Northern weather

[robert.]

Young or old nobody should climb on a peaked roof. Buy 100 ft. of clothes line, a baseball, fishing line and ans a screw in eyelet. screw an eyelet into your baseball. Then tie some strong fishing line to the eyelet. Toss the baseball over your roof (not through any windows) Now tie clothes line to the fishing line that was carried across your roof. Walk around to the other side of your house and pull fishing line until you have reached the clothes line. Now get your wife to hold one end of the clothes line. Find somebody else to hold the other end. Tell them both to wiggle and trash the line around. This will cause snow to fall from roof. Be sure to record their efforts for youtube. . With some effort you can clear most of the snow this way. you don't need to get it all off. just a good amount to lighten the load. Or buy this from home depot..
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=c ... 9840941693
either way be safe and please record a video.

[rogruth]

i'd probably rake it down on me.
One of the reasons we moved south did concern winters. The other was inlaws who,at that time, lived at Clearwater, Florida. Without all of the details
we decided to move close enough that they could drive to see us in @ 8 hours but wouldn't be so close that it was every weekend.
I haven't shoveled snow since early 1975 and only had to drive in it when visiting relatives in Kentucky. I now refuse to go north during the colder time of year and have not driven in any snow since @2000.
I do not miss cold or snow.

[healey36]

Yeah, but Tuesday we might get nailed. Some of the lunatics are predicting eight to fifteen inches northwest of Baltimore.

As long as the roads are open on Thurs, ok.

Latest prediction - seven inches, but we could get twelve inches, and if it all the lines cross possibly seventeen inches. Prognostication such as this, three days in advance...makes me think it will just rain.

That said there's no bread, milk or toilet paper in the stores.

I did go buy a couple of gallons of petrol for the blower...that alone should ensure it will miss us.

You guys bugging out on Thursday?

[Mitch]

"Healy"
That said there's no bread, milk or toilet paper in the stores.

I did go buy a couple of gallons of petrol for the blower...that alone should ensure it will miss us.

You guys bugging out on Thursday?

There's always at least 1 additional loaf of bread in the freezer, there's 1/2 gallon of milk in the fridge, (plenty enough for a couple of days of coffee), and toilet paper is bought at Sam's Club in 36 roll case lots. BRING IT ON!!

Oh, and neither the generator or the snow blower has run for two years, both with old gas in them, and I ain't goin' out to garage in 20 degrees to freshen them up or fool with them. Hell, it's the middle of March. How much longer can this Global Warming last, anyway?

I don't think we're supposed to get hit to hard in western Pa. anyway.

[Mitch]

Double post.

[robert.]

I got a text from jet blue. they want to change my Tuesday flight . I got back to them with ok is Monday good? No they want to change it to the 19th. Seems like it is bike week down south and all their flights are booked. I canceled and they were ok with it no fees. I'll head south in April. This storm should melt away quick.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

You guys bugging out on Thursday?

That was and remains the plan as of now.

[healey36]

"Healy"
That said there's no bread, milk or toilet paper in the stores.

I did go buy a couple of gallons of petrol for the blower...that alone should ensure it will miss us.

You guys bugging out on Thursday?

There's always at least 1 additional loaf of bread in the freezer, there's 1/2 gallon of milk in the fridge, (plenty enough for a couple of days of coffee), and toilet paper is bought at Sam's Club in 36 roll case lots. BRING IT ON!!

Oh, and neither the generator or the snow blower has run for two years, both with old gas in them, and I ain't goin' out to garage in 20 degrees to freshen them up or fool with them. Hell, it's the middle of March. How much longer can this Global Warming last, anyway?

I don't think we're supposed to get hit to hard in western Pa. anyway.

Mitch - How about the hounds? Got enough feed for them?

I have low expectations on this one...the hype-level is off the charts. I figure we get a 4-5 inches and that's about it. Quick scrape with the snow-shovel and we're done.

Healey

[healey36]

You guys bugging out on Thursday?

That was and remains the plan as of now.

Can't imagine this mucks things up until Thursday...have a safe trip.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

You guys bugging out on Thursday?

That was and remains the plan as of now.

Can't imagine this mucks things up until Thursday...have a safe trip.

Well, if they get this all wrong and it dips south a good bit, it could, but by Thurs all I have to be able to do is get out to the main highway and I'm good. It's the other 1/2 of the personnel that I am more concerned about being able to meet me about 1/2 to Pitt.

[Mitch]

Mitch - How about the hounds? Got enough feed for them?

I have low expectations on this one...the hype-level is off the charts. I figure we get a 4-5 inches and that's about it. Quick scrape with the snow-shovel and we're done.

Healey

Oh yeah. Scott was just at Pet Smart last week and picked up two bags each, so counting what's left in the cupboard for each, there's about 70 lbs. apiece for them. Good for almost 2 weeks.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

And, we just discovered that the freezer crapped out over the weekend..........

[healey36]

And, we just discovered that the freezer crapped out over the weekend..........

Buy yourself some time...put everything out on the back porch or in the garage...supposed to be in the 30's for the next few days.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

And, we just discovered that the freezer crapped out over the weekend..........

Buy yourself some time...put everything out on the back porch or in the garage...supposed to be in the 30's for the next few days.

Too late - had to toss all the meat and a god bit of the frozen stuff - bottom 1/2 was thawed over the weekend while the top 1/2 was rock solid.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Couldn't you have just cooked it all and then refrigerated it as soon as possible?