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leckmir t1_j5g8aat wrote

I see people from the southern states saying they would like NH but they cant deal with the winters. Sure it snows and sometimes it snows a lot but dealing with the snow is a small price to pay for these postcard picture scenes of this beautiful winter wonderland.

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BlackJesus420 OP t1_j5h1amz wrote

Our winters also just aren’t that bad. We pale in comparison to the northern plains states.

People definitely overstate how miserable winter is, plus, as you say, it’s absolutely beautiful some days! But hey, to each his own, and more for us.

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thishasntbeeneasy t1_j5heou1 wrote

It's getting worse though. I loved winters in NH when that meant snow that stuck around and lots of good skiing/sledding. Now it's mid-30s all season so nothing is frozen and most of the precipitation is rain/sleet.

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sheila9165milo t1_j5k4ws4 wrote

Notice how warm the ocean is right now compared to a few decades ago? The temp off Hampton Beach is 42 degrees. That's insane. It used to be 33 degrees when I was growing up in the 1970s, right on through the 1990s. Then pond hockey tournaments started getting canceled because the ice wasn't thick enough, the ice races on Milton Three Ponds got canceled year after year and can't happen now because they don't freeze enough to have them, no rime ice at the shores now. In about 20 more years or so, we'll be experiencing Southern winters of 50s-60s through the winter and zero snow at all at this rate.

People who complain about the cold and snow and talk about moving South and I tell them hang in there, it's coming this way. So, enjoy beautiful scenes like this while we still can because they aren't going to be around forever. Global warming is accelerating at a rapid clip.

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Black6host t1_j5ggg9h wrote

Hmmm, how did that river get it's name? Are there lamprey's in it? (This is a legit question...) Nasty looking creatures from the looks of it...

Edit: Hah! According to wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprey_River) there ARE lamprey's in the river. I'm not getting in that water, sorry! :)

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NewHampshireDude t1_j5gvmdc wrote

Oddly enough it apparently gets its name from an early settler John Lamprey though.

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Black6host t1_j5gw2mf wrote

I saw that. I wonder if John's family were named after the fish.

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piscatator t1_j5gw3fo wrote

The river was named after John Lamprey. There are Sea Lamprey that spawn in the river. The lamprey doesn’t feed while it is in the river. In fact spawning lamprey lose their teeth and eventually die after spawning. The juvenile lamprey migrate back to the sea. I have heard numerous people talk about their fear of lampreys.

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Moxie07722 t1_j5hn5rp wrote

The snow on trees and bushes has lasted longer than usual. It's so pretty. I enjoy it if I don't have to drive far.

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Strict_Zebra_3585 t1_j5ho2ms wrote

That snow, combined with tonight's mess is going to create problems with power outages I'm afraid.

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New-Vegetable-1274 t1_j5kcjwz wrote

Anyone that laments the loss of New England winter's didn't live through never ending snow from October to April. A snowblower then was an expensive luxury and the worst part was all passenger vehicles were rear wheel drive. Even with studded snow tires or chains driving sucked. A normal twenty minute commute turned into an hour long white knuckled drive. Yeah, it's nice to wake up to a winter wonderland now and then but also nice that it's gone the next day.

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SLZicki t1_j5kg16n wrote

Gorgeous! 😍

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