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Topics => Weather, Climate, & Natural Disasters => Topic started by: oldcoastie6468 on October 31, 2013, 11:14:54 AM
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The People vs Winter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKy2lLNQYrI#ws)
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Oh! Ow!
That I don't miss.
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Nor do I, but it is coming. Maybe not for all of us here, but for some.
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Winter don't scare me...apart from the bitter cold, the howling wind and a driving snow...it ain't nothin'!
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That bull wasn't having too easy of a time at it, either. ::laughonfloor::
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That bull wasn't having too easy of a time at it, either. ::laughonfloor::
And he was pretty cock sure of himself, too. ::thumbsup::
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I think what happened to that bull is what you call "getting iced out" ::pimp::
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I think what happened to that bull is what you call "getting iced out" ::pimp::
Or cold cocked. ;)
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ouch!!!
I live in Northern NY just off of Lake Ontario and we get quite a bit of Ice and snow here, we are used to it, but we are also the home of Fort Drum and we have come to see that many of the soldiers and their family members come from southern states, so when we see vehicles on cold icy mornings with southern plates, we stay way far away as there is plenty of slipping and sliding when they hit the roads... It takes a learned skill to walk or drive on ice and your video should be shown to all newcomers to our area as how not to drive or walk on ice.
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Whatever you call it, I bet it's a mood killer. ::bustamove::
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I gotta tell ya, I love a blizzard! If we ever move down south, I'd honestly miss that brand of extreme weather.
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And NOW you know why I live on the Gulf coast.
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And NOW you know why I live on the Gulf coast.
I don't mind the snow and the cold. Blizzards here are few and far between.
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hate cold, hate snow
would live in Hawaii but no one could afford to come see me
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I gotta tell ya, I love a blizzard! If we ever move down south, I'd honestly miss that brand of extreme weather.
Go to the Appalachian mountains in the South. It's the South, but with northern winters. My place in the NC mountains near the TN border averages about 100 inches of snow per year.
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I gotta tell ya, I love a blizzard! If we ever move down south, I'd honestly miss that brand of extreme weather.
Go to the Appalachian mountains in the South. It's the South, but with northern winters. My place in the NC mountains near the TN border averages about 100 inches of snow per year.
That should keep the undesireables out.
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The operative word there is, "should".
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Sounds like the best of both worlds G.
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I hate to say this but I doo miss a good snow storm. The upside is being home and lighting the fireplace and chilling in the den.
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Sounds like the best of both worlds G.
It is. You should get out of Taxachusetts and move down.
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I hate to say this but I doo miss a good snow storm. The upside is being home and lighting the fireplace and chilling in the den.
If it ever dries out here, I need to get more firewood onto the back porch so it's covered and out of the weather.
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Could always get one of those large freezer-sized plastic bins, my father has one at the lake he keeps within a close walk of the door. ::thumbsup::
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It's real convenient on our back porch, right next to the door into the house. We don't use the porch in the winter, but it would still have tons of room to do whatever.
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I was lucky to have a big basement where I kept half my winter heating and fireplace wood at a time,and that was 4 cords for the first half and later on I brought in the rest so it was nice and dry and close at hand.
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I was lucky to have a big basement where I kept half my winter heating and fireplace wood at a time,and that was 4 cords for the first half and later on I brought in the rest so it was nice and dry and close at hand.
My BIL's neighbor, south of Buffalo, NY, has a 12' high basement ceiling and firewood is stacked floor to ceiling in most of the basement. 'Course, he has entire trees delivered to him by flatbed, and a sawmill and splitter powered by a 6-cylinder Chevy engine.
He uses only wood to heat his house all winter.
My BIL has a pipeline running through his property, and he gets as much free natural gas as he can use for as long as hives there. The gas, however, is NOT odorized.
He also uses a lot of wood to heat his home. He is on 45 acres of heavily wooded forests, with cherry trees over 100' tall. Once in a while he contacts the Amish, who bring in their hand saws, axes, hatchets, buggies and horses/wagons to haul out the tree trunks. They cut off all the limbs, and he uses them for firewood.
The Amish sell the trees to be shipped to Spain for furniture.
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Not odorized? That could be dangerous! ::speechless::
I remember my fathers old house had a leak, turns out it was outside, the big bell valve worked itself loose over time...I smelled it downstairs...when the gas man came to check it out it turns out the leak from outside pooled in the cold air and sunk through the foundation brick and into the basement...not enough to ignite but enough to smell. The guy had to get the biggest pipe wrech I ever saw in my life and put a big metal pole on the end to get it to tighten down.
All I could think of is what a nightmare if that slacker kid that lived next door came walking between the houses like he often did each day smoking a cig and flicked that butt anywhere near that corner of the house!
Gotta have that smell, or you could miss a leak easy!
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Not odorized? That could be dangerous! ::speechless::
Gotta have that smell, or you could miss a leak easy!
His gas comes straight from the well.
A natural gas leak is nowhere as dangerous as an LP leak. Natural gas is lighter than air and will go up the flue and chimney out of the building (assuming it's not a MAJOR leak). LP is heavier than air and will form explosive puddles on the floors or elsewhere where it's low, and then BOOM! The LP can explode from a very minor leak over time.
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Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from Tuesday afternoon
through late Tuesday night...
A Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from Tuesday afternoon
through late Tuesday night.
* Snow accumulation: 4 to 6 inches... with higher amounts
possible.
* Timing: rain will overspread the area from the south early
Tuesday afternoon with a transition to snow occurring Tuesday
afternoon and evening. The snow will taper off late Tuesday
night or early Wednesday morning.
* Impacts: the first heavy snow of the season is possible during
the Tuesday afternoon commute. In addition... it is likely to be
a wet snow and any trees with leaves left on them may be
stressed... leading to broken tree limbs and isolated power
outages.
(http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/25781/snow-storm-nyc-o.gif)
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Bless you for scrubbing those storms before they get here! ::bows::
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Why I moved south --- they seem to park anywhere!!!
(http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv176/rustybayonet_2009/Things/Scenery/image6.jpg) (http://s681.photobucket.com/user/rustybayonet_2009/media/Things/Scenery/image6.jpg.html)
Plus the snow shovel broke-
(http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv176/rustybayonet_2009/Things/Scenery/image5.jpg) (http://s681.photobucket.com/user/rustybayonet_2009/media/Things/Scenery/image5.jpg.html)
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It's good for ya, builds character...or an extensive catalog of curse words...
Between winter and the Navy I can't imagine there is a cuss I haven't heard or uttered! ;D
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Why I moved south --- they seem to park anywhere!!!
(http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv176/rustybayonet_2009/Things/Scenery/image6.jpg) (http://s681.photobucket.com/user/rustybayonet_2009/media/Things/Scenery/image6.jpg.html)
Plus the snow shovel broke-
(http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv176/rustybayonet_2009/Things/Scenery/image5.jpg) (http://s681.photobucket.com/user/rustybayonet_2009/media/Things/Scenery/image5.jpg.html)
Where in the hell is that?
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Top picture - upper penisula of Michigan - son went to college at Michigan Tech., in Houghton, MI, where they average 240 inches of snow per year. Second is in Canada across from Sault St. Marie. MI., just north-east of the 'Soo' locks coming down the Greaat Lakes from Lake Superior.
Yep they do get some snow up there, to say the least....
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"Some" snow. I'll say.
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It's snowing out my window right now.
*sadface*
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It's snowing out my window right now.
*sadface*
Nothing here so far this year. But I ordered new tire chains for my tractor today.
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Since the fear of winter is setting in;
'government job sercurity....
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Drive in not too bad, roads just wet, still some idiots manage to spin out and snarl up spots...I don't think we got as much white stuff as they thought...and once the sun peaks out behind a cloud the stuff on the grass will disappear quickly.
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It's snowing out my window right now.
*sadface*
Light the fireplace,it always made me feel better.
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It's snowing out my window right now.
*sadface*
Light the fireplace,it always made me feel better.
Warm you up on those bitter 50 degree Florida winter nights, does it? (http://www.messentools.com/images/emoticones/varios/www.MessenTools.com-Varios-big-216.gif)
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It's snowing out my window right now.
*sadface*
Light the fireplace,it always made me feel better.
Warm you up on those bitter 50 degree Florida winter nights, does it? (http://www.messentools.com/images/emoticones/varios/www.MessenTools.com-Varios-big-216.gif)
No it doesn'y but it is one of the reasons I want out of Florida.
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Get ready - in case your forgot - here's what two feet of snow looks like;
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Where I live two feet isn't that big a deal. A bigger deal is so much snow that you can walk to the top of your roof.
Yet another reason that I store a lot of extra food...can't go to the grocery store when the roads are blocked with five to six feet of snow.
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where I live, we don't close schools until the wind-chill hits -40.
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My tractor tire chains didn't come in today. Dammit! ::pullhair::
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When I was a kid living in NC schools would close with 1/4" because there wasn't any removal equipment. It would melt at our house by noon but sometimes school would be closed for several days because the county roads were still covered. ::cool::
We once got 6-8 inches. Oh, man school closed for a week. Snowed Monday, melted by Wednesday. And it wasn't cold so it was fun to be outside.
I loved that attitude--it snows life stops. ::danceban::
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Had to be well over a foot or the sub-zero temps busting pipes to get us a day off back in my day...but when they came, we'd be out in it trying to invent new ways to hurl ourselves down hills and off jumps...building forts and destroying them in mock warfare...whatever we could think of...go home wet soggy messes!
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Had to be well over a foot or the sub-zero temps busting pipes to get us a day off back in my day...but when they came, we'd be out in it trying to invent new ways to hurl ourselves down hills and off jumps...building forts and destroying them in mock warfare...whatever we could think of...go home wet soggy messes!
Today your parents would end up in jail for that. Forts?warfare? Yup jail it is.
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Had to be well over a foot or the sub-zero temps busting pipes to get us a day off back in my day...but when they came, we'd be out in it trying to invent new ways to hurl ourselves down hills and off jumps...building forts and destroying them in mock warfare...whatever we could think of...go home wet soggy messes!
Today your parents would end up in jail for that. Forts?warfare? Yup jail it is.
Yeah, and foster homes and abuse for us kids...no thanks...I'd rather be under an overpass!
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The weather's supposed to suck big time here today, just in time for the Veterans Day observance. Cloudy & in the low 40s now, falling temps all day, windy, rain changing to snow.
But I'll go anyway; all of our vets will never be forgotten in this house, nor in those of our kids and our grandkids. It is my duty to go to celebrate all veterans.
But there's a bright spot - no frigging JJJ this year; he used to show up to give a BS speech, but now he can talk to the bars in his cell. May Satan burn his soul.
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We're honoring vets tomorrow with a big dinner. Not everyone can be home tonight so it's tomorrow. I just decided that a family gathering with good food and sharing memories or thoughts on those who served would be a good idea. I've already put a bottle in the fridge so we can toast them all.
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Being a lifelong New Englander, I don't mind it. Nothing is better than being on a covered porch, drinking hot cocoa, and watch the snow falling from the sky!!!
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Being a lifelong New Englander, I don't mind it. Nothing is better than being on a covered porch, drinking hot cocoa, and watch the snow falling from the sky!!!
With apologies to Romemary Clooney, "C'mon a' my house, come on, come on. I'm gonna give you candy snow!"
Rosemary Clooney - Come On-A My House (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuUABrOW7HI#)
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I can remember in the mid nineties living in the North west Hills in Conn. and a blizzard knocking out the power in the whole town.
Well the kids come running in for dad and mom cause they were scared and me going out in the garage and firing up the generator and turning on the spots and the TV.
Before you know it the phone started ringing and we ended up with 26 visitors for the next couple days(which was fine with me because there were you kids involved).I did have an admittance charge which was gas bring what you got in case I need it.
We lived and had a hell of a party.
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Supposed to be 27 degrees tomorrow night with a chance of a "snow mix" here in sunny NC.
Plenty of propane for the generator, steaks in the freezer and tupperware loaded with firewood on the front porch. We're ready.
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Supposed to be 27 degrees tomorrow night with a chance of a "snow mix" here in sunny NC.
Plenty of propane for the generator, steaks in the freezer and tupperware loaded with firewood on the front porch. We're ready.
ummmm, how did you get a log in a Tupperware container? ::whatgives::
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I am a very good packer.
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No, they're the big, plastic tupperware bins, ya sil.
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I am a very good packer.
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No, they're the big, plastic tupperware bins, ya sil.
oic, like an oversized tote
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'Zackly. ;D
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Being a lifelong New Englander, I don't mind it. Nothing is better than being on a covered porch, drinking hot cocoa, and watch the snow falling from the sky!!!
Change the porch to a garage and cocoa to burbon or rum or (you get the pic!) and throw in a stogie and I am right there!
(As long as I don't have to drive in it...) ;D
And hey, throw in a bucket for your butt to rest on and a pole in your hand and you got ice fishin'!
(No pole jokes!)
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(No pole jokes!)
What about 'Obama pole smoking' jokes? Are they allowed in your censored, freezing ice-fishing world? Talk about dipping your wick in a hole colder than a witch's tit!
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(http://theblacksphere.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MO-doing-stage-dance.jpg)
Pole jokes? Colder than what?
::exitstageleft::
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Having just eaten breakfast, I threw up a little in my mouth.
Thanks, MNHawk.
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OK, I didn't censor anything...crap, and look what it got us!
I'm gonna puke too...
::puke::
Any Wookie posting MUST be preceded with adequate warning from now on!
Something like...
::siren:: ::siren:: CAUTION! ::siren:: ::siren:: THIS SHYT IS NASTY! ::siren:: ::siren::
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Yeah we need to implement a new markup tag, like some forums use to hide spoilers. Anything enclosed within the [spoiler] tags would require the reader to click to reveal.
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(http://theblacksphere.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MO-doing-stage-dance.jpg)
Pole jokes? Colder than what?
::exitstageleft::
Now that's gagging a maggot material. ::puke::
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that picture gets worse every time I see it
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(http://theblacksphere.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MO-doing-stage-dance.jpg)
Pole jokes? Colder than what?
::exitstageleft::
Now that's gagging a maggot material. ::puke::
Oh sure, I have to go to work for awhile and I come back to this. Boy I thought this was a nice web site and someone would at least warn ya' when posting something this bad. After barfing on my PC screen it's a good thing the neighbors dog was close.......
dog licking screen!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIMzmyd1PVk#)
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For the past two days there's been a dead deer laying in a field about 20 feet off the highway on my way to work. Both days it has been surrounded by about 30 vultures tearing off chunks of rancid, rotten flesh. And that still pales in comparison to the First Wookiee doing a pole dance.
