Yes Blizzard. It is a bone chilling 29° here and I just went out and built myself
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A Snowman. OK, it is more of a Sleetman, but it is still ice. :o
Hope it's all gone by high noon.
Going to be on the cold side here. But it's that time of year. Have to have the cold to get to the warmer temps.
Western NC is getting 3 or 4 inches tonight. Got the scrape setup and ready to go in the am.
Its a mile of dirt road to get to the state road. To much fun...
It snowed in Texas a couple of times when I lived there. Funniest thing ever was watching Texans try to drive on snow. No clue.
There was a headline on Google News this morning "Charlotte Blizzard Fizzles." Looking out my window the headline says it all.
Get the chains on your truck Magicman. :D :D :D :D
Seems like the storm was hit or miss, and luckily I got in hit area this time... got 6 inches here at the foot of the blue ridge 8) 8) :snowball:
Clear blue sky and 19° here this morning and not forecast to get above freezing. I'll only go out to get another stick of firewood. fire_smiley
The forecast shows 50°'s at night and close to 70° throughout the coming week. Now that is better for sure. :)
I have muti sets of studded snows if you guys need them :)
I have a 4X4 truck and 4 chains but I will not be needing them. The roads/streets are dry and I ain't leaving home anyway. ;D
- 9 here this morning a heat wave . It was - 24 yesterday . The inside of the boiler is a nice white . 3 wheel barrow loads in the boiler yesterday .
Quote from: Magicman on January 07, 2017, 08:24:49 AM
Clear blue sky and 19° here this morning and not forecast to get above freezing. I'll only go out to get another stick of firewood. fire_smiley
Same here, only problem is, the firewood is across the road in the barn. >:( I get all bundled up and go get a wheelbarrow load. That's enough for maybe 24 hours. ::)
I can get by with a bucket full of wood per day in these single digit temps.
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Dave, what happened to the roof of your wood boiler? If I had one that looked like that it would be from me trying to get one more log "close" to the boiler with the excavator... Not that I've ever done something like that :-\
GranitestateMP,
Maybe Dave bought it at the "scratch and dent" sale.
Coldest day in 2 years, 20 degrees, and the power is out. Generator going and gas logs. Toughing it out in Texas. ::)
You southerners get 2 inches and they name the storm. Up here we get 3 feet and they just call it lake effect snow :D
It's still 31° here but the sun is melting some of what is not in the shade. I'll admit that I went to the mailbox twice. :-\
Went to start the NH785 this morning and no start. Was plugged in all night. Got down to 2 degrees. Did a little looky and saw that the cord wasn't plugged into the wall receptacle. Called and reminded my son that electrons won't flow through an air gap except under extreme voltage. Plugged in loader and put an external heater on also. 2 hours later, still wouldn't start. Son comes by to cut firewood and says loader would start just fine if you plug the solenoid wire back up. Started up just fine.
About that time the first of 4 customers came by to pick up their orders. Everyone was loaded, pockets full of money and back to the house to rest before moving logs and lumber at a balmy 12 degrees.
Our 3 or 4 to turned out to be 8 or 9. Spent 6 hr getting the road opened . Neighbors will miss me when I'm gone. ;D
Look forward to retiring in 3 yrs. So I can just wait for it to melt. 8)
-13° this morning and probably 20 inches or so of snow since Wednesday. Not a blizzard just the month of January. haha
Quote from: GRANITEstateMP on January 07, 2017, 12:20:56 PM
Dave, what happened to the roof of your wood boiler? If I had one that looked like that it would be from me trying to get one more log "close" to the boiler with the excavator... Not that I've ever done something like that :-\
I purchased it from a junkyard. I had to buy a new door and Andy had the smoke pipe. Previous owner dropped a tree on it.
you guys are funny blizzard 2 inch of snow. if you want some real excitement come ride with me sanding dirt roads in a ice storm. nothing worse than frezzing rain
Snowstorm, we've got a little lake on the North side of town with some converted cottage's that people live in year round. It's all dirt and a fun little hill down to nto it. We call it HE- let's call it Heck's Kitchen. The road agent loves to send me and my little 3/4ton to plow that! More than once I've finished the offshoots and had to wait for a big truck with sand to get back out! At least the plowing was done! Ah, sleet and dirt, so much fun together...
32° here at 7:53. Everything is almost froze solid. Awful :).
Quote from: snowstorm on January 07, 2017, 06:54:31 PM
you guys are funny blizzard 2 inch of snow.
