February 5, 201115 yr First time (well at least so far) that the snow plow has not sent my mailbox into oblivion in 15 years. Sure toasted a few others however. They must have been going at least 30 mph down the street. I have the mailbox on an old single piece of a truck spring, so you whack the thing and it just springs back. Whenever i hear the snow plow barrel down the street, i'm out there 5 minutes later to clean the slush off the end of the driveway before it turns into one solid chunk of ice. The new snowblower i have has this extra feature that turns ice and wet mush into water which it throws out of the way at least 40 feet. Absolutely no problems getting to work and back with the vette the last 2 days. Edited February 5, 201115 yr by kevin gilmore
October 29, 201114 yr It is way too early for this shit. The mower is still on the tractor, goddammit.
October 29, 201114 yr Not sure when is normal for you East coasters. In Anchorage we could usually expect to have permanent snow on the ground by late October. And that would last until mid April. Everyone knows I'm not the biggest fan of Texas, but I do enjoy the winters here.
October 29, 201114 yr Generally we don't have much to speak of until December. I'm sure this stuff won't stick around long but the forecasted 6" will be a big pain in the ass and could cause big trouble for projects at work.
October 30, 201114 yr Crap, sorry to hear that Haj; hope you get it back soon. I have this pic somewhere of my son playing in about 5" of snow in front of a pumpkin, was an earlier-in-October storm than this year IIRC. We should be getting into the 50's later this week, and hopefully the trick-or-treaters won't be hindered. But still.....dang rude of this weather.....
October 30, 201114 yr Not sure when is normal for you East coasters. In Anchorage we could usually expect to have permanent snow on the ground by late October. And that would last until mid April. Everyone knows I'm not the biggest fan of Texas, but I do enjoy the winters here. In Atlanta if there's even a snow flurry everybody flips their shit and the whole city shuts down.
October 30, 201114 yr Got home from Thomas's hockey game to find the power off. Hopefully it isn't still out in the morning.
October 30, 201114 yr Man, sorry to hear about all the power losses. Hopefully it'll come back soon. I sure as heck wasn't prepared for this. Not that we got any accumulation in Kensington, but still to see the white stuff coming down before Halloween is surreal. Not even when I lived in Worcester MA I saw this shit....
October 30, 201114 yr Author Power is not back yet and I'm pretty sure there's a tree down in the cul de sac, right in front of oir driveway. Edited October 30, 201114 yr by Salt Peanuts
October 30, 201114 yr Just got power back. Probably close to 6" of the heaviest snow I've seen in a while. Shoveling it was like shoveling after getting a foot of snow, followed by a couple inches of rain.
October 30, 201114 yr 2" here, none of which stuck around, but it was all around nasty yesterday. My friend in Bklyn has a tree down in his yard. He's not happy right now. Hope everyone gets their power back soon.
October 30, 201114 yr Nothing stuck in the DC area. I was still worried about the power going out because of how shitty my power company is, but luckily nothing happened. Good luck to everyone digging out.
October 30, 201114 yr Author The latest estimate is that "it may be days" before we have our power back.
October 30, 201114 yr The latest estimate is that "it may be days" before we have our power back. Last storm I was out for 3 days,,But I have a generator a must have when you own a home,even though it gets little use & sits Idle most of the time.
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