But back on topic! We had a little bit of snow tonight, I think a bit more than the weather nerds were predicting. This is about the earliest I can remember seeing steady snowfall in the Charlotte area.
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that picture gets worse every time I see it
Stop looking at it!
(That'll be $155 please, for the consulting.)
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Not pole dancing, twerking. It's the Wookie Twerk. Somethin' like the hippy, hippy shake.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/HOLIDAYS/Christmas/Flakiness.jpg)
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Not pole dancing, twerking. It's the Wookie Twerk. Somethin' like the hippy, hippy shake.
(http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss291/libertasinfinitio/Choke%20and%20Puke/2uqn3f7.gif)
Why can't she just stay out of camera shot and stay in the West Wing with her tire-rope swing and litter box?! ::whatgives::
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/HOLIDAYS/Christmas/Flakiness.jpg)
Flakes aren't the problem...flakes ganging up, now that's a problem. Damn gang flakes!
(http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss291/libertasinfinitio/Misc/nowthatisawinterbyway.jpg)
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/HOLIDAYS/Christmas/Flakiness.jpg)
Flakes aren't the problem...flakes ganging up, now that's a problem. Damn gang flakes!
(http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss291/libertasinfinitio/Misc/nowthatisawinterbyway.jpg)
I drew that cartoon about 20 years ago.
I've seen pics like that, with all that snow. I'm surprised that it ever really melts.
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Colder than a witch's what, again?
Thursday
Overcast. Fog early. High of 7F with a windchill as low as -11F. Winds from the WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy. Fog overnight. Low of -8F with a windchill as low as -24F. Winds from the WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Friday
Partly cloudy. High of 9F with a windchill as low as -17F. Winds from the WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy. Fog overnight. Low of -13F with a windchill as low as -31F. Winds from the WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday
Partly cloudy. Fog early. High of 7F with a windchill as low as -31F. Winds from the WNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy. Low of -9F. Winds less than 5 mph.
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Ooookay, we got the picture; it's a little chilly up 'ere. ;)
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Bless you, Hawk, for keeping that crap up there. ::clapping::
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More globullwarmink hitting the ground last night and this morning...commute was slower but not bad...supposed to get dumped on more pretty much all day...then several days running of single-digit temps to follow...
I guess I cannot escape it...winter is here for sure...and I haven't even put the cycle away yet... ::facepalm::
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We're allegedly supposed to dodge everything but the bitter cold temps. I hope so; if the ground freezes hard, some of the vermin will be erased.
Besides, my 200 lb plow isn't on my tractor yet! ::snoshovel::
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I cannot believe up here in the Northeast, no dang snow!!! ::bashing:: It is not New England without it. Mebbe I should do a little snow dance to appease the Gods?? ::snoopydance::
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Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 6 am CST
Thursday...
A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 6 am CST Thursday.
* Snow accumulations: 6 to 10 inches... with the heaviest amounts
across central Minnesota. Isolated higher amounts approaching
one foot near Lake Mille lacs and Mora.
* Timing: periods of heavy snow today... tapering off this evening.
Northwest winds will increase and become gusty tonight. The
gusty winds will produce blowing and drifting snow and near
blizzard conditions across western Minnesota and along the
Minnesota River Valley.
* Impacts: travel will be dangerous today... with morning and
afternoon commutes greatly impacted.
::snoshovel::
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Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 6 am CST
Thursday...
A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 6 am CST Thursday.
* Snow accumulations: 6 to 10 inches... with the heaviest amounts
across central Minnesota. Isolated higher amounts approaching
one foot near Lake Mille lacs and Mora.
* Timing: periods of heavy snow today... tapering off this evening.
Northwest winds will increase and become gusty tonight. The
gusty winds will produce blowing and drifting snow and near
blizzard conditions across western Minnesota and along the
Minnesota River Valley.
* Impacts: travel will be dangerous today... with morning and
afternoon commutes greatly impacted.
::snoshovel::
Safe travels!!
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Mountains of snow reignite fears over emergency access in northeast neighbourhoods
BY ANNALISE KLINGBEIL, CALGARY HERALD DECEMBER 4, 2013 6:29 AM
Mountains of snow reignite fears over emergency access in northeast neighbourhoods
Massive snow drifts that blocked streets in a number of north Calgary communities had stranded residents worried again about emergency access to their neighbourhoods.
High winds created huge piles of snow on the streets in several northeast communities, including SkyView Ranch, Redstone, Saddleridge and Whitehorn.
Snow drifts created similar fears in that part of the city during a major snowstorm in 2009.
Among those affected by nearly impassable roads was an ambulance transporting Coun. Jim Stevenson to the Peter Lougheed Hospital on Monday evening after the Ward 3 councillor fell outside of his Coral Springs home and broke his leg.
“The ambulance got stuck in the snow trying to bring me to the hospital,” said Stevenson, speaking from his hospital room on Tuesday while waiting for surgery.
With the help of citizens, including Stevenson’s wife, the emergency vehicle was eventually pushed free.
“It was a long process,” Stevenson said.
Issa Khalil has been stuck in his Whitehorn home since Monday with his wife and three young children. Large snow drifts in front of his home, which he says emergency vehicles would not be able to navigate, are causing Khalil to worry about his family’s safety.
“It’s almost like a state of emergency for us as far as not being able to receive any kind of medical attention or if a fire were to break out,” he said.
“It’s very frustrating. You get a sense of worry after awhile.”
When his son had a high fever Monday night, Khalil said he couldn’t get his truck off of his snowy street to take the two-year-old to the hospital. Calling an ambulance wasn’t an option either, he said.
“Not even pickup trucks can get through, no emergency vehicles, no fire trucks, nothing like that,” he said.
While Tylenol relieved his son’s fever, Khalil said he’s frustrated and worried, especially after he was told by the city that it could be up to five days before his street is cleared of snow.
“I’ve never seen the snow that high in my entire life. Some cars are so completely submerged in snow you can’t see them anymore,” he said.
EMS spokesman Adam Loria said Tuesday afternoon that no ambulances had been stranded or in need of a tow since the blizzard began.
“If we believe there’s an area that’s impassable or we may get in but not out of, we will play it safe and walk that extra bit with our equipment,” he said.
Fire spokeswoman Carol Henke said while crews have been kept busy responding to many traffic collisions, she was not aware of any issues with fire trucks getting stuck on snow-covered residential streets.
Like I said, "It's coming....."
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Mountains+snow+reignite+fears+over+emergency+access/9243359/story.html (http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Mountains+snow+reignite+fears+over+emergency+access/9243359/story.html)
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Mountains of snow reignite fears over emergency access in northeast neighbourhoods
BY ANNALISE KLINGBEIL, CALGARY HERALD DECEMBER 4, 2013 6:29 AM
Mountains of snow reignite fears over emergency access in northeast neighbourhoods
Massive snow drifts that blocked streets in a number of north Calgary communities had stranded residents worried again about emergency access to their neighbourhoods.
High winds created huge piles of snow on the streets in several northeast communities, including SkyView Ranch, Redstone, Saddleridge and Whitehorn.
Snow drifts created similar fears in that part of the city during a major snowstorm in 2009.
Among those affected by nearly impassable roads was an ambulance transporting Coun. Jim Stevenson to the Peter Lougheed Hospital on Monday evening after the Ward 3 councillor fell outside of his Coral Springs home and broke his leg.
“The ambulance got stuck in the snow trying to bring me to the hospital,” said Stevenson, speaking from his hospital room on Tuesday while waiting for surgery.
With the help of citizens, including Stevenson’s wife, the emergency vehicle was eventually pushed free.
“It was a long process,” Stevenson said.
Issa Khalil has been stuck in his Whitehorn home since Monday with his wife and three young children. Large snow drifts in front of his home, which he says emergency vehicles would not be able to navigate, are causing Khalil to worry about his family’s safety.
“It’s almost like a state of emergency for us as far as not being able to receive any kind of medical attention or if a fire were to break out,” he said.
“It’s very frustrating. You get a sense of worry after awhile.”
When his son had a high fever Monday night, Khalil said he couldn’t get his truck off of his snowy street to take the two-year-old to the hospital. Calling an ambulance wasn’t an option either, he said.
“Not even pickup trucks can get through, no emergency vehicles, no fire trucks, nothing like that,” he said.
While Tylenol relieved his son’s fever, Khalil said he’s frustrated and worried, especially after he was told by the city that it could be up to five days before his street is cleared of snow.
“I’ve never seen the snow that high in my entire life. Some cars are so completely submerged in snow you can’t see them anymore,” he said.
EMS spokesman Adam Loria said Tuesday afternoon that no ambulances had been stranded or in need of a tow since the blizzard began.
“If we believe there’s an area that’s impassable or we may get in but not out of, we will play it safe and walk that extra bit with our equipment,” he said.
Fire spokeswoman Carol Henke said while crews have been kept busy responding to many traffic collisions, she was not aware of any issues with fire trucks getting stuck on snow-covered residential streets.
Like I said, "It's coming....."
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Mountains+snow+reignite+fears+over+emergency+access/9243359/story.html (http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Mountains+snow+reignite+fears+over+emergency+access/9243359/story.html)
I believe it when I see it!!! Did you put the plow on the tractor yet??
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I believe it when I see it!!! Did you put the plow on the tractor yet??
No. I can get the mowing deck off with no sweat. BUT - the plow's too heavy for me (200+ lbs) to move around to install it. (My back & knees won't allow that.) My neighbor (the ex-football player) or my son will help me do it. No panic now though - no snow is forecasted for us - yet. We'll put in on in my small barn, out of any weather problems.
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I believe it when I see it!!! Did you put the plow on the tractor yet??
No. I can get the mowing deck off with no sweat. BUT - the plow's too heavy for me (200+ lbs) to move around to install it. (My back & knees won't allow that.) My neighbor (the ex-football player) or my son will help me do it. No panic now though - no snow is forecasted for us - yet. We'll put in on in my small barn, out of any weather problems.
Well please be careful when you do plan on doing so.
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It's always days like this where the snow and wind is flying that Darwinism in action becomes most visible...you can see the idiots coming a mile off (well, a mile off if the snow and wind would let the bleep up!),,,it's literally like seeing things in slow motion...
...aaaaand....into the ditch! All four tires, buried good, yes you are a complete dumbass!
::hysterical::
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Well please be careful when you do plan on doing so.
Oh, yeah. No problems there!
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It's always days like this where the snow and wind is flying that Darwinism in action becomes most visible...you can see the idiots coming a mile off (well, a mile off if the snow and wind would let the bleep up!),,,it's literally like seeing things in slow motion...
...aaaaand....into the ditch! All four tires, buried good, yes you are a complete dumbass!
::hysterical::
Every winter some ijits get decapitated when they drive their snow machines under and into a wire fence. Not a pretty sight.
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It's always days like this where the snow and wind is flying that Darwinism in action becomes most visible...you can see the idiots coming a mile off (well, a mile off if the snow and wind would let the bleep up!),,,it's literally like seeing things in slow motion...
...aaaaand....into the ditch! All four tires, buried good, yes you are a complete dumbass!
::hysterical::
The one year we got 21 inches (yes, in NC), we were on our way to the store (yes, somebody ::) didn't get there beforehand) some young idjit came flying down the single track-set around the curve, hit the brakes and slid sideways off the road. Bald tires, pickup truck w/empty bed (betcha the gas tank was almost empty too). He gets out of the truck -- plastic bags outside his shoes -- and almost takes a header. Gunsmith had put the come-along in our truck, so he pulled the fool's truck back onto the road while I lectured his ass.
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It's always days like this where the snow and wind is flying that Darwinism in action becomes most visible...you can see the idiots coming a mile off (well, a mile off if the snow and wind would let the bleep up!),,,it's literally like seeing things in slow motion...
...aaaaand....into the ditch! All four tires, buried good, yes you are a complete dumbass!
::hysterical::
The one year we got 21 inches (yes, in NC), we were on our way to the store (yes, somebody ::) didn't get there beforehand) some young idjit came flying down the single track-set around the curve, hit the brakes and slid sideways off the road. Bald tires, pickup truck w/empty bed (betcha the gas tank was almost empty too). He gets out of the truck -- plastic bags outside his shoes -- and almost takes a header. Gunsmith had put the come-along in our truck, so he pulled the fool's truck back onto the road while I lectured his ass.
Top it off with a slap upside the noodle and a warning "not to pull shyt like that around here again! Now git!".
I had one idjit cut right in front of me this morning! The roads are clear of snow now but with the temp dipping there are alternating patches of road and ice, and this jackass cuts right in behind one turnip and threatens to make mincemeat of me! I backed off, flipped my high-beams (and although it had no chance of seeing it) flipped it the bird!
Dumbass!
And it is colder than Hillary Clinton's bed this morning!
(For the curious I think that level of cold is somewhere at or near absolute zero)
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Still no snow!! The Holidays doesn't feel the same without snow..... ::whatgives::
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Still have time...have faith!
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Still have time...have faith!
I hope when it happens, it isn't a storm with 3' of white crap.
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Still have time...have faith!
I hope when it happens, it isn't a storm with 3' of white crap.
Now ya jinxed it! ::rolllaughing::
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Still have time...have faith!
I hope when it happens, it isn't a storm with 3' of white crap.
Now ya jinxed it! ::rolllaughing::
Nah. Que Sera Sera.
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Something about winter weather really brings out the morons. You have the garden variety morons who are barely able to navigate a motorway on a normal day, and the addition of winter weather is simply more than they can withstand. But I'm not talking about those morons. I'm talking about the ones who, for some reason, take snow and ice as their cue to become more aggressive in traffic. I have seen this so many times.
I'm not sure what motivates it. Are they trying to show what badasses they are? I mean who but an abject fool tailgates on slush and ice covered roads? I'm betting these people have never attempted an emergency stop in those conditions just to see how different it is.
Also there's no such thing as "all season" tires. They might be fine if you live somewhere that gets a little snow that melts in a day or two. But if you're going to be driving in it regularly, get real winter tires. With winter tires I can go just about anywhere in a front wheel drive car. I'd rather drive a 2WD car with winter tires than a 4WD without.
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And the ijits who just KNOW that AWD or 4WD will stop them faster that 2WD.
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Something about winter weather really brings out the morons. You have the garden variety morons who are barely able to navigate a motorway on a normal day, and the addition of winter weather is simply more than they can withstand. But I'm not talking about those morons. I'm talking about the ones who, for some reason, take snow and ice as their cue to become more aggressive in traffic. I have seen this so many times.
I'm not sure what motivates it. Are they trying to show what badasses they are? I mean who but an abject fool tailgates on slush and ice covered roads? I'm betting these people have never attempted an emergency stop in those conditions just to see how different it is.
