7 Benefits To Getting A Snow Storm In New York

We got our first taste of snow for this soon-to-be winter and it was a wet one. Some areas got more than others. Some just inches others over a foot.

We always hear about how snow can be dangerous. It can cause car accidents or block roads. It can interrupt travel plans. It can also have serious health risks. Heavy snow like we got last week can result in a rise in heart attacks not to mention slips and falls. But what about the benefits of snow?

Snow has Benefits for All of Us

Snow can have many benefits beyond just giving you a day off to binge-watch Netflix. Besides most of our bosses have figured out how to get us to work from home so true snow days rarely exist anymore. Even kids at school can get sent home with CyberLink assignments.

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So what are the good things about a snowfall? I always heard that snow will take the pollutants out of the air. For us allergy suffers that is a big thing, especially after all of the wildfires we have had in the Hudosn Valley lately. I found some other interesting things online with the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Seven Benefits to Snow Fall in New York

1- Snow helps insulate the ground so that our Hudson Valley farms and forests will be better in the spring

2 - Snow-covered ground makes it easier to see after dark on Hudson Valley Back Roads

3 - Snow helps insulate hibernating Hudson Valley Animals like bears and others that live underground in the winter

4 - Snow also helps with the water table for people in New York that have wells

5 - Snow makes the Holidays in the Hudson Valley feel more festive

6 - Fast Company even says that snowy weather is good for our mental health, it gives us a reason to slow down.

7 - Even the gardens benefit from snowfall which is explained in the video below courtesy of the Horticultural Society of New York.

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