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[RBeckman]

My mom lived about 50 miles from us, fortunately she was in a condo so not that much to do but still the occasional stuff.

If you need the chainsaw or some help, give me a call. I have a pretty busy schedule with this retirement thing going on but I can lend you a hand. Seriously, if you need some help or a chainsaw or both give me a call.

Thanks again Hank, I just got home from going up there and when I got there I noticed the street lights were on and that told me power was back on and I switch from generator and all is good for the time being. My son that lives in Grand Rapids said he will bring his chain saw over and on Thursday we will go over and cut it up and he will take the wood back with him so that will be good. My car temp said it was 1 degree. Merry Christmas

[FlintTony]

I just got cable back on. Went out Sunday, I think. I have had power, but my MIls' place and my brother Dougs' were both out. I've been running back and forth fron Davison to Dougs place, hauling this big, heavy generator in and out of the truck. 6 degrees out yesterday morning at around 5 am and it wouldn't start. Tore the carb off in the windy ass weather and found a chunk of the rubber fuel line that had deteriorated stuck in the seat. I've got a million big branchs' and trees down in the yard. Dougs yard looks like a hurricane went through. Got in a good pissing match with a truck load of hood-rats at the only gas station that was open. They bought some scratch-off Lotto tickets and thought it was a good idea to sit in front of the pump and scratch them off, with cars backed up into both roads at the corner. Of all the cars and trucks sitting there waiting on the fat-assed fools to move on, I'm the only one that said anything to them. I hate people. Merry Christmas.

PS...in my best soup-nazi voice......NO CHAINSAW FOR YOU !!!!!!!!!!!

[mestorod70]

Hope all you northeners stay safe and try to keep warm.
Its bloody cold this morning..62 ...but will get to 78 later.

[shadowgray396]

Hope all you northeners stay safe and try to keep warm.
Its bloody cold this morning..62 ...but will get to 78 later.

Rub it in, I'll be in Florida in 2 weeks. Can't wait. About 45 here today.

[flash]

Its sunny here today and just now up to 41 degrees .

[Hank70SS]

I just got cable back on. Went out Sunday, I think. I have had power, but my MIls' place and my brother Dougs' were both out. I've been running back and forth fron Davison to Dougs place, hauling this big, heavy generator in and out of the truck. 6 degrees out yesterday morning at around 5 am and it wouldn't start. Tore the carb off in the windy ass weather and found a chunk of the rubber fuel line that had deteriorated stuck in the seat. I've got a million big branchs' and trees down in the yard. Dougs yard looks like a hurricane went through. Got in a good pissing match with a truck load of hood-rats at the only gas station that was open. They bought some scratch-off Lotto tickets and thought it was a good idea to sit in front of the pump and scratch them off, with cars backed up into both roads at the corner. Of all the cars and trucks sitting there waiting on the fat-assed fools to move on, I'm the only one that said anything to them. I hate people. Merry Christmas.

PS...in my best soup-nazi voice......NO CHAINSAW FOR YOU !!!!!!!!!!!


Well that sucks. I have a gen you can use and since it sounds like Ric is all set if you need any help or anything else you have my number. My generator is 30 amp connector plus 4 110v, 5500 watts continuous. If it will keep you from hauling one around it's your's to use.

We never did lose power here. Lights flickered Sunday morning while we were cooking up some pancakes and bacon. I was thinking great, just when this stuff is half done but it didn't go out.

[FlintTony]

Thanks Hank. I have two generators, an 8000 for the house and this smaller 5000 for an extra. I built carts for both of them, so I can move them around easily. Only thing is, they are too heavy with the carts for me to lift up into the truck when I have to take them somewhere. I took the small one off the cart, but it is still a heavy bastard. I have the big one set up to feed the house and some of the shop, so it won't be hauled around.
Shoot me an email about when you are going to be in Florida. Maybe we can get together for a cold one.

[FlintTony]

And I get up to see another 6" of snow that I'll have to plow today. Seems like the Farmers Almanac predidted this cold and snow for this Winter.

[Hank70SS]

We got maybe 4" of snow yesterday/last night. Guess I didn't think it through when we made a spot to park the motorhome next to the driveway. We have the family room and garage on one side of the driveway and shed across the end of the driveway. The motorhome sits along the driveway opposite the house. All the snow needs to be pushed down the driveway or into the small area between the shed and motorhome. That's a 30' x 40' area of snow that needs to be pushed somewhere. Talk about poor planning, seemed like a good idea in the summer when we did it.

[RBeckman]

We got about 6 inches again this morning, I think I've had to shovel for the last 6 days. I know we have had more snow already this year than all of last year.

[Ken Hayes]

Goin out right now to fire up the snow blower. IS IT ALMOST SPRING YET???

[Hank70SS]

Goin out right now to fire up the snow blower. IS IT ALMOST SPRING YET???

Any minute now, haven't you noticed the days getting longer.

[shadowgray396]

Been only 31 for the last few days where I'm working, but the fog has really been bad. Less then 500 feet at time and very icy one the roads.

[flash]

Its been rainy and cold today with the temps hovering at 41 degrees all day ,same expected for tomorrow.

[Ken Hayes]

2 days ago I was out blowin snow.......today its been in the high 40's.........tomorrow back down in the cellar...........krazy ass weather......no wonder so many people gettin sick.

[flash]

Still rainy and cold here today ,stilll hovering around 41 degrees .

[RBeckman]

Nice day today everyone I know has power back and now going down in the teens again for the week.

[Hank70SS]

Nice day today everyone I know has power back and now going down in the teens again for the week.

Great! My son really wanted to go to the Winter Classic on New Years day. Someone at work had 2 tickets for sale and he asked me to go with him. So I get to sit outside at the Big House for 3 hrs or so, 17 * out and watch the Red Wings and Maple Leafs play. At least it will be a one of kind event, largest attendance for a hockey game ever.

[carpoor]

High of 80*, humid and rainy. Kind of a crappy day, was so bored this afternoon - I took a 2 hour nap with the dog.

[flash]

It's still cloudy and cool here today ,hope to see the sun again soon.

[Hank70SS]

Just keeps getting better and better. Going to the Winter Classic at the Big House on New Years Day. High in the teens and now they're saying 7.4" of snow in Ann Arbor on the 1st.

[Ms Grumpy]

That much snow on the 1st ? Oh man. I know that tonight it was 17 degrees when we were out at 7pm. And we are supposed to get down to single digits tonight. What a way to start the new year. brrrrrrrr.

[flash]

We did not see the sun today but it was not too cold ,around 50 degrees .

[FlintTony]

Just put the tractor away again. Only a couple of inchs last night, just enough to make it more miserable. Wind chill way below zero again. Once again I state that I HATE WINTER!!!!

[RBeckman]

Another 2" of snow, time to bundle up and get the snow blower fired up for another trip up and down the driveway.

One good thing is that this will help the lakes in the spring as they have been down for the couple of years.

[flash]

Its still cloudy and cold here but thankfully no ice or snow crap.

[Hank70SS]

That much snow on the 1st ? Oh man. I know that tonight it was 17 degrees when we were out at 7pm. And we are supposed to get down to single digits tonight. What a way to start the new year. brrrrrrrr.

They've changed the forecast, now it's only supposed to be a couple inches.

[RBeckman]

They've changed the forecast, now it's only supposed to be a couple inches.

Good luck and have fun...I heard 4 to 5 inches starting at Midnight tonight through tomorrow.

[Ken Hayes]

I heard that too......right now its 14*......think I'll go have a Klondike Bar.

[Ms Grumpy]

Hank, I hope you didn't get caught in all that traffic this morning. I think that we are actually supposed to get more snow than Flint. That usually doesn't happen. But Ken, I think you are supposed to get 6+ inches. My kids are hoping for a snow day tomorrow.

[BillsCamino]

School around here doesn't reopen until the 7th (Monday).
Thankfully, not much chance of a "snow day"....I pray!!

[Hank70SS]

It started snowing sometime after midnight New Years eve. It's still snowing, hasn't stopped. Not heavy wet snow, too cold for that, but it just keeps coming. Supposed to be -2 tonight and next Tuesday a high of 1. My fingers got numb cleaning the driveway today and that was driving the tractor not shoveling.

