Saturday, February 12, 2011

Record Snowfall Hits Northwest Arkansas

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! On Wednesday morning, the Duggars woke up to 2 feet of snow, the most they've had in one day since 1918! "We normally only get about, at the most, like two or three inches," Jim Bob told us during our live interview. He and his older boys spent all day and night pulling cars out of the deep snow with John-David's tow truck. 

What's the most snow your area has ever gotten? Has this winter been a big snow year for you? It sure has been for us! A few weeks ago, we spent an entire morning shoveling a four-foot drift that covered half our driveway.

9 comments:

  1. I live in Kentucky and we haven't had a winter like this since 1978 (which was my senior year in high school and we missed school the entire month of January causing us to have to make up days by going to school on Saturdays!). This KY winter has been extremely cold and we've had lots of snowy days but the most we've received in one snowfall was 4 inches. Kentucky roads have lots of hills and curves so driving is sometimes trecherous (sp.?), but we enjoy staying cozy at home with a good book or movie with a steaming cup of hot chocolate in hand! Although I love snow, I am more than ready for spring to arrive!

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  2. I live in MinneSNOWta and my freshman year of college (Feb. 2007) we received 30 inches of snow in one night.

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  3. Link to a video of the duggars appearance in Kansas:
    http://www.ksnt.com/news/local/story/19-Kids-and-Fundraising/2cANHjFP4kmdvwlPdEMzWQ.cspx

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  4. Hey Lilly and Ellie I'm back from the trip and I will be blogging about it eventually! Well we just got back from Northwest Arkansas last night and it is covered! Day 1 we got stuck in Josh and Anna's Champion Motor Cars because the snow and traffic were HEAVY! Day 2 We drove by the Duggar Family's house and I stopped and took a picture. There were a few little Duggars out front playing in the snow. I think it was Jackson? That was using the "Vote for John-David" sign to sled around. There were sled marks everywhere! I didn't get the kids in the picture playing but I got the big beautiful house. (It's much bigger than what you see on TV). It was neat. The same day we went to the Gary Smalley Christian Marriage Conference in tontitown I believe, and guess who was there! Josh and Anna Duggar! We bumped into them at the conference in a small group they offered there for married couples, after the small group session I headed over to her, got a picture and even got to chat a little bit! She is SO sweet! Josh talked to Jon and I also. We told them how much we look up to them and admire them. And to keep up the great work! We said our goodbyes and that was that! 1400 married couples attended this love and laughter conference, and we just so happened to meet them! It was a real blessing! Day 3 My Husband and I went to the Fayetville Mall (the mall where Jinger went to buy Jedidiah's chess set)...it was awesome...we went to the razorbacks store, the candy store...it was fun! After that, we got our seats right behind the bench and watched a lady backs basketball game! GO HOGS! Woo Pig sooie! Arkansas lost to auburn (50 to 54) it was a great game though!

    Well, I don't want to take up all the comment space lol! So, if anyone would like to here more about our trip please visit at

    http://duggarfamfan08-thewholeiceberg.blogspot.com/

    Thanks God Bless!

    PS: Anna is real short! lol! Oh and very pregnant! :) She is awesome!!

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  5. Tina,
    WOW! Sounds like a fabulous trip! Thanks for sharing that with us. Can't wait to read more about it on your blog!

    ~Lily and Ellie

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  6. Thanks to the reader who posted the link to the video of the Duggars' appearance in Kansas!

    ~Lily and Ellie

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  7. I'm in Canada, just north of North Dakota. Generally, we can easily get more than 12 inches-and still have everything up and running with only 10 minute bus delays. We're very tough...and the snowplow business is multi-million dollars worth just in my city. I have had, in total ONE day off of school because of snow in my entire, let's see, almost 16 years of school (now 3rd year university). That was the blizzard that led to the great flood of 1997, which could in fact turn into an even worse flood for this year. However, right now, we are having freeze-thaw cycles...very unusual for february when the average temperature is often below 0 farhenheit. This freeze-thaw cycle could help some of our current snowpack disappear, but given that we often get snow in MAY (about 9 out of the last 10 years) there are still at least two months of percipitation to count yet. I was only 6 years old during the flood of 1997, and my house was fortunately about two kilometres away from needing sandbagging but I remember vividly the effect it had on the city-and have read a lot about all the effects since then.

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  8. MusicGirl23, we have some friends in that area, and they are always getting snow! You're very tough to withstand all that snow and cold. Thanks for sharing!

    ~Lily and Ellie

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