Also there's no such thing as "all season" tires. They might be fine if you live somewhere that gets a little snow that melts in a day or two. But if you're going to be driving in it regularly, get real winter tires. With winter tires I can go just about anywhere in a front wheel drive car. I'd rather drive a 2WD car with winter tires than a 4WD without.
I've tried saying this in conversation only to have people ask me if I'm afraid to drive in snow. Because of course they know how to drive in bad weather.
A couple of years ago we were driving through Michigan when we came upon 100% ice covered roads. So we crept along at about 25 mph in the right lane behind others doing the same. In the left lane goes the SUVs speeding by and couple miles up we pass them in the ditch and one was even upside down (no one hurt). How could you be so stupid?
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There's really nothing worse in winter driving than the overconfident guy in a SUV. For people like that, about the only thing 4WD is good for is getting you into situations that you then can't get out of.
When I go on surf fishing trips it's kind of the same thing on the sand. Somebody always tries it in a 2WD. The local tow operators love those people. Driving on the beach, the absolute best thing you can do is lower your tire pressure. I usually run about 14-16 psi. The tires really flatten out and just roll over the sand rather than digging into it.
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We're having temps in the negative single digits. I don't remember a winter when we've gotten smacked by arctic cold so early. At least as far as I can remember, this bitter cold snap doesn't usually come until around the 1st of the year.
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As I suspected, they've seriously toned down the forecasts. Yesterday the forecast was for a high of 5o on Tuesday.
WunderMap®
xxxxx Weather Forecast
View Calendar 10-Day Forecast for xxxxx Weather Station 00000
Thursday, 5
Overcast
56 | 24 °F
Overcast
Chance of
Precipitation NA%
Friday, 6
Overcast
26 | 12 °F
Overcast
Chance of
Precipitation 0%
Saturday, 7
Clear
23 | 18 °F
Clear
Chance of
Precipitation 0%
Sunday, 8
Overcast
30 | 25 °F
Overcast
Chance of
Precipitation 20%
Monday, 9
Overcast
27 | 9 °F
Overcast
Chance of
Precipitation 10%
Tuesday, 10
Partly Cloudy
27 | 14 °F
Partly Cloudy
Chance of
Precipitation 0%
Wednesday, 11
Partly Cloudy
21 | 11 °F
Partly Cloudy
Chance of
Precipitation 0%
Thursday, 12
Clear
29 | 16 °F
Clear
Chance of
Precipitation 0%
Friday, 13
Mostly Cloudy
31 | 21 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Chance of
Precipitation 10%
Saturday, 14
Mostly Cloudy
33 | 21 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Chance of
Precipitation 20%
Source: BestForecast at Descriptive Forecast
Thursday Night
Overcast. Low 24F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
Hourly 6AM 12 Noon 6PM 12 Midnight
Temp. | Dew Point 28 | 25 24 | 20 23 | 18 26 | 12
Wind 16 mph West 11 mph WNW 10 mph West 9 mph NW
Humidity 88% 82% 80% 54%
Chance of Precip. NA NA NA 0%
Cloud Cover NA NA NA 96%
Conditions NA NA NA Overcast
Sunrise & Sunset
7:01 AM4:20 PM
Source: Weather Underground BestForecastView Detailed Hourly Forecast/quote]
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There's really nothing worse in winter driving than the overconfident guy in a SUV. For people like that, about the only thing 4WD is good for is getting you into situations that you then can't get out of.
When I go on surf fishing trips it's kind of the same thing on the sand. Somebody always tries it in a 2WD. The local tow operators love those people. Driving on the beach, the absolute best thing you can do is lower your tire pressure. I usually run about 14-16 psi. The tires really flatten out and just roll over the sand rather than digging into it.
Worked for the Israeli's when fighting the Egyptians in Sinai!
It's a physics thing...some people have ten times more horsepower than brain cells!
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We're having temps in the negative single digits. I don't remember a winter when we've gotten smacked by arctic cold so early. At least as far as I can remember, this bitter cold snap doesn't usually come until around the 1st of the year.
They can come in December but not this early...in the minus range this AM...throw in that over-used windchill, and...
(http://vortex.plymouth.edu/uschill.gif)
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/uschill.gif (http://vortex.plymouth.edu/uschill.gif)
America's waistline getting iced -
(http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/includes/columns/newsstory/2013/650x366_12060955_hd33.jpg)
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/ilate-week-ice-storm-texas-to-pennsylvania/20571898 (http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/ilate-week-ice-storm-texas-to-pennsylvania/20571898)
And hey, I wonder if we can deploy really big fans all along the Canadian border and blow this cold back...let Russia take the spill-over?!
(http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/includes/columns/newsstory/2013/650x366_12041402_hd14.jpg)
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We've certainly got cold this early. The week after the Halloween blizzard it was below zero. What is unique about this early cold snap is how wide spread it is, and how long it will last (past the extended forecasts).
Records are generally in the minus teens, this time of year, and we might flirt with one of two of those.
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Meanwhile it's in the mid 70s in NC. Feels unnatural to be that warm in December. But looking at that map of the country, I don't recall seeing that much cold and snow in early December. Normally it's confined to the usual suspects.
I think there's something to the whole impending solar minimum and an overall cooling. The fact that it's totally at odds with the warmistas is just the icing on the cake.
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Still upset about no snow. I remember as a child in the 70's having at least 2 feet on the ground by now, and holding steady thru until March.
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Still upset about no snow. I remember as a child in the 70's having at least 2 feet on the ground by now, and holding steady thru until March.
I think you'll get the snow before we do. We're in that small area between the northern and southern snow storms. Go about 100 miles north, about 30 miles south, 20 miles east, and 75 miles west for snow, whereas we haven't even seen any flakes.
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Still upset about no snow. I remember as a child in the 70's having at least 2 feet on the ground by now, and holding steady thru until March.
I think you'll get the snow before we do. We're in that small area between the northern and southern snow storms. Go about 100 miles north, about 30 miles south, 20 miles east, and 75 miles west for snow, whereas we haven't even seen any flakes.
I am not so sure though.
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It's 6o here this morning, no snow forecast. MAYBE up to a 2" maximum tomorrow, but I'm not counting on it.
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We got a dusting, but very cold this am.
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Temperature 9.0 °F
Feels Like 9.0 °F
Wind(mph) -
Sunrise / Set 7:03 AM 4:20 PM
Moon Waxing Crescent
Today
Clear 21 °F
Clear Tonight
Mostly Cloudy 15 °F
Mostly Cloudy Tomorrow
Light Snow 28 | 23 °F
Light Snow
30% chance of precipitation
Monday
Mostly Cloudy 25 | 10 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Tuesday
Clear 31 | 18 °F
Clear
Wednesday
Partly Cloudy 24 | 11 °F
Partly Cloudy
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Colder than Hillary Clinton's bed this morning! ::speechless::
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Two inches of the white shiiit this morning. I had loads of fun going to my doctor's appointment; people don't know how to drive - they must have gotten their licenses out of a box of Cracker Jack.
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Two inches of the white shiiit this morning. I had loads of fun going to my doctor's appointment; people don't know how to drive - they must have gotten their licenses out of a box of Cracker Jack.
CG - you should try it down here. They have never had to drive in snow 1/4" or more, so they continue 20 mph over, 10 feet between cars while on the phone, cutting traffic, still thinking that power braking at the last minute will stop them on a dime, all while on curves and hills. The few dustings we get, I just throw another log on the fire and make sure the coffee pot remains full while watching the world go by.
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CG - you should try it down here. They have never had to drive in snow 1/4" or more, so they continue 20 mph over, 10 feet between cars while on the phone, cutting traffic, still thinking that power braking at the last minute will stop them on a dime, all while on curves and hills. The few dustings we get, I just throw another log on the fire and make sure the coffee pot remains full while watching the world go by.
I'd have just stayed home this morning if not for the doctor's appointment.
I drove to the Salvation Army store this afternoon and we donated an imitation Christmas tree, some ornaments, clothing, shoes, fans - I can't remember all the stuff, but it filled up the back of my pickemup truck.
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Summer's gone,
Fall has fell.
Winter's here,
and it's cold as hell!
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{{snip}}BY VARIOUS MEASURES THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE COLDEST WEEK SINCE DECEMBER 1998…AND THE COLDER RANGE OF SOLUTIONS ARE MORE LIKE DECEMBER 1983. THAT MONTH STAYED COLD AND WOUND UP BEING THE COLDEST DECEMBER ON RECORD…THE SNOW COVER WILL CERTAINLY HELP US GET OFF TO A COMPETITIVE START.{{snip}}
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/12/03/winter-rocking-the-u-s-a-from-northwest-to-southeast-eventually/ (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/12/03/winter-rocking-the-u-s-a-from-northwest-to-southeast-eventually/)
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If this global warming isn't brought under control, we'll all freeze our buns off. ::snoshovel::
Now
Clear
Temperature 12 °F
Feels Like 12 °F
Wind(mph)
Sunrise / Set 7:05 AM 4:20 PM
Moon First Quarter
Tonight
Partly Cloudy 5 °F
Partly Cloudy
Tomorrow
Partly Cloudy 25 °F
Partly Cloudy
Tomorrow Night
Light Snow 15 °F
Light Snow
30% chance of precipitation
Wednesday
Snow Showers 21 | 3 °F
Snow Showers
40% chance of precipitation
Thursday
Partly Cloudy27 | 19 °F
Partly Cloudy
Friday
Mostly Cloudy34 | 25 °F
Mostly Cloudy
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Summer's gone,
Fall has fell.
Winter's here,
and it's cold as hell!
You had Fall? Lucky bastard!
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It could be worse. (http://notrickszone.com/2013/12/09/nsidc-prepared-to-make-public-new-all-time-record-low-for-earth-recorded-in-antarctica-minus-91-2c/)
Boys and girls. -91.2C translates to -132F
(http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv158/Kasa721/cold.gif)
Have a nice day.
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It's a balmy -6oF out there. The palm trees are swaying in the gentle breeze.....
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Right now it's 1 above, there's always someplace worse off...sometimes not!
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Well, I'm in NJ and already shoveled three inches off the paths. ::snoshovel::
It's still snowing. Expected low tonight of 17 degrees.
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Um...you're welcome? ;D
::exitstageleft::
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I hate to mention I just got back from my wifes company paid cruise to Cozumel....... I was in the ocean Saturday. 84 degrees. water was great.....but now I'm back in Tennessee. today's high is 35.... not to bad.
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Either sounds like paradise to me right now, Don.
Got up and it was -6, it's -7 right now and headed for -10 before it warms back up to -2...
That big fat lying bastard AlGore just has to be in town! Nothing but cold ever follows that jackass!
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I be ready! The plow's on the tractor! It's running great, chains on, ready for da white shiiit! ::snoshovel::
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It was 83 down here and I can't take this endless heat any more.
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It was 83 down here and I can't take this endless heat any more.
T'ain't right like 'at 'round Christmas. Needs cold. Got some rightcheer in NJ and more comin' this weekend.
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We are supposed to get a biggie this weekend!! ::praying:: ::praying::
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It was 83 down here and I can't take this endless heat any more.
T'ain't right like 'at 'round Christmas. Needs cold. Got some rightcheer in NJ and more comin' this weekend.
Gators n' snakes not too Christmassy either...unless you put a Duck Dynasty kinda spin on it! ::thumbsup::
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To a nothern boy palm trees with light just don't cut it.
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Might look like an ultra-lite crashed!
::hysterical::
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We are supposed to get a biggie this weekend!! ::praying:: ::praying::
So you're looking forward to that biggie? ::evil::
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Posted before, but good for now also -- government job security ...
(http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv176/rustybayonet_2009/Government-Snow-Plow_zps5c38e0e2.gif) (http://s681.photobucket.com/user/rustybayonet_2009/media/Government-Snow-Plow_zps5c38e0e2.gif.html)
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We are supposed to get a biggie this weekend!! ::praying:: ::praying::
So you're looking forward to that biggie? ::evil::
Anything big will work!! ;)
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In the teens now in Minnie...feels almost balmy after that sub-zero Fey-Wu!
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Got to drag my leaf sweeper back to the barn for the winter today. Must dig it out first, though.
Winter storm tonight. We be ready.
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Got to drag my leaf sweeper back to the barn for the winter today. Must dig it out first, though.
Winter storm tonight. We be ready.
Be careful, warm and stay safe!!
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Got to drag my leaf sweeper back to the barn for the winter today. Must dig it out first, though.
Winter storm tonight. We be ready.
Be careful, warm and stay safe!!
No problem. The cars and my tractor are store in the garage, and neighbors are always ready to help us get out if the snow gets too high for us to get out of the garage.
Plus, a friend has a Bobcat and a backhoe with a scoop, and he'll help us too if we need it. He'd even do my 91-year old neighbor's driveway if it got too much for my tractor, but that has never happened.
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America the way to used to be,we took care of each other and not rely on the goverment.
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America the way to used to be,we took care of each other and not rely on the goverment.
I like helping and caring about my family, friends and neighbors.
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America the way to used to be,we took care of each other and not rely on the goverment.
I like helping and caring about my family, friends and neighbors.
Everyone obviously knows how I feel.
And the snow has arrived. I'm glad I got my sweeper into the barn out back. The forecast is for 6-7" by 10AM tomorrow. Supposed to not be the light fluffy stuff we got 2 days ago. We'll see what we will see........
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Plowed 6" of heavy, wet snow for 1.5 hours this morning. It's still snowing, so I'll have to go out there again - maybe two more times.
And I have things to do; I need to get out there and milk the elk. ::snoshovel:: ;)
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Plowed 6" of heavy, wet snow for 1.5 hours this morning. It's still snowing, so I'll have to go out there again - maybe two more times.
And I have things to do; I need to get out there and milk the elk. ::snoshovel:: ;)
We are supposed to get slammed!!
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Just got back in from another hour of plowing. My feet are cold.......
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We just get a dusting now and then. Y'all skewin' the numbers! ;D
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Just got back in from another hour of plowing. My feet are cold.......
Sounds like they need a good foot rub, to get the circulation going...
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Just got back in from another hour of plowing. My feet are cold.......
Sounds like they need a good foot rub, to get the circulation going...
The adult beverage did that! ::oldman:: ::rimshot:: ::kissface::
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Just got back in from another hour of plowing. My feet are cold.......
Sounds like they need a good foot rub, to get the circulation going...
The adult beverage did that! ::oldman:: ::rimshot:: ::kissface::
well you can't say I didn't try! ;) :-* ::kissface::
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well you can't say I didn't try! ;) :-* ::kissface::
And I thank you! ;)
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It's snowing again. Sighhhh..............
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It's snowing again. Sighhhh..............
I think we are getting more tomorrow...not sure.. ::whatgives::
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It's snowing again. Sighhhh..............