[BillsCamino]

Was 53 and raining here at lunch time. Now no more rain, sun trying to peak thru, very windy and 41.
Hope the wind dries out the roads before later tonight...forecast to dip well into the 20s. :(

[Ms Grumpy]

It started snowing sometime after midnight New Years eve. It's still snowing, hasn't stopped. Not heavy wet snow, too cold for that, but it just keeps coming. Supposed to be -2 tonight and next Tuesday a high of 1. My fingers got numb cleaning the driveway today and that was driving the tractor not shoveling.

My fingers stayed warm. I just sent my 3 kids outside to shovel. Of course they didn't do as good a job as I would, but I stayed toasty warm. lol

[Ms Grumpy]

I watched the news this morning to see if our schools were closed. Nothing at 6am, so my son Jacob hopped in the shower. I got my daughter Lauren up about 6:10am, they are both in High School and we leave at 7:15 am.

6:15am my phone rings. It is an automated call from the school district telling me that school was cancelled for the day. So I tell the kids to go back to bed, Jacob is bummed cause he is still in the shower. 6;17am, Davids cell phone rings...it is the school district. 6:20 am I receive an e-mail telling me school is cancelled. Still nothing on any of the news channels. I am going back to bed ! 6:29am...my cell phone rings....it is the school district again.. Really ? By now I have given up on getting any sleep. The school being cancelled finally showed up on the local channels at 6:45am. I was just thankful that I didn't have to go out in the frigid cold. And how was your morning ?

[shadowgray396]

Looks like it colddddddddd on the east side of the U.S. Some rain is due here tonight, but 50 today. Dry for the weekend. We are headed for a drought at this point if the mountains don't get any snow this winter. We are only at 10 percent of normal for the year and the ski resort are trying to make snow just to stay open.

[FlintTony]

This global warming is kicking our ass here. 4 below zero, wind chill about 20 below. The dogs don't even want to go outside.

[Hank70SS]

... And how was your morning ?

Dog woke me up at 4 AM to go out. She's 13 yrs old, getting a little senile.

This global warming is kicking our ass here. 4 below zero, wind chill about 20 below. The dogs don't even want to go outside.

Down south here in Brighton it only got to -2.

[flash]

I dont know how ya'll stand the cold and snow youre getting ,it would shut us down til spring here .I got to try to get my furnace going again .

[FlintTony]

When that snow hits Hank, I plan to be down there with the "Georgia Boys".

[mestorod70]

Got up this morning and had to wear a sweat shirt over my t shirt.
Its 57 out on the patio.
Tomorow should be in the hi 70s

[shadowgray396]

Last year when I came to Florida it had record lows. I could have stay home for that. Looking forward to some warmer weather. Hope it warms up next week some.

[flash]

Tony ,dont you dare bring that snow with you .

[FlintTony]

Tony ,dont you dare bring that snow with you .


I certainley hope that I don't.

[carpoor]

Cold, windy, never even got to 50 degrees today. Warmer tomorrow, almost 80 Sunday. Back 40s and windy again by Tuesday. :mad:

[Hank70SS]

Tony ,dont you dare bring that snow with you .

Looks like Tony skated out of town just in time. Supposed to start snowing tonight and continue through Sunday and into Monday, up 9" around here. Then the temps nose dive, couple of days with highs below 10*. Been 5 years since we had a high of less than 10 and about 20 yrs since we had 2 days in a row with highs below 10. I can't wait to see the gas bill, may not be able to to FL in Feb, won't be able to pay for gas for the motorhome.

[shadowgray396]

I had a friend call me from NY today and said it's going to set record low highs monday. Sounds like around 6 degrees or colder

[Ken Hayes]

Hank, check again......snow 12" Monday 2*, Tuesday 0* those are the highs. They say that maybe the wind chill on Tuesday could get -30*....AINT IT SPRING YET????

[shadowgray396]

Hank, check again......snow 12" Monday 2*, Tuesday 0* those are the highs. They say that maybe the wind chill on Tuesday could get -30*....AINT IT SPRING YET????

That's just toooooooo coldddddddddddddd

[Hank70SS]

Hank, check again......snow 12" Monday 2*, Tuesday 0* those are the highs. They say that maybe the wind chill on Tuesday could get -30*....AINT IT SPRING YET????

All depends on what station you watch Ken. They're still calling for around 9.5" around here on Fox 2.

We got 4-5 overnight. I let the dog out this morning and she ran out back to pee. I had to laugh because it looked like she was laying down in the snow, couldn't see her legs at all. We did have snow on the ground before it started again last night.

[mestorod70]

I know u guys hate me.....lol lol.

[shadowgray396]

I know u guys hate me.....lol lol.

Enjoy it, I see Tuesday the low is 37 and high is 48 in Orlando where I'm headed. It warms up after that.

[carpoor]

High of 81* today, beautiful & sunny day with a slight breeze. Too bad I was at my 2nd job most of the day. :(

[RBeckman]

You weather is about to change as Tony is on his way down and he will bring some of this crap down with him.

[Hank70SS]

You weather is about to change as Tony is on his way down and he will bring some of this crap down with him.

I hope he drags it out of here. So far about 10", they're saying another 6" before it stops sometime after midnight. That's right 15.9" predicted for us, 16.5" in Flint. I could use Tony's Ford SS tractor, have 4' piles of snow we've been pushing off the drive. My tractor isn't big enough to push them any more so we're running out room to put the snow.

Oh, and it get's better, temps are going to keep dropping to about -4 tomorrow afternoon. That's right, not overnight but what should be the warmest time of day.

[Ms Grumpy]

Hank, I am feeling your pain. I don't have a plow, but a small snowblower. Right now I think we have about 7" on the ground. I don't know about you, but the roads are really crappy right now. And with the temps dropping, it will turn into a sheet of ice underneath.

My son asked me if he was done using the snowblower today. I said no, he is probably going to have to do it again around 8pm, and first thing in the morning when he gets up. He was not happy. Teenagers.....

[flash]

Can ya'll post pics of the equipment youre using to clean off the snow ,just curious as I've never seen it before .

[shadowgray396]

Snow blower for us would rarely get used. We get about 2 inches every 6 years or so. Sometimes I wish we got a little more once in a while. We have only about a 2 percent chance of having snow at Christmas. If we had 14 inches of snow in our part of the country we would be paralyzed. No one knows how to drive in it.

[BillsCamino]

Snow blower for us would rarely get used. We get about 2 inches every 6 years or so. Sometimes I wish we got a little more once in a while. We have only about a 2 percent chance of having snow at Christmas. If we had 14 inches of snow in our part of the country we would be paralyzed. No one knows how to drive in it.

About the same as here in GA.

[Hank70SS]

Well we got around 15", they said 15.4" in Howell which just a little west of here. I'll have to go clean the drive again this morning, there's another 4-5" out there. It's 14* now, don't want to do it this afternoon when the temps are supposed to be close to 0.

We had a snow blower but with the way the shed and garage are I had to blow snow in front of me for about 30' instead of to the side. So you keep running into the snow you already moved getting deeper and heavier. The tractor has worked good but this is just too much for a small garden tractor.

[Ken Hayes]

Went out 3 times yesterday with the small snowblower. Gotta go do it again in a bit, after I use the roof rake on the driveway side of the house roof. The snow drift on the roof is about 3' so its gotta come down. Think I'll bring out the 2 stage blower today. Damn, just saw that it 9* and windy. Oh well.

[Ken Hayes]

Here ya go John and Ray. Black one is a 26", 8hp, 2 stage Yard Machines. Yellow one is a 21" 125cc, single stage Cub Cadet. Both are in the driveway. The one pic is the Mail truck at the end of the street getting stuck......he made it out.

[Ms Grumpy]

Ken, I wish my snowblower was as big as yours. We just have a small one and this today my son has been out twice. Our biggest problem was the 4 ft of ice that the snow plow left at the end of my driveway. It took 3 trips outside. It was too damn cold to work for more than 1/2 hr at a time.

Just got a call from the schools, no school tomorrow. This from the school district that usually never cancelled school. So far they called no school last week Thurs, Fri, and this week Mon and Tues. I am sure that they are going to try to make up the 4 days somewhere. But for now, we are going to stay inside cause it is 8 degrees....with the low tonight supposed to be -15. Just a littl chilly.

