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We're up to about 18 inches fallen so far and it's snowing and blowing to heck out there. We've lost power three times but it came right back.
I was almost finished the driveway and gust hit me that was so strong it would have knocked me over if i wasn't anchored to the snowblower.
Whoo whoo! I love New England! :up:
AVGWarhawk
02-08-13, 11:03 PM
Wicked sta-hm, huh?
Takeda Shingen
02-08-13, 11:19 PM
Snow's almost done here, with about an inch on the ground. I'll shovel it tomorrow morning, but it won't be enough work to count for my exercise for the day, so I'll have to hit the stationary bike later. I am very glad that I don't have the snow that New England is getting.
Gargamel
02-08-13, 11:40 PM
ITS SNOW. YOU LIVE IN THE NORTH. DEAL WITH IT!
sigh.............
(aimed not any poster, but all those whiny people on TV)
Complaining about snow in the north is like moving to California and complaining about earthquakes.
ITS SNOW. YOU LIVE IN THE NORTH. DEAL WITH IT!
sigh.............
(aimed not any poster, but all those whiny people on TV)
Complaining about snow in the north is like moving to California and complaining about earthquakes.
Who's complaining? I love blizzards. Snow is why I live in New England.
Wish we'd get a good storm this season here. My sister and dad are getting dumped on in CT.
Jimbuna
02-09-13, 07:21 AM
We have 3-4 inches forecast in the next day or so in Northern UK so we should be thankful....we're not getting anything like in August area.
u crank
02-09-13, 08:01 AM
We are getting the same stuff that August is getting. It's a big system, stretching from NYC to Newfoundland, about 1000 km. We are dead centre. Expecting up to 40cm, 15 inches, in the next 24 hours. It's a nor'easter, the worst kind. The only upside is the temperature. It's only -9C, 16F. Two nights ago it was -24C, with a wind chill of -38C.
I hate winter.:O:
Wolferz
02-09-13, 08:24 AM
It amazes me, August,
How the media senationalizes the weather. Spewing their dire predictions of the severity and then naming... snow storms? Who the heck are they trying to scare and why? New Englanders see this every year. It's like... normal. I mean, it's nice to get the heads up on approaching weather.
But sending talking heads out to report live? Then act like they've never seen it before? I haven't even looked outside yet.
Even Hawaiians see snow...at the top of a volcano. Granted, not many of them hang out up there to watch it fall.
I once met a TAC sergeant at Fort Lost In The Woods who was from Hawaii. He told us of one of his cousins coming through that station who woke everybody up to see some newly fallen snow outside. His excitement ended after he finished shoveling.:timeout::timeout:
I refuse to break my back to shovel it. Nature put it there and she can take it away!
Armistead
02-09-13, 09:08 AM
I'm with you Wolferz, I don't shovel snow, let the sun melt it.
Just talked to my dad in Guilford and he has 34".
Sailor Steve
02-09-13, 11:26 AM
I vividly remember the winter of 1977-78. New Englanders were calling it the worst winter on record. People in rural areas were dying due to the lack of oil and coal.
Here in Utah, however, we were asking "What winter?" Salt Lake City got no snow at all that year, and temperatures rarely dropped below 50. We have seven ski resorts, and all of them were suffering. Snow-making equipment wasn't fully developed yet, and we had none. A couple of hotels in Park City went out of business. In a sense it was a terrible winter for us too, just not the same way.
This winter has been pretty good for us, so it's not a repeat of that year. I just hope people in the rural northeast are alright.
80 degrees here at Cape Canaveral, you all act like you never seen snow, it's winter, we only had 2 days of it here, as I recall this is the nicest winter so far here, maybe I go to the beach and look at some bikinies.
While I share Wolferz's disdain for media sensationalism I must admit the state making it a big deal and forcing everyone off the roads by 4pm made a huge difference.
That was the big problem in'78. Everyone knew a storm was coming but nobody realized how intense it would be. Thousands were caught on the roads and highways leaving them choked with abandoned vehicles which enormously complicated clearing and rescue effort.
Another thing we had going for us this time is the previous big storms have already knocked down most of the trees likely to fall on the electrical lines. Power outages were pretty much limited to the cape and south shore where the the snow was a lot wetter and heavier.
But its got to be pure hell for those who haven't recovered yet from the hurricane.
Takeda Shingen
02-09-13, 01:23 PM
Having people off the roads does make a tremendous difference. That being said, it is pretty hard to sensationalize 3 feet of snow.
The storm was tough on the Jersey shore due to the wind and surf. Sandy's effects will be felt all winter.
Yup, we got about a foot up here. By now most of everything has been cleaned up. Not a snowpocalypse or anything, but certainly more than a light dusting!
I too love snow. Especially now that I am no longer responsible for shoveling the stuff :D
We got nuthin here in northern Delaware. :damn: I wanted to see at least 2 feet so I could make a few bucks with the Kubota and the 50" snowblower. I know we moved south to get away from the frigid North, but I didn't move to give up on snow.
I remember the blizzard of 77-78 and it was no fun at all. Sucks when you have no power or heat, and no generators like we do today. Was no fun being snowed in and stranded for several days either..... unless you have a snowmoble. :D
ReallyDedPoet
02-09-13, 10:39 PM
Still getting pounded pretty good in the Maritimes ( Canada ). Looks like it will continue until sometime tomorrow....