2 inches of snow !! If we got more than that we would cut this state loose, float it down, and sell it to Cuba. It's 27° and dropping now. :o I need some "global warming". ;D
Quote from: Magicman on January 07, 2017, 08:24:49 AM
The forecast shows 50°'s at night and close to 70° throughout the coming week. Now that is better for sure. :)
Dat's our forecast too. 8) We just gotta wait 5 months for June ta git here ta see it. :D
10 here and snowing
I guess that we need studded shoes. A former governor walking his dog fell and has a concussion. A friend going to the mailbox fell and broke his collarbone and a rib. Both are in the hospital. I didn't slip or fall, but this sleet/ice is slippery. :o
We will not have church services tomorrow, and probably no school Monday. Us folks here in the South know what to do with weather.....nothing. :D
11 degrees tonight, so of course I had four does (Goats) drop kids over the last two days. Now I'm scrambling to keep the little buggers warm until later this week, when it should be back up to 50 during the day! Next year the buck is gonna be on lock down during the July-Oct. months for sure! He knows when the girls are ready, and will find a way to break/jump/push a fence down, when the time is right! Right now, I'm just wondering how an old buck's meat would taste on a snowy day.... ;D ;D
I wiped out on ice a week ago been suffering with a stiff neck and sore shoulders. Need a massage therapy.
-10C which works out to around 12F and no wind which is pretty typical for this area. A bit of snow is predicted but nothing to get excited about. We watched some news footage of the Carolinas and Georgia tonight, that is really something. Welcome to our world.
We got 5" in upstate SC- a lot, for us. It's about 12 this AM, again, cold, for us. They don't plow any of the side roads, and folks here don't know how to drive in the snow, so it gets real interesting. I used to live up north, measure snow in feet, and negative numbers on the thermometer. Some of us eventually wise up and move to places where that's not so common! :D
Quote from: WDH on January 07, 2017, 07:52:55 PM
32° here at 7:53. Everything is almost froze solid. Awful :).
Do you have your own glacier now? :D :D :D :D :D :D 8) :snowball:
Yes. A mind and body numbing 24° F. Almost too cold to get on the Forestry Forum.
Quote from: WDH on January 08, 2017, 07:51:50 AM
Yes. A mind and body numbing 24° F. Almost too cold to get on the Forestry Forum.
Oh come on now it's 15 below here and I got on here just fine but there will be no peeing out side today :D
We are at 19° this morning and should warm up to 40° today. I have a nice fire fire_smiley going in the fireplace insert and I wheelbarrowed another load of wood up yesterday. :)
Currently 29 here in Savannah. We got down to around 26 this morning. I put on a big, down jacket to get the newspaper at the end of my driveway. I remember my years in Maine driving a Ford car with a 428 motor and just plowing through the snow. Never slid off the road or got stuck. I did have to stop and pour dry gas into the carb, one time, due to the amount of snow/ice that it had in it from the hard blowing wind. Also remember driving up to Northern Maine in a blizzard and a deer jumping over the guardrail right in front of the car and it coming from a hillside. Nope I didn't get the benefit of deer meat since he made a clean, fast dash and kept going. Have a great day!
Warmed up to 32° at 10:45 a.m. Freezing cold (Goose, some of us Southerners are Cold Weaklings.) Both stoves running full out. Nice inside. Froze, outside. I did see one squirrel, but then again, squirrels are crazy.
The high was 32 yesterday. The sun was out and no wind so I actually sawed yesterday. I guess the sun heated the tin roof a little and it was actually nice. But don't let me fool you, my cheeks were Rosie Red. :)
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Still in the low 20s this morning and not going to reach freezing today.. but should be back to the upper 60s by the end of the week. This is one of the few snows that has been all snow. Usually we'll get hammered with sleet, freezing rain and then finish up with snow. I like snow... ice, not so much
You guys in the South are funny. That's all I got to say. :D
Funny say you??
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Here is the hard evidence that the grass and leaves were almost covered with this dreadful stuff! :o
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And whataboutthis?? I built a snowman on the deck!! Now that is serious stuff right there!! :-\
:D
well i guess ya all from the south would make fun of us when we complain about it being 75 to 80 degrees here in the summer
Quote from: snowstorm on January 08, 2017, 07:02:46 PM
well i guess ya all from the south would make fun of us when we complain about it being 75 to 80 degrees here in the summer
Not at all, we have those same temperatures in the summer... they happen about 8:00 every morning ;D :-\
No complaint from me. We enjoy 70's days & 50's nights in Michigan in August. ;D Anything is better than our 95°+. :o
Quote from: snowstorm on January 08, 2017, 07:02:46 PM
well i guess ya all from the south would make fun of us when we complain about it being 75 to 80 degrees here in the summer
When I go to Maine and my brothers there tell me it's humid today I laugh out loud. :D
Take out any Mail boxes this year while plowing? ;D
When we get a blizzard from the South, it's called a 'Colorado Low'.