Ken, how many inches of snow did you get ?

Hank, how many inches of snow did you get ?

Tony, how many inches of snow did you get ?

I am pretty sure we got around 10". I haven't actually measured, but it is close.

[Hank70SS]

We got 15"-16", it's been snowing on and off today, not too heavy though. I let the dog out a few minutes ago. Instead of doing her business in the area I shoveled some of the snow off, she made her way down the hill into the snow that's up to her chin. She's 13 yrs old and she struggled trying to get back up the hill. Plowing her way through didn't work and she stopped and looked at me. Then she tried hopping up and over the snow, that didn't work and she stopped and looked at me. It's 0* out, I had slippers on and had to go out and drag her out by her collar.

[RBeckman]

We just got the official total for our area of 19.1 inches of snow. They shut down our business for weather. Here are some pics of what we a dealing with.

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This is what my dog had to deal with this morning.

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[shadowgray396]

That's alot of snow, Another problem may be when it all starts to melt and how fast!

[Ken Hayes]

We got 13" and 3' drifts. Right now the weather is -2* and windy with wind chill at -30*

In that one pic of the stuck Mail truck, my neighbors front yard is untouched so you can see about how deep the snow was.

Nancy, when we bought the 2 stage blower (around $800.00) Judy says to me "For your sake you better f-----g hope it snows this winter"........that ended up being one of the mildest winters we've had in a long time.......oh-oh. That was a few years ago and I've used it plenty since then.

[Hank70SS]

It's -2* and windy here too. The swirls of snow look like little tornadoes moving across the open areas. Pretty sure it's snowing again, hard to tell with the wind blowing so hard. There's a lot blowing off the trees and roofs.

[Hank70SS]

We just got the official total for our area of 19.1 inches of snow. They shut down our business for weather. Here are some pics of what we a dealing with.

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This is what my dog had to deal with this morning.

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These were taken from inside the garage. The snow pile goes pack 4-5 feet and the ground slopes down so the pile is over 4'.

Henry said something to his boss on Saturday about working from home today. His boss said he needed to come in. That's just wrong, 16" of snow, temps are below 0, it's dangerous to be out there especially when he has a 100 mile trip to work and back. He can work from too and then his boss was 'sick' today and didn't go in. Henry had a hard time getting out of the sub this morning and he has a new full size 4x4 pickup. He said no way any one was getting out in a car.

[Ken Hayes]

We just set a new record......its -8* with a wind chill at -36*.....S.O.B. WHERE DA HELL'S SPRING???

[flash]

WOW guys and gals ,I dont know how you do it ,that is a massive amount of snow to keep moving around .And the cold is another thing altogether ,I could not do it .It is bitter cold here and we just had snow flurries ,none sticking .We are down to 11 degrees so far ,expecting to be around 7 by morning with high winds .I spent a good part of today hauling firewood in from the pasture on my tractor ,Im still not warm yet .

[shadowgray396]

We are at 41 and party cloudy, with rain coming in tomorrow. I'm flying to Florida tomorrow but with all the delays and cancellations I hope things go smoothly. I layover in Phoenix Az to avoid the cold weather on the east coast during the winter. Glad I decided to do that 6 months ago when I purchased the tickets.

[Hank70SS]

Ken it's -8* here too and going to get colder.

John 11* in Georgia? I heard they all ready canceled school for tomorrow in Atlanta. You guys got furnaces/central heat that will keep up with that cold? Here most homes have furnaces that will maintain the heat up to 10 or 20 below. Wouldn't think they planned for such cold temps down there in Georgia. Stay warm, stay safe.

Just have to wait now and hope our son makes it home from work safely. Traded in the Chevy Z71 last summer so I couldn't even get out of here to help him if he needed it. Maybe I should have kept the pickup, of course 2 cars, pickup, Chevelle and motor home is overkill for 2 people.

[shadowgray396]

Can't image how many frozen pipes there will be. I know the pipes are buried deeper then here, we only bury our water lines 2 feet down max. The snow can act as an insulator keeping the ground from freezing to deep. Everyone take care during this cold weather snap and be careful if you are traveling around the area.

[RBeckman]

Ken it a hell of warmer here in Fenton.

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[Hank70SS]

Ken it a hell of warmer here in Fenton.

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What? It's -9 now and your about 25 miles north of me and how did you 19.5" of snow? Highest reported total I saw was 18" in Eaton Rapids, 17" in Flint.

Okay, you left out some words in your post, lay off the Coke. Maybe you meant warmer where Ken is than in Fenton.

[Hank70SS]

Can't image how many frozen pipes there will be. I know the pipes are buried deeper then here, we only bury our water lines 2 feet down max. The snow can act as an insulator keeping the ground from freezing to deep. Everyone take care during this cold weather snap and be careful if you are traveling around the area.

I believe the frost line here is 42". There will be plenty of frozen water lines under roads that have been cleared, freeze will go a lot deeper with no snow, pavement and the hard packed dirt. We have a well and the line comes into the basement about 5' below grade, that plus close to 20" of snow on the ground we should be okay. Can't even see the well head, it's out there somewhere but not visible anymore.

[BillsCamino]

Can't image how many frozen pipes there will be. I know the pipes are buried deeper then here, we only bury our water lines 2 feet down max. The snow can act as an insulator keeping the ground from freezing to deep. Everyone take care during this cold weather snap and be careful if you are traveling around the area.

My water meter sits out in a metal box on the front corner of my property...less than 12" down. The water supply line I just had replaced 2 yrs ago is probably 8-10" down. All the houses around here are on a slab.
Got double glass thermo windows in the house, about 3 1/2" of insulation in walls, about 8" in attic. All that mainly for the summer A/C cooling.
Most of the ceilings on 1st floor are 18' high.

[FlintTony]

I ran the Florida tractor yesterday doing some brush hogging. I shoveled all day today. Sand, not snow. Kathy is having a hell of a time with snow. It is supposed to cool off here for a day or so. Have fun up thereguys.

[flash]

Its down to 9 degrees now and still going down ,coldest its been here in a long time .My furnace could keep up if needed but I try to keep the fireplace insert full of wood to save propane especially since I have not ordered any propane since last year. Water mains down here are usually only 4 ft deep and service lines to homes are 18" to 24" deep so we will be seeing lots of broken lines too. I was out on my tractor earlier and its all I could to to stand the wind and I was really bundled up ,bone chilling cold .Im just now getting good and warm with the exception of my face ,its on fire from wind burn.

[flash]

Bill ,you might want to let your faucets drip tonight as shallow as your line is .

[Ken Hayes]

Goin Down, Down, Down......-14*, wind chill -39/40* Might need another blanket tonight.

[BillsCamino]

Thankfully no frozen pipes here this morning. I left all the kitchen sink cupboard and bathroom vanity doors open last night.
It's 5 degrees here right now with a -11 chill factor. Coldest temps here since I moved to GA in '85!!
My 2 yr old hi-efficient Trane hasn't stopped running since about 6pm last night. I even heard it go into higher speed turbo mode a couple times. :D

[flash]

It was 1 above when I left for work this morning ,I loaded the fireplace with wood before I left and upped the furnace a bit .My feet are freezing here at work.

[BillsCamino]

Had to run some errands and meet friends for lunch.
My 1st stop was to make a deposit so went thru the bank drive-thru. All the windows on the truck were frozen...I guess from that rain the night before last. :(
But, parked the truck out in the sunshine while at lunch. Windows now are working fine.
Weird!

[RBeckman]

Thankfully no frozen pipes here this morning. I left all the kitchen sink cupboard and bathroom vanity doors open last night.
It's 5 degrees here right now with a -11 chill factor. Coldest temps here since I moved to GA in '85!!
My 2 yr old hi-efficient Trane hasn't stopped running since about 6pm last night. I even heard it go into higher speed turbo mode a couple times. :D

We use a 3 stage nitrious system on our furnace and said no to Turbos on our furnace years agol.

[RBeckman]

What? It's -9 now and your about 25 miles north of me and how did you 19.5" of snow? Highest reported total I saw was 18" in Eaton Rapids, 17" in Flint.

Okay, you left out some words in your post, lay off the Coke. Maybe you meant warmer where Ken is than in Fenton.

