This is ridiculous! It won't stop snowing! It has snowed steadily since yesterday morning!
This is ridiculous! It won't stop snowing! It has snowed steadily since yesterday morning!
The folks in Baltimore (14 miles from Baltimore, but we work in Baltimore) are pretty darned tired of this, too!:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by orangemm
The snow is sideways yet again, the wind is absolutely howling, we've gotten just incredible numbers in snow totals, and I'm just hoping our lovely blue cypress trees can withstand all this. They're rather delicate are weighed down with snow, and this time I can't get to them...:(
Stay safe everyone, the now is about an hour and a half from my place and I definetely don't like to drive in it.
Driving was awful here today. In East Tennessee, it's usually the people in the mountains that get the snow and we usually get like an inch or two max in the city where I live. But today, it's been snowing ALL DAY, and it hasn't STOPPED snowing and it's STILL snowing.
It looks like a freaking blizzard outside. We have winds up to 20mph and it's pretty pointless for the city to come clean the roads because they get covered up again in an hour or less.
We didn't have to go to school today and we have 70% chance of snow again for tonight... If it keeps up like this we probably won't have to go to school tomorrow either.
If it's this bad here, I can't imagine how awful it is for everyone up north. Hope everyone is staying safe and warm.
I know, I've been watching channel 11 all day. The Sun also has some incredible pictures that people have submitted. Cars totally covered with snow, snow covering entire decks, trees bent over, and on and on.Quote:
The folks in Baltimore (14 miles from Baltimore, but we work in Baltimore) are pretty darned tired of this, too!
This storm was supposed to be out of here this evening, but it's changed course and is hanging around for a while.:rolleyes:
(wish I could see my old neighborhood to see how it looks about now)
*Whew* I think it's over for us, maybe just a few fluries here and there but that's about it. I'm so excited:D
Now as long as it stays cold for a while and doesn't melt all this snow and cause flooding I'll be a happy camper!
Hope it's over soon for the rest of you too.
As I have said I adore the snow but I too grew up in the country and know what it is like to worry about electricity going out, and having animals to take care of in a snow storm cows, horses, pigs etc. Nowadays they do take better care of the roads then 40 some years ago and we have better cars with cell phones, GPS, ON Star.
My best advice to all is to get a gas grill a good one and put it in the garage to heat food with. That way if all else fails you can still have a warm meal which is half the battle I think, a hot soup, a hot dog and a hot cup of cocoa do wonders.
I know many have fire places alas I have never had one even in this new home we built.
Am looking forward to the Home and Flower Show tomorrow at the IX Center with my daughter and third son. Son works for a local nursery and has a keen interest in all things green of course. I love going and since it is my birthday well yesterday they usually let me pick something out that I find. I am a seed freak, since I plant my own tomatoes and hundreds of flowers are already growing in the basement with the grow light. I love looking outside and seeing tons of snow and then seeing my little pepper and tomato plants poking their head out of the grew flat, same with the sunflowers. Spring will come when it's ready and when mother nature thinks we are ready to enjoy it with open arms, right now we have to enjoy father winter first. I am rambling, time to pour another glass of wine.
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Originally Posted by Cataholic
I'm glad I am not the only crazy person who actually parks my car in
a garage.:D I have a detached garage that is actually 2 1/2 car wide.
People around here with 1 car garage use a storage shed for all the
extras.:) I hate frozen car doors & ice buildup on car windows.
:eek: Woo Hoo We are getting Snow here in Tx today.. It is to last until Friday Morning.. We are to get 6 to 8 or 9 inchss.. It will for sure all be Ice in the morning after it freezes the roads tonight.. Company noted us to come into work late tomorrow..
We have a 1 1/2 car detached garage for all our "stuff" - a shed wouldn't cut it!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by lizbud
What we need now is a 3 car garage for the vehicles. :D Good idea but not in the budget.........:( And since this snow we're having this year isn't at all typical for this area, those big bucks could be put to good use elsewhere. We probably won't see another crazy winter like this again for a long time. I hope anyway. :eek:
Have fun. Just keep it down there please - we have more than enough. We're still in a state of emergency, so everybody is home - again. :( I didn't realize just how much I liked having the house to myself - until everybody is forced to stay home from work and school, and off the roads. School has been closed all week - the kids don't go back now till Tuesday, since Monday is a holiday. My grandson is bored to tears and driving us crazy - or more crazy than usual - just a typical 13 yr old I suppose........Quote:
Originally Posted by lvpets2002
Many stores are voluntarily closing for fear of roof collapse, even before the state of emergency. There have been several such incidents at schools and a fire station. The flat roofs just can't take the weight of the snow and ice, and don't drain off like a pitched roof. This has been a winter that won't be forgotten around here for a very long time!
