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So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« on: 2014-01-22, 03:54:58 »
Anyone else from Tennessee to Maine getting a lot of snow. Here in pay it's over a foot already and is not supposed to stop until 12 to 1 in the morning. Let's not forget the temp of 6 degrees and wind chills at 40mph that are below zero.
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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #1 on: 2014-01-22, 04:03:50 »
If the power goes out, I may have to go medieval till the dawn.
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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #2 on: 2014-01-22, 04:13:28 »
I feel for you guys and gals in states that aren’t used to this stuff.  Nearly everyone I know has a four wheel drive vehicle, and half of those have a plow mounted.

Highway echelon plowing, low and slow driving, and ‘blowing out your neighbor’s driveway are a regular part of life here.  Many states are simply not equipped to handle snows like this, nor would it financially responsible for them to have a ‘plow fleet the likes of MN, ND, SD, WI or MI on standby “just in case”.

Hang tough, stay warm, learn to snow shoe.  It’s a lot of fun and great exercise!   :)
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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #3 on: 2014-01-22, 04:32:55 »
It's been snowing very often around here this year, but it stays a while, melts, then comes back again. I think the most snow accumulation I've ever seen at one time was back in 2010, though. I don't think I've ever seen that much snow. Going out into the backyard was like stepping into the Allied trenches at Bastogne...except with fewer Germans. Crazy.
 




Nevertheless, stay safe and stay frosty...erm...toasty! :)
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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #4 on: 2014-01-22, 04:40:32 »
ya this is nothing like 2010. we had 3 ft then. i forget a few years before that we had 4 ft. i know i had a 8 ft snow drift between the house and the warehouse.

we got 9-10 inches today. its 13 outside so it'll get colder. i gotta get the road open so looks like i'll be outside a good bit
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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #5 on: 2014-01-22, 05:11:05 »
Ya a lot of shoveling. Gotta a fire, got warm food. No school. The snow has toned down, watching survivor man. Guess I'll pack it in soon.
Stay warm all who are suffering from this, or enjoying it.
P.s. Is mead supposed to be served warm?
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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #6 on: 2014-01-22, 13:19:16 »
my windshield had a bit of frozen stuff on it but nothing I had to scrape off....even went to see knights of badassadom last night (which was gorey but hilarious)

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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #7 on: 2014-01-22, 14:52:37 »
I grew up in Maine where snowmobiles, snow shoes and cross country skis are considered 'normal' modes of transportation and trust me, it is loads of fun when you are going full throttle on a snowmobile across a frozen pond or lake! ;)
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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #8 on: 2014-01-22, 16:57:34 »
Meanwhile, out West....

Can someone out there send us some snow? We could use it. We're at 1/3rd our normal snowpack in the mountains. :(

And they still want to run a Winter Olympics out of Lake Tahoe/Reno Metro/ Carson City-Minden-Gardnerville/ Sacramento Metro area.
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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #9 on: 2014-01-22, 17:21:22 »
Couple inches here!  We usually don't get any accumulation in southern VA, so that's kinda cool.





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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #10 on: 2014-01-22, 18:03:14 »
Quote from: Belemrys on 2014-01-22, 13:19:16
my windshield had a bit of frozen stuff on it but nothing I had to scrape off....even went to see knights of badassadom last night (which was gorey but hilarious)

Where did you find the movie? I can't find it here locally.
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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #11 on: 2014-01-22, 18:06:26 »
Quote from: Belemrys on 2014-01-22, 13:19:16
my windshield had a bit of frozen stuff on it but nothing I had to scrape off....even went to see knights of badassadom last night (which was gorey but hilarious)



Is it Unusual that I find the man on the very right seems to have a strange resemblance to Bill Murray.
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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #12 on: 2014-01-22, 21:52:25 »
Quote from: James Anderson III on 2014-01-22, 18:03:14
Quote from: Belemrys on 2014-01-22, 13:19:16
my windshield had a bit of frozen stuff on it but nothing I had to scrape off....even went to see knights of badassadom last night (which was gorey but hilarious)

Where did you find the movie? I can't find it here locally.

We did a Tugg event and sold out a theater for a showing

http://www.tugg.com/titles/knights-of-badassdom
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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #13 on: 2014-01-23, 04:18:24 »
Quote from: Sir Brian on 2014-01-22, 14:52:37
I grew up in Maine where snowmobiles, snow shoes and cross country skis are considered 'normal' modes of transportation and trust me, it is loads of fun when you are going full throttle on a snowmobile across a frozen pond or lake! ;)

Until you hit the unmarked ice pile that a fisherman left in your path.

Been there, done that, have the stained snow pants…   :D
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Re: So much SNOW!(sorry for caps, but it's true)
« Reply #14 on: 2014-01-23, 13:14:02 »
Quote from: Lord Rodney on 2014-01-23, 04:18:24
Quote from: Sir Brian on 2014-01-22, 14:52:37
I grew up in Maine where snowmobiles, snow shoes and cross country skis are considered 'normal' modes of transportation and trust me, it is loads of fun when you are going full throttle on a snowmobile across a frozen pond or lake! ;)

Until you hit the unmarked ice pile that a fisherman left in your path.

Been there, done that, have the stained snow pants…   :D

Yeah those incidents can be pretty bad, but they are even worse for the folks getting towed behind you in a toboggan! ;)
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