Do I look like a weather man? I just report what I read in our local paper. My measurements show 22" but that is on my deck. It was -17 when I left for work. Oh by the way, you are only 18 miles away...but then I don't expect you to be a GPS unit....ha

So in conclusion, we have a shit load of snow and it's colder than hell and it takes less than a tank of gas to your house.

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By the way guys, this is from Hell Michigan which is in the same county that Hank and I live in...I don't want to guess the distance as I would be wrong anyway.....ha

[flash]

The sun is shining bright today but its still too damn cold to suit me .

[Ken Hayes]

Well the plow finally came down our street. Took him 6 passes to clear but not completely remove the snow. He also covered up all of our driveway ends. I tried using a flat shovel to clear ours, but then decided to get the 2 stage blower out. With the temp at -3* and breathing the exhaust from the blower along with COPD (what killed Phil Everly) it just about did me in. Got it cleared and made it back to the garage and took a few puffs off of my Ventolin inhaler so I could finally breathe again.......that was scarry.

[Hank70SS]

Do I look like a weather man? I just report what I read in our local paper. My measurements show 22" but that is on my deck. It was -17 when I left for work. Oh by the way, you are only 18 miles away...but then I don't expect you to be a GPS unit....ha

So in conclusion, we have a shit load of snow and it's colder than hell and it takes less than a tank of gas to your house.

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By the way guys, this is from Hell Michigan which is in the same county that Hank and I live in...I don't want to guess the distance as I would be wrong anyway.....ha

Mapquest says Hell is 22.26 miles from my house. That's probably wrong though since it says Fenton is 22.34 miles not 18 miles.

They still haven't plowed the our side streets. We live in a township so the county is responsible for our roads. They just showed on the news some freeways closed, police forcing cars off because they're a sheet of ice. The snow has been cleared off, just ice left now, too cold for salt to do anything.

[flash]

I feel for you guys up there with all the snow and ice ,you deal with it much better than I would .My feet get cold and I am pretty much shot.

[carpoor]

What a miserable day, the wind just wouldn't quit. I think I am getting sick. I have a sore throat and I am getting congested. Nyquil here I come!

[shadowgray396]

What a miserable day, the wind just wouldn't quit. I think I am getting sick. I have a sore throat and I am getting congested. Nyquil here I come!

Hope you feel better. I just arrived in Florida after a day of delays and it's 39 here.

[flash]

For Florida 39 is pretty cold ,its 15 here currently ,carpoor ,I hope you feel better soon .Take a double dose of Nyquill at bedtime and I bet you fell better by morning .

[BillsCamino]

Just hit 33 degrees !!!! First time above freezing in over 48 hours!!! :banana: :ntwrthy:

[flash]

Its not too bad out there compared to the last couple of days .I went to work this morning and we were greeted with a frozen waterfall coming out of our Library ,seems the sprinklers decided to freeze and leak all over the top floor .Luckily it drained out the two main front doors and spared us the bottom 2 levels ,what a mess .

[Hank70SS]

Forecast is 40* and up to an inch of rain on Saturday. The ground is frozen several feet down, there's close to 2' of snow on top. If it get's cold again, which it will, we'll have one hell of an ice skating rink around here.

[shadowgray396]

Where all that water going to go? Hit 67 today in Orlando today. Have a 5k race to be at 5:30 in the morning.

[Hank70SS]

Where all that water going to go? Hit 67 today in Orlando today. Have a 5k race to be at 5:30 in the morning.

That's a good question Ray. We don't have sewers here. The roads are lined with several feet of hard packed snow and ice from the plow trucks. Not sure if that snow will be able to absorb the water so it can run off the road. I'm sure we'll have a good size lake at the back of the yard, if the water can get there. It goes back about 200' and drops about 4' lower than at the house. Pond hockey anyone?

[shadowgray396]

Upper 70's today. I have to be up at 3am tomorrow for a half marathon race. My son inlaw is running. 5 or 10K is my limit.

[Ken Hayes]

Good luck.

[Ms Grumpy]

Hank, I hope you are doing OK with the melting snow. I know it has been above freezing since 8am this morning. And most side streets are just mush. I cleaned up the end of my driveway, the kids had it shoveled earlier in the week and then the snow plow just piled it up so much that had to drive on an angle just to get up the driveway. Almost a straight driveway now. Just worried about the ice, have a small build up on one corner of the house. I am hoping that the weather stays warm enough to melt it, and a lot of the snow away.

[shadowgray396]

72 at 3am getting ready for half marathon. Have to be there by 4 am. It's only midnight if I was were in Oregon.

[carpoor]

Still sick, but at least the weather has warmed up. I put in over 65 hours Sunday - Friday between both jobs. So glad to have a day off today. Hoping to rest up, but have a feeling that won't happen. Currently 68* with a light drizzle.

[BillsCamino]

70 degrees, heavy rain, thunder and tornado warnings this morning...

[Hank70SS]

It's about 37 here and light rain. Everything is dripping wet, not from the rain either. The underside of the upstairs deck, the aluminum under the eaves, anything metal. I hate to look in the shed, I'm sure everything in there is soaked. Supposed to go to around 42 today, that will get rid of a lot of these snow piles.

[flash]

49 degrees and sopping wet ,rain all day yesterday and heavy rain so far today ,I hope this is not a sign of a non convertible year again.

[Ms Grumpy]

It's about 37 here and light rain. Everything is dripping wet, not from the rain either. The underside of the upstairs deck, the aluminum under the eaves, anything metal. I hate to look in the shed, I'm sure everything in there is soaked. Supposed to go to around 42 today, that will get rid of a lot of these snow piles.

Hank, I don't know about you, but there is so much standing water everywhere. And this being Michigan, the temp will drop and it will all turn to ice. I am so glad that my car is not in my garage. The kids piled snow in front of the big door that I can't even open it. And they used the small piece between the driveway and garage to stack snow. I am so tired of reshoveling snow from where it should not be. You would think that they have helped me shovel for years and that they would remember.

[shadowgray396]

Returned to Oregon to rain and 45 degrees. Hard to leave Florida's warm weather. I just hope my daughter starts to feels better. Been sick since getting pregnant. Will be back in July when she delivers. Hope everyone else is doing ok with all the snow and rain.

[flash]

We finally got in a nice day today ,it was sunny all day and not too cold .

[shadowgray396]

We were at 59 today with sun. It should be around 35 this time of the year.

[Ms Grumpy]

28 degrees today. And now it started snowing again. From what I understand we are supposed to have 3 cold fronts, one right after another, come in this weekend. We will get back down to the single digits for lows.

Isn't it spring yet ??????

[Ken Hayes]

Right now its 22*, windy and that crap is fallin out of the sky again.........cmon spring, cmon spring.

On a good note.......only 107 days till Bakers.

EDIT:.....Well we got just under 2" snow. Wasnt a real wet or real dry snow.........sure did fly with the small blower though.

[shadowgray396]

No rain or snow in the forecast again for next week. Looks like we will stay around 50 next week in Oregon. We are 9 inches below normal for rain fall this year. Drought will be a problem for summer this year if things don't change. If I was home I would be driving my Chevelle. Looks like Phoenix Az is going to be in the upper 70's next week.

[Ms Grumpy]

Wasn't too bad today. 27 degrees. But I understand that we are in for another arctic freeze in the upcoming week. Someone needs to post some summer pictures soon cause we need some hope.

[flash]

It was sunny here and around 50 degrees ,not too bad .I had to be out at my shop quite a while gathering all my truck parts to take to the bodyshop tomorrow.

[Ken Hayes]

Good luck John...........waitin to see that truck all done and on the road again.

[flash]

Im hoping for early spring ,Im taking the new crate motor ,rebuilt trans ,inner fenders ,core support ,new grill and surround ,a case of oil ,2 oil filters ,2 gallons of trans fluid ,2 gallons of antifreeze ,new motor and trans mounts ,new fuel and water pumps ,all belts and hoses ,and everything else I could think of .I have a trailer load of stuff for them. I hope this is going to be the final push to finish it .Only problem is its going to be so nice I will be afraid to drive it ,much nicer than I had originally planned .I hope it comes home just short of its 3rd anniversary in the shop.

[Hank70SS]

Here we go again, 1* here this morning. Cold is supposed to hang around for a few days.