AVGWarhawk
02-10-13, 07:35 AM
Snow is a four letter word that results in a mouth washed out with soap.:stare: In grade school I liked snow. After that not so much.
u crank
02-10-13, 08:03 AM
Yea, this is starting to.... I think it's worse than yesterday. The wind is just howling and still snowing. Haven't been out in 24 hours. See the odd 4x4 driving by. Visibility is bad.
Still getting pounded pretty good in the Maritimes ( Canada ). Looks like it will continue until sometime tomorrow....
Monday it's suppose to be sunny here, Charlottetown, with light winds. Just in time for work.:O:
In grade school I liked snow. After that not so much.
That sums it up very well.
Platapus
02-10-13, 10:43 AM
How the media senationalizes the weather. Spewing their dire predictions of the severity and then naming... snow storms? Who the heck are they trying to scare and why?
Why? Ratings. News reporting is no longer a public service, but an entertainment venue to be sold. No one is going to be interested in the report that New England was hit by a big storm, but New Englanders being who they are, are handling it as they a ways do.
I refuse to break my back to shovel it. Nature put it there and she can take it away!
Perhaps you are not unfortunate enough to live in an area with a dictatorial HOA who will fine you if the walk is not cleared 0.1 seconds after the last flake falls. :/\\!!:/\\!!:/\\!! I hate HOAs.
nikimcbee
02-10-13, 11:22 AM
What's snow?:haha:
@ August
I trust your railroad diorama is getting lots of attention this weekend.:D
Takeda Shingen
02-10-13, 12:07 PM
Why? Ratings. News reporting is no longer a public service, but an entertainment venue to be sold. No one is going to be interested in the report that New England was hit by a big storm, but New Englanders being who they are, are handling it as they a ways do.
On the contrary, I'll be willing to bet that a lot of New Englanders spent this weekend watching lots of news. I know that I do when I there is a big storm bearing down on me.
Wolferz
02-10-13, 01:45 PM
Why? Ratings. News reporting is no longer a public service, but an entertainment venue to be sold. No one is going to be interested in the report that New England was hit by a big storm, but New Englanders being who they are, are handling it as they a ways do.
Perhaps you are not unfortunate enough to live in an area with a dictatorial HOA who will fine you if the walk is not cleared 0.1 seconds after the last flake falls. :/\\!!:/\\!!:/\\!! I hate HOAs.
Nope, I chose to live in a rural valley. Gated communities suck rocks and I'd tell the HOA; If you're so worried about snow on the sidewalk, you shovel it! I'm disabled.:dead:
Wolferz
02-10-13, 01:52 PM
On the contrary, I'll be willing to bet that a lot of New Englanders spent this weekend watching lots of news. I know that I do when I there is a big storm bearing down on me.
How did y'all fare down there in the flat lands of eastern PA?
We saw maybe six inches here in the western reaches of the Poconos.
ReallyDedPoet
02-10-13, 02:37 PM
Monday it's suppose to be sunny here, Charlottetown, with light winds. Just in time for work.:O:
Isn't that always the way :nope:
What's snow?:haha:
@ August
I trust your railroad diorama is getting lots of attention this weekend.:D
I wish! Too much shoveling and scraping and brushing. By the time I finished yesterday I was useless for much more than watching movies. :oops:
nikimcbee
02-10-13, 04:36 PM
Do you have a snowblower? (Scheewefer:haha:) I miss running the snowblower, back in the day. Now, I'm lucky to see 2 inches of snow in a year.:03:
Do you have a snowblower? (Scheewefer:haha:) I miss running the snowblower, back in the day. Now, I'm lucky to see 2 inches of snow in a year.:03:
Oh yeah, it took three hour long excursions with it to clear the driveway.
I went out around 6pm and removed the first 3 inches of heavy wet snow since it started getting light and fluffy. By the time I finished (about an hour) there was already another 3 inches on the parts I had cleared first. I went out again around 10pm and removed another foot. That was the real fun one. Then the next afternoon as it was stopping I went back out and took another foot and a half as well as clear the mail box approach.
But we had to do the front and back decks by hand as well as dig a path out to the wood shed which I just finished today.
Just in time for rain and 45 degree weather on Wednesday... :)
I want to know why there's such a need to name winter storms now. And this one being named Nemo has a lot of people laughing their butts off. This storm was not likeable like that little orange fish was. LOL
Next you know, they'll have to name thunderstorms. :rolleyes:
Wolferz
02-10-13, 08:30 PM
I want to know why there's such a need to name winter storms now. And this one being named Nemo has a lot of people laughing their butts off. This storm was not likeable like that little orange fish was. LOL
Next you know, they'll have to name thunderstorms. :rolleyes:
Clownfish!
nikimcbee
02-11-13, 10:01 AM
Just in time for rain and 45 degree weather on Wednesday... :)
Enjoy your flooding., Maybe you could build an ark really quick?:lost:
nikimcbee
02-11-13, 10:02 AM
I want to know why there's such a need to name winter storms now. And this one being named Nemo has a lot of people laughing their butts off. This storm was not likeable like that little orange fish was. LOL
Next you know, they'll have to name thunderstorms. :rolleyes:
It gives the weather channel people something to do.:-?
It gives the weather channel people something to do.:-?
At least the National Weather Service, to their credit, isn't buying into this silliness.
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