Do We Dare Believe the Weatherman in Hubert NC? Updated 1/20/08

The weather man says we might get snow!

On the coast of Eastern North Carolina, that's a big deal. We have not had any snow in the last few years. Well, maybe we have had some flurries but no accumulation of any kind.

My 3 1/2 year old has never seen snow and so we are gearing up for this event.

I know, I know you people in the North think we are crazy but you have to understand where we're coming from.

I grew up here on the coast of North Carolina and I can count on one hand the times in my life time that we had a significant snow...meaning more than 2 inches.

When I was a teenager a friend's family invited me to go to Florida with them for a few days during Christmas vacation. The plan was to return home on December 24th.

Would you believe it? The coast of North Carolina got a big snow fall (if I remember correctly, around 8-10 inches) and we could not get home for Christmas. We were traveling on a private plane and the local airport was closed.

Not only did I miss the excitement of the snow at home, I missed Christmas Day with my family. Talk about adding insult to injury! Actually, my family did postpone celebrating Christmas until I got home so that turned out o.k.

You can bet that if we do get snow, I will share photos with you. Keep your fingers crossed for us. We're waiting and watching..................................for the first snowflake.

Sunday - 1/20/08 - NO SNOW, NOT ONE FLAKE, lots of very cold rain. :0(