[shadowgray396]

Some parts of Oregon were at 60 yesterday. Not a normal winter for us.

[flash]

We were close to 60 yesterday and we are now getting brutal high winds ,snow flurries and very cold temps to follow ,Im ready for spring .

[Hank70SS]

Supposed to be nasty cold for the next week. Got the gas bill for 12/14/2013 through 1/16/2014. Actually a pleasant surprise, only $169 and change. I was thinking at least $200. Hopefully the electric bill will be around the same or less.

[shadowgray396]

Sounds like a propane shortage on your end of the world because of all the cold.

[Ms Grumpy]

Supposed to be nasty cold for the next week. Got the gas bill for 12/14/2013 through 1/16/2014. Actually a pleasant surprise, only $169 and change. I was thinking at least $200. Hopefully the electric bill will be around the same or less.

I was surprised with mine too. I am just waiting for the gas company to tell me they made a mistake. But I will say that since they put the new box in, my gas bill has been lower.

[Ms Grumpy]

So I was out tonight and the thermometer in my van said 7 degrees. And this was only at 7pm tonight. Hubby said that the temps are supposed to drop below zero tonight. Another arctic freeze in Michigan.

[Ken Hayes]

Its 11:00 and now its at 1*.......gotta find that extra blanket for sure.

[Hank70SS]

Along with artic temps the snowfall has been a real bonus too. We're on pace to have the snowiest January on record. We only need about 2" to break the record.

[flash]

Hank ,there you go cussing again ,I hate that stuff .

[Ken Hayes]

10 to 10 and its -2*........Hank, more snow on the way today.

[mestorod70]

Wish you people up there would stop ordering this weather.
Your making it cold down here.! lol lol.

[Ken Hayes]

The best is yet to come...........hold on to your Long Johns down there cuz its gonna get colder.

[Hank70SS]

Sounds like a propane shortage on your end of the world because of all the cold.

Yup, midwest and east coast I guess. The FEDs have relaxed the restrictions on how many hours the propane delivery drivers can be on the road. Glad we have natural gas, our bill would be more like $400 if it was propane. Maybe more since the shortage has pushed prices up.

[Ms Grumpy]

Spent most of my day on the road and outside today. The day started out at -2 at 7am when I took the kids to school. It finally hit 1 around 11 am. Then it hit 4 degrees around 3. It was a heat wave. Then at 3:30 the snow started, just enough to make the road a little slippery and bring out the idiots.

Then I find out that my moms pipes were frozen this morning. Why is it that my 77 year old mother does not call any of her 6 children to ask for help ? Instead she decides that posting it on Facebook is the best idea. I didn't find out about it until 10 hrs later, nothing I can do for her now. And it is going to only get colder around here over the next 5 days.

[flash]

Its plenty cold here but nothing like you guys are dealing with ,Im just now getting warm.

[Ken Hayes]

Hey Hank.........more snow comin tomorrow !!! (just thought I'd let ya know) :-)

[shadowgray396]

We are in a fire danger problem now. The coast range has fires going from slash burns that should have gone out long ago with the rains. Winds kicked up and they fired up from months ago when they were started. Looks like some rain next week finally. We are 10 to 15" below normal for rain. Sunny and 52 today is the forecast.

[Ms Grumpy]

Ray is your property in danger ? I know that you would love the snow, in the form of rain, that we have now. We are a couple inches above the record for the month of January. But we could use it too. The great lakes are far below their normal level.

[Ms Grumpy]

We had a heat wave today. I think it hit 22 degrees, but we got a couple more inches of snow. More snow expected tonight, and then the temps are supposed to drop again going into Monday.

Here in Michigan the schools allow for 5 snow days. We have used them all in the month of January. But with temps expecting to dip to -8 on Tuesday and Wednesday I think that we might be using a couple more.

[shadowgray396]

Ray is your property in danger ? I know that you would love the snow, in the form of rain, that we have now. We are a couple inches above the record for the month of January. But we could use it too. The great lakes are far below their normal level.

No fire danger where I'm at, but is dry. I'm guessing we will have brown lawns this summer. Won't be allowed to water if the rains don't return and fill up our water source.

[carpoor]

Haven't really had a warm day this week. Cold and windy mostly. Three mornings in a row we started off in the upper 20s to low 30s. It's hard to get out of a warm bed and go to work knowing you will be working outside for 10-12 hours. Every day I pray for "windshield time."

[Hank70SS]

I'm getting tired of pushing snow around. We got a couple inches Friday night, Saturday morning. Now it's snowing again. Yesterday's snow broke the record for January snowfall.

I think they only closed schools one day here. They were already closed for the holiday when we got the big snow and Brighton schools were closed last Monday for records day or they may have closed due to the cold. This week we're supposed to have 3 days of below 0 temps so they may close. They close when wind chills near -20.

[Ms Grumpy]

Hank, last Friday when they closed the schools, it was Mid terms for my 2 in High School. So they have changed Mondays schedule for the kids to take their Mid Terms. The state of Michigan allows for 5 snow days and we have already used them this month alone. I live in a school district where there are no busses, so I have been taking my kids to school. I am hoping that Tuesday and Wednesday they cancel school cause it is too damn cold to take them. My brother in law lives just outside of Chicago and they have already cancelled school for Monday and Tuesday for his kids.

[flash]

We had a sunny and breezy day today with a high of low 50's ,it was nice to be above freezing .

[Hank70SS]

Guess I missed the weather forecast yesterday. Our son plowed the driveway yesterday afternoon after the snow stopped. He also did the neighbors, they're an elderly couple and are away for a couple of days.

I take the dog out this morning and WTH, another 3-4". So I have to go do it again, it's around 5* now and only supposed to get colder. Maybe I'll just throw some shit in the motorhome and head out of town. We're supposed to leave in a little over 2 weeks, can't wait. It's been so cold and so much snow I still have lot of stuff to put in the outside compartments. Can't load the inside with anything that will freeze. I'll have to hook up the car for towing, if it doesn't warm up maybe I'll have Lynda follow me and hook it when we get to warm weather. This weather is getting really old.

Oh, and I have to go pull the starting battery out of the motorhome. It's shot and I have to get a new one. I can start it off the house batteries, 2 6v golf cart batteries, but I don't want to burn up the alt trying to charge a dead battery.

[Ken Hayes]

I think we got just under 36" so far for January with 4 more days to go........oh well, goin outside and fire up the 2 stage blower and have some fun......."YEAH, RIGHT!!!"

[flash]

I could not handle that crap ,Im sorry for you guys up there .

[Hank70SS]

Well that was fun! Started plowing the drive this morning, finished around 4:45. I wasn't done with ours but was down at the street and decided to go over and do the neighbors, they're still not home. They're in their 70's, he had polio as a kid so it's hard for him to get around. Anyway while finishing their drive I noticed the blade wasn't coming up evenly or very high. Took a look and the mount was tearing loose. Previous owner adapted an Ariens plow blade to fit the Bolens tractor.

The top of bracket off the plow ripped and was rolling over. Guess we pushed too many piles of snow, piles that are now mostly ice inside. So I pulled the blade off the tractor, got out the cutoff wheel, cut off the home made piece, cut off the metal that had split and rolled, too thick to try and straighten. Then weld a plate on to put the 2 pieces back together. Then I got to finish plowing our drive.

The bracket off the blade is flat on top with the sides folded down. When the PO welded the home made bracket on he only welded to the top. I didn't have time today to cut and weld pieces to the sides, sounds like a summer time project.

[carpoor]

Rain this morning, almost 80* and sunny most of the day after the skies cleared.

[Hank70SS]

You guys in the southern states watch out. They're talking about 1/2 -1" of ice tomorrow in the Fl panhandle, Georgia, Alabama, etc. Lot's of snow north of there.

Here, -9 tonight. Saw the list of school closings on the news, looks like every school in the state will be closed.

[flash]

Tomorrow evening will be nuts here with the weather fools predicting everything to stay south of us ,I hope they are right for once but I will believe it when it happens.

[BillsCamino]

Tomorrow evening will be nuts here with the weather fools predicting everything to stay south of us ,I hope they are right for once but I will believe it when it happens.