If I had a storage shed, I would have no back yard left. LOL. I am on a city lot, with about 1/4 'landscaped'. Poor J would have to take to playing in the street! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by lizbud
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Originally Posted by Marigold2
Please, NO Grilling **Inside** the garage!!
Charcoal or Gas grills ALL give off DEADLY Carbon Monoxide fumes (CO) in large quantities!
A Little CO *IN* a garage can make everyone present DEATHLY ill ...
and that CO can and will seep into the living areas of the house! :eek:
The SAFE way is to clear a little spot OUTSIDE of the garage;
push, pull, or drag the grill OUTside the garage and cook in the open air.
When finished, shut off the gas OR allow the charcoal to COMPLETELY
go out (to where you can touch all the ashes and remaining briquettes)
and then store the grill inside till it's needed again.
/s/ FireFighter Phred
Trenton got another 13" yesterday on top of the 17" we got over the weekend. Our local news is saying more snow is due on Monday.....YES!!! This winter has been a winter lover's dream come true. I'll take this over spring and summer any day, they both come too soon and stay way too long. I detest both of those seasons with an absolute passion! :mad:
The snow was fun until I had to help shovel *grumble*
Now I think snow is STOOPID. LOL
justkidding I still love it. but my aching back doesn't agree
So, it's going to snow...for a change?:p;)
Someone is playing a sick joke on us in the Mid-Atlantic region this winter. I'm not amused..........:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by smokey the elder
And I heard about the possibility of more on Monday too. I'm going to FL to stay with relatives till this is over. Just kidding - but wish I could!! :(
Round 2 results....
Before:
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After:
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I shoveled a path to the mailbox. Our mail person said that as long as she can walk to the box, she will deliver. Also, that light pole is 5 feet tall on top of a 1 foot raised planter box.
Anybody know a good chiropractor? LOL
Please heed what Phred said about grilling or trying to cook inside ANY structure when unable to use "regular" stoves. ALSO... try to find (as we did through 5 ft drifts) your nearest fire hydrents ("drents? drants?) you know... :rolleyes: clear them out and dig a path to the street. That is more important than a driveway if you ask me. Thankfully we don't have to clear a path outside for doggy biz. The big ones have made lovely maze type paths throughout the yard and the smaller ones love to follow. On one silly note, this is the first time I've ever known cats (the two younger rescues at least) to LOVE playing in the snow. It's the silliest, most absurd thing I've ever seen) :D:D:D We only lost elec for several hours this a.m. and still have plenty of firewood. It's a chore for sure to uncover the huge wood pile and trudge back with armfulls of logs. I can build a fire and stoke it but I have to draw the line at carrying armfulls at a time. Too old, too sore and too damned tired :rolleyes:
Laurie
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Originally Posted by sparks19
LOL :D Just think of it this way, you can skip any planned exercise for the
next two days.:)
ps. Hi Laurie.:)
I have no idea how much we got, but we lived through it!
Whew!
We never got bad winds.
We kept our electric and phone but something made our internet and cable tv go out around 8pm Wed. and it didn't come back on until 11 this morning.
It was so nice to wake up to a beautiful blue sky today!
Someone in another post mentioned having animals to take care of...boy am I glad we don't still have pigs, chickens and rabbits to tend to with what we had here!
My nephew did all our shoveling and let me tell you, he had LOT to do between our drive & walk and his drive way.
Here are some pictures from Wednesday through the day and also from Thursday morning:
Around 11:30am the 10th:
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Around 5:30PM the 10th:
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Looking up our road in one direction 5:30pm the 10th:
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One small area of our back yard morning of the 11th:
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Our house and yard this morning:
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Looking down the road this morning:
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Our barn:
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Another view of our house:
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We've had off school wednesday, thursday, and have a delay opening today. This is pretty rare this happens and kinda shows just how bad the storm is.
:) Ok Ok we did not get as much as you all in eastern states got.. But we here in Tx ended up with 12" of Snow.. That is alot for Tx.. We broke records.. WooHoo..:p
I dare say that 12" in Texas is on a par with 24" in the Northeast. Especially as you see snow so seldom.Quote:
Originally Posted by lvpets2002
Probably a lot worse than 24" - don't ya' think??? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
Hey Helene - do y'all have snow plows down in them-thar-parts???? :confused::D
:rolleyes: Snow Plow = Mmm What is that?? :p Yup we use our Feet & Hands.. :D Hey I had to get out my Vehicle Scraper.. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by pomtzu
I'm getting for a "mid-wester" -- 6 to 10 inches headed for Chicago late Sunday into early Monday. I'd prefer six over ten!
