Name Change: Dry Side is now Snow Side

Over here, we don't have to shovel it.


Snowiest season in Spokane, Washington: The seasonal snow total for Spokane International Airport was 93.6 inches. This sets the record for the snowiest winter in Spokane.
Snow records have been kept since 1893 and this new total breaks the old record of 93.5 inches set back during the 1949-1950 winter season.


Winter season: Snowfall total

• 2008-2009: 93.6 inches
• 1949-1950: 93.5 inches
• 2007-2008: 92.6 inches
• 1974-1975: 89.0 inches
• 1992-1993: 87.3 inches

The last two winters in Spokane rank as number one and three on the all-time snowiest in the city. The current total may climb even higher as the snow tallies are not calculated and finalized until the end of June.

This winter most of it came in one shot. Started December 17.

Yeah,,but you still have to remove your studded tires by an arbitrary date, not according to snow levels.:huh Whatever happened to common sense?

It was decided in the early 70s that since it couldn't be regulated that it would be banned altogether. Gummint knows what's good for you, you don't know nuthin'. Get with the program!

They just have a hard water problem :)

Common Sense?????????? Then without much fan fair; the insane at DOT caused "studded snow tires" to be made with aluminum studs that wear out before a full season. However, you can buy carbides @ Aerostich, and install them yourself!!!

Yup, On heavy rigs they pretty much look like pop rivets after a couple thousand miles. I gave up on studs in the mid 80's.

There are some very good soft rubber snow/ice tires available.

I have a few R7 rally studs, if any one wants them. Maybe a 100 or so.

If you can ride your motorcycle through all sorts of gnarly shit...You can make it to work in your SUV without studs.

Studs are a traction placebo.

Back on track...SNOW SUCKS!

I am at our shop on the south end of Lake CDA and it is snowing like crazy right now. Kinda hard to get excited about pulling boats out to summerizing them with snow piling up on the back of your neck.:huh

you guys have no spirit...

Here is my snowed in house from this winter...looked exactly the same as last winter....gurrrrr. If I remember right was about 3ft or somewhere close. Very very tired of the white stuff

Hey, we have it bad here too; I went for a 150 mile ride yesterday and after only about an hour, I had to turn on my grip heaters... well, I didn't have to, but it felt good.

For most driving, have to agree with you; however, on wet glaze ice...up steep climbs....good studs are NOT a placebo!!!!!

Exactly. Ice is the only time they make sense. Which to me makes them even more unnecessary. If it's icy, you have no business driving in it. If you have to go out in it, chain up. People just driving around for 5 months of the year in a 3 ton behemoth on studs for the outside chance that they'll drive in a dusting of snow is preposterous and expensive to taxpayers.

I read on the WA DOT website that actuall icing is VARY rare in washington due to the use of de-icer. I personally have never run studs on any of my cars and i dont see a need to either. Too many people rely on them like traction control and ABS and it makes them more dangerous to the rest of us...

But, think how boring driving would be without those water-filled ditches in the pavement.

It is allot of fun when a K5 Blazer decides it wants to be a boat...

It has been snowing here at the lake all day. Suppose to get 1-3" more tonight. :huh Hopefully we won't break any records next winter.