My flight tomorrow night from Atlanta to JFK has already been canceled...so no trip to Dublin AGAIN this week due to weather. :(

[Ms Grumpy]

Woke up to -8 degrees, with the wind chill the "real feel temperature" is -21 degrees.

Brrrrrrrrr......

[shadowgray396]

Can't believe how cold it has been back there. Brrrrrrrrrrr

[Hank70SS]

About -13 here, just took the dog out a minute ago. It's sunny and you can see ice crystals floating in the air.

Not sure what it's called, they showed a picture on the news the other day. There are 2 columns of light, each side of the sun. They extend from the horizon to about the height of the sun. They're red on the side closest to the sun and fade to white going away from the sun. They're behind the trees right now so I can't get a clear picture. If they move maybe I can get one later. The pic they showed was from Russia, it's the sunlight hitting the ice crystals, almost liek a rainbow. Kinda neat looking.

[RBeckman]

about -13 here, just took the dog out a minute ago. It's sunny and you can see ice crystals floating in the air.

Not sure what it's called, they showed a picture on the news the other day. There are 2 columns of light, each side of the sun. They extend from the horizon to about the height of the sun. They're red on the side closest to the sun and fade to white going away from the sun. They're behind the trees right now so i can't get a clear picture. If they move maybe i can get one later. The pic they showed was from russia, it's the sunlight hitting the ice crystals, almost liek a rainbow. Kinda neat looking.

welcome to michigan
3094

[flash]

Its currently snowing like crazy here ,I hope it goes away ,dont want to get stuck at work.

[BillsCamino]

Move south...nothing here yet. ;)

[BillsCamino]

Move south...nothing here yet. ;)

I take that back. :o
Started here about 45 mins ago...everything covered now and icy. I'm sure driving is fun. Wife just called and on her way home...in her Miata. :(

[Ken Hayes]

This was taken at 9:30 this morning off the front poarch. It was -9* wind chill at -29*

Hey John, ya want some of this crap......I can send ya a couple of truck loads.....remember....I got your address........LOL.

[flash]

Ken ,we have enough here now ,PLEASE DONT send more .They released us from work at 11:00 this morning and it was too late ,the roads were already impassable .I left my truck 1 mile from work and walked the other 6 miles home .It has not stopped snowing since it started and the GDOT did not even get started up here til way too late as they thought it was going below us .I finally got home at 2:30 PM and built a fire ,my wife is still not home yet ,my brother in law picked her up but the roads are so bad they cant get home. The school system has routed all homebound buses to the nearest school as most roads are not passable and the kids will have to spend the night at school.This one caught everyone off guard ,did I mention I HATE SNOW AND ITS 17 DEGREES OUT THERE .

[BillsCamino]

Just have to make it until Saturday & Sunday...forecast is a high of 65.

[Ken Hayes]

John, your just north of Atlanta arent ya? Just watchin the weather channel on TV sayin you guys got about 1 1/2" on the ground and could get 3"-5" before its done.

Thanksgiving day in 1969 I was stationed in the Army in Lockport, NY. (between Niagra Falls and Buffalo) It was my turn to be switchboard operator and duty driver. We got 32" of snow in 24 hrs. I got a call to go pick up some guys from the airport near Buffalo...so I put the chains on the van and went out to get the guys......it was an exciting ride to say the least but I got it done. The next day I had to drive a duce and a half with a custom made 12' blade on it to plow the roads around all the officers quarters. I ended up doing a shift from 6:00am Thanksgiving day untill 10:30pm the following night.

[BillsCamino]

Never knew of an Army base in Lockport...I grew up in that region.

[Hank70SS]

This was taken at 9:30 this morning off the front poarch. It was -9* wind chill at -29*

Hey John, ya want some of this crap......I can send ya a couple of truck loads.....remember....I got your address........LOL.

Ha! You don't even have any snow there, come on out here if you want to see snow. I went to the bank, drugstore, supermarket, meat market and Costco today. The parking lots are getting real small with all the snow piles. Costco had 15' piles along the end of their lot.

[Hank70SS]

welcome to michigan
3094

Your car must have been sitting in the sun Ric 'cause it was colder than that this morning. The sun did make it look a lot better out there than it was.

[Hank70SS]

[QUOTE=flash;50886...This one caught everyone off guard ,did I mention I HATE SNOW AND ITS 17 DEGREES OUT THERE .[/QUOTE]

What? It was all over the news last night that you guys were going to get nailed.

[Ms Grumpy]

I agree Hank. I like driving past the parking lots that have the front loaders clearing snow. Then they lift them up onto a pile that is huge !

I can't wait until later this week, hopefully our temps will get out of the negatives and into double digits......above zero. lol

Went out to start my van in -21 degree temps at 6:30am this morning. She was not happy and turned over a little slow. Got home at 5:50pm and the temperature was 6 degrees.....heat wave.....

[Ken Hayes]

Bill, I was right off of Upper Mountain Road near Sanborn. In the middle of a corn field under ground.....Nike / Herc missle site.

[BillsCamino]

Bill, I was right off of Upper Mountain Road near Sanborn. In the middle of a corn field under ground.....Nike / Herc missle site.

I know exactly where that is. Just outside of the Indian Reservation between Lewiston and Cambria.
Lockport is actually due east. My paternal grand parents lived there for years and are both buried in Lockport.
My sister lives right around the corner in Bergholtz. One of my brothers lives in the Town of Lockport as does his construction company.
Spent many Sundays at the Niagara Dragstrip...behind the old Niagara Falls AFB/Bell helicopter complex.
T-giving '69...I was a senior in HS. ;)
Cool!!

[RBeckman]

Your car must have been sitting in the sun Ric 'cause it was colder than that this morning. The sun did make it look a lot better out there than it was.

It was at Speedway at GM rd and Mildford rd at about 7:30

[flash]

The big problem here with snow is nobody knows how to drive in it ,if youre going keep moving keeping a safe distance between you and whats ahead of you. But here everyone wants to be on each others bumper and when one stops everyone stops and when facing uphill nobody can go .Hwy 140 was a very long parking lot with nobody moving ,we pushed people up the hill until we wore out .I finally was able to turn my truck around and get it to a side road and left it ,walking the rest of the way home .Hopefully some of this thaws out with help from the GDOT spreading salt and gravel and I can get my truck tomorrow .

[shadowgray396]

Sunny and 68 today in Phoenix today. Long drive to get here. Finally raining at home from what I hear.

[Hank70SS]

John, they don't know how to drive in the snow here either. It snows here every year but still they don't know how to drive in it. Took our son 3 hours to get to work the other day and numerous days of 2 hour or more trips.

People are either overly cautious, won't go faster than 20 MPH which just bunches up traffic. Or they drive too fast and too close. Glad I no longer have to drive in that everyday.

[flash]

Its a mess here in Ga today ,stranded motorists everywhere .My nephew is going to try and get me to one of my trucks in a little while ,hopefully I can get one home .My legs are very sore from all the walking yesterday ,dont really want to repeat that again .

[BillsCamino]

Hopefully the sunshine will loosen things up on the roads for a while later today...before it all refreezes again tonight.
All this crap will just bad bad memory by the weekend...

[flash]

I hope so Bill ,Im already tired of this crap .Im sitting here now looking at all the cows waiting on some hay to be brought in .

[BillsCamino]

Have you seen the local news?? The Interstate roads thru/around Atlanta are closed...a virtual parking lot!!
15 degrees here right now and they say today's high will be 31 around 2pm.
You may have to wait until tomorrow to get your truck...no need for it today anyhow.
Be safe.

[BillsCamino]

Just heard there are school buses stuck on the roads since yesterday afternoon...WITH kids!!
Spent the night on the bus. Reports of having the National Guard activated to rescue them.
Also news reports a list of Home Depot stores throughout the area that stayed open during all this to provide shelter.

[flash]

Some Kroger stores also closed but let stranded motorists come inside to stay warm .My 2 nephews took me over to my truck to get a few things out but the roads areactually worse than yesterday ,solid ice .They are bus mechanics and have been called in to try to get some of those buses off the roads .There are cars and trucks left everywhere on Ga 140 as well as the road I live on ,its a mess .

[RBeckman]

You guys think you have it so bad in Atlanta, this me snow blowing my driveway Monday.

3100

[Ms Grumpy]

Wow, it sounds like a nightmare for you guys in GA. Those of us up here in the north would love a 31 degree day, it would be a heat wave. Most of the local schools were closed again today, except my kids school. So I went out at 7:05am to warm my van up and the temp was -4 with the wind chill it actually felt like -20. High school is only 1 1/2 miles from my house and only after I took the kids and got home, was the van warm.

Now our streets are in pretty good shape. Main roads and expressways are clean and pretty dry. Some of the side streets have snow built up on them.

I think if I was down with John and Bill through this snow storm I would have probably been doing donuts, scaring the crap out of all the people who can't drive in this. Funny thing, I wouldn't allow my kids to get their license until they actually knew how to do a donut and get out of a spin. lol

[carpoor]

Not as bad off as everyone else, but barely made it to 50* today. High winds and lots of rain in the afternoon. Not looking much better for tomorrow. Can't wait for Friday, high of 74.

[shadowgray396]

Looks like a warming trend for the east side of the US. By the weekend it may in the 50's from what I have seen on the news. I notice they were putting the blame on the weather people for not perdicting the bad weather in Georgia and some of the other area's.

[Ken Hayes]

Ya cant really blame the weather people, they did give fair warning........Mother Nature is gonna do what she wants to do and where she wants to do it at.

[Hank70SS]

They replayed the forecasts given on the 3 days prior. They had plenty of warning

[flash]

The weather people were right this time ,the state DOT messed up by not being ready even though they were on TV the night before saying they learned their lesson and were prepared for this one ,NOT. The county road dept came through after lunch today with a motor grader and cleaned most of the ice off and my brother in law took me after out 2 trucks .The temps today got up to 37 degrees which helped thaw things out ,I enjoyed playing on the tractor clearing snow off a local subdivision streets. Im ready for spring and hopefully cruising in my new old truck ,I hate cold and snow.

[carpoor]

We were promised a high of 57-58 today. It hovered around 49-50 degrees, and rained pretty much non stop. The wind cut like a knife. Calling for 73-74 tomorrow, I hope so. Today was miserable on the job sites. Heck, the past two days have been crappy. I need a good ending to the work week.

[flash]

My workday starts at 10 AM tomorrow in case there is black ice still on the roads ,Im ready to get back to work. I was on call this week and they called me constantly but all I could do was tell them I was still stranded and could not get there .I missed out on a lot of overtime that I sure could have used .

[BillsCamino]

Soon all this snow and ice will be nothing more than a bad memory...50's today and tomorrow...60's and rain on Sunday!!
I was out running errands yesterday afternoon...no problem.
And actually the Weatherman DID miss the forecast for THIS area...initially was only supposed to get a dusting up to .5 inch possible north of Atlanta.
Not the 3"+ we did get....
South of Atlanta was forecast to get the worst...which is did not.
Gotta remember...around here everything is on a hill. I can stand in my backyard and look over the roof of the house behind me.

[flash]

We dont have any flat terrain either ,its all up and down and curvy. Some roads are still very bad up here .

[shadowgray396]

Returned to Oregon with lots of rain last night.

[BillsCamino]

We dont have any flat terrain either ,its all up and down and curvy. Some roads are still very bad up here .

Yeah...some side roads in shady areas are still a little slick.
I drove up to Cherokee Gun on Knox Bridge in Canton earlier today to pick up an item I had ordered. Took the Miata which needed gas and hadn't been out of the garage since early Tues afternoon.
ZERO issues...looks pretty much back to normal. Although school was canceled again today.

[BillsCamino]

Returned to Oregon with lots of rain last night.

Same rain that's headed here on Monday/Tuesday...needed to wash all the salt away.

[Ken Hayes]

Oh woopie........got about 1" of snow Thursday night which set a new record of the most snow in any month around Detroit. Snowed again last night, about 2" and now its comin down in bucket fulls. Supposed to get around 5"-6" of heavy WET snow through tonight then turns to rain.......boy what mess this is gonna be.

[shadowgray396]

Oh woopie........got about 1" of snow Thursday night which set a new record of the most snow in any month around Detroit. Snowed again last night, about 2" and now its comin down in bucket fulls. Supposed to get around 5"-6" of heavy WET snow through tonight then turns to rain.......boy what mess this is gonna be.

Most likely you will have some flooding sounds like. Weather has cleared of and going to be sunny next week but only going to be in the 30's. Cold air heading our direction.

[Ken Hayes]

Just got back inside after doing 5" of heavy wet snow. Was almost done and it started raining and now snowing again.......JEEEESSSHHH !!!

[BillsCamino]

Snow and ice...what's that??? ;)

It's 62 degrees right now and all that white crap is just a distant memory!!!

[flash]

We still have traces of that nasty white stuff but its going away quickly ,its 56 here but I will take it .

[shadowgray396]

Snow and ice...what's that??? ;)

It's 62 degrees right now and all that white crap is just a distant memory!!!

Snow went away fast, glad it's finally warming up for you.

[carpoor]

Went to almost 80* today despite the sun not being out much. Racked up 21+ hours of OT this week. Add in the 5.5 hours Sunday at my other job, that's 66.5+ hours over the past seven days. I'm beat, time for a nap...

[BillsCamino]

Snow went away fast, glad it's finally warming up for you.

If I lived up north again (NOT), I'd have to have one of these!!! Big Block Chevy power!!
http://www.chonday.com/Videos/snowblowvch1

[shadowgray396]

If I lived up north again (NOT), I'd have to have one of these!!! Big Block Chevy power!!
http://www.chonday.com/Videos/snowblowvch1

That moves the snow in a hurry. Here's another one
http://www.leverfamilysite.com/V_8_Snow_Blower.htm

[BillsCamino]

That moves the snow in a hurry. Here's another one
http://www.leverfamilysite.com/V_8_Snow_Blower.htm

I forgot about that one.
I actually know Glenn Lever personally...thru the CanAm Chevelle club.

[flash]

I would have liked to have had one of those a few days a go.

[shadowgray396]

I forgot about that one.
I actually know Glenn Lever personally...thru the CanAm Chevelle club.

Glenn did all the powder coating on my control arms and replaced a couple of the ones were bad for me on my build.

[Ms Grumpy]

I would have liked to have had one of those a few days a go.

So did you end up having either you or Joans car frozen shut ?

[BillsCamino]

70 degrees here right now...even NYC is 49 degrees at SB kickoff.

[flash]

Our trucks were not frozen shut when we got there but the temps were above freezing by then.

[carpoor]

High of 83* today, beautiful day. Didn't get to enjoy it though, worked 6-12 at my 2nd job. By the time I got home and did everything, it was 3pm and I was beat. A three hour nap killed the rest of my day.

Supposed to be low to mid 80s most of this week. Hope it will be a nice day this coming Saturday, would like to work on my car again.

[Hank70SS]

I give, we are officially out of room for all this snow. The 6 or so inches of wet heavy stuff on Saturday pushed us over the edge. We surrendered the corner of the driveway. Our shed is a little over 20' long and runs lengthwise across the end of the drive. The far corner of the driveway is now covered with a few feet of snow, a triangle 10'-11' feet on each side.

Went out this morning and they plowed the street while we were gone. Had to park in the street because of the 2' pile of snow at the end. Pushed it down the street and spread it out best I could. The streets are lined with piles up to the mail boxes that has been there for over a month so it's mostly ice. Oh, they're calling for 4 to 5 inches on Wednesday.

[flash]

And we bitch about a few inches ,Im so sorry for you guyd.

[RBeckman]

I'm in the same situation on where to put snow. My snow blower won't shoot it any higher.

3116

[shadowgray396]

They are predicting snow saturday for us. Clear and cold until then. We will see. When they do perdict it is doesn't seem to happen.

[shadowgray396]

How about some snow like Russia gets.

[shadowgray396]

a few more

[BillsCamino]

I got those from Glenn too...amazing!!

[Ken Hayes]

Right now we are getting hammered. Its kinda hard to see the snow comin down in the pics but belive me its comin down in buckets. These were shot lookin out the front door.

[flash]

Im ready for spring ,I have had enough winter .

[Hank70SS]

Im ready for spring ,I have had enough winter .

You and everybody else east of the Rockies. Looks like we got about 5" today, seems to be slowing down now. Hard to tell how mucg because it's blowing a lot. Supposed to get more on Sunday.