I think we are getting more tomorrow...not sure.. ::whatgives::
It's forecasted here for tomorrow morning, just in time for the rush "hour" into the city. I put up with that for many years, and I'm so glad I don't have to do that any more.
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Snow came late, slick streets, now sun's out, about 30oF.
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It's snowing again. Sighhhh..............
I think we are getting more tomorrow...not sure.. ::whatgives::
It's forecasted here for tomorrow morning, just in time for the rush "hour" into the city. I put up with that for many years, and I'm so glad I don't have to do that any more.
I have the day off, but I was smart enough to do all my errands, before the snow started flying.
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Supposed to be 73 degrees here this weekend.
And no, I don't like it. The weekend before Christmas should not be in the 70s.
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Supposed to be 73 degrees here this weekend.
And no, I don't like it. The weekend before Christmas should not be in the 70s.
Tell me about it.
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Supposed to be 73 degrees here this weekend.
And no, I don't like it. The weekend before Christmas should not be in the 70s.
Tell me about it.
Christmas and fat guys/gals in shorts and flip-flops... ::puke::
Christmas and hot gals in shorty-shorts... ::saywhat::
It's not all bad.
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The cold temps here bring out a couple of points about women.
But I digress........
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Supposed to start raining tonight, continuing tomorrow.
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The cold temps here bring out a couple of points about women.
But I digress........
Dir-ty old man. ;)
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The cold temps here bring out a couple of points about women.
But I digress........
Dir-ty old man. ;)
HEY! I'm just keeping people abreast of developments! No support here - that's my problem. No support.
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The cold temps here bring out a couple of points about women.
But I digress........
Dir-ty old man. ;)
HEY! I'm just keeping people abreast of developments! No support here - that's my problem. No support.
Aaaiiieee! ::lalanotlistening::
Stop. I'm beggin' ya.
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Aaaiiieee! ::lalanotlistening::
Stop. I'm beggin' ya.
Oh, git up off'n yer knees. It's so unbecoming! ::popcorn::
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That's two. Tick, tick ...........
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That's two. Tick, tick ...........
You said you were begging!
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Don't be a boob, man! Run! She's got ya in 'er sights! ::exitstageleft::
::hysterical::
::popcorn::
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Don't be a boob, man! Run! She's got ya in 'er sights! ::exitstageleft::
::hysterical::
::popcorn::
But sometimes I AM a boob man!
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Don't be a boob, man! Run! She's got ya in 'er sights! ::exitstageleft::
::hysterical::
::popcorn::
But sometimes I AM a boob man!
I'm an ass man sometimes...people yell at me "You're an ass, man!"...
Now, don't get me going on stems/gams..."Hey, baby...those go all they way up?!"... ;D
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Rain, rain go away.
Come again
When the Bears have to play!
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We got our first snow of the season last night (well early early this morning). About 4" total. I still have ~2 on the ground. As expected the fools played bumper cars all morning long. I sat in my recliner and watched the carnage on my laptop.
Fortunately the weatherliars are forecasting a warming trend (upper 30's) tonite & tomorrow - just in time for Bluegrass. ;')
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Ground's nice and soggy. Air's good and chewy out there.
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Saturday
sleet
Cloudy with a mixture of winter precipitation. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precip 90%. Snow and ice accumulations around one inch.
Saturday Night
A wintry mix. Low 31F. Winds NE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precip 90%. Snow and ice accumulating 1 to 3 inches.
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I found this picture of Rusty, when he lived in Michigan.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/HOLIDAYS/Christmas/SNOWBLOWER.jpg)
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Thought you said you threw away that Christmas card years ago, real men don't ride tractors when shoveling snow. ::oldman:: ::dueling::
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Real men do ride tractors when PLOWING snow! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Icons/Plowing.gif)
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An ice storm hit Toronto over the last couple of days.. Power out.. Etc.. You'd think they'd be all happy drinking their windmill heated starbucks and snuggling in front of their solar powered fire places.. But no.. Lib central Canada is sniveling about the cold..
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An ice storm hit Toronto over the last couple of days.. Power out.. Etc.. You'd think they'd be all happy drinking their windmill heated starbucks and snuggling in front of their solar powered fire places.. But no.. Lib central Canada is sniveling about the cold..
Bwahah. Schadenfreude strikes again.
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Brrrrr....... 3oF out there now.
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Well, now it's -8oF out there, and still falling. And we're supposed to get snow beginning tomorrow evening and continuing through Christmas morning. No big thing if I have to plow our driveway and the 91 year old neighbor's, though. I have to keep them open; his 90 year old wife was taken to the hospital the day before yesterday.
We all do what we need to do, correct? That's what we stand for here. (At least to my way of thinking.)
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That's it, fella; we do what we must. You be safe plowing and traveling.
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That's it, fella; we do what we must. You be safe plowing and traveling.
Plowing and driving 2 blocks to the neighbor's are not problems at all. We're on a rural road, and that's one of the reasons I added to the factory lights on my John Deere - so I can be seen, not necessarily so I can see. Brighter lights and a tail light give me more confidence. (Although if I have to plow at night, the lights are invaluable.)
I WAS able to get the mowing deck out to our small barn. Couldn't have done it without the tire chains.
The barn was actually built almost around a steer; the original owners' son had a steer for 4H. It has a brick floor and it's wired for electricity.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Home/DSCF4902-1.jpg)
And we almost lost it when this happened. (A 125 year old white oak fell 2 feet away from the barn.)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Home/DSCF4138.jpg)
Driveway looking east.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Home/DSCF3857.jpg)
Driveway looking south (it turns south at our property line).
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::snoshovel:: You can keep it, 'cause I don't want it ;)
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::snoshovel:: You can keep it, 'cause I don't want it ;)
No prob! Especially now that we're both retired, if we can't get out we don't labor to go out. We have 2 fireplaces and a pool table so........
Besides, there I go again! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Icons/Plowing.gif)
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We just talked to my BIL, who lives on 45 wooded acres south of Buffalo, NY. They got over a foot of snow every night for the last week (7 days). Some has melted, but he still has over 6' on the ground. So we have 6 inches of snow, and he has over 6 feet!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Road%20Signs/DSCF3403.jpg) Except it's in Erie County.
His gas line froze up and they had no heat and could not use the stove. He has his own wellhead and pipeline (supplied by the Gas Company) and pays nothing for natural gas, but he's responsible for the maintenance. The deep snow prevented him from getting back to the wellhead with a 4x4 farm tractor, a neighbor couldn't get back there with a bigger 4x4 tractor either, and his SIL finally beat his way back with his huge 4x4 Case tractor. They worked for 15 hours to just get back to the wellhead. His SIL works with the gas company, and he used some special liquid to defrost and melt everything. They got the line cleared, and he's now running everything at the maximum temp setting 24x7 to get all of the moisture out of the line; if they need to cool the house(s) [one for them, one for his MIL, another for his FIL (he's sick and almost bedridden)] down, they just open the windows.
And you think YOU have problems...the water heater also crapped out during all of this mess.
Gee - the Rheem water heater I gave him only lasted for 23 years. ::whatgives::
He and I are really glad they no longer have any livestock to worry about. (2 ponies, 3 goats, and a hog.) His daughter (our niece) however, had a goat die, which would normally be no problem. Trouble is: that goat and her horse were REAL close friends and slept in the same stall. They took the tractor, and the backhoe, and buried the goat. Now the horse lies on the ground, whinnying (sp?) and kicking the walls because she misses her goat so much.
::gaah:: ::falldownshocked::
I think I need a drink. Jack and water - hold the water and the ice. ::snoshovel:: ::rimshot::
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I've heard in Alaska they have problems with natural gas and propane because it can get so cold the gas will become so dense that it no longer has any vapor pressure. You could open a valve all the way and no gas would come out.
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I've heard in Alaska they have problems with natural gas and propane because it can get so cold the gas will become so dense that it no longer has any vapor pressure. You could open a valve all the way and no gas would come out.
Diesel fuel turning into jelly is a problem in cold climes, too.
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I have heard, that we are supposed to be getting a nasty one tomorrow night, here in New England.. Bring it on!!
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We're supposed to get sub-zero, but no snow.
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I have heard, that we are supposed to be getting a nasty one tomorrow night, here in New England.. Bring it on!!
Where are you in New England?I lived in Conn and my daughter is still there with the rest of my family.
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I have heard, that we are supposed to be getting a nasty one tomorrow night, here in New England.. Bring it on!!
Where are you in New England?I lived in Conn and my daughter is still there with the rest of my family.
Tania lives - or exists - in New Hampshire.
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Now another forecast says over 6" of snow later this week.
(Gotta post a poem here.....)
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I have heard, that we are supposed to be getting a nasty one tomorrow night, here in New England.. Bring it on!!
Where are you in New England?I lived in Conn and my daughter is still there with the rest of my family.
Tania lives - or exists - in New Hampshire.
I am a Clam chowdah, lobstah roll eatin, snow tolerating, squito hating New Englandah!! I live in a 300 year old farm in Durham. Home of the UNH Wildcats!!
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I am a Clam chowdah, lobstah roll eatin, snow tolerating, squito hating New Englandah!! I live in a 300 year old farm in Durham. Home of the UNH Wildcats!!
We all have our crosses to bear and our sob stories to tell... ;) ::rimshot::
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As I promised.......
SNOW!
Dec 8 6 PM. It started to snow. The first of the season and my wife and I took our cocktails and sat by the window watching the soft flakes drift down all over the area. It was beautiful!
Dec 9 We awoke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering the landscape! What a fantastic sight! Every tree and shrub covered with a beautiful white mantle! I shoveled snow for the first time in years and loved it. I did both our driveway and our sidewalk. Later the snowplow came along and covered up our sidewalk with compacted snow from the street, so I shoveled again.
Dec 12 The sun has melted all of our lovely snow. Oh well, I’m sure we will get some more before the lovely wintertime is through.
Dec 14 It snowed 8 inches last night and the temperature dropped to 20 degrees below zero. I shoveled the driveway and the sidewalk again, and then the snowplow came by and did its trick again.
Dec 15 Sold my sedan and bought a 4X4 so I can drive in the snow. Bought snow tires for my wife’s car.
Dec 18 Fell on my ass on the ice in the driveway. All I hurt was my feelings.
Dec 19 Still cold (below zero) and the icy roads make for very tough driving.
Dec 20 Had another 24 inches of the white sheit last night. More shoveling in store for me today. That damned snowplow came by twice.
Dec 22 We are assured of a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white sheit fell today, and with this freezing weather it won’t melt until August. Got all dressed up to go out and shovel (boots, jumpsuit, heavy jacket, scarf, earmuffs, gloves, etc.) and then I had to pee!
Dec 23 I was going to go ice fishing today but my worms froze and I didn’t want the fish to break their teeth on my bait.
Dec 24 If I ever catch the son-of-a-bitch who drives that snowplow, I’ll drag him through the drifts by his balls! I think he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at 100 miles an hour to throw snow all over what used to be my driveway, sidewalk and lawn!
Dec 25 Merry Christmas! They predict 20 more inches of the f***ing sheit tonight. Don’t they know how many shovels full of snow 20 inches is? To hell with Santa -- he doesn’t have to shovel all of that white sheit. The snowplow driver came by asking for a donation, and I smacked him in the face with my snow shovel.
Dec 26 We got 28 more inches and then some. I must be going snow-blind or have a severe case of cabin fever, because my wife is starting to look good to me.
Dec 28 The toilet froze. If you go outside, don’t eat the brown or yellow snow.
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We're supposed to get sub-zero, but no snow.
I got both today! It's like gettin' whupped upside the head and then asking for seconds!
Oh well, keeps the riff raff from rootin' 'round!
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Went to work at 05:00 this morning.. the thermometer registered a minus 41 c... it was so cold it burned your hands climbing up the ladder to the cab of the truck.. trucks run 24-7 now till the cold snap breaks.. the tires on my pickup had a flat spot frozen on them and they thumped for about 5 minutes while driving till they warmed up.. Al Gore can kiss my hind end
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Yeah...it's nippy. Gets your attention. I haven't even got the mail yet...I don't wanna go out there! ::speechless::
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They changed the forecast. Now it's supposed to be around 10" on Thursday AM.
No big deal. ::whatgives::
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Even colder, next week. As in highs of -10, lows of -20 type weather.
::gaah::
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Yeah, it's ridiculous...
1/1 - Overcast. High near 0F. Winds light and variable.
1/2 - Sunny skies. High 1F. Winds light and variable.
1/3 - Cloudy. High around 20F. Winds S at 15 to 25 mph.
1/4 - Cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy later in the day. High 24F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.
1/5 - Sunny, along with a few afternoon clouds. High 1F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
1/6 - Some sun in the morning with increasing clouds during the afternoon. High -11F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.
1/7 - Mostly sunny skies. High -2F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
1/8 - Mainly cloudy. High 9F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.
And there isn't an overnight with a low in positive numbers until 1/10 in the forecast!
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Do you guys use anything besides oil to heat those homes ?
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Do you guys use anything besides oil to heat those homes ?
Yes - woodstove augments a gas furnace.
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As of now, Global Warming will dump at least 6 more inches on us tonight, with more tomorrow. Then on Sunday, the temp's gonna fall to a high of 0oF, with a low of -17oF, with the bitter cold lasting about a week.
Plowing again tomorrow, for sure. Maybe several times....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Icons/Plowing.gif)
It's time to put my old CB handle on my tractor...
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Rabblerouser! Perfect!
I was gonna complain about the dry 29 degrees now that we're back in NC, but I think I'll just ........ shaddap. :D
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Do you guys use anything besides oil to heat those homes ?
Most in our parts use natural gas. Many (like me) have a natural gas fireplace too, though I prefer the old wood burning kind. At the lake it is propane and wood stove.
And I like to run a small space heater in the garage if I am fiddling about in there or just want a cigar without risking life and limb in the open outdoors!
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Rabblerouser! Perfect!
I was gonna complain about the dry 29 degrees now that we're back in NC, but I think I'll just ........ shaddap. :D
Wow, how sad is it that I would love 29 right now?! :P
And as for oldcoastie's handle...I think he's underselling his potential! ;D
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And as for oldcoastie's handle...I think he's underselling his potential! ;D
Moi? I'm just laying back in the weeds, merely a casual observer of the passing scene... ;)
Plowed another 7" this morning, and I did my neighbor's driveway too. At least this much or more is still forecast today.
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Yep, natural gas.
Forecasts are all over the place. The question is, just now much of this air that's been gripping central Canada comes south. It has made it to northern Minnesota. I saw a -44 on the map, earlier, in the International Falls area.
