February 2nd Snowstorm

Cap wrote:most of the salt washed away from the rain

Wish we'd get a good rain to wash the salt crust off my car. I don't remember what color it really is, almost took the wrong one from the parking lot the other day.

HA! I think Snowzilla lost it's urge to hurt humans. The snow has almost stopped & I'll be we didn't get 10". It is nasty cold though. Even the dog that's numb as a post won't stay outside.

Don't gloat too soon, Freddy, there's more coming your way.

Balmy Cape Cod...
Hit 50* today outside...
Lots of rain melted the snow...
Then the temps dropped to 23* now...
The fun part...
Pumping 15,000 gallons of water out of the back yard...
Before the temps dropped too much...

Well.....The ice got to SouthEast Ohio more so than us.....So,I'll see you guys in 3 to 5 days.....Damage spread here and there,so we'll start hacking at it. All of you take care,and hopefully see you sooner than later !

This one don't want to give it up--lake effect all night--anoyher 8-10"

We ended up with 12-15" depending where you measure. The wind really blew it around last night. I have some pretty big drifts, one of which swallowed my car out on the lawn.

All in all, it was a big fisted storm! We did get another 3" overnight so maybe a foot total. Enough so I had to snow blow one more time. Another 4-8" coming on Saturday. OK.... I've had enough. It was fun, but shut it off!

rberq wrote:

Cap wrote:most of the salt washed away from the rain

Wish we'd get a good rain to wash the salt crust off my car. I don't remember what color it really is, almost took the wrong one from the parking lot the other day.

I remember returning to the employee parking lot after a 5 day trip.. there were two identical maroon minivans.. now, which one was mine.. I looked at the asphalt under the two vans.. the answer was clear as mud.. mine had a ring of washed off mud all around it.. my dirt road had been washed off my van by the heavy rains This van never gets washed. only driven.. it's my 'airport car'.

This morning dawned clear and cold.. forcast was for +4, and as usual, my temp was 5+ degreees cooler.. the porch thermometer read -2*.. the sun is shining, like the bright smile from an evil woman.. no warmth in that smile.. at least there is zero wind..

The house is toasty warm.. I'm gonna fire up the waste-oil heater in the shop,, I need to work on a truck.. I'm sure the shop is only 34* this morning. even with the floor at 50*..

Greg L

Freddy wrote:All in all, it was a big fisted storm! We did get another 3" overnight so maybe a foot total. Enough so I had to snow blow one more time. Another 4-8" coming on Saturday. OK.... I've had enough. It was fun, but shut it off!

You guys got all the snow downstate. It snowed about 2" overnight here. That's a total of 2" in the past 2 weeks. We have 30" less snow than normal. Crazy! The snowmobilers are upset. I've only snowblowed 3 times this winter. I can see the mulch around some of my trees on the lawn.

Rub it in, we can take it. I hear they are trucking snow in for the international Biathlon that is coming up. The last time I was up there the snow was so high you couldn't see out of the roadway.
On the other hand, the new trail down here is going great guns! The local stores and eateries are loving it.

Kevin

We got at least a foot out of it, probably more.

KLook wrote:Rub it in, we can take it. I hear they are trucking snow in for the international Biathlon that is coming up. The last time I was up there the snow was so high you couldn't see out of the roadway.
On the other hand, the new trail down here is going great guns! The local stores and eateries are loving it.

Kevin

We got at least a foot out of it, probably more.

The businesses are hurting up here Kevin. Snowmobiling is a huge moneymaker for them this time of year. As far as the biathalons go, they had to make quite a bit of snow and truck it in. Crazy winter I tell you.

I no longer listen to the forcast. I am so depressed and disappointed with this winter. Everyone was saying how bad this storm was going to be and everyone was preparing for the worst. SIX INCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone heard this was going to be a two part storm, six inches, that is all we received. The local schools closed due to being told how bad the storm was going to be. My wife was happy she didn't have to go to school to teach, snow day. The temps, normal for our area. I was hoping for an old fashioned ass kicking snow storm, maybe a blizzard but six inches, please, old man winter is wasting my time. One would never guess I live in the snow belt where snow is usually measured in feet not inches. I believe we have something like 25 inches total for the year on the ground as I type this. Usually we are in the hundreds, not the low double digits. As a young boy we would routinely step over the telephone lines, the snow was that high. It would be days before you would see the rotary blower come through cleaning the main road.

I had the Ferguson 35 out to clean the parking area since I was open for business, and had a neighbor stop for a visit. This neighbor is 80, he still shovels, plows and cleans his own driveway. We were discussing what a poor winter this has turned out to be when a new neighbor down the road walked up to us wearing snow shoes. The new neighbor couldn't believe how bad it was, how the snow plows were not plowing the roads, and how crazy people around the area were driving around in this mega storm. At the time we only had 4 inches on the ground. My 80 yr old neighbor barked," Get a life man, its only 4 inches!" I had to laugh, which got me a frown from my old neighbor. Our new neighbor just moved here from California, specifically LA. I had to inform our new neighbor the snow plows do not start plowing until 7 a.m., the school buses come through at 6 a.m. and the secondary roads do not see a plow until sometime in the late afternoon and the local school have more snowmobiles parked in the parking lot than cars and trucks. He had a lot to complain about, from the snow to the temps, to the wind chill. He didn't know how he was going to get his driveway cleaned since he only had a small shovel. I later went to his house with the Ferguson and cleaned out his driveway. He offered to pay for my services, however, I informed him I didn't want his money and this is what neighbors do around here. If your neighbor needs help, you help with no expectation of being rewarded with money. He thanked me for understanding his ill preparedness. He was surprised to learn that in my younger days I lived both here and in California and shuttled between the two locations for too many years before leaving my Ca residence behind and remaining here. He said he and his wife were going to move back to California. I told him to give the area more time as his neighbors would be willing to pitch in to help him through the winter until he was able to have a firm grasp on what he needed to survive in this area. I see today he has a for sale sign at the end of his driveway. I do miss the days of being pounded by old man winter.

The snowman.

You & me both my friend

Update:

Well the ice really hit my parents house bad. They live on top of a hill at the end of a long drive. I got the call yesterday morning that they had no electric. My dad was awakened in the middle of the night due to his C-PAP machine not working. Waited to hear if the electric was restored. So at 5:45 PM my brother and I started working our way up his driveway plowing ice and removing branches. 2 hours later we are finally at the house. We cleaned up what we could and plowed what ice had fallen off the branches. It looks like a tornado went through with the amount of branches and trees damaged.

They were OK and were heating the house with kerosene heaters and using kerosene lanterns. I smelled it right away as we walked in the house. I asked if they had cracked a window?? Nope but they did right away. I started getting a headache. It seems like he forgot about CO and all of his detectors are electric - no battery backup. We offered to get his generator running but after checking with the elec. co., they said he would have power by midnight. So after we spent some time making sure they were OK, we left.

On the way home, the headache returned so I called them and told them to make sure they kept a window open. I kept calling every hour until midnight. Still no electric but he had turned off the kero heaters and lamps and was going to bed.

This AM still no electric so I went up to help him get the generator going. But first I brought him some hot coffee. (Guess who's the favorite son now ??), After trying and trying, the 30+ year old thing wouldn't start. Back to my house 20 min. away to get mine. Of course the 220v plug was different, so after 2 trips to the store, and lots of cussing, I finally get his well pump going and both Alaska stokers fired.

Left his place at 1:00PM and now I will be working late trying to get caught up.

I really thought that by the time I got everything up and running, the electric company would have restored his power. But at least I got to hook up everything and it was working. Now for some rest at work. I'm bushed !!!!!

Rick