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I was in NC last week. Tuesday there was an inch and wild-eyed terror seen among the populace. :eek:

Wednesday night there was 4.5" of wet stuff in between R-D and Greensboro. The local news guy described the roads as "impassable". ;lol Local news woman said the "bitter cold" (27F) was affecting cars. ;lol

In fairness - no one even has all-season tires there, just summer slicks. There were accidents everywhere.

This semi outside my hotel window tried for an hour Thursday morning to get out of his parking spot. He just couldn't hit the rocking motion on the forward movement. Called it quits for the day. Friday morning things had frozen up, but he tried again. Got 50 yards forward and called it quits again. Slicks...<>
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Here in SE Mass we're 5" away from the all-time record in snow fall. The record was set back in '94, that was the year I moved here from LA.
 
Mass, What are they predicting for you this weekend? After everything you guys have been through it would be nice to get the record. I believe we got the coldest February since record keeping began 110 year ago in CT.
 
hamsey said:
Mass, What are they predicting for you this weekend? After everything you guys have been through it would be nice to get the record. I believe we got the coldest February since record keeping began 110 year ago in CT.
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Sunday night: 1-3" in SW Maine. 3-5" in NE Mass.

Rain on Wednesday here. I started digging a run-off trench through the snow bank. The driveway is like one big bowl of compressed snow.
 
JustWood said:
With Lake Erie froze over it will be a long spring. Just like ice cubes in a drink prolongs the chill.
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THIS. As soon as they release that ever loving ice boom...all that ice comes floating our way and drops the temps here to 20-30 degrees below inland temps.
 
eclecticcottage said:
Dixie, check out NYSERDA's site-you might qualify for a free door blower test if you're interested. Good way to find leaks and sealant is cheap. We hit a low of 49 in the house last year during the vortex and made it to the 50s more times than I'd like to count. We did the test in the fall (never did get our report, but whatever) and found plenty of leaks that we sealed. Been in the 60s and 70s this year-even accidently made it to 83 the other day when it was in the 20's (not used to all that heat lol).
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Sorry, been other wise occupied. Leaks aren't an issue. Because I was other wise occupied, I fell asleep with the air shut down 1/2 way on the PE. It burned out over night.

Twas a fun morning :mad:
 
hamsey said:
Mass, What are they predicting for you this weekend? After everything you guys have been through it would be nice to get the record. I believe we got the coldest February since record keeping began 110 year ago in CT.
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Tonight, 3-7", Tuesday night, too earl to tell, but at least 4". So its a done deal with this weather pattern.
 
Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle said:
Sorry, been other wise occupied. Leaks aren't an issue. Because I was other wise occupied, I fell asleep with the air shut down 1/2 way on the PE. It burned out over night.

Twas a fun morning :mad:
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Gotcha. I missed a reload a bit ago when it was like 1 outside. The VF kicked on and it wasn't terribly warm in here. We hit 49 with the stove going last year due to leaks. Not fun.
 
The current melting is ridiculous ... especially knowing it's all going to freeze.

Shoot me now.

Still haven't touched the cord on the back deck, but I think it's coming real soon !
 
Yeah. Raining here but tomorrow they say late in the day snow starts on top of this stuff and all they say now is "significant". :mad:
 
I was looking at my sister's weather coming up. She's on the NC/SC border. In a day the weather is forecast to go from 72F to 32F in a matter of hours. Crazy stuff.
 
40s and sunny all next week here in Central Pa .............All this a memory.
 
We got 4" of new snow yesterday, then sleet and rain, so now it's not hard enough for the small dog to walk on top but the big dog (&me) crunch though. Stuff like this is a huge PITA to plow on the driveway. Even with 4WD, the Kubota will take half the morning to plow it.
 
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We're getting 2/3" to death now. Just enough to be a pita every other day.

I've given up on my paths to the ladders and compost, I'll let them melt out in the spring. Just keeping the ones to the stacks and the essential loop for the dog open now.

It's not that there's a lot of snow (but none of it has melted since Dec.) It's just winning the battle now. I'm tired of snow blowing for an hour every other day.
 
waiting on 6" or so tonite. St Croix is not coming soon enough............I am being tested, maybe punished is a better way of looking at it. Going to my happy place now.

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Snowmobiling this past month has been great . . . looking forward to hopefully several weeks of spring riding this month. ;) :)
 
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Global warming at its finest
 
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Anybody that doesn't think the climate is changing, ain't paying attention.
 
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I *tried* to break into the closer stacks this week. Snow still up to my knees in the least snowy access point. I've got to post a pic, it's so stupid. We have about 1/3 cord up by the house in 2x4 racks we built. They are 8' long and maybe 7' high. Full of wood. And one big drift is covering the better part of one up to about 5-6' high. So much for having wood close to the house, even if it was top covered it's got to be full of moisture at this point, sitting in a snow bank!
 
Every time I go outside I'm up on the roof cleaning it or snowplowing the paths to woodpile or chicken coop.Shovel in one hand ice chopper in the other.And this is after spending long hrs. plowing. I'VE HAD IT!!!
 
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NOT part of the plan.....:mad:

Hoping it will be fully functional tomorrow with new belts properly adjusted. Fresh grease n oil. Hoping.
 
We've gotten 4-6" more in the past two snows. Not too bad. It was nice and warm today (40s) but will refreeze and stay frozen for a few more days. We're about out of wood, so it's a nightly fire and "cheap oil" for the remainder of the season but that's OK. My forced marches have continued and today I took my hat and gloves off!

Bird feeder is crowded and I've seen some signs of avian courtship, too. The red maple is covered with buds and they're brightening up... amazing what more hours of sunshine can do! We're still a long way from snowdrops or a crocus and I'm well sick of shovelling dog piles and winging them into the snowy hinterland, but it's already turned and we're heading for spring!
 
I spent an hour this morning freeing up the cord on the back deck, removed snow & ice from the deck, and the rubber roofing covering said cord. As the temps drop tonight, I didn't want the roofing frozen to the deck so it couldn't be lifted.Pulled as much as I could from the closer stacks (more like piles now , man they took a hit Jan - Feb !!!), because I'm going to have a sea of ice tomorrow morning :mad:

Made the mistake of taking Murphy outside this morning in my Mudd Ruckers ... huge mistake, all ice, and Mudd Ruckers have NO traction. Went back to the insulated Wolverine's with leather bottoms, glad I re waterproofed them this past weekend :confused:

40's next week, I'll believe it when I see it !!
 
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