The all time record low high here is -17, tied in 1996. I'm seeing -14 for Monday, after a -22 low. I'd have to think the lows will be lower, with a high that low. We'll see. Even the weather weenies are starting to compare this to 1996, now.
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Geez. Now an electric eye for our garage door has fallen off, and I can't figure out how to put it back on. Nothing I do will hold it in place. ::whatgives::
Service call today between 9 and 12. ::outrage:: ::pullhair::
FIXED! ::danceban::
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Yep, natural gas.
Forecasts are all over the place. The question is, just now much of this air that's been gripping central Canada comes south. It has made it to northern Minnesota. I saw a -44 on the map, earlier, in the International Falls area.
The all time record low high here is -17, tied in 1996. I'm seeing -14 for Monday, after a -22 low. I'd have to think the lows will be lower, with a high that low. We'll see. Even the weather weenies are starting to compare this to 1996, now.
Reading the news reports of the hysteria in Winnipeg would leave me to believe people are dropping dead...imagine my surprise when they are not.
:o
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Geez. Now an electric eye for our garage door has fallen off, and I can't figure out how to put it back on. Nothing I do will hold it in place. ::whatgives::
Service call today between 9 and 12. ::outrage:: ::pullhair::
Maybe it's still in the weeds? ::saywhat::
::hysterical::
PS-Hope you can manually closer her! It's colder than Hillary's boodwah out there!
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Geez. Now an electric eye for our garage door has fallen off, and I can't figure out how to put it back on. Nothing I do will hold it in place. ::whatgives::
Service call today between 9 and 12. ::outrage:: ::pullhair::
Maybe it's still in the weeds? ::saywhat::
::hysterical::
PS-Hope you can manually closer her! It's colder than Hillary's boodwah out there!
It's no prob manually closing and opening it, but the better 2/3s has problems doing that. Plus - you'd have to go back into the house to manually lock the garage door. But all is well - now it's fixed! And the guy bolted the brackets to the wheel channels so it couldn't happen again.
Plowed another 6" about 1.5 hours ago, and it's ready to plow again. I may do it a little more than most folks, but I want to avoid the buildup of "stuff" in the middle of the driveway that could take out an oil pan. I also plow out the mailbox access for the mailman.
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Those of us are going to be doing this over the next coupla days ::snoshovel:: 10-18 inches expected.. worked today, but got tomorrow off!! ;D
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Sunday and Monday we're supposed to have high temps in the negative double-digits - before windchill.
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4.2 hours of plowing with my tractor today. I'm tired.....
And I'm not done. It's supposed to be very windy tonight, which means snow drifts out here in the sticks. So I have to at least plow out our neighbors; she's 89 and has to go to the doctor tomorrow to have surgical stitches removed from an emergency surgery she had about 8 days ago. I told her I'd take her if necessary, since I have a 4x4 pickup, and she started to cry. THAT sticks with you.
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Aye, good boy! ::thumbsup::
And keeping up on it is a good idea too, as I recall my brief plowing days it was a pain to run out of places to pile the stuff! And even using a Bobcat or larger front-loader can only do so much...there is only so much area you can pile up before you have to do the last desperate act - load dumptrucks and haul it away!
But I recall thinking I could stack a bit more just...right...there...and it collapses and spills over! ::pullhair::
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And lows in the -20's, before wind chill. -30 to -60 with the wind chill.
Coldest since 1996, when state records fell, in this part of the country.
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Nine more inches of snow forecasted for tomorrow night. Oh, goody.....
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Sleep is overrated, eh? Snow only last for what, 8 months? ;D
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Our Governor Retard just canceled school for Monday due to cold.
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Our Governor Retard just canceled school for Monday due to cold.
In NC snow requires absolutely perfect timing of cold air colliding with a storm system (unless you're in the mountains, where snow is common and can occur without an associated storm system). Usually the two ingredients defeat each other, i.e. the cold front pushes the moisture away or the moisture drags too much Gulf warmth with it and ends up as rain.
So my childhood involved much anxiety over the potential for school closures, and the Negative Forces Arrayed Against MeTM would so often quash my hopes of a snow day. Many a night into early morning I would keep looking outside, watching the daybreak news on TV for announced school closings, only to get yet another "So here's what happened" (more like what didn't happen) story from the weatherman. Usually they'd throw in a little snippet of news about how tantalizingly close it had come, with kids a county or two away enjoying a merciful respite from school that day. But not for me!
I still get annoyed when school closings fail to materialize, even all these years later. I guess some stuff just gets ingrained in you in childhood.
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Okay y'all - why the hell do ya' think I moved from the north. Just heard on the weather --- it's started today and by Monday AM we are expecting temps to be MINUS 10 degrees and with wind chill, who knows. Birmingham, Alabama ain't ready for that stuff you got up there -- keep it. Glad I have off Monday, fireplace and coffee pot gonna get a work out. ::oldman:: ::falldownshocked::
They also said we could get a "dusting" of snow, at least it should only be 1/2 -1 inch ---
{ya I know y'all got lots more}, but with the hills and curves thru the mountains - well - what mother nature puts here, this transplant will let her it take away. ::speechless::
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Bump this weather thread:
They are calling for a Polar Vortex. Well, they are not calling for it, they are predicting it.
Hows come, Obama doesn't call it off. He was able to lower the seas to prevent flooding. I thought he loved the people up in the NorthEast?
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Yes, polar vortex...swell name, eh?
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20140104/DAB3UT982.html (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20140104/DAB3UT982.html)
Yes, Gov Goofy...overriding many a young child's "Negative Forces Arrayed Against MeTM" fears and granting their greatest wish!
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/01/03/record-breaking-cold-temps-in-northern-minnesota/ (http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/01/03/record-breaking-cold-temps-in-northern-minnesota/)
Back in my day it took close to 2 feet of snow and/or -20oF temps or worse (temp, no windchill factor!) to even get a partial closing. And then it was back home uphill again in deep numbing snow...
For some the cold weather provides a Darwin Award moment...
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/01/03/crews-battle-fire-in-marion-township/ (http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/01/03/crews-battle-fire-in-marion-township/)
::facepalm::
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Here ya go, Rusty. Take a bite outta this one!
Saturday
Scattered flurries and snow showers. High 32F. Winds SW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 30%.
Saturday Night
Cloudy with snow. Low 22F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 90%. 3 to 5 inches of snow expected.
Sunday
Snow likely. High 12F. Winds N at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 90%. Snow accumulating 5 to 8 inches.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy. Low around -15F. Winds NW at 20 to 30 mph.
Monday
A mix of clouds and sun in the morning followed by cloudy skies during the afternoon. High -14F. Winds W at 20 to 30 mph.
Monday Night
A few clouds. Low -19F. Winds W at 15 to 25 mph.
Tuesday
Generally sunny despite a few afternoon clouds. High 2F. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy skies. Low -2F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph.
Another 8 to 13 inches on top of what we already have?
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CG6468 - Just one more example of why I moved. The three this I gave away first - two snow shovels and my snow blower. It was a tough life getting use to golf on Thanksgiving morning and bass fishing Christmas afternoon, but somebody had to do it. Now this year the fireplace is getting a work out and we are on the third pot of coffee, it's now all the way up to 33. One more degree and that will be the high predicted, then it's downhill to MINUS 10, so like I said earlier - so ::thinking:: you can keep this cold weather stuff, I like WARM.
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Today in Nashville it was a pleasant 42 degrees......but calling for snow and near zero temps by Sunday evening.......and guess what, school is already called off.
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Rusty, what you want is not necessarily what you get.
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Plowed another 5" just now. This PM the storm is supposed to hit us! I'm running out of places to put it!
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Well , we finally got the 1st Nor'easter of the year. Lots of snow, and sub 0 below temps....the water pump broke. ugga!!! ::pullhair:: ::pullhair::...They are here now fixing it. Jingles is looking outside, curious of the unusual activity.
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Nippy -5 right now in Minnie...headed to an overnight of -24.
I'll sure be happy when this snap is over....
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Just came in from plowing another 7". 3.25 hours today. The storm's done, and so am I. But the wind doth blow at 30 MPH, and tomorrow morning there will be more drifts to clear away.
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Man.....it was almost 50 degrees all day and it dropped to 10 in less than 45 minutes. High is supposed to be 4 tomorrow. I know most of you have much worse weather, but this is cold for Tennessee.
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It's 29* here! WTF?????? I live in a sub-tropical climate. What's wrong with this picture?
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I'd be tickled pink if it was 29! It was -23 not long ago, -20 right now...this ::cussing:: hurts to be in!
I think the polar vortex game me a bad case of polaroids!
::cussing::
ETA - Holy ::cussing:: ! It really does swirl!
http://www.weather.gov/satellite (http://www.weather.gov/satellite)
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I just came in from 1 hour of plowing the 18" drifts. (In the -12oF temperature.) But the temps are supposed to drop all friggin' day, and that's why I went out so early.
My John Deere has been sold into slavery.....
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Anybody seen that worldwide weather expert Al Gore lately, and his global warming lies? ::pullhair::
It's bad enough down here when we aren't used to this, but you folks up north - STAY SAFE
We dodged a bullet yesterday, temps just above freezing, weatherman [?] off in prediction I guess, but today when I got up it was 25 and as he said temps are dropping. Down to 20 already and have only been up hour and a half. No snow yesterday, but rain, now frozen with some roads closed. Tonight they are saying 6 degrees then wind 20-30 mph, so could feel like 8-10 below, below freezing for the next 60+ hours, and possible power loss in areas.
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It's -14oF now, and it's falling. It will be all day, to about -20oF tonight, according to the weather wonks. Wind chill about -45 right now.
My wife has a doctor's appointment, but I'm not gonna go anywhere, except to take out the garbage for tomorrow morning. I need to blast off a little snow in the driveway, but I can do that when I take the garbage down to the street.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x8hGIF9FljM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x8hGIF9FljM)
Via the Curmudgeon (http://adaptivecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/winter-of-doom-part-3/)
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After my wife got to her doctor's appointment, the whole place was shut down. The doctor's gonna hear about this crap.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x8hGIF9FljM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x8hGIF9FljM)
Via the Curmudgeon (http://adaptivecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/winter-of-doom-part-3/)
It turns out there’s such a thing as naming a storm. Hercules? I call bullsh*t! Time for a Curmudgeonly Gem of Insight. Everyone get out a magic marker and write the following statement on the forehead of the nearest weather announcer:
“Every blizzard has a name. That name is ‘winter’.”
... “The first blizzard of January shall be called ‘winter’. The next blizzard shall be called ‘winter’. Repeat until the robins come back or the glaciers kill us all.”
http://adaptivecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/winter-of-doom-part-2/ (http://adaptivecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/winter-of-doom-part-2/)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x8hGIF9FljM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x8hGIF9FljM)
Via the Curmudgeon (http://adaptivecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/winter-of-doom-part-3/)
It turns out there’s such a thing as naming a storm. Hercules? I call bullsh*t! Time for a Curmudgeonly Gem of Insight. Everyone get out a magic marker and write the following statement on the forehead of the nearest weather announcer:
“Every blizzard has a name. That name is ‘winter’.”
... “The first blizzard of January shall be called ‘winter’. The next blizzard shall be called ‘winter’. Repeat until the robins come back or the glaciers kill us all.”
http://adaptivecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/winter-of-doom-part-2/ (http://adaptivecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/winter-of-doom-part-2/)
Heh!
And as far as the vid goes...ND same as Canada...no trees = nothing to stop the arctic wind...and least in my parts we have some hills and woods!
PS-The robins better return! ::oldman::
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Yeah I share the curmudgeonly sentiment against this whole naming winter storms thing. I figure it to be part of the modern media culture's need to make everything sensational, and the collective narcissism of our age needing to believe we're the first to ever endure this or that.
Everything is a mass freak out now.
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Yeah I share the curmudgeonly sentiment against this whole naming winter storms thing. I figure it to be part of the modern media culture's need to make everything sensational, and the collective narcissism of our age needing to believe we're the first to ever endure this or that.
Everything is a mass freak out now.
Yep. Central NC counties considering canceling school tomorrow -- expecting temps down to 9 degrees tonight, well below freezing in the morning and throughout the day. Starting the buses appears to be an issue, and having the chirruns chilling their buns at the bus stops.
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The idiots also constantly give us wind CHILLS, and not the AIR temperatures.
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The idiots also constantly give us wind CHILLS, and not the AIR temperatures.
Naturally. They like to go with the most sensational angle. In the summer they'll report the heat index. I wonder if summer heat waves are going to start getting their own names too?
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The idiots also constantly give us wind CHILLS, and not the AIR temperatures.
Naturally. They like to go with the most sensational angle. In the summer they'll report the heat index. I wonder if summer heat waves are going to start getting their own names too?
First heat wave: Hot to Trot.
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North Dakota Weather Alert! Stay Inside (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8hGIF9FljM#)
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Just -11 thins morning (air temp, wind blows...anybody not understanding the effect of wind in general is an idiot anyway!)...
Almost out of the snap. Supposed to be in 30's come Friday...damn near might not even need a jacket! ::whoohoo::
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It's a toasty -0-F here in York Co, PA. Breathable but not pleasant.
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-9 this morning...the slight warming continues. ::whoohoo::
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+2oF here now, up to maybe +15oF today.
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Regular heat wave started - +16 here now, may get above freesing today according to local weather [guesser] geezer, but we'll see.
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Only -1 this am, heck, I barely felt it!
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+4 headed to 17, then it's going to keep on rising, all night, to the 30's tomorrow.
Vortexnado is over!
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Almost back to normal here; 18 last night up to 32 now, but expected according to weather guessers to make the high 30's-low 40's today.
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+4 headed to 17, then it's going to keep on rising, all night, to the 30's tomorrow.
Vortexnado is over!
AlGore has left the building...
::asskicking:: ::whoohoo::
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Expecting +64 here on Saturday.
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Egads, that'd be reason to throw a bar-b-q here!
As it is 18 this morn, downright tolerable!
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Temps getting back to normal in Tennessee. Supposed to be in 50s this Saturday.
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Predicted 40's for yesterday - actually got into low 50's. By weekend supposed to make 60's - can we say ::whoohoo::.
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Just when you thought it was safe to go outside... another blast of Arctic air to hit US next week
Experts don't expect temperatures as severe as last week's chill
New cold-front is expected to hit the East Coast on Thursday
Most of the country's temperatures will remain above zero degree - unlike the last Polar Vortex
Cities near the Great Lakes should expect lake-effect snow
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 15:42 EST, 11 January 2014 | UPDATED: 08:02 EST, 12 January 2014
If you live in the American Midwest or East Coast, you may want to hold off on putting away your winter gear.
Just as temperatures are beginning to warm in much of the U.S, another arctic blast in the form of a polar vortex appears to be on the horizon.
