kevin gilmore Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) 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, 2011 by kevin gilmore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absorbine_Sr Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 I still can't believe you drive that all year round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livewire Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 THIS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 It's T-shirt weather here in the bay area (SF, CA). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Well, we're expecting few inches here over the weekend. Joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 As are we. I have heard anywhere between 1"-6". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 It is way too early for this shit. The mower is still on the tractor, goddammit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhjazz Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Seriously? It's October? God damn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted October 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 And the power just went out. Lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 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..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Got home from Thomas's hockey game to find the power off. Hopefully it isn't still out in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD44hi Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 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.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Forecast said 6"... I didn't lose power which was good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted October 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 (edited) 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, 2011 by Salt Peanuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 We still dont have power and have a couple of down trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
en480c4 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 What a mess. Good luck digging out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Yep. Way too early for snow, hope all of you get power back and dug out OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_kai Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted October 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 The latest estimate is that "it may be days" before we have our power back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozebuttons Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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