stefan
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Post by stefan on Feb 8, 2007 13:34:51 GMT -5
We made the National news- this is in KD and Junerevs neck of the woods- we are at about 60 inches so far- but it is hard to measure cause the snow begins to compress into ice (think glacier- and you'll get the idea! www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17042993/?GT1=9033 |
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blarneystone
spending too much on rocks
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Post by blarneystone on Feb 8, 2007 13:39:49 GMT -5
My cousin in Oswego sent some pics... unbelievable. The snow is piled up to the roofs of the houses!! It was 75* and sunny yesterday here in Houston and tonight it's expected to cool off again... low of 56* brrrrr... lol  |
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Post by pho on Feb 8, 2007 13:41:43 GMT -5
Dan...time to dig out extra T-shirts eh?
Pho
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blarneystone
spending too much on rocks
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Post by blarneystone on Feb 8, 2007 13:56:13 GMT -5
hehe... turn on the fire place! Sorry Stefan... I can't help it... I know what you guys are going through. When I visit 'Camp' in the winter, every morning, wood must be chopped and split for the fireplace and cast-iron stoves (no central heating!). Icicles must be broken from the overhangs, snow shoveled off of the porch roof and sidewalks and then sand is spread on the driveway... Every morning!! I never complain about the weather here in the winter....
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Feb 8, 2007 13:59:21 GMT -5
HAHA Yea we are kinda used to it- but this winter caught us with our pants down- Heck we had the warmest December and January Ever- We had a Green Christmas and everything- Ever one was walking around singing the praises of Global Warming- then BANG Ma Nature took a big ole dump on us! We have had all our winter in just 2 weeks!!!! If I get a chance tonight I'll get a couple of pix
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spacegold
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Post by spacegold on Feb 8, 2007 15:30:18 GMT -5
31 winters in Alaska taught me to say "Ahhhhhhh.............. it's 77 degrees and clear in Apache Junction today." Maybe when you get old and "cantankerous" like me, you too will be able to spend your winters where you can see palm trees. |
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earthdog
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Post by earthdog on Feb 8, 2007 15:52:10 GMT -5
I just hope it's all cleared up by May..
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Post by takilasunrise on Feb 8, 2007 16:30:05 GMT -5
So, where do you put all that snow?
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Post by krazydiamond on Feb 8, 2007 16:45:50 GMT -5
we make little piles of it, Takila, then we make bigger piles of the stuff, we push it, scoop it and blow it. some cities truck it away...
glad i don't live in Parish or Oswego, strange tho, seeing these little towns mentioned on CNN.
we probably have about 3 feet on the ground, most of that has been in the past few days. plowed today and will probably have to plow again tomorrow. keep feeding the birds, poor little guys.
KD
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MichiganRocks
starting to spend too much on rocks
"I wasn't born to follow."
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Post by MichiganRocks on Feb 8, 2007 16:52:40 GMT -5
Hey Stefan, that's just plain cruel of you to post this!  I think that my total for the winter can't be more than 8 inches. Unbelievable! It's finally gotten cold here, but by March it's all going to start melting again.  Ron |
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junerev
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Post by junerev on Feb 8, 2007 17:04:09 GMT -5
Actually, I'm running out of places to pile it guys.....another 2.5 hours out in the yard trying to blow but there is no where to put it. And it just started snowing again....and my college aged daughter is bummed and wants to come home for the weekend (from NC) and she just doesn't seem to get it.....she can't get here......
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Post by Cher on Feb 8, 2007 19:25:23 GMT -5
Geez, I wish it would dump a couple of feet here, like 7 or 8 maybe.
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blarneystone
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Post by blarneystone on Feb 8, 2007 21:02:49 GMT -5
If you let that stuff hang around too long it starts to get surly... smoking cigars and demanding more beer!!  Notice the Labattes beer.. |
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Post by Cher on Feb 8, 2007 21:08:51 GMT -5
ROFL ... that is sooooo funny!!
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Feb 9, 2007 11:21:18 GMT -5
Yea I spend 2 hours clearing the driveway- and moving the Banks back (hehehe my blower will toss the stuff into the nieghbors yard heheh) I figure I have enough power and room to toss about another 2 to 3 feet- then we are in trouble-
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junerev
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Post by junerev on Feb 9, 2007 13:46:55 GMT -5
I don't have a big yard. We don't like yard work so it only makes sense to buy something that doesn't require a lot of upkeep....in the summer my husband can mow AND weedwack in less than 1/2 hour......but it doesn't leave you much room for snow piling.....
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Feb 9, 2007 15:39:23 GMT -5
Some people have all the luck!
N.Y. county nearing 100 inches of snow
2 hours, 58 minutes ago
New York's governor declared a disaster in Oswego County, where five straight days of lake-effect squalls have dumped nearly 100 inches of snow, and even more snow was forecast through the weekend.
The heavy snow started sweeping in off Lake Ontario late Sunday and has pounded the area almost relentlessly since then.
"Oswego is like right in the middle, so every time it goes by us, we get a little bit of snow — actually, a lot of snow," said Oswego Mayor Randy Bateman. "At certain periods of the day, the wind just keeps it right over us. Dumping and dumping."
"You know, it was neat when it started because we hadn't gotten any snow in December or January," Bateman added. "It's getting old now."
Gov. Eliot Spitzer declared a state disaster emergency Thursday, authorizing all state agencies to help assist municipalities and residents in the storm-wracked region. The cities of Oswego and Mexico had already declared their own emergencies, kept schools closed most of the week, and restricted all nonessential travel.
Parts of the county were getting as much as 3 inches of snow an hour Thursday night, said Dave Sage, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. On top of that, high wind was creating whiteout conditions.
By Friday morning, the town of Parish had gotten 94 inches of snow.
"They'll get more tonight, probably enough to eclipse 100 inches over seven days," weather service spokesman Jon Hitchcock said Friday.
More than a week of bitter cold and slippery roads have contributed to at least 20 deaths across the northern quarter of the nation — five in Ohio, four in Illinois, four in Indiana, two in Kentucky, two in Michigan, and one each in Wisconsin, New York and Maryland, authorities said.
Tennessee and northern Alabama were getting a taste of the wintery weather as well Friday morning — sleet and freezing rain iced over roadways, and some precipitation was turning to snow.
In Oswego, water main breaks and an animal ice rescue were adding to the challenges for city workers, Bateman said.
"Unfortunately, the forecast is for the same through the weekend," the mayor said. "Hopefully, it won't be as intense. But if it is, we'll just clear it as the snow stops and wait for it to start again."
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junerev
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Post by junerev on Feb 9, 2007 15:47:21 GMT -5
Lucky.......hmmm hadn't thought of it as being lucky
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