Looks like this:
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MagicMan, hope you had taken frostbite precautions when creating that snowman artwork:
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:D ;D :D
The thermometer is dropping like a rock here. It's already down to 30° and is forecast to reach a low of 29° tonight !!! As I said, you Northern folks just don't understand. This is some serious cold that we are dealing with. :o
There is talk that we may just cancel tomorrow because it's supposed to be warmer Tuesday. ::)
Those Northerner's senses are froze.
You know Magicman, It can get cold riding it the chair with tail men working.
Good to get off the chair from time to time to warm up.
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Sometimes the logs are frozen in.
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Some will have to wait till spring.
Quote from: Peter Drouin on January 09, 2017, 07:54:38 AMSome will have to wait till spring.
Yup, that is exactly what I am doing. No sawing until warmer weather next week. ;D
+ 3 this am, no wind 4" fresh snow added to the foot or so here. cleared my 700 ft long driveway, started a fire in my shop, just finished a bowl of oatmeal with dried cranberries and maple syrup. just another winter day in the swamp. Shop will be toasty when I get back down there in about another 45 minutes.
just another winter day in the swamp.
supposed to get to 55 on Thursday.
Would ordinarily be in FL by now but my wife has been suffering from double vision for the past month and we are waiting for a firm diagnosis.
Raider Bills cheese has been in my beer fridge vacuum packed for 2 weeks now but should be OK.
here goes nothin you guys from the south complain more about a little dusting of snow and cold than we do about your GRITS just had to say it :D :D 8) 8)
DanG it coxy, I almost spit coffee all over the keyboard. :D :D :D
Oh no, no complaint. This brutal weather is temporary. Grits are forever.
Anyway, we have a Southerly breeze and the temperature is 50° and rising. Our highs for the rest of the week will be the low 70°'s and our lows will be the low 60°'s.
Y'all come back now....ya hear. smiley_wavy
Here in my part of PA we got/have about 2" of white with lows around 10F, 150 miles south at our "Beach" house in DE we have 10-12" snow :o. I don't think I'll go to the beach this week anyway.
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Quote from: snowstorm on January 08, 2017, 07:02:46 PM
well i guess ya all from the south would make fun of us when we complain about it being 75 to 80 degrees here in the summer
When I go to Maine and my brothers there tell me it's humid today I laugh out loud. :D
Take out any Mail boxes this year while plowing? ;D
mail boxes? i might have tagged one or two. with just the right snow conditions and speed i can open the doors on them and leave them standing. we went o a 75 mile snowmobile ride today. temp was 0 when we started all the way up to a steamy 8 when we got home. and yes i hate mail boxes everybody that plows hates them
Our Roadmaster tells a funny story. He was plowing a new development that had only about three occupied houses, and he was cruising pretty good with no traffic around. He was turning a corner, and sent the port-a-john flying. He did stop to check that it was empty before he went back to the Township building.
Any of you that are not use to the cold need any cold sawing tips. :D
I see WM has some blades for ya. ;D
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Quote from: coxy on January 09, 2017, 11:36:51 AM
you guys from the south complain more about a little dusting of snow and cold than we do about your GRITS :D :D 8) 8)
No way. Not even close :).
In an emergency like this.. you can use dry grits instead of sand. ;D
We are well into the 70°s now so the Grits would cook if you put them on the road. :o
Quote from: kensfarm on January 12, 2017, 12:26:03 AM
In an emergency like this.. you can use dry grits instead of sand. ;D
You can even use dry grits to mix with tiny seeds like turnips and such so you can see where you have planted. Dad went to our local store one time and told Miz Elsie, the owner, he needed 5 lbs of grits and they could be old buggy ones as he was going to plant them, not eat them. Miz Elsie said she had never heard of anyone planting grits and dad told her "Oh yeah, it works great. The grits sprout first and shade the baby turnips keeping them from getting sunburned and stunted." Miz Elsie did not appreciate the humor in his reply.
We hit it in Tennessee, then Virginia, then out of it in Pennsylvania, then back in it crossing the hutson in NY, then all the way to Mass. The car and SUV got quite salty!
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:D ;D
It's 42 up here on the northern border of the United States. " I can see Canada from here"
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Yesterday morning 7am 35 f. last night after a snowy blustery day 0 f for cast of 35 to 40 by thursday. Yup climate change is here like it always has been . :D
I remember back ion the 70's when a guy in Texas got back from working on the pipeline in Alaska and he was interviewed by a news reporter.
They talked quite a bit about the conditions he worked in, at the end of it he was asked if that was the coldest he had ever been. He told them, heavens no, the coldest I heve ever been was sitting in a deer stand in Llano Texas. lol
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Is that venison chili in its native habitat?
Venison Fajitas. :) I'd post pictures nut not enough signal.
My neighbor,Butch, was a pipe line welder in Wyoming in the early '80's.
He was workin' with a fella from Texas one gnarly November day and the geese were heading south.The fella started packing up his gear.Butch says,"What are you doing?"Fella says,"I'm going south,them geese aren't smarter than me."
Guys, we are being inundated with Ice. The temperature is down to a bone chilling 42° and we now have a serious accumulation of sleet.
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Here it is plainly visible on this outdoor chair seat !!! :o Any more of this and they will cancel school tomorrow.
That's about what we have here in Harrison. I'm wishing for a green Christmas, Tammy says I'm just not right.
Green is OK with me. ;D
Me too on the green Christmas
The last septic system install of the year should get inspected tomorrow,,hopefully covered Monday,and dirt work will be done for this year.If we can hold off snow until after Christmas,maybe I can have time to work on a toy a little.I vote no snow also.
The weather predictors are predicting 1-2" of SNOW for us tonight!! :o
4Wheel Drive, Chains, Shovel, one of those Windshield Brush Thingies fire_smiley or whiteflag_smiley ??
I have now gotten severe weather alerts on my cell phone, house phone, and email. This is serious!
Lynn, all schools in about 20 parishes are shut down tomorrow down this way. Forecast is anywhere from a dusting to 8" here. Would love the 8". ;D Would be a good time to deer hunt. ;D Just might go.
I sure hope all that stays down south for you two gentlemen. I retire the last of March and then it can do what ever it wants but for now I vote for no snow. Like that will do any good. :D Banjo
2" :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Two inches of snow for us is worse than feeding Grits to thecfarm!!
We get them alerts too. Never use too. Now I know you Southern people started them. ;D
We get more than 6 inches now and it's a special report for a half hour on the news. :o
I had them grits once. Maybe if I was hog tied,old saying and someone forced fed me,than I suppose I would have to try them things for the second time in my life.
Tuesday was 84F. This morning, 31F and yes, we got some snow. This happens about once every 7-10 years here. :D
A short walk about in the woods.
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No school, so we have the grandson. He had a blast. ;D
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It is still coming down a little, but melting off faster. :(
Texas blizzard of ought seventeen.
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Forcast is for 6 in or more here. Just got a Kibota rtv900 with snow plow, however something is not right with it, will barely make it up drive way with no load. Dealer is coming Monday to pick it up or repair it. Totally bummed.
I will be putting chains on tractor and running backwards with blade scrape ( it has standoff feet to keep it out of the gravel). Works, but had high hopes for rtv, hope they can fix it. To much money for sub standard performance. Neighbor has one that works much better
Time will tell.
Just be happy you guys don't get 110 inchs like we did up here in 97 98 8)
tree farmer I have had an rtv 900 for 6 yrs now.
I have found that it wont go worth a hoot if you floor it.
I barely made it up my fairly steep driveway the first time I tried that.
if I use partial throttle it pulls a load up hill just fine.
Just a dusting here in cny
I have a qlink frontrunner (yamaha rhino clone) works great. Better than I ever expected. BUt I still have the 5' snowblower for a backup
We ended up with 4 1/4". That's a lot for South Mississippi.
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I don't know who is having more fun.
The Wife......
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Finish Product
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We got 4-5" here at the Cabin. It was probably the most that I have ever seen here.
I made a video at the Straw House but it will have to wait until I get some internet service.
We have just enough here on the ground to barely cover the grass.
Probably 2 inches so far and still coming down.
See how much fun the snow is Marty,
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A true Wood-Mizer Snowman. :)
Quote from: goose63 on December 08, 2017, 12:35:10 PM
Just be happy you guys don't get 110 inchs like we did up here in 97 98 8)
Haha 110 inches is only half of a "dry" winter.
I feel bad for you guys down south getting snow because nobody knows how to deal with it like we do in the north country, just like we don't deal with hot weather, snakes, and chiggers. hahaha
Today we probably got 8" of new snowfall and the grocery store wasn't emptied out, national guard wasn't called out, and I still managed to drive 60mph on the way to town. haha
I got exactly what I wanted. Not a flake. It all went south. Banjo
Quote from: Magicman on December 08, 2017, 01:54:58 PMI made a video at the Straw House but it will have to wait until I get some internet service.
Well I did, but I didn't. The video will play back on the camera but when I try to transfer it off of the camera to my phone or the laptop, I get a message that says an error has occurred and that's that. No video. :-\
Ended up with 3 or 4 inches at my house, but 10 minutes up the road got probably 10+ inches. The roads stayed clear, just the way I like it..
Beautiful weekend to ride motorcycles although a jacket was called for.
Drove to my son's house in Raleigh NC from Charlotte Friday for his birthday. We passed at least a dozen cars off the road along I85 near Greensboro. People not paying attention, observing conditions and adjusting to the conditions. I might should add maintaining proper equipment. None looked to serious but definitely a high pucker factor for sure.
Sometimes all the attention in the world wont keep you on the road...