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« on: February 01, 2011, 03:56:11 PM » |
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You guys have really been hammered with all the snow and ice.
Everyone doing OK?
The wind is just starting to pick up here and expecting 10-15" by tomorrow.
Hang tough.............Spring is just around the corner.
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« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2011, 05:42:35 PM » |
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So far theres about 8 to 10" up where I'm at just north of KC. Temp is 12 degrees. Wind blowing like crazy. I'm 31 miles from work, took me 1-hr with little to know traffic on the road. No plows out in the country yet. I have a drift that looks to be just over 2 feet at my back door.
All in all not as bad as those folks that live way up north!
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« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2011, 06:18:58 PM » |
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Snow and high winds right now. We are supposed to get a lot more all night and til tomorrow
afternoon, up to 24 inches when its all said and done. Could be one of the worst storms in
Illinois history.
We are hanging in there.
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« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2011, 06:41:53 PM » |
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I'm between Chicago & Milwaukee so according the news over-reactors we're all already dead but I'm not feelin' it  hard to tell how much snow there is because it's all going sideways. 40+mph winds but I've found the secret is to keep the windows & doors closed. Seriously, I'm just going to stay holed up until it passes. Got milk & cereal, bourbon & pizza, bottled water & coffee beans, firewood, a 12v portable booster pac & a 110v inverter so hopefully I'll be comfy for a while. |
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« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2011, 09:04:08 PM » |
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...Spring is just around the corner.
Which corner? Which corner? I need to find that corner RIGHT NOW!   |
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« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2011, 03:46:02 AM » |
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My plan was to blow snow this morning, but I don't know how I'm going to get out of the house.
My bar b-q grill has no snow on it but there are 4' drifts everywhere else.
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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2011, 04:00:56 AM » |
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Mark is out snowblowing the driveway. So far, not as bad as thought. Appears to be about 8 inches. Wind has died down . Forecasters are saying 1-2 inches possible here with some freezing rain. Blizzard condition has been changed to snow advisory. One good thing. The freezing rain crust on the snow will hold down the drifting with the high winds expected today.
All in all, not as bad as predicted here in NE Indiana..............so far.
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« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2011, 04:20:26 AM » |
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Not home yet but alot of ice. Kit says 4' drifts at home. Plows took out my mailbox AGAIN! Even put up a hunk of plywood and staked it to the ground. SOB'es!  Took a run last night and it was horrible on the interstate. White out for miles with high winds. Soon as relief gets here I'll check things out at home. |
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« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2011, 06:03:05 AM » |
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From the northern part of the midwest...meh...I'm with ¿spoom.  Exercise a few extra common-sense precautions. Stay off the roads unless you have no choice AND 4WD and don't bother passing anyone just to get where you're going a minute earlier. In a few months this will be just a bad dream  **going to my spring-y happy place now** |
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« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2011, 07:14:15 AM » |
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« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2011, 07:34:56 AM » |
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Opened the garage door by the Valk and saw about 15 inches of snow up against it... out a little farther a 3 foot drift.... then down near the end of the driveway, about a 4 foot drift all the way out to the driveway. Wind swirling around ...25 MPH winds...my little 15 year old single stage snow blower is on it's last legs. I was pushing it into drifts taller than the spout where the snow blows out!! Broke one part, fixed it, threw the belt of twice... say a prayer that it lasts.  Finally got a channel plowed out - my wife HAD to go to work..  We're hanging in there... as soon as the wind dies down I might be able to catch up.. Probably got 15 inches over the past 24 hours.... but they're saying -2° tonight... BRRR! So much for Brookfield, Wisconsin - just west of Milwaukee. |
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« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2011, 08:16:17 AM » |
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Ive seen worse as a kid living in Chicago in 1967. But this is the first time in 20 years living here that I got my plow truck stuck in a snow bank. I'm waiting for my son to head over right now to help pull me out. I was whittling away at a 6 foot drift when I got sucked in and got hung up on the plow frame. I live in the country surrounded by corn fields so there is nothing to stop the wind, needless to say, the snow stops where it wants to, not where it is convenient. There are two cars in that garage that will have to get dug out today or we will not be going to work for a while. Now you guys understand whey I posted the post a few days ago stating that WINTER SUCKS!   |
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« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2011, 08:50:04 AM » |
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Jim,
I hope Daryl doesn't want to use his trailer any time soon!