The upcoming front of icy temperatures is expected to bring arctic air to southern Canada and then move into the northern plains of the U.S. before moving to the Midwest and East Coast - each of which is still recovering from last week's frigid temperatures.
Many areas are still recovering from the extreme weather last week, which has caused a dam of ice to block the Delaware river in New Jersey, forcing roads to close and causing a severe flood risk.
A Coast Guard ice cutter has been called in to try to clear shipping lanes but after 2 and half miles the 2ft ice had become to thick to break up.
Chunks of ice have been building up for days near the Trenton Makes Bridge, ABC News reported. But with the sudden warm temperatures, it is feared a fast thaw will flood low-lying areas.
'If in fact the ice jam breaks then we'll have a rush of water which could cause flash flooding,' Qareeb Bashir, of Trenton Emergency Management, said.
Flash flood warnings are in place in several of the regions affected by the polar vortex, as rain falling on the already frozen ground is forced to run off.
Nearly all of Pennsylvania is under a flood warning after the sudden rise in temperatures caused a faster than usual thaw.
A chaotic scene of ice chunks could be seen stretching across the state's Susquehanna river near Harrisburg on Saturday morning.
But the thaw is likely to be halted by the new cold front coming in, even though it is not expected to be as severe as the one last week.
'Following the retreat of arctic air this weekend, waves of progressively colder will move southward over Canada next week,' AccuWeather.com Lead Long-Range Forecaster Paul Pastelok told AOL.com.
Forecasters expect the first stage of the new arctic blast to hit the northern plains by Monday, the lower Mississippi Valley and Midwest Tuesday and Wednesday then the East from Thursday.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2537831/Dont-winter-clothes-away-just-ANOTHER-Polar-Vortex-expected-hit-U-S-week.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2537831/Dont-winter-clothes-away-just-ANOTHER-Polar-Vortex-expected-hit-U-S-week.html)
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Here we go again...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-13/polar-vortex-sequel-coming-frozen-us-city-near-you (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-13/polar-vortex-sequel-coming-frozen-us-city-near-you)
...get ready for the hype!
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Snow overnight, crappy roads made more fun by interweaving the sane with the insane, the timid...and the legal/illegal ignorant!
And as per usual I bet I can expect our crack plow team to not have our association cleared out until the middle of the dark tonight...interrupting another night and contributing to me being crankier than usual in the morning!
::pullhair::
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I remember when polar vortexes were called "winter".
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Some eco-tard should get a swirlie as thanks for coming up with that one, huh?
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Sticking snow here now. Not much, but enough to screw up the roads.
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Cooled down after our last snowfall, -1 now, will be in teens/twenties in the daytime, but overnights chilly again. Have an outdoor hockey game to attend Friday night, could be nippy.
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I remember when polar vortexes were called "winter".
That's an archaic, hateful, bigoted name for a "season", which is also guilty of the aforementioned sins. Henceforth let all climate cycles be called "Global Warming", as this is what your betters have determined it should be labeled. That will be all, move along now
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We're supposed to get another 5" of snow today.........
We'll see.......
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Balmy 30's are moving out, some snow today and then three days of zeroish temps for daytime highs...I can already hear the talking heads and weather-mongers beating this to death...
::facepalm::
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We got almost 5" as predicted, and I plowed again. Over 10 hours on my John Deere plowing snow - so far. We're supposed to get another 3" - 4" tonight, with temps falling to -5oF, and a high of +6oF tomorrow.
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Just saw that my probable retirement area dropped down into the mid 60's, last night, with mountainous areas to the north down into the mid 40's. That's within a few degrees of all time lows.
Vortexnado! :o
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Meanwhile, in the reality of today, I just noticed we've quietly accumulated a snow depth of 14", officially.
::snoshovel::
::gaah::
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So it's -11 this morning, big f'n deal!
But a little bit a snow out east and they gotta name a storm and shut 'er down!
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-21/arctic-cold-starts-sweep-into-u-s-bringing-bitter-wind-snow.html (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-21/arctic-cold-starts-sweep-into-u-s-bringing-bitter-wind-snow.html)
Wow, 6"....they're all gonna die!!!
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Well, 7 more inches of partly cloudy out there this morning. More tractor time! Temp is +6oF right now. At least the lake effect snow is gone now, but Indiana is expecting another 12".
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No one is going to know about the snow names if everybody drops the Weather Channel in place of Paul Douglas' Weather Nation.
I've never liked Paul Douglas (as well as you Chicagoans who sent him back to us) but his Weather Nation channel is a quality product.
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Huh, had no clue.
Found their webpage - http://www.weathernationtv.com/LocalWeather (http://www.weathernationtv.com/LocalWeather)
Downloading their app on my Android phone, will give it a test spin. Been using AccuWeather and it has been OK.
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His name means nothing to me. I can't remember ever hearing of him.
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WBBM, from 1994-1997, when he tried punching above his weight. Landed back here until 2008 when WCCO canned him, cutting payroll. He's a global warming dweeb all the way.
BUT
If you miss what the Weather Channel used to be, before storm names and reality TV, Weather Nation is for you. You don't even need an app or cable in the Twin Cities. It's carried on one of the sub channels of Channel 11. 11-1 or 11-2, can't remember right off the top of my head.
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WBBM, from 1994-1997, when he tried punching above his weight. Landed back here until 2008 when WCCO canned him, cutting payroll. He's a global warming dweeb all the way.
BUT
If you miss what the Weather Channel used to be, before storm names and reality TV, Weather Nation is for you. You don't even need an app or cable in the Twin Cities. It's carried on one of the sub channels of Channel 11. 11-1 or 11-2, can't remember right off the top of my head.
Thanks, Hawk. Appreciate the info.
I did go to the site and it looks very good. And the Weather Channel's changes really suck big time.
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Yep, another piece of global warming coming down in the 22F air in southern PA. Glad I worked on Sunday or I would starve the remainder of the week/winter.
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Remember what this thread is about? Advance notice that it's coming, and all?
Wow, f***ing wow (http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/01/21/senior-meteorologist-on-extended-usa-cold-blast-wow-f-ing-wow/)
Have a nice several weeks. ::snoshovel::
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Remember what this thread is about? Advance notice that it's coming, and all?
I told ya so!!!!!! ::whoohoo::
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Doing my Public Service, don't forget to bring your pets inside when the weather's so bitterly cold.
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Is that sucker litter trained? ::hysterical::
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Now another weather guy in the comments say the mass of cold will move back west (that would be HERE, children) towards the end of next week.
::snoshovel::
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Is that sucker litter trained? ::hysterical::
They tried to do that, but the training procedure stalled.
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It's cold in Tennessee......
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Is that sucker litter trained? ::hysterical::
Toilet trained of course.
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Is that sucker litter trained? ::hysterical::
Toilet trained of course.
Please stop horsin' around.
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The underlying cause of the warming in the northwest Pacific is as always something unrelated to what the generally lame media and climate change alarmist scream about....the large fiery ball located at the center of the solar system....the sun and it's not putting out the energy it was during the late 80's-mid 2000's.
We are going to pay for their lack of vision, lack of common sense, their lack of science, their lack of intelligence, their lack of interest in life because as the western countries have retreated in their development of new energy sources to heat their homes, they will begin to reverse course very slowly as political pressure from the masses freezing their asses off with extra long severe cold winters setting in.
Since longer winters will be the norm for the next 35 years or so, you can expect shorter summers and with it shorter growing seasons with frosts being later in the growing season on average. Add to the highly ill advised conversion of food staples(corn) to ethanol and we'll have a global pandemic of starvation but then none of this matters because we have to save mother Earth from ourselves. If she has massive volcanic eruptions with gigantic amounts of sulfur and carbon particulates thrown up in the atmosphere, the Earth could experience further catastrophe with almost no growing seasons in the Northern hemisphere.
What will the already war torn starving around the world do then? What would Omoa do then I wonder? Probably same old, same old thing he's doing now giving us the bird and transferring what little money we have left to everybody else. ::pullhair::
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Is that sucker litter trained? ::hysterical::
Toilet trained of course.
Please stop horsin' around.
I gave up horsing around and then went on to monkeying around...I think I only fukc around now! ;D
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It's -17 this morning and I feel fine.
Can anyone see my toes?
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Monday,
Forecast High -10
Forecast Low -22
Two days this year (and counting) with a once in a generation event, with a high in the negative double digits. Wow. F***ing wow indeed.
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It's -17 this morning and I feel fine.
Can anyone see my toes?
No and this is possibly because I'm near sighted and my time has all but expired on the spy-cams in orbit so.... Use a mirror if you have trouble bending your stiff muscles in your neck.
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+5oF out there. It was cold plowing the snow this morning.
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It's -17 this morning and I feel fine.
Can anyone see my toes?
No and this is possibly because I'm near sighted and my time has all but expired on the spy-cams in orbit so.... Use a mirror if you have trouble bending your stiff muscles in your neck.
I'll kick a libiot in the ass, if I feel it where my toes are supposed to be I am fine...plus I get the pleasure of kicking a libiot. ;D
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Come on folks - you yankees have a sense of humor. I moved to get away from this cold sh*t years ago, making sure I got well below the Mason-Dixon line, but y'all keep sending your fun down here. burrrrrrrrrr - 8:30 AM and it's only 16 degrees, this is the south---it's 'pose ta be warm. This is not our idea of fun --
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That's purdy.
What's the question again?
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Come on folks - you yankees have a sense of humor. I moved to get away from this cold sh*t years ago, making sure I got well below the Mason-Dixon line, but y'all keep sending your fun down here. burrrrrrrrrr - 8:30 AM and it's only 16 degrees, this is the south---it's 'pose ta be warm. This is not our idea of fun --
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Never mind the cold weather, just be thankful we don't send any of the progtards from MD down there. The governor wants them to stay put, even the dead ones so you've lucked out. The conservatives in that state not so much.
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There are 3 more inches out there. Not really a problem, but with the 30 MPH winds and higher gusts, it will drift like crazy.
My 91 year old neighbor's wife's sister died (she's 89), and they are going to the wake tomorrow about 0830. Their driveway drifts in really bad. So guess where I'll be.
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Almost two hours plowing this morning. When it drifts, the snow really becomes compacted and heavy. It took me a LONG time to do my neighbor's driveway, but now they can get out and return with no problems. There's no way a car would have made it through the 24" drifts in their driveway.
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The winds gusts of late have been impressive.
And normally I don't give much voice to "wind chill" or as the weather-nannies say "feels like" temps...I know when it is fricken cold! And this morning it is cold...I call it face-breaking cold, cause it feels like if you try to open your mouth or move your face at all it will have parts just break off and fall to the ground.
FWIW: -17 (-42 WCF).
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-4oF this morning, with the temp falling all day to about -20oF tonight. Worse conditions for tomorrow.
I hope my neighbors don't have to go anywhere until Wednesday. High of 0oF tomorrow and +19oF Wednesday.
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They were drifted in. And so were we.
Not any more, though.
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-19 right now, wind has really died down, thankfully...but still face-breaking cold though. They say by tomorrow afternoon this snap should be over...
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-13 here. Supposed to be the last day for the bitter cold.
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It's cycling back 'round here in NC -- 25 degrees and snow expected this afternoon and evening, temps dropping to single digits tonight.
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Well hey, you just might be able to do some snowmachining and ice fishing there! I expect y'all not outfitted for such antics though...
Just fire up the stove and hunker down, it'll pass... I think it'll pass!
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Well hey, you just might be able to do some snowmachining and ice fishing there! I expect y'all not outfitted for such antics though...
Just fire up the stove and hunker down, it'll pass... I think it'll pass!
Depends what you mean by "outfitted".
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I got a guy from my American Legion post with a 4x4 pickemup and plow to come and knock down the piles of snow on our driveway and that of our neighbor. ::thumbsup::
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Thanks alot - It's not coming --- It's here. Nothing compared to y'all up in the frozen north- but in the last 1/2 hour we've gotten 1/2 inch or more and still coming down, schools closing, and the southern panic started. Good thing is- got call and DON'T have to work today, Wife on her way home, another log on the fire and a fresh pot of coffee going. With any more luck and I won't have to go in tomorrow at 6AM, if we get the 1`-3 inches predicted. ::danceban:: ::whoohoo::
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Well hey, you just might be able to do some snowmachining and ice fishing there! I expect y'all not outfitted for such antics though...
Just fire up the stove and hunker down, it'll pass... I think it'll pass!
Depends what you mean by "outfitted".
::thinking::
No snowmobile I bet, but maybe some snowshoes? No ice fishing gear like we have up here (augers, tip ups etc) but anything that can make a hole in ice and drop a line I betchya got. Prolly got some warm clothes and foot gear. I gotta be close, eh?
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Just over one hour into this snow and the 'southern panic' is heavier than the snow. Wife picked up grandson from school, over an hour ago, still isn't home yet- only just over 1 mile from school, and thats on the main road thru town - two traffic lights - talked to her and she said cars all over the place, + having to calm her down. Told her once she gets grandson to home - stay there.
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Just took picture of the cause of panic here, from front door. Saw on TV, they have coverage all over the county, interstates are parking lots with people leaving cars and walking to anyplace warm, city street are now for bumper cars only. Wife called and just got to daughters, accidents everywhere in town - over one and a half hours to go less than 7 miles. They are not prepared for this down here, and admittedly I moved from it almost 30 years ago and don't like drive the hills and curves in this either. Oh well fireplace is nice and about ready for more coffee.
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Well hey, you just might be able to do some snowmachining and ice fishing there! I expect y'all not outfitted for such antics though...
Just fire up the stove and hunker down, it'll pass... I think it'll pass!
Depends what you mean by "outfitted".
::thinking::
No snowmobile I bet, but maybe some snowshoes? No ice fishing gear like we have up here (augers, tip ups etc) but anything that can make a hole in ice and drop a line I betchya got. Prolly got some warm clothes and foot gear. I gotta be close, eh?
No snowshoes, but we have the warm clothes and the mucklucks. Got the workings for makeshift drop-a-line stuff, too. If we had to get into the ice, I imagine we could do that as well.
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The South does get comical when there is any sort of winter precipitation. But it's not entirely baseless for a number of reasons. Most states, cities, and counties in the South have little to no snow removal or road treatment equipment. There's no sense in spending all that money on something that would get used once per decade. So when it does snow the roads can remain treacherous.
The type of snow in the South is rather different too. The temperatures are warmer, much closer to the freezing point, so the snow tends to be very wet and heavy. I've driven in both, and the drier snow in cold climates is easier to navigate than the heavy slush we usually get here.
All of this combines to offer dumbassedness extra opportunities to reveal itself.
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Well hey, you just might be able to do some snowmachining and ice fishing there! I expect y'all not outfitted for such antics though...
