February 2nd Snowstorm

 
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Post by Rick 386 » Thu. Feb. 03, 2011 3:22 pm

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!
Freddy, hush your mouth :box: ......I'm coming to Greenville next Wed for some quality sledding. After that, you can shut off the snow machine. toothy

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Post by freetown fred » Thu. Feb. 03, 2011 3:35 pm

Glad you got your folks straightened out Rick---you're a good son :)

 
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Post by rberq » Thu. Feb. 03, 2011 7:40 pm

sterling40man wrote:You guys got all the snow downstate.
What an innocent I am! All these years in Maine and I didn't know I was "downstate". We just call you "the county".

 
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Post by SMITTY » Fri. Feb. 04, 2011 7:18 am

Roofs are collapsing all over the place here. The old quonset hut where I used to work back in the late 90's collapsed yesterday. It was full of batteries (Interstate Battery).

A little late to the party, but I brought some pics! The first pic is my barn -- snow is almost touching the drip edge 12 feet up! That's after shoveling the roof ........ twice. :shock:

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Post by freetown fred » Fri. Feb. 04, 2011 7:31 am

Here's what it's like on the hill after all is said & done--another 4-5" due tomorrow :o :lol:
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Post by sterling40man » Fri. Feb. 04, 2011 7:43 am

rberq wrote:What an innocent I am! All these years in Maine and I didn't know I was "downstate". We just call you "the county".
Remember, you can't go further north than where I am. So, everyone else is "downstate". :lol:

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Sun. Feb. 06, 2011 3:25 pm

Went out to 'Worster' to pick up a server cage...
The weather had killed a few other attemps but Friday we made it...
Holy Crap must have been 10 different spots where cars and trucks went off the road that morning...
This was on 495 and 290...
Off ramps were closed going to 24 and 44...
Every time we were on a bridge the fast lane narrowed by 3 feet due to the snow bank...
The roads off highway were worse...
3 lanes became 1.5, huge snow banks on every corner...
We brought my trailer because the cage was too big to fit in the bed of the pickup...
Strapped the cage down to the trailer standing up...
Had to keep an eye on all the stupid people driving...
They would swerve to avoid the bridge snow banks and the snow off the tops of cars and TT...
The trip started off with all the gauges on the truck failing...
No fuel, no speedo, nothing...
Checked the fuses but they were all good...
Used the Garmin for the spedo and guessed on the fuel consumption...
They came back after the trip was over...
The truck just did not want to go on that trip and was trying to stay on 'The Cape'...

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