Well that's certainly true.  Now that you mention it I remember that the roads in and around Pittsburgh were horrible with the repairs causing all kinds of delays in traffic.  Course its been probably 22 -23 years since I lived there.  What mostly sticks in my mind is the biting cold and wind chill that seemed to find its way though all 10 layers of clothing... Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">We have pollen problems here in the spring.  When the pine trees release their pollen, it looks like a sea of yellow as it settles.  I have to come out and wash all the pine spooge off my car. &gt;.&gt;</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>My wife and I were talking about pine trees earlier.  She used to live in Colorado and she says that was probably the worst place she had ever lived when it came to pollen and allergies.<br/><br/>Eucalyptus trees are pretty bad as well.  Dealt with those and Redwood trees in northern CA.