Just fire up the stove and hunker down, it'll pass... I think it'll pass!
Depends what you mean by "outfitted".
::thinking::
No snowmobile I bet, but maybe some snowshoes? No ice fishing gear like we have up here (augers, tip ups etc) but anything that can make a hole in ice and drop a line I betchya got. Prolly got some warm clothes and foot gear. I gotta be close, eh?
No snowshoes, but we have the warm clothes and the mucklucks. Got the workings for makeshift drop-a-line stuff, too. If we had to get into the ice, I imagine we could do that as well.
I bet in pinch gunsmith could whip something up, if that white stuff stuck around for any length of time to make it worthwhile that is.
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The South does get comical when there is any sort of winter precipitation. But it's not entirely baseless for a number of reasons. Most states, cities, and counties in the South have little to no snow removal or road treatment equipment. There's no sense in spending all that money on something that would get used once per decade. So when it does snow the roads can remain treacherous.
The type of snow in the South is rather different too. The temperatures are warmer, much closer to the freezing point, so the snow tends to be very wet and heavy. I've driven in both, and the drier snow in cold climates is easier to navigate than the heavy slush we usually get here.
All of this combines to offer dumbassedness extra opportunities to reveal itself.
A common theme for most sourthern states until you get further west. But they have to have road graders, that'll do for clearing main drags I expect. And yes, the fluffy stuff is easier to drive in, but can compact quickly into ice if packed down by traffic if not plowed away in a timely fashion, the wet heavy stuff is just so water saturated it is hard to get any traction (unless you let some air outta your tires) and then the clear spots of road are probably puddles so its slip, slide and hydroplane. But the wet stuff usually melts off quick, that is the kind of snow we typically get in March and April, unless you get a lot of it at once it is actually not that bad.
Only -8 this morning here, but the "black ice" still a problem. Not so much for me and my all-wheel critter, but I did feel a little wiggle on one bridgedeck. For some reason even in these parts the concept of NOT driving on the black ice (go left or right of it!) seems to elude too many folks. Still have some of the same spots experiencing wipe outs this morning and people going off into ditches...not as many as yesterday, but still...
Gotta be imports...
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Look like today will be the warmest for the next 10 days, at 25
Here's the depressing string of numbers
25,19,6,15,11,10,11,2,8,13 Daytime
19,-13,0,-7,-2,-5,-7,-7,-2,2 Nights
It's not so much the extremes. It's the consistency of the cold, this year. We haven't had a good thaw since Thanksgiving.
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9 degrees this morning in Jefferson county, AL according to TV weather geeks. Wish I didn't give away my ice skates when I moved from MI almost 30 years ago, because the entire county is an ice rink, cars everywhere. They are saying it won't get above freezing until later today or may tomorrow so the ice stays. The only thing the county can do is sand the roads and then only the interstates, so we wait for nature. Wife made it to daughters and spent the night, another log on the fire and coffee is going, haven't lost power yet so camping in my own house. ::oldman::
Many school kids had to stay at school all night because their folks couldn't get them. Our church has day care, pre-school and kindergarden for about 400 kids daily and 8 had to stay there, 3 teachers stayed with them, luckily we have a kitchen. gym, they also showed some movies. We also have cots and blankets, so they were not in any danger.
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20 here today and 30 tomorrow. Temporarily.
Then more snow then a cold blast again.
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20 here today and 30 tomorrow. Temporarily.
Then more snow then a cold blast again.
Is your fireplace lit? If so would you post a picture of it,please.
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20 here today and 30 tomorrow. Temporarily.
Then more snow then a cold blast again.
Is your fireplace lit? If so would you post a picture of it,please.
Don't think I have a photo of it lit. I'll look around, or take one and post it.
Now it's supposed to snow tomorrow afternoon, Friday, and Saturday. Total of about 8". We have about a foot on the ground.
I'm glad my buddy with the 4x4 with the plow knocked back the plowed snow on the edges of my and my neighbor's driveways. Now I can plow the new white shytt again with no probs.
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Commute was hell this morning. Supposed to get 2-5" (nice range there, weathernerds!) before it ends, I just hope roads are clear for the return trip...those white knuckle yahoos really are a danger!
::pullhair::
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On Saturday we're supposed to get another 6"+.
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About 6 1/2" officially.
16" on the ground, now. That's quite a bit, considering that yesterday's snow is probably the biggest of the winter, so far. Just so cold, so consistently, nothing is melting.
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And just think MNHawk...and March is our historically heaviest snow month! I can barely see out my garage now!
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REVISION: Winter Storm Warning tonight and tomorrow. 10" expected.
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I hope y'all who don't like warm winters are happy.
::snoshovel::
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I hope y'all who don't like warm winters are happy.
::snoshovel::
Our winter has warmed back up. I'm good. ::unknowncomic::
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I hope y'all who don't like warm winters are happy.
::snoshovel::
Been loving it. Fire ants should be good and dead.
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We have been having an unusual winter here is south central CO. For one thing, until yesterday and today, there has been no snow since before Thanksgiving. But the really strange thing has been the warm temperatures. This has been the warmest January (and I do mean warm) since I moved here twenty years ago.
But yesterday it started to snow and it has continued through today and this evening. I am not a big fan of big snows* because I hate having to blow it or plow (or plough, if you prefer) it but I also know that if we do not get enough we will be facing another summer of huge fires. We are in a bad way in that area because about a zillion trees in the forest have been killed by insects. Rather than allowing them to be harvested for lumber or even firewood, the Forestry Service has chosen to let them stand because nature or something.
And fire is natural.
Organic. Whatevs...
So since the idiots who are in charge refuse to cut the deadwood down and remove it...we need lots of snow to at least slow down the inevitable fires that will come when lightning strikes the dead trees. But so far this winter we have not gotten much snow at all. There is still February, I guess. And some of March. But after that we will have to rely on rain. Which has lightning.
*Big snows for us are measured in feet, not inches. A typical snow where I live is anywhere from six to twelve inches. I don't even bother getting out the snow blower for anything less than five inches. A big snow is two, three, four or more feet. We usually get one of these a year. Sometimes two. People have to shovel their roofs in order to prevent structural failure because the building code here only plans for about two feet of snow on the roof. The problem that we have to deal with the most under these conditions is just where to put the stuff. Sometimes the snow plow can only clear one lane because there just isn't any room to shove the stuff to the side. I remember some years where there is a wall of snow running down the middle of main street where the snow has been shoved. It takes a day or two to pick it up with front end loaders and dump trucks. They usually haul it to the high school football field and dump it there. It can also be a real problem when livestock can literally walk over their fences and just go wherever they want. Winter craziness.
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I spent just over 2 hours plowing 6" of heavy, wet snow this morning. I plow it because I don't want a ridge of ice and snow building up in the middle of the driveway that could take out an oil pan.
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Bright & sunny, and 7oF now. Tomorrow it's supposed to be 23oF.
BUT - Tomorrow night a snow warning goes into effect, with about 8" by Wednesday afternoon. Then sunny and 26oF Thursday and Friday, in time for a forecast of an even worse snow storm Saturday night and Sunday, with about 12" additional snow predicted..
I'm REAL tired of this crap.
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I just came in from plowing another 8" of partly cloudy.
It's cold, and
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I'm at the point where I am refusing to acknowledge the weather...
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My daughter got a foot of the white stuff and is worried about a possible noreaster this week end.
::snoshovel::
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I'm at the point where I am refusing to acknowledge the weather...
LOL. You're funny, Libertas.
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My daughter got a foot of the white stuff and is worried about a possible noreaster this week end.
::snoshovel::
I hope that she's settled in and not trying to be an overachiever (like her old man) ;')
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Maybe a slight easing in the pattern, a week to 10 days out.
Dave Dahl says don't be surprised if the pattern breaks in March. That's been my experience, in that these entrenched weather patters usually never last longer than 3 months.
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::lalanotlistening::
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Today it's sunny and bright, +5oF.
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Today it's sunny and bright, +5oF.
im just about acclamated to this weather wearing just sweatshirt. I hoepe summer isn't to hot from global cooling caused by global warning caused by hhigh Uberpope Gore's mouth. ::effu::
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All I know is it's still winter...
::unknowncomic::
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Today it's sunny and bright, +5oF.
im just about acclamated to this weather wearing just sweatshirt. I hoepe summer isn't to hot from global cooling caused by global warning caused by hhigh Uberpope Gore's mouth. ::effu::
I heard some prognosticators say that this summer will be hotter and drier than normal.
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Today it's sunny and bright, +5oF.
im just about acclamated to this weather wearing just sweatshirt. I hoepe summer isn't to hot from global cooling caused by global warning caused by hhigh Uberpope Gore's mouth. ::effu::
I heard some prognosticators say that this summer will be hotter and drier than normal.
And when it doesn't pan out, nobody will be there to call them on it. Asswipes!
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Plowed partly cloudy for 3.0 hours today. Total hours plowing for year: 27.4 hours.
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My wife went grocery shopping today, in Indiana, about 8 miles from us. It took her 2.75 hours to get home (normally about 20 - 25 minutes) because the roads are a disaster from all the snow we got today. We were supposed to get a max of 1"; now we have about 5". I'll have to plow again tonight, and again tomorrow morning.
The damned weather forecasters can't find their own asses with both hands.
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Laugh it up, fuzzball. A pattern change be a coming, starting later this week. Nothing but blissfull 20's and 30's coming up. I think we're over the hump. Normal to slightly above for 10 days gets us to Feb 20. Not to say we can't be adding to our likely 42 days (after tonight) of sub-zero temps, but it gets mighty harder as you get into March.
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Supposed to be 9o today, 18o tomorrow, then the high 20s and low 30s. Next week, Thursday is supposed to be over 50o.
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This being Minnesota, 50 is a pipe dream this early, but a good solid 35,35,34 to start next week is nothing to complain about.
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This being Minnesota, 50 is a pipe dream this early, but a good solid 35,35,34 to start next week is nothing to complain about.
Weather prognostications being what they are...I'll believe it when I experience it.
Can't wait to see how much globullwarmink hits in March.
That last part was sarcasm...
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::rolllaughing::
Fuzzball.
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I am fuzzy...but round? Youz sayin' I short and fat? I'll have you know I am 6'1"! ::slapfight::
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Laugh it up fuzzball Star Wars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqbdrA1Vjn4#ws)
Meanwhile, one more day of -10's here, turning to -20's from Waterloo, through Cedar Rapids, the Quad Cities, Peoria, to Chicago.
All uphill from here. ::newyear::
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::facepalm::
Now I am compared to Moochelle?
::unknowncomic::
Will the indignities never end?
PS-If you like your weather geek, you can leep your weather geek. ;D
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Thursday supposed to bring another 8-12 inches of global warming to the Baltimore metro area. I pray it's twice that so I can put Uncle Bob the cat to work. The city is always extra slow in terms of removal when it's deep and I can make out br contracting privately with the neighborhoods/streets block by block. Please Lord, make it a big one. ::bows::
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So...enough going to hit DC too? Enough to shut that crap down and give us all a short breather?! ::praying::
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In Raleigh NC, the traffic is down to 15 miles per hour due to low visibility as the citizens flee the storm.
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Anybody hear from Pan?
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Hunh? I'm right here. And fine. Thanks for caring, ::kissface::
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Just checking.
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It's comin' --Ha "It's here" North of Birmingham, Alabama we got about 3-3 1/2 inches of the white stuff in 2 hours and they say maybe another half inch to come. I know it ain't much to y'all up north, but it's more than we can handle down here. Their telling us to stay off the roads until about noon tomorrow when it warms up to melt the snow
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Here in NC we got snow and freezing rain and it won't stop until Friday.
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One word: Minnesota.
::stirpot::
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Yeah, y'all enjoy our gift! ;D
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Rusty called me this morning. He didn't say "Hi," "Hello," Goodmorning," or anything like that.
He said, "Bring down your plow!" The poor guy got 4" of flurries. He said I'd be rich if I was down there with my tractor just clearing driveways!
::snoshovel:: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Icons/Plowing.gif)
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Charge 'em hellaciously high traveller rates! ;D
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Six inches of snow yesterday compressed into four inches from sleet last night; snowing again for about an hour.
Trees look pretty; all the branches are coated.
Oh, and we're expecting temps in the 60s/70s by Tuesday. At which point "the skinny, blue children" whom have no coats -- thus shouldn't be expected to be waiting at bus stops in the frigid -- will re-emerge, from the school closings, in their usual shorts and flip-flops.
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Rusty called me this morning. He didn't say "Hi," "Hello," Goodmorning," or anything like that.
He said, "Bring down your plow!" The poor guy got 4" of flurries. He said I'd be rich if I was down there with my tractor just clearing driveways!
::snoshovel:: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Icons/Plowing.gif)
Hope CG isn't on the way -- roads totally dry, only snow left is back in the woods where the sun hasn't reached yet. -- temp on our covered patio 54 degrees and it's sunny. Was at work by 9:45 and just got home - As they say here, "If you don't like the weather in Alabama -- wait a minute".
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We got about 10" of snow here near Charlotte, though the amount of sleet and freezing rain on top of it did compress it down. I think we probably got closer to a foot of actual snow. Very pretty, and fortunately the power stayed on for the duration. I was actually slightly disappointed, because I wanted an excuse to use my new generator.
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Spoke to daughter and they got 13 inches by her and more coming this weekend.Thank God for 4x4s and snow blowers.
::snoshovel:: ::snoshovel:: ::snoshovel:: ::winter:: ::winter:: ::winter::
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Freaking lousy warm air just pushed in so fa inland it began to rain on top of the 12 plus inches of snow in Baltimore. That was all it took to ruin my day, everyone had no problem removing the snow in and around their cars. sh*t! No Bobcat necessary. Perhaps in March will get another Noreaster that will dump 18 plus, who knows. Hate these piss ant little snow accumulations. ::cussing::
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Isn't it nice to know Mother Ghia dropped another 6 inches of global warming between now and my last post. This means I get to shovel the driveway and clear the cars off one more time. I'm certain the plow truck will come by and push another mound of snow at the bottom of the driveway apron. ::snoshovel:: seems so appropriate now. ::whatgives::
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I can't wait for global warming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(except my friends live near a river and will probably face flooding from the snow melt)
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Piles of AlGore messing things up this morning.
I am almost as tired of winter as I am of progressives....almost.
At least I can take a break from winter...or just choose to not go out into it...damned progressives are inescapable! ::pullhair::
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Sigh......
Up to between 5 to 8 more inches of the white shyyt today..........
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Icons/Plowing.gif (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Icons/Plowing.gif)
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About 6" of crap this morning, followed by sunny and temps in the 30's today, and 40's the next few.