I refuse to discuss it. I just cleared the deck for the first time in over a week and made a path from the driveway to the deck. There is more predicted here, too, on Monday evening (when we'll be driving to a concert in Delaware!). I'm just NOT going to think about it...."I'll think about that TOMORROW" :)
I heard a mix or all rain. Please Lord - spare us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinot's Mom
At least it's supposed to be in the 40's for the next 5 days. Lots more melting - to freeze to solid ice every night. Still no bare spots in the yard yet, and the mountains of snow in parking lots and along side the roads from the plows, will still be here in April at this rate. :mad:
They are saying 3 - 6 here in S.E. Michigan. I decided to do my grocery shopping today - maybe that will mean we only get an inch on Monday :DQuote:
Originally Posted by cassiesmom
Our next system is supposed to be rain, Monday into Tuesday. Hopefully not too much...I don't feel like having to suck up water in our basement. I hope those of you in for the snow don't get hit too hard. Just remember, anything under 45" in 2 storms a couple days apart is a piece of cake! LOL!;);)
They're forcasting freezing rain and then rain overnight tonight into tomorrow. That means there will be a lot of flooding for the Pittsburgh area over the next couple of days. The rivers will rise and some low-lying communities could be hit. Pittsburgh won't be looking forward to that!
Oh no, I hate to hear that. I know a couple people in the area who have already been devastated by past floodings.Quote:
Originally Posted by davidpizzica
I hope it doesn't get too bad.
The amount of time the rain is going to fall over here and the predicted amount wouldn't be too bad if there wasn't 45-50" of snow melting out there and still 8" or so left on lawns and mounds upon mounds on the sides of roads and in parking lots.
I wait and look out the window. I swear these meoteorologists are over paid and totally under-trained. I don't think I've seen one "on the money" weather report in my 5 years back from Michigan!!
Oh boy - oh boy. Do you believe it?????
Yet another Nor'easter for us on Thursday - blizzard conditions - 60 mph winds. What the devil is going on here? Haven't we had just about enough???? And I was enjoying today's rain since it was taking out some of the snow.
I think I'll just hibernate like a bear until Spring gets here. :(
Thursday could be interesting. We're supposed to fly to Canada at 7am. Weather right now is looking dicey. Keep your fingers crossed this thing turns another direction.
You and plans and snowstorms - just don't mix.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinot's Mom
Want snow??? - just have Maggie and Coop make plans for a party or to travel and you'll be sure to get some.
When did you say you're planning the next PT Gathering???? Your track record is getting scary! ::eek::p
I think they are saying this one is going to be a Nor'Western storm???Quote:
Originally Posted by pomtzu
For us, they aren't promising an accumulation prediction...it could be 6+" (PLEASE!) or 12+" (NO!)
It's going to last from Wednesday eve/night into Friday sometime.
I'm trying not to listen to the weathermen sensationalizing it.
I'm just praying we get through it like the last ones. This one shouldn't be as bad snow accumulation wise but the winds could be worse than those.
It's sounding like it isn't going to snow every minute of the time the storm is in the area.
I'm hoping' and wishin' that it'll track way North and out to see and not give these PA/MD/DE/NJ areas another pounding.
We certainly HAVE HAD ENOUGH!!! I was hoping we were out of the woods. When the heck is this stupid EL NINO causing these systems going to be over with????
Oh no -- now they are predicting a storm that acts like a hurricane!!!! :eek: :eek:
We are right smack dab in the firing line. I know a couple others are too :(
Hubby went out in the mad hopes for a new shovel yesterday. No shovels to be found but a lot of snow blowers. too bad we don't have a spare $400 laying around for a snow blower.
From accuweather: http://beta2010.accuweather.com/blog...torm-looms.asp
I know, I know....we really are harbingers of bad weather this year! Get this...the storm is coming FROM TEXAS, and since we're flying American Airlines, we're flying THROUGH DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT to go to Canada!!:eek: This really is getting ridiculous...Quote:
Originally Posted by pomtzu
I'm waiting to plan the gathering until spring is really here...maybe we'll just get a thunderstorm! :rolleyes: