Weather where you are

[Rick A]

It stopped snowing last night, just over 20 inches of whiteness up here on the mountain.

 

[Cholentpot]

1.5 feet of heavy heavy stuff.

 

[Rick A]

1.5 feet of heavy heavy stuff.

Hope you have a good snow blower. We have two snow blowers and a Kubota tractor with rear blade and front loader, we are prepared.

 

[Cholentpot]

Hope you have a good snow blower. We have two snow blowers and a Kubota tractor with rear blade and front loader, we are prepared.

Ha! I have 4 different shovels. Yes, a snow blower would have helped the preliminary cleanup. I would have done nothing for the driveway apron.

Anyhow, can't afford either of those machines, nor do I know how to maintain them. Instead I creep ever so closer to busting a gut and blowing my back again.

 

[Michael Firstlight]

Just about an inch or two here in the foothills of the BlueRidge Mtns at 2400 feet elevation, but a bit more at 6100 feet (taken from the deck).

 

[Sirius Glass]

Cold snap. Low 52 degrees F, high 73 degrees F.

 

[Vaughn]

Warm and pleasant snap today...33F to 54F. Rousing games of bocce at the park this afternoon in the sun. Barbequed Pork Ribs, $14/half rack, for sale at the park, too. No cooking for dinner tonight!

 

[Rick A]

Ha! I have 4 different shovels. Yes, a snow blower would have helped the preliminary cleanup. I would have done nothing for the driveway apron.

Anyhow, can't afford either of those machines, nor do I know how to maintain them. Instead I creep ever so closer to busting a gut and blowing my back again.

FWIW, if you were my neighbor, I'd run one of my machines down your walkway and have the kid do the driveway for ya.

 

[Cholentpot]

FWIW, if you were my neighbor, I'd run one of my machines down your walkway and have the kid do the driveway for ya.

I used to tinker on machines with my old neighbor. We ran a 2 stroke together. Was nice. I'd hold the tools and he'd swear and ask for tools.

 

[Rick A]

I used to tinker on machines with my old neighbor. We ran a 2 stroke together. Was nice. I'd hold the tools and he'd swear and ask for tools.

I do the swearing around here. I grew up holding the tools for my dad.

 

[Vaughn]

Rode the bike west to the ocean and headed north. Beautiful day...probably got up to almost 60F. Accidentily attached my 5x7 camera pack to the back of the bike in such a way I did not have to take it off the bike to access everything. Wish I could be that smart on purpose. Watched it get dark while sitting above the ocean then had a ride in thick fog until I headed inland again and home. About a 45 mile day...noon to 7:30pm.

 

[Kino]

Sleet is starting to accumulate here. About to go spread rock salt to keep the driveway from getting a cap of ice before the snow (supposedly) is to arrive later today.

 

[Willy T]

Sleet is starting to accumulate here. About to go spread rock salt to keep the driveway from getting a cap of ice before the snow (supposedly) is to arrive later today.

No sleet as yet in 22042 - only tiny flurries. Things to come?

 

[Cholentpot]

Nor'easterner incoming. Batten down the hatches.

 

[Kino]

Bought 50 lbs of rock salt; should have bought 150. Looks like a substantial ice sheet will form prior to any snow in 22960.

 

[Vaughn]

Rain on the menu...tasty stuff. 50F. The next week will be a mix of rain and clouds with a touch of sun with temps generally above freezing and up to the lower 50s.

 

[Cholentpot]

Bought 50 lbs of rock salt; should have bought 150. Looks like a substantial ice sheet will form prior to any snow in 22960.

No rock salt left in stores. Will just use the stuff from water softener.

 

[Rick A]

Started snowing around 10 AM, dropping an inch per hour average.

 

[jwd722]

It's winter in Michigan so it sucks!!
Sunshine is non-existent, cold wind, gray, overcast, dark way too early, warm weather is six months away...
Other than all that it's fine(?)

 

[jay moussy]

Started snowing around 10 AM, dropping an inch per hour average.

Expectation.??

We should only see three inches or so here, but points west and out to CT a lot more, I read.
The new Toro snowblower sitting in the shed has not seen much action in past two years...

Photo; the pre-snow light is interesting. Some folks may know how to use it?

 

[Rick A]

Expectation.??

We should only see three inches or so here, but points west and out to CT a lot more, I read.
The new Toro snowblower sitting in the shed has not seen much action in past two years...

Photo; the pre-snow light is interesting. Some folks may know how to use it?

Expecting 12-18 inches, possibly much more.

 

[mshchem]

I'm in eastern Iowa. We are experiencing typical weather. Typical is we have no idea what will happen until it happens. In the last 30 years we've had 4 once in 500 year floods. This summer we had a Derecho I had never heard of it. In recorded history never had anything like this. A line of straight line winds 100 miles wide, 140 mph, swept across the state. Flattened crops, toppled 200 year old Oak, Maple and Walnut trees whole, literally looked like a head of broccoli laying on it's side.
Roofs gone, nuts. In Cedar Rapids, the city has been working for 6 months trying to clean up.
Last week it was 60 F, this week snow 10 F.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I'm in eastern Iowa. We are experiencing typical weather. Typical is we have no idea what will happen until it happens. In the last 30 years we've had 4 once in 500 year floods. This summer we had a Derecho I had never heard of it. In recorded history never had anything like this. A line of straight line winds 100 miles wide, 140 mph, swept across the state. Flattened crops, toppled 200 year old Oak, Maple and Walnut trees whole, literally looked like a head of broccoli laying on it's side.
Roofs gone, nuts. In Cedar Rapids, the city has been working for 6 months trying to clean up.
Last week it was 60 F, this week snow 10 F.

I was in a Derecho a few years ago in Virginia. It could do a lot of damage.

 

[Pentode]

It started snowing here in NYC about two hours ago and it's supposed to go all night. 8-12", or so they say. If they're right (and I don't want to venture a guess) it'll be the first big storm we've had in quite a while.

 

[mshchem]

My wife's family lives around NYC, Maryland, Philadelphia, NJ. We were out a few years ago in NYC, we actually picked up a rental car in Manhattan. Over the time we stayed, blizzard hit about a foot of snow. Total gridlock, but I didn't see people getting freaked out. I've driven in the city, in good weather never had any real problems. You need to stay alert and make sure you don't block traffic.