Who Else Is Getting Ready for Yet Another Nor'Easter Snow Storm?

[pomtzu]

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..

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........

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!

[Cataholic]

I'm glad I am not the only crazy person who actually parks my car in
a garage. 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.

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!

[Cinder & Smoke]

get a gas grill, a good one, and put it in the garage to heat food with.

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!

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

[momcat]

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!

[sparks19]

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

[smokey the elder]

So, it's going to snow...for a change?

[pomtzu]

So, it's going to snow...for a change?

Someone is playing a sick joke on us in the Mid-Atlantic region this winter. I'm not amused..........

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!!

[Puckstop31]

Round 2 results....

Before:






After:






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

[lbaker]

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... 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) 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

Laurie

[lizbud]

The snow was fun until I had to help shovel *grumble*

Now I think snow is STOOPID. LOL

LOL Just think of it this way, you can skip any planned exercise for the
next two days.


ps. Hi Laurie.

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

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:





Around 5:30PM the 10th:


Looking up our road in one direction 5:30pm the 10th:


One small area of our back yard morning of the 11th:





Our house and yard this morning:

Looking down the road this morning:


Our barn:


Another view of our house:

[Alysser]

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.

[lvpets2002]

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..

[Grace]

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..

I dare say that 12" in Texas is on a par with 24" in the Northeast. Especially as you see snow so seldom.

[pomtzu]

I dare say that 12" in Texas is on a par with 24" in the Northeast. Especially as you see snow so seldom.

Probably a lot worse than 24" - don't ya' think???

Hey Helene - do y'all have snow plows down in them-thar-parts????