Popular Post jsharr ★ Posted January 16, 2022 Popular Post Share #1 Posted January 16, 2022 Had snow flurries yesterday afternoon. I survived. Power stayed on. Traffic did not grind to a stand still. There was no run on milk and bread and toilet paper at the grocery store. I did cancel my trip to the gun range, as it was too cold and windy to stand around making loud holes in paper. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 16, 2022 Share #2 Posted January 16, 2022 I hope the same is true for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 16, 2022 Share #3 Posted January 16, 2022 Glad you survived. Do you hear of busted pipes in recent years? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted January 16, 2022 Share #4 Posted January 16, 2022 You do realize talking like that is seriously tempting fate? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted January 16, 2022 22 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: Glad you survived. Do you hear of busted pipes in recent years? Last year there were thousands of busted pipes just in our neighborhood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 16, 2022 Share #6 Posted January 16, 2022 17 minutes ago, jsharrwick said: Last year there were thousands of busted pipes just in our neighborhood This happened after Christmas in one of our suburban neighbourhoods when our temp. plunged to dangerously cold -35 degrees C... Our deep winter cold temp. broke some 80-yr. records @ near end of 2021. I just discovered our national grocery chain store is still out of stock for Kellog's cornflakes..for past few wks. So ended buying something very different, more fibre and bit more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted January 16, 2022 Share #7 Posted January 16, 2022 Did you need your generator? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted January 16, 2022 Share #8 Posted January 16, 2022 1 hour ago, jsharrwick said: Last year there were thousands of busted pipes just in our neighborhood Temps got really cold, right? I mean I think I remember thinking that was just too damned cold for your part of the country. P.S. That's funny, "loud holes in paper." 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted January 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, smudge said: Temps got really cold, right? I mean I think I remember thinking that was just too damned cold for your part of the country. P.S. That's funny, "loud holes in paper." 30 degrees , 28 last night. Nice today 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 16, 2022 Share #10 Posted January 16, 2022 1 hour ago, jsharrwick said: Last year there were thousands of busted pipes just in our neighborhood Hope your house stays ok and free from trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 16, 2022 Share #11 Posted January 16, 2022 Glad you rode out this one. There’s a lot of winter yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted January 17, 2022 7 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: Hope your house stays ok and free from trouble. It has to get really cold and no power. Normally not an issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #13 Posted January 17, 2022 4 hours ago, jsharrwick said: Had snow flurries yesterday afternoon. I survived. Power stayed on. Traffic did not grind to a stand still. There was no run on milk and bread and toilet paper at the grocery store. I did cancel my trip to the gun range, as it was too cold and windy to stand around making loud holes in paper. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 17, 2022 Share #14 Posted January 17, 2022 Home for Erie just before it started here. It is always snowing in Erie. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #15 Posted January 17, 2022 3 hours ago, shootingstar said: just discovered our national grocery chain store is still out of stock for Kellog's cornflakes..for past few wks. So ended buying something very different, more fibre and bit more expensive. Magic spoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted January 17, 2022 Share #16 Posted January 17, 2022 The weather forecasts around here varied from 'slush and ice' to '2 - 6 inches' to '6 - 10 inches'. When processing those forecasts through the Google weather-forecaster-to-English translator, it comes out as 'We don't know.' 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #17 Posted January 17, 2022 4 hours ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said: The weather forecasts around here varied from 'slush and ice' to '2 - 6 inches' to '6 - 10 inches'. When processing those forecasts through the Google weather-forecaster-to-English translator, it comes out as 'We don't know.' It's like listening to the talking heads about who's going to win a football game. Basically just skip the BS and watch the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #18 Posted January 17, 2022 15 hours ago, jsharrwick said: Had snow flurries yesterday afternoon. I survived. Power stayed on. Traffic did not grind to a stand still. There was no run on milk and bread and toilet paper at the grocery store. I did cancel my trip to the gun range, as it was too cold and windy to stand around making loud holes in paper. The last two snows disappeared before I had to shovel the porches, walks and brush the snow off the car. But the last few times we began January with three snows in 2 weeks, we also got at least a couple 12" to 20+" snows later in Jan. to Mar. I hope this year is the exception to the rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #19 Posted January 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, MickinMD said: The last two snows disappeared before I had to shovel the porches, walks and brush the snow off the car. But the last few times we began January with three snows in 2 weeks, we also got at least a couple 12" to 20+" snows later in Jan. to Mar. I hope this year is the exception to the rule. Come on up! I can't move it fast enough. Weather folks have changed the 30 cm to 40 cm and blizzard conditions. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #20 Posted January 17, 2022 13 hours ago, MoseySusan said: Glad you rode out this one. There’s a lot of winter yet. Just past the middle of January. Only 2 1/2 months to go. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rattlecan ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share #21 Posted January 17, 2022 34 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Come on up! I can't move it fast enough. Weather folks have changed the 30 cm to 40 cm and blizzard conditions. Yup. We went from a green lawn yesterday to this today. 6 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #22 Posted January 17, 2022 And here it's pouring rain. The snow is melting. My yard is a lake. Sometime later today I'll have to go out and clear the wiper area of my car lest I wake up tomorrow to an ice cube. There might be yard skating in the morning. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 17, 2022 Share #23 Posted January 17, 2022 49 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: And here it's pouring rain. The snow is melting. My yard is a lake. Sometime later today I'll have to go out and clear the wiper area of my car lest I wake up tomorrow to an ice cube. There might be yard skating in the morning. yuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #24 Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Airehead said: yuck And the sun is out, the cars and yard have mostly melted. Hopefully the wind and sun will begin to dry the great lake region over the septic field and front yard. I'm going out in a few to splurge on a cheesesteak grinder with peppers and onions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted January 17, 2022 Share #25 Posted January 17, 2022 We got about 4-5 inches of snow by about 11:00 last night. But it turned to freezing rain. Quite a bit of ice in top of the snow this morning. I’d say at least a quarter inch. Interesting thing is, there is nothing on the trees or lines. At about 2:30 this morning I looked out an the bamboo was bending. I figured it was going to get ugly. But this morning trees and live are clear. And the wind is kicking up. Supposed to get 55 mph gusts later today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 17, 2022 Share #26 Posted January 17, 2022 Still alive, still have power. After a brief break, it is snowing again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #27 Posted January 17, 2022 Shoveled out twice, even though I had no place to go. Gave me something to do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #28 Posted January 17, 2022 Melted. I'm going to have to be careful tomorrow morning when I walk out to my car. The driveway will be black ice. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted January 17, 2022 Share #29 Posted January 17, 2022 8 hours ago, Rattlecan said: Yup. We went from a green lawn yesterday to this today. It must be cool to know famous people. How did you get Col. Sanders to shovel your driveway? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #30 Posted January 17, 2022 Snowed really heavily but it did not stick at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #31 Posted January 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Zealot said: We got about 4-5 inches of snow by about 11:00 last night. But it turned to freezing rain. Quite a bit of ice in top of the snow this morning. I’d say at least a quarter inch. Interesting thing is, there is nothing on the trees or lines. At about 2:30 this morning I looked out an the bamboo was bending. I figured it was going to get ugly. But this morning trees and live are clear. And the wind is kicking up. Supposed to get 55 mph gusts later today. I took a push broom to sweep the snow off my car. It only removed the top five inches then there was a quarter inch of ice with another four inches of snow under the ice. I was able to push the ice off with the back of the broom. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted January 17, 2022 Share #32 Posted January 17, 2022 9 hours ago, maddmaxx said: And here it's pouring rain. The snow is melting. My yard is a lake. Sometime later today I'll have to go out and clear the wiper area of my car lest I wake up tomorrow to an ice cube. There might be yard skating in the morning. Last week it rained for a while. It never got above freezing, but it was just warm enough to rain. The ground is frozen here, so the driveway became an ice-skating rink. I got to use my ice cleats on my boots for almost a week. I got to carry our small dog (Jack Russel) from the house to grass snow a few times a day. If he tried to walk on the ice, he'd start to slip and then he got scared, and his feet would really slip and scamper all around,.. a few times he'd fall over. So I got to carry him every day. The Beagle did much better on the ice, her 4 paw drive works much better... A few days ago it got just a few degrees above freezing for several hours. The ice is gone. Then it snowed again. Only about 1 inch. But I got to use the John Deere tractor and plow again. The driveway is clean again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wilbur ★ Posted January 18, 2022 Popular Post Share #33 Posted January 18, 2022 I lucked out (as always). My neighbour has a snow removal company and he came and did our street and all the driveway ends. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted January 18, 2022 Share #34 Posted January 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, Wilbur said: I lucked out (as always). My neighbour has a snow removal company and he came and did our street and all the driveway ends. The snow plow has yet to make it to our street, but everybody has done a good job of clearing their driveways and sidewalks, so people can walk their dogs at least. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 18, 2022 Share #35 Posted January 18, 2022 Einstein did a couple runs of clearing today. I stayed inside. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 18, 2022 Share #36 Posted January 18, 2022 15 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: The snow plow has yet to make it to our street, but everybody has done a good job of clearing their driveways and sidewalks, so people can walk their dogs at least. The city plow hasn't been here either. There is nothing left for them to do when they get here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share #37 Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Wilbur said: I lucked out (as always). My neighbour has a snow removal company and he came and did our street and all the driveway ends. Same here. Looked like it never even snowed 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 18, 2022 Share #38 Posted January 18, 2022 18 hours ago, maddmaxx said: And here it's pouring rain. The snow is melting. My yard is a lake. Sometime later today I'll have to go out and clear the wiper area of my car lest I wake up tomorrow to an ice cube. There might be yard skating in the morning. This is what it's like in western Washington when we get snow. A couple days later or less it warms back up and melts and often rains. And then it will often freeze at night. It's a mess. I'm glad I moved father north but it's still got some issues. But I don't miss the goo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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