For me (just like your garage) the doors face south.. when the wind is from the north east like it is today, it swirls around. Snow blows in from all directions minutes after you clear it out...
I hate winter too...
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« Reply #15 on: February 02, 2011, 08:50:43 AM » |
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« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2011, 04:10:50 PM » |
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« Reply #17 on: February 02, 2011, 05:21:24 PM » |
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Ive seen worse as a kid living in Chicago in 1967. But this is the first time in 20 years living here that I got my plow truck stuck in a snow bank. I'm waiting for my son to head over right now to help pull me out. I was whittling away at a 6 foot drift when I got sucked in and got hung up on the plow frame. I live in the country surrounded by corn fields so there is nothing to stop the wind, needless to say, the snow stops where it wants to, not where it is convenient. There are two cars in that garage that will have to get dug out today or we will not be going to work for a while. Now you guys understand whey I posted the post a few days ago stating that WINTER SUCKS! That's what mine looked like this morning, but at least I only have one garage door  |
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« Reply #18 on: February 02, 2011, 07:17:16 PM » |
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Ive seen worse as a kid living in Chicago in 1967. But this is the first time in 20 years living here that I got my plow truck stuck in a snow bank. I'm waiting for my son to head over right now to help pull me out. I was whittling away at a 6 foot drift when I got sucked in and got hung up on the plow frame. I live in the country surrounded by corn fields so there is nothing to stop the wind, needless to say, the snow stops where it wants to, not where it is convenient. There are two cars in that garage that will have to get dug out today or we will not be going to work for a while. Now you guys understand whey I posted the post a few days ago stating that WINTER SUCKS! If i had a four car garage winter could suck all it wanted to,,,i would be just fine in my man cave,,, |
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« Reply #19 on: February 02, 2011, 09:58:27 PM » |
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« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2011, 09:59:56 PM » |
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Sorry, the pics didn't post. Trust me it was a long hard drive.
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« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2011, 10:12:49 PM » |
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I live in Owasso Oklahoma, The winter storm that the weather men were talking about since last week hit here on Tuesday. THe weathermen said we were suppose to get between 12" and 20" of snow. When I was hearing this I was shaking my head because the weather men here can tell you what the weather is like in N.Dakota. Very seldom can they tell you how much rain we are going to get here and when it is going to hit  I will say they are really good when tornado season hits and I will give them a 95 % rating on tornado's warnings After the BLIZZARD of Feb 1 2011 passed us we ended up with 21" of snow  That is the most snow Oklahoma has ever recived since they have been keeping records. Okies do not know how or what to do with snow like this. We do not own snow blowers and our snow shovels are the cheapest we can buy because at the most we might get 8" a year and that is not all at once. There are 6' snow drifts all around my house and all through the neighborhood.IT took me and my Son 4 hours to dig out our 2 cars and 1 truck today. Our shop has closed down until Monday and there is a 30% chance of more snow then I am really hating on Oldman Winter this year |
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« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2011, 10:22:28 AM » |
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I am sorry but Shxx, who would live in a place like that.
I don't even like East Tennessee winters, no wonder you guys get a little KOOKY at times.
More laid back here and would get cabin fever and go on a Bender if living there.
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« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2011, 10:37:16 AM » |
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You guys have really been hammered with all the snow and ice.
Everyone doing OK?
The wind is just starting to pick up here and expecting 10-15" by tomorrow.
Hang tough.............Spring is just around the corner.
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« Reply #24 on: February 03, 2011, 01:43:20 PM » |
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While ya'll were snow blowin' .... I was out mowing the yard. The freezes have browned the grass... but the clover was coming up and gettin deep...... I usually don't worry about it too much.... but on the off chance we do get snow this evening and tonight, I didn't want the clover sticking through the snow .... I might wanna take some pictures...LOL |
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« Reply #25 on: February 03, 2011, 06:21:55 PM » |
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I am sorry but Shxx, who would live in a place like that.
I don't even like East Tennessee winters, no wonder you guys get a little KOOKY at times.
More laid back here and would get cabin fever and go on a Bender if living there.
AL,
Up here we don't go on benders in the winter, we go off benders about the middle of April when the salt gets washed off the roads.
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« Reply #26 on: February 03, 2011, 06:53:48 PM » |
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« Reply #28 on: February 03, 2011, 08:54:37 PM » |
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And those pictures my friends, are why I no longer live in Pennsylvania.
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