[Ken Hayes]

Went out at 12:50 and just came back in at 2:50. Heres before and after between the houses. COME ON SPRING !!!

[Hank70SS]

Surrendered a little more of the corner of the driveway today. Not much, got it piled up a little higher, about 3.5'. Fortunately the driveway is a little over 30' across there and it's beyond the garage doors so we don't need the space. The driveway is getting narrower though, the part going out to the street. It use to be around 13-14' wide, down to 10 or 11 now.

[Ms Grumpy]

So how much snow did you get Hank ? I think we got between 4-6 inches. Depending on where you go in my yard there is more snow. The wind is blowing the snow all around so when you are done shoveling and turn around, the sidewalk is covered with snow again. I thought that I was the only one who had my two car wide driveway turn into a one car driveway. Yesterday the snow plows came down the street to widen them and left 40lb blocks of ice at the end of my driveway. I kindly pushed them back out into the street infront of the snow at the side of my driveway.

[shadowgray396]

Forecast is for 1" to 5" here tomorrow afternoon of the white stuff. High today was only 29 degrees

[Hank70SS]

So how much snow did you get Hank ? I think we got between 4-6 inches. Depending on where you go in my yard there is more snow. The wind is blowing the snow all around so when you are done shoveling and turn around, the sidewalk is covered with snow again. I thought that I was the only one who had my two car wide driveway turn into a one car driveway. Yesterday the snow plows came down the street to widen them and left 40lb blocks of ice at the end of my driveway. I kindly pushed them back out into the street infront of the snow at the side of my driveway.

I guess we got about the same Nancy. Like you said, wind was blowing so it depends on where you looked. I'm sure they fill up the end of my driveway again today. Hopefully not too bad, I and the neighbor across the street cleaned a lot of the road around our driveways.

[Ken Hayes]

We got almost 9" here and I just looked out the window......its friggin snowin again.....tired of this crap already.

[shadowgray396]

We got almost 9" here and I just looked out the window......its friggin snowin again.....tired of this crap already.

I bet, it's been a long winter for you guys. We will see if the snow arrives today here. Looks like mostly south of us. We are at 21 degrees this morning.

[shadowgray396]

17 degrees and about 1" of the white stuff on the ground, 7" south of us with more heading our way. I guess we are going to get winter finally for the next 3 or 4 days.

[Ms Grumpy]

Ken I picked up my kids at 3:30pm and it was snowing here again too. I am so tired of shoveling snow. We used our snowblower to get some of it, but you still have to shovel some parts. And the last snow, a couple of days ago, my son was using the snowblower and the handle broke and we cannot use it because it connects to the frame and the metal sheered off. Bummer...but it was a little one we bought at a garage sale and it lasted a long time for the $15 we spent on it.

[Hank70SS]

17 degrees and about 1" of the white stuff on the ground, 7" south of us with more heading our way. I guess we are going to get winter finally for the next 3 or 4 days.

You get some of the joy we've been experiencing for months. 17 isn't fun, I know, it's a couple degrees colder here. Of course it seems like we've had more temps in the teens or below than in the 20's and average, should be in the 30's.

[shadowgray396]

Wind is blowing about 35 mph so the wind chill is the minus column. I worked until noon outside and called it quits. Came home the back door way before everyone else panicked. We have had 2 twenty plus car pile ups on the main freeways already. I just put new traction tires on the company truck about 3 weeks ago, glad I did. We now have 3 inches at the house with more on the way through Saturday.

[Ken Hayes]

Right now its 3* with wind chill at -22*. Was out for a little bit clearing the snow from the end of the driveway thanks to the city plow. I tried shoveling it, but with my COPD I was getting out of breath really fast. Ended up using the 2 stage snow blower to get the job done. My stash had icicles hangin from it when I came inside and I wasnt out there all that long.

[Hank70SS]

Wind is blowing about 35 mph so the wind chill is the minus column. I worked until noon outside and called it quits. Came home the back door way before everyone else panicked. We have had 2 twenty plus car pile ups on the main freeways already. I just put new traction tires on the company truck about 3 weeks ago, glad I did. We now have 3 inches at the house with more on the way through Saturday.

Ray, we have walls made of landscape/retaining blocks similar to yours. Some places are around 3' tall and you can't even see them anymore. Then snow just tapers up and over the top.

Ken, they plowed us again this morning too. Cleaned ours and a couple of neighbors out, my fingers were numb when I came in. That was on the tractor, not shoveling. I thought the gloves I have were good ones, maybe not.

[shadowgray396]

Started to snow around 1pm today and are expecting another 3 to 5 inches. I have some snow drifts in the back yard a couple of feet deep from the winds. Looks by Monday we are back in the 50's

[Ken Hayes]

50's for us is like a month or more away.

[shadowgray396]

Keep changing the forecast and up to 10 inches of snow tonight into tomorrow, changing to freezing rain sometime sunday or monday before we warm up.

[Hank70SS]

Stay warm and safe Ray. On the plus side I guess you guys need the rain/snow, at least northern CA does.

[shadowgray396]

Thanks Hank, storm number 3 is due this afternoon. Will start as snow( 4 to 8") then the east winds are dying down and the upper air is warm so rain. We are expecting up to 1/2 inch of freezing rain, so power lines and trees will be coming down before all this is done. Still showing around 50 late Monday, so flooding might be an issue with some area's having 18 inches of snow. The mountains did get snow also and more is on the way up ther next week.

[carpoor]

Woke up to 49* and light rain this morning. It's barely 55* now - still raining, projected high of 60*... and lots more rain, all day. Not the mid 70s they had predicted earlier this week. :grumpy:

Trying to get motivated to do something on my car, but no garage space to work on it = me not very motivated. Everything left to do requires me to lay under it, or be under the hood. I'll pass and wait for a better day. I have 12 vacation days to use this year.

I know it isn't the snow and ice everyone else is experiencing, but it still isn't fun to work or drive in.

[Hank70SS]

This sucks when the biggest thing we have to talk about is the weather. Also sucks when the weather in Alaska has been better than here.

[shadowgray396]

This sucks when the biggest thing we have to talk about is the weather. Also sucks when the weather in Alaska has been better than here.

Amen, not much going on. Freezing rain is here now. The city around here told everyone to stay off the road and take mass transit or our light rail system. The light rail shut down last night due to ice for the first time every and left people stranded. Warming is on the way late Sunday.

[Ken Hayes]

Waitin for it to quit snowin so I can start snow blowin again. We have now hit over 70" of snow so far this winter season. Thats way more than our usual 46" for a whole winter season.

Hope all this crap is gone before the end of next month when I planned on getting the car out of storage.......if not, then I gotta pay for another months worth even if its only a weeks time.

[BillsCamino]

Forecast for sleet/snow/rain mix here again Tuesday and Wednesday.
I'm out of here!!! Flying this evening to Dublin....:(

[shadowgray396]

Forecast for sleet/snow/rain mix here again Tuesday and Wednesday.
I'm out of here!!! Flying this evening to Dublin....:(

Have a safe trip

[Ken Hayes]

Dublin, Ireland.......?? Beautiful there from what I'm told. Have a safe trip and enjoy.

[BillsCamino]

Thanks.
Unfortunately, this trip, unlike ones in the past, isn't going to be much fun. Good friend's Mom passed away yesterday.
Hopefully the trip next month (car club driving in annual St. Patty's parade) should be better.

[flash]

Bill ,give Liam and Liz a hug from us ,we knew both his mom and dad were in the hospital at the same time but we hoped and prayed for the best.

[shadowgray396]

Sorry to hear about their loss. Weather today is about 38 and melting here. Rain for tomorrow and the rest of the week. I image we will have some flooding in some area's with all the snow.

Main roads are drivable again, so going to work should not be a problem. Hopefully I have work tomorrow.

[Ms Grumpy]

Safe travels Bill. Give Liam my best he is one of my facebbok friends.

[shadowgray396]

Melting has started finally today, Still no work until weather gets better tomorrow. Looks like lots of rain on the way, but not here yet. Temps are around 43 today.

[flash]

Im sitting here at work waiting for the snow/ice storm to happen or not .I was told this morning I would be here the next several days until this one passes .Man am I ever bored .