Northern weather

[robert.]

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[Rufus T. Firefly]

19" and counting......

[sarge]

At 0900. I have no idea how much, what with the drifting.





I guess sportscar driving season is over.

Dam

[MurphOnMillerAve]

It seems like this is getting and going to get far more serious. The governors of NY & NJ have declared states-of-emergency for their states. Doesn't that mean you can be arrested for driving without provable emergency or essential reason?

I'm assuming our li'l parish dinner @ 6pm today is not essential services , eh? Huh? But I am prepared to walk there.
Murph the determined

[Rufus T. Firefly]

For all the reports about wind and drifting snow, we really have not had that here.

[robert.]

Please allow me to say "ha ha ha"

[gregj410]

The local radio station gave all the warning signs of a potential heart attack from shoveling snow. ...I've concluded it makes better sense not to shovel snow at all [/u]:lol:

When is life that simple?

It became that simple yesterday at about 5 pm when my tractor wouldn't start. I then discovered this morning that we only have one snow shovel. Darn!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The local radio station gave all the warning signs of a potential heart attack from shoveling snow. ...I've concluded it makes better sense not to shovel snow at all [/u]:lol:

When is life that simple?

It became that simple yesterday at about 5 pm when my tractor wouldn't start. I then discovered this morning that we only have one snow shovel. Darn!

Hey Greg, didn't that complicate life? It would for me. In fact, my Ariens is so heavy ( we had a 50-something neighbor drop dead in his driveway pushing his snowblower along) to encourage along it's appointed rounds, I don't usually get gasoline for it and take my time with a shovel, when I am able. (I've bought an electric one.) If I am not able to clear the driveway, at least, and we have to get to medical care, then life has gotten even more complicated, which has happened more than once to us.
Murph@71+
(Bette Davis was right.)

[v8vega]

I can't imagine living in a place with extreme weather but the house I'm sitting in here now was burned down in the 71 quake and I bought my house here now in 90.

[healey36]

Blew out what I could...gave up once I could no longer feel my fingers:





The pile at the end of the driveway must be three feet deep...we'll deal with that later. It's supposed to keep snowing heavily until late afternoon.

Healey

[rex desilets]

We live in So. Cal so missing the Northern Weather fun. Had my fill of it when living outside Philly.
A tale from long ago. My father-in-law lived near Cazenovia NY in a rancher with a full basement /garage underneath, approached by a trench. Heard that the first storm of the year approached, parked his prized MG-TD out by the highway so he could get to work. Woke up to find everything buried. To avoid possible damage to the MG he took a broom and swept! snow in the vicinity of the car until he uncovered enough of it to dig it out. Don't remember if he was actually able to start it..

[Mitch]

My wife went out to shovel off our little front porch and steps, thinking she'll make her way down to the mailbox and paper tube. What's really funny is watching a 113# Great Dane leaping 5 feet up in the air trying to catch the thrown snow. Wish I had a movie camera.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

...What's really funny is watching a 113# Great Dane leaping 5 feet up in the air trying to catch the thrown snow. Wish I had a movie camera.

That would be fun to see. Do you think he was actually enjoying himself and having fun? How many snowfalls has he witnessed?
Murph

[sarge]

Just came in from a testosterone fueled competition of man and internal combustion vs. snow and wind.

Just patiently munched away at the 3' snowplow windrow at the bottom of the drive until it was a couple inches. Dress for it and take all the time in the world; softy softy catchee monkey. PennDot is pretty much dialed back for the moment, just enough to keep the road clear enough for the emergency equipment, and no doubt will resume with enthusiasm this evening.

The wind and snow is filling my efforts back in of course, but the occasional assault keeps it from summing up to something I can no longer safely deal with (and allows me the illusion of something constructive to do about it all).

My blower is more like a couple hundred pounds, a 24" Craftsman, but it has driven wheels so the risk of heart attack is minimal, unless you get mad at it and think you're going to horse it about and win. Put the 13-year-old behind the shovel and Bob's your uncle.

[Mitch]

...What's really funny is watching a 113# Great Dane leaping 5 feet up in the air trying to catch the thrown snow. Wish I had a movie camera.

That would be fun to see. Do you think he was actually enjoying himself and having fun? How many snowfalls has he witnessed?
Murph

Other than a little skiff of snow we had a couple of weeks ago, this is her first accumulation. She'll only be a year old on Feb. 8th.