within The City proper (improper?)

Tesha

[ProgressiveProfessor]

10. The CIty...what a bad joke

[BuddhaGirl]

11. yes, it's The City

I used to be from SoCal, so I understand your envy :evilgrin:

[ProgressiveProfessor]

14. I have lived allover the world...London or Rome maybe

Frisco? never

[siligut]

18. I heard there is a $25 fine for calling it Frisco

Might be up to $75 by now, but you are in luck because I think that you actually have to be in The City to be cited.

[Kolesar]

19. Never mind the bollocks...eom

[Brother Buzz]

21. Might be a whole lot more than that if Emperor Norton still ruled

Twenty-five dollars was more than a weeks wage back in 1872

Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word "Frisco," which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed guilty of a High Misdemeanor, and shall pay into the Imperial Treasury as penalty the sum of twenty-five dollars.

- Norton I Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. (1872)

[Serve The Servants]

35. Well...

I'm sure San Franciscans will try to do their best to get by without you.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

36. Actually I just annoy them by asking what city they are referring to

and then saying "oh you mean Frisco".

Seriously, it is having many of the same problems other urban areas have. It is taking a little longer and the decay is better hidden than Detroit or other rust belt cities. Clearly it has lost a great deal of prominence, power, and influence since Willie Brown left politics. Its fixed geography is working against it as is its decaying infrastruce.

[Serve The Servants]

40. Understood.

I believe you just touched on this but you could say the same about any major American city of the "old guard" (New York, Chicago, LA); that they're in somewhat of a decline, yet cities like DC, Dallas, Las Vegas, etc are supposed to be improving. My entire life I've been hearing various people refer to SF as the most beautiful city in the world as well as it referred to being a complete dump. Mixed reviews are nothing new regarding SF, but the opinions seem to overwhelmingly be in the positive category.

Different strokes...

[ProgressiveProfessor]

41. Actually it is a fine place, it is the hubris of referreing to it as "The City" that annoys me

[BuddhaGirl]

42. LOL

:hi:

[Duer 157099]

22. I don't understand the joke

When I lived in SoCal, we always used to refer to downtown LA as "The City" as in "I have to drive to The City today."

Now I'm up in the North Bay and we treat SF proper the same way, as in "we're going to The City to see a Giants game."

What's the problem?

:shrug:

[Serve The Servants]

28. No problem here

I'm pretty sure that's what almost every person who lives just outside any major metropolitan area says.

[Tesha]

32. There's a difference between "the city" and "The City".

The former is just a generic term whereas latter
is definitely a proper reference to San Francisco.
But next time, I'll just say Baghdad by the Bay and
avoid confusion. ;)

Tesha

[Serve The Servants]

34. You could just use Yerba Buena and really mess with people N/T

[mahatmakanejeeves]

30. That's how "Dragnet" opens,

at least the ones from the late 60s:

"This is the city: Los Angeles, California."

Dragnet, 1967–70 remake

Great show. I watch it on Retro Television Network.

[EFerrari]

25. You apparently don't know San Francisco very well.

lol

[ProgressiveProfessor]

37. I do, which is why I understand it is a bad joke

The faded prom queen with delusions of past fame and glory...

[Auggie]

7. I recall seeing snow flakes fall on Russian Hill

Probably mid-90's. It was brief, and they melted on contact with the ground.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. I happened to be in SF during the last snowfall

which was indeed in Feb '76. It was a real scene, man!

[onehandle]

4. More proof that global warming is a hoax.

I could write for Fox News.

[IamK]

5. Its CLIMATE CHANGE,,,,, at least in the winter....

[The Straight Story]

6. They said the same thing in 1976

:evilgrin:

[jakeXT]

9. well the media...

[Corruption Winz]

8. Damn you, Al Gore! n/t

[tabasco]

31. Hahahahahaha! Good one!

It's funny when morons conflate weather with climate, isn't it?


http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/dec/14/hottest-year-environment-review-vidal

[Corruption Winz]

33. It's just funny

When people think exceptions to the rule are the rule. Period. It's also funny when people think that climate change means that we should all be on fire right now.

[BeFree]

12. Only from California..

....does a little rain make national news.
<grin>

[Retrograde]

20. I seem to remember some stories from last December about some snow in NYC

that made the national news for several days. If it had snowed about a hundred miles south of SF we'd certainly be hearing about it on the national news in the form of stories about the high price of lettuce. I don't remember if the snow on Maui last month made the national news: it certainly made local news.

This storm seems to have petered out, which is fine with me, although I-80 was closed up in the mountains (not unusual, happens almost every year). Locally, there was snow earlier this week on Mt. Hamilton and on the higher peaks, which IMHO is a good place for it.

[EFerrari]

27. The weather is doing something.

It used to be so dry up here in the San Jose foothills, my mom had a humidifier going all the time.

It's humid now, really strange. And this year, there was a *freeze* on Thanksgiving Day. In the twenty years she's had this place, I've never seen anything like it.

Damn you, Al Gore!

[Beaverhausen]

13. I for one can't imagine driving on those crazy streets/hills with snow on them

they aren't used to it. Those hills scare me when it's sunny and dry!

[eagertolearn]

15. I was thinking the same thing. I could barely get up some of those

with my little honda civic without snow. Really got down the stick shift though. Hopefully people didn't try it. It would of been like sleding down those hills in a car!

[gtar100]

23. Stick shift in SF? Scary!

Must have been a lot of bent fenders back in the day when that was the only choice.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

38. Actually back then people knew how to drive, not just steer.

I ride a MC everywhere, including Frisco. It is easy enough to do if you know how.

[gtar100]

24. Stick shift in SF? Scary!

Must have been a lot of bent fenders back in the day when that was the only choice.

[Gormy Cuss]

16. The prediction was for measurable snow at sea level and that didn't happen.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/26/BAQA1HVCAQ.DTL

It was just a bit too warm in the city. It did get pretty frosty in the East Bay and that's unusual for this late in winter.

[EFerrari]

26. I thought we'd get snow here yesterday morning at about 8 a.m..

Might have at an even higher elevation. It was very odd. :)

[Gormy Cuss]

29. The temps and moisture level felt right to me here this morning

but no precipitation today.

Even I can tell this is odd weather for here. ;)

[shanti]

17. supposed to have gotten snow here in sacramento too

but all we got was a tiny bit of hail and a funnel cloud. it's damn cold for february today though!

[midnight]

39. Today we have accumulated another four inches... This on top of several inches last week..

My drive way has about five foot snowbanks around the perimeter in some areas.... And it's still snowing....

[elias49]

43. Reminds me of Van Morrison's song "Snow in San Anselmo"

"Snow in San Anselmo
My waitress my waitress my waitress
Said it was coming down
Said it hadn't happened in over 30 years
But it was laying on the ground
But it was laying on the ground"

Great song. Great artist.