Want a White Christmas? Your chances are pretty slim if you plan to spend the holidays in, say, Tulsa, Oklahoma (chance of one inch of snow: 7%); Huntsville, Alabama (3%); or Phoenix, Arizona (0%), although you'd have a 56% chance of snow in Flagstaff.
Let's dig a little deeper, shall we?
- Columbus, Ohio: 23%. If you want to spend the holiday in Columbus without taking the chance of being snowed in for days, try Columbus, Georgia: 0%. For good measure, throw in Columbia, South Carolina, also 0%.
- Bismark, North Dakota: 87%. Raleigh, North Carolina: 3%.
- Springfield, Missouri: 23%. Springfield, Illinois: 33%.
- Jackson, Mississippi: 0%. Jacksonville, North Carolina: 4%. Jacksonville, Florida: 0%.
- Fort Wayne, Indiana: 47%. Fort Smith, Arkansas: 10%. Fort Myers, Florida: 0%.
- Augusta, Maine: 90%. Augusta, Georgia: 0%.
- Buffalo, New York: 57%. Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the buffalo might conceivably roam: 3%.
- Fairbanks, Alaska: 100%. Honolulu, Hawaii ... wait for it ... 0%.
- State with the widest disparity in predictions: Washington: Seattle, 0%; Stampede Pass, 100%.
Take the White Christmas Quiz.
Ever wondered who's on the list of artists who've recorded one of the most-recorded songs of all time? Here are some:
- Bing Crosby, of course
- Elvis Presley, of course
- The Three Tenors
- The Swingle Singers (umm -- who?)
- Mel Torme
- The Partridge Family (be still, my beating heart -- I still crush on David Cassidy)
- Billy Idol
- Crash Test Dummies
- Twisted Sister
- John Denver
- Lawnmower Deth (Anyone? Anyone?)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Louis Armstrong
- The California Raisins
- The Moody Blues
- Bob Marley and the Wailers
- Ringo Starr
- New Kids on the Block
Click here for a more complete list and wow your friends.
BONUS QUESTION: What's the most recorded song of all time?
I don't mind a white Christmas. I don't mind snow. As long as I'm sufficiently supplied with food and entertainment, I don't mind being snowed in.
Want to read about the time I got in barely under the wire in advance of a blizzard? Click this: Getting The Snowball Rolling ... Or: Got Milk? And Food?