As I told you about long before your local weather weenies. ::pimp::
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It's OK y'all...MNHawk is only picking on me.
I guess I can get the motorcycle ready...
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Yesterday and today two guys were on our roof to shove off the snow. Total = $900. The snow was over 2' deep on most of the roof, with one section at a 3' depth, and ice jams caused some water to come down at the windows in the house. No real damage, though, and now the gutters are running freely. The snow on the ground and from the roof is over 4' deep now.
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.......
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A little windy in Tennessee today.... But a pleasant 65.
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Supposed to be upper 60s to around 70 rest of the week here.
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Yesterday and today two guys were on our roof to shove off the snow. Total = $900. The snow was over 2' deep on most of the roof, with one section at a 3' depth, and ice jams caused some water to come down at the windows in the house. No real damage, though, and now the gutters are running freely. The snow on the ground and from the roof is over 4' deep now.
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.......
If you have an ice problem on the roof,next year put heat tape up there.
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Yesterday and today two guys were on our roof to shove off the snow. Total = $900. The snow was over 2' deep on most of the roof, with one section at a 3' depth, and ice jams caused some water to come down at the windows in the house. No real damage, though, and now the gutters are running freely. The snow on the ground and from the roof is over 4' deep now.
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.......
If you have an ice problem on the roof,next year put heat tape up there.
I have a good sized glacier in one spot, ice has to be a foot thick...I might need more than tape.
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Our gutters are really running free this morning!
Whew! ::bows::
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Looks like the pattern is changing back. But, later in the year now, that means teens in the day, 0 give or take at night.
That record from 81-82 (45 days below zero) is now in range. We're at 42. Actually that would be top 10, but if we weren't a metro area much larger than it used to be, creating urban heat island...
Duluth sets record with 60 winter days in which lows drop below zero; forecast calls for snow (http://www.startribune.com/local/245748461.html)
Duluth, being a hard core Democrat city, has been stagnant over the decades. No doubt the Twin Cities have been saved several days due to heat island.
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Hey, hey, hey! Daylight Saving Time begins the 2nd Sunday in March, or on March 9, 2014!
That's my birfday! ::snoopydance::
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I H8 DST with a passion!!!
Why, why can't people leave the damned clocks alone?
I wonder if we are the only species in the universe that has to put up with this crap?!
Hey, look, I'm an all-powerful human and I can dick with time!
::pullhair::
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Oh yes, this clock thing bugs the crap out of me. I especially hate "spring forward". Whoever came up with that is a real POS. Yeah that's just what I want to do, get up an hour earlier in the morning.
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Hey, hey, hey! Daylight Saving Time begins the 2nd Sunday in March, or on March 9, 2014!
That's my birfday! ::snoopydance::
Mine too....
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Yesterday and today two guys were on our roof to shove off the snow. Total = $900. The snow was over 2' deep on most of the roof, with one section at a 3' depth, and ice jams caused some water to come down at the windows in the house. No real damage, though, and now the gutters are running freely. The snow on the ground and from the roof is over 4' deep now.
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.......
If you have an ice problem on the roof,next year put heat tape up there.
I have a good sized glacier in one spot, ice has to be a foot thick...I might need more than tape.
Get yourself an ice breaker.
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Yesterday and today two guys were on our roof to shove off the snow. Total = $900. The snow was over 2' deep on most of the roof, with one section at a 3' depth, and ice jams caused some water to come down at the windows in the house. No real damage, though, and now the gutters are running freely. The snow on the ground and from the roof is over 4' deep now.
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.......
If you have an ice problem on the roof,next year put heat tape up there.
I have a good sized glacier in one spot, ice has to be a foot thick...I might need more than tape.
Get yourself an ice breaker.
You ever see Bam Bam in the Flintstones? I am about that subtle. You want to put what in my hands?!
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6"-9" a comin. To add to the 16" already on the ground. Remember, after the October blizzard, the snow depth was only 19".
Some roads are getting to be like tunnels, the show is so high on the sides.
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::unknowncomic::
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Raining hard, thunderstorms earlier, some snow melted, gutters working fine. When the rain stops later, then the 50+MPH winds come, with gusts up to 65 MPH. I hope the forest preserve trees protect us a bit.
Here are some pics I took when I was plowing the other day, after my buddy with his backhoe had come to knock back some of the piles so I had somewhere to plow the new stuff.
Our house down the driveway from the street.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Home/2014-02-18112610.jpg)
Along the side of our driveway.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Home/2014-02-18112702.jpg)
Our driveway entrance at the street.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Home/2014-02-18112551.jpg)
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That pile looks like the one on my corner. The one across from me in my neighbors yard is twice as high. ::unknowncomic::
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That pile looks like the one on my corner. The one across from me in my neighbors yard is twice as high. ::unknowncomic::
We have 'em around here, too. I remember up in Charlevoix, MI, in my USCG days, we'd put an international orange ball on the cars' radio antennae so we could be seen at intersections with high snow piles. Can't even do that any more since such things are generally not on cars today.
When we were there, they averaged over 200" of snow a year, some of which fell before Halloween and remained until mid-May.
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That pile looks like the one on my corner. The one across from me in my neighbors yard is twice as high. ::unknowncomic::
We have 'em around here, too. I remember up in Charlevoix, MI, in my USCG days, we'd put an international orange ball on the cars' radio antennae so we could be seen at intersections with high snow piles. Can't even do that any more since such things are generally not on cars today.
When we were there, they averaged over 200" of snow a year, some of which fell before Halloween and remained until mid-May.
It's coming down to beat the band now...huge flakes...
Big, wet piles of AlGore!
::pullhair::
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Well, keep it up dere? We don' need no mo!
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We had heavy rain and thunder and lightning last night. What's the old wives' tale -- if it thunders/lightning in the winter, snow within ten days.
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News you can use!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Politics/al-gore-selfie.jpg)
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We had reports of thundersnow. ::)
Plow guys haven't cleared us out yet...I reckon they got their hands full.
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Got a dusting of snow last night, but the wind is HOWLING out there and blowing snow all over the East/West roads and driveways. Guess what I'll be doing later on... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Icons/Plowing.gif)
Got a company to replace our roof vents - all 12 of them. They were useless; collapsed on and into the outlets.
The roof is clean now, except for the light dusting we got last night. Gutters working fine. WHEW!
This has been one hell of a winter, huh?
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Yeah, it's been brutal. Sun is out today, which feels nice...of course half my ground floor windows are half useless as all I can see is piles of snow.
Oh, and brace for it! PV is baaaack!
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/frigid-air-to-clutch-midwest-east/23498242 (http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/frigid-air-to-clutch-midwest-east/23498242)
Time for AlGore to scare us some more about out of control warming and other such retarded nonsense! ::pullhair::
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That post storm 24" on the ground was the most since 1982, when we set the record at 38" in the Twin Cities. In fact, this was just the 8th year in history, a snow depth hit the 2 foot mark.
Now, it's time to start climbing up the top 10 winters, for sub zero days.
http://www.startribune.com/weather/blogs/Paul_Douglas_on_Weather.html (http://www.startribune.com/weather/blogs/Paul_Douglas_on_Weather.html)
Good read, from Pee Wee Douglas. As you can see, most of these records were set from the 30's on back, before the Urban Heat Island got into full gear, with growth. This winter, 1982, and 1979 are basically it, for post 30's record winters.
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::cussing:: wind and ::cussing:: cold sweeping in again.
Stupid ancestors! Did they think the Spanish still owned Florida? ::gaah::
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-10 this AM felt worse than perhaps it should...I did get a haircut over the weekend though...those hairs in the back and sides have little thermal retention value...
::)
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It's supposed to get to +20o today, then the bottom drops out, wind shills of -40o. Thursday a low of -2o and a high of +4o, wind chills of -45o. Then 10" - 12" of snow on Sunday and staying bitter cold.
It's never gonna end.
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-14 this morning did feel so bad...but we'll see how that stands after I thaw. :D
Supposed to get no more than an inch of globullwarmink but the cold lasts through the weekend.
Winter. Whatchyagonnado?
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Supposed to get about 1" today, and 4"-6" more tomorrow night into Monday.
This is getting real old......... ::snoshovel:: ::pullhair::
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So much for the pheasant population...that has to be just about zero now...
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Morning number 50, below zero. Most since the late 70's and we all remember those winters...especially those of us at that perfect "snow fort" age. ::thumbsup::
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My snow fort days are way way in the past.
I'm well into my ::cussing:: winter phase..also known as my Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is wrong with me phase.
ETA - Jeez MNHawk, whatchya do to the lakes?! ;D
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/great-lakes-approaching-100-ice-cover-for-the-first-time-on-record/ (http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/great-lakes-approaching-100-ice-cover-for-the-first-time-on-record/)
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It rained here yesterday and then the temp dropped to below freezing, creating ice everywhere. Trees down. Some power out. Roads a mess. Any snow/ ice in Tennessee creates a mess. Couldn't get out on my neighborhood until this afternoon because of fallen trees.
We didn't get to make a milk/egg/bread run, so I don't know how we will survive. ::winter::
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So. No French Toast for you. ::unknowncomic::
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So. No French Toast for you. ::unknowncomic::
I had to eat the crumbs that gather in the bottom of the toaster to keep from starving.
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So. No French Toast for you. ::unknowncomic::
I had to eat the crumbs that gather in the bottom of the toaster to keep from starving.
Yes, I'm sure. Don't forget to check under the couch cushions; you'd be amazed what finds its way under there.
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So. No French Toast for you. ::unknowncomic::
I had to eat the crumbs that gather in the bottom of the toaster to keep from starving.
Yes, I'm sure. Don't forget to check under the couch cushions; you'd be amazed what finds its way under there.
Pan.....you saved my life......lol
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::curtsy4::
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Almost 4" of a "very light dusting" this morning, and it's not done yet. So I'll be on the tractor again today to add to the 39.5 hours of plowing snow this winter.
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We might be breaking out of our sub-zero temps...of course returning any where near normal for these parts in March means piles of wet heavy globalwarmink!
Oh, and get a load of this...the ::cussing:: bueracrats at the DNR are NOT yielding on their ice fishing regs one whit this year, despite the fact it has been so cold so long we'll have several feet of lake ice well beyond normal ice house/driving restriction dates...there is no flexibility, no common sense when it comes to government pukes!
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Up to 40.7 hours on the tractor plowing this winter. It's really getting frustrating. And there'll be more coming today and later in the week.
It was heavy and wet today, and I even had to plow my way down the street to our neighbors' house and back home.
I'm tired of plowing......... ::oldman::
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I got sunburned today mowing the lawn. So summer is close.
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What is this sun you speak of? ::pokeineye::
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I got sunburned today mowing the lawn. So summer is close.
My grass isn't growing, but the weeds are taking off. Evidently my weed and feed didn't work this fall. ::pullhair::
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I got sunburned today mowing the lawn. So summer is close.
I got frostbitten chipping at ice after 10 minutes instead of 5. So, um, not the dead of winter is close.
::snoshovel::
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A lawn? What is a lawn?
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A lawn? What is a lawn?
That's something i have to deal with 12 months of the year.
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A lawn? What is a lawn?
That's something i have to deal with 12 months of the year.
We've been having all these Scots fertilizer ads running on radio and TV up here for several weeks now...do these people get locked into national deals or what? It must be something like that because unless they all have their heads up their butts they should know it is still WINTER up here and we have several inches, feet actually in many parts, of fricken snow! We don't even know if we still have a lawn! Perhaps they just like to piss us off up here? Maybe that's the marketing genius behind this campaign.
Simply brilliant!
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Snow Is A Four Letter Word (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsOMeru8pxQ#ws)
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It's comforting to know that we have the most up-to-date weather forecasts in the world.
We're supposed to get between 4" and 17" of snow tonight and tomorrow morning. Geez.....Why brother to say anything?
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6 additional inches of extremely heave, wet snow. Another 1.5 hours plowing this morning.
Where's that global warming?
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Another winter storm rolling in, media airing closures and goobermint bewailing of OT, blown budgets, low salt reserves....yadda yadda yadda...
Tired of it all...
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So much for global warmink!!
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It's been cool again for a stretch...this is sooo old...but maybe some releif in sight...some think El Nino is on the march!
(http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/03-overflow/20140325_polar1.png)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-25/goodbye-polar-vortex-hello-solar-vortex-el-nino-coming (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-25/goodbye-polar-vortex-hello-solar-vortex-el-nino-coming)
::whoohoo::
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April Fool's Day in Minnesota...
21 degrees, wind 16-31 mph out of the W-NW...and FRCKEN SNOW! ::pullhair::
We are the fool's! ::unknowncomic::
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... Winter Storm Warning now in effect from 7 PM this evening to
7 PM CDT Friday...
The Winter Storm Warning is now in effect from 7 PM this evening
to 7 PM CDT Friday.
* Timing... a light wintry mix of precipitation today will
transition to snow this evening. The snow will be heavy at times
tonight and Friday morning before tapering off Friday
afternoon.
* Snow accumulation... 8 to 12 inches... with the heaviest amounts
expected roughly along a line from Redwood Falls and New Ulm to
Monticello and Cambridge. Snow amounts will be lowest south and
east of the Twin Cities Metro where a wintry mix may persist the
longest.
* Wind... northeast 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest and
increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph late Thursday
night.
* Impacts... travel will be hazardous Thursday night and Friday.
This will be a wet snow which will be difficult to shovel.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow means severe winter weather
conditions are expected or occurring. Significant amounts of
snow are forecast that will make travel dangerous. Only travel in
an emergency. If you must travel... keep an extra flashlight...
food... and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency.
:'(
Soooo tired of this winter...
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Cannot believe the bozos here...driving down snow plastered roads like a tool, in a car without all/4wd with crappy tires and only the snow on the front windshield cleared off...these roaming snowbanks piloted by brain dead losers...they go in the ditch hopefully nobody gets sucked in with them!
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1 1/2' of heavy white useless nauseating piles of AlGore...
Spring in the Arctic...
::facepalm::
Bloody ancestors! ::pullhair::
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Dang it's turned off a little chilly here in Tennessee. It's only freakin' mid 60's. We should already be in the low 70's with a slight breeze. Damn global warming.
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Funny. You here all week? ;D
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Funny. You here all week? ;D
Actually....No....I'll be on Lake Guntersville Friday...AND Saturday.
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Funny. You here all week? ;D
Actually....No....I'll be on Lake Guntersville Friday...AND Saturday.
'Bama? This TVA created lake?
http://www.lakeguntersville.org/about-guntersville/history-2 (http://www.lakeguntersville.org/about-guntersville/history-2)
Doesn't look like a tourney, just casual fishin' on a tournment lake, eh?
Rip Lip!
::thumbsup::