Hunker down for 'snowmaggedon 2015' fellow New Englanders

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I was ready to wake up to 12"+. Imagine my surprise when I opened the front door this morining and I could see the pavers of my front walk. We got a few inches at most.
There is still some snow coming down, but I think we can laugh at the blizzard of '15.
 
Harvey Schneider said:
I was ready to wake up to 12"+. Imagine my surprise when I opened the front door this morining and I could see the pavers of my front walk. We got a few inches at most.
There is still some snow coming down, but I think we can laugh at the blizzard of '15.
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Another lucky one !! We aren't hearing from any SE Ma people though but me. Right now it's pretty close to white out conditions here.
 
8:30AM.

Here what it look like in my driveway.

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Bridgeman said:
Nice public hysteria. I think we need to get a grip. Is this what we do now when it snows? A little less panic and little more preparation goes a long way. This light, dry snow is easy to deal with. Relax this will be over in a few hours.
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cnn needed something to talk about. what a bust it was for them.
 
My house looks a lot like Tim's. About 20+ inches, so much drifting there's no way to measure. At 4 AM there was maybe 6". Pilgrim Power Plant in Plymouth, MA is offline, two of their main lines that carry power from the plant went down so they shut the plant down. NE's electricity grid just got a lot less powered.
 
About 18" so far in northwest ri. I wish this wind would die down a bit so i can start clearing. I only have one place to move the snow and of course that is into the wind.
 
About 21" so far here in Kingston, NH and still snowing. Went to take the dog out this morning (and Miles is a 140lb St. Bernard/Great Pyrenees mix) and the poor dog could hardly move.

Sam
 
About 20 inches here in Hampton, NH. As much as I don't want to, I have to go out and make an attempt to clear the driveway and walks. If I wait until the snow stops, my snowblower will not be able to clear it.
 
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About as even a spot as I can see out. onto a corner of the deck, the gas grill.
 
Brian L said:
About 18" so far in northwest ri. I wish this wind would die down a bit so i can start clearing. I only have one place to move the snow and of course that is into the wind.
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I hear ya there, I want to get clean up under way too !! But futile in this wind with a snow blower. I have a feeling it's going to happen tonight or later afternoon, not now..
 
scajjr2 said:
About 21" so far here in Kingston, NH and still snowing. Went to take the dog out this morning (and Miles is a 140lb St. Bernard/Great Pyrenees mix) and the poor dog could hardly move.

Sam
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You guys are getting hammered. 8-9" in Hillsboro, NH so far. Went out and cleared at about 6". Snowing a bit heavier now, but we only have had a few gusts of wind. Still have quite a few hours to go, so it could change for me later.
 
Not a bust here, still snowin' and blowin'. Doubt it will be 30" but there's prob >20" not counting the drifts.
 
ChandlerR said:
About 20 inches here in Hampton, NH. As much as I don't want to, I have to go out and make an attempt to clear the driveway and walks. If I wait until the snow stops, my snowblower will not be able to clear it.
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Good luck with that ! I'm waiting a bit longer, my blower has drift cutters. I have a lot of driveway though for a walk behind and I'm sure the plows have left a hell of a banking down there. Haven't looked, don't want to !! Actually a bit later I may just cut a path through so the tenant can get his truck out and do the rest tomorrow when this all dies down. I hate this crap !!
 
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I haven't been outside yet, but from what I can see in my back yard in Northport, LI, maybe 10-12"
The way the wind was blowing, part of my deck is completely clear.
 
Both front and rear screen/storm doors have 3' of snow pushed up against them, so much fun having to force your way out of your own house :)

20 - 25" so far, 18-24" predicted. May get another 6-12" by 8PM. I wish it was a bust!!

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^ Similar here in Central Maine - blowin' like stink and 7 degrees F temps with - 25 F wind chills and whiteout conditions.

The pic is the view out my rear slider to the back deck, which part of is wind blasted down to the deck boards, with the rest buried in a 3' snow drift. My teen girls will be crawling out the side window to get out to shovel it !

Notice I still have my slider door's screen in - the bitter irony ! ;lol

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bcarton said:
You all probably know this, but please make sure your vents are clear!
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Great advice, please make sure yours is clear! My OAK wasn't, the screen was frozen over. ;hm Found out when burn pot was almost overflowing. I removed the OAK hose and reversed my vacuum to blow it out - saw some black ice crystals blown onto snow as I looked out a window (I can't get out of house yet - still snowed in.) It took a while running the stirrer continuously, air on max and setting the stove on minimum feed before I could burn off most of the pellets. Cleaned it out, blew out the OAK again and started it - it's running fine now - whew! I'm going to blow out the OAK periodically from in here until I can get out there and clean the snow, although blowing it out from the inside is actually better than wiping it from the outside.
 
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Over 2 feet in Stratham NH and it's still snowing hard. Supposed to pick up another 6 inches before it wraps up tonight.
 
In North Windham CT we got about 2 feet. Hasn't stopped snowing yet. The dog is happy, we are not. No garage, no snow blower, rocks for a driveway. Need to do something about that this summer as we are too old to shovel. No kids on the street to hire. Everyone here is either over 60 with no kids at home, or young with kids under 8. We had kids home until this year, but now we're on our own. It is pretty light so we will be fine. Be happy if it you missed it!
 
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In North Windham CT we got about 2 feet. Hasn't stopped snowing yet. The dog is happy, we are not. No garage, no snow blower, rocks for a driveway. Need to do something about that this summer as we are too old to shovel. No kids on the street to hire. Everyone here is either over 60 with no kids at home, or young with kids under 8. We had kids home until this year, but now we're on our own. It is pretty light so we will be fine. Be happy if it you missed it!
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Time to get some money tucked away for a snow blower ... worth the price to let it do the heavy lifting. Just keep some shear bolts handy for the errant rock:)
 
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newf lover said:
In North Windham CT we got about 2 feet. Hasn't stopped snowing yet. The dog is happy, we are not. No garage, no snow blower, rocks for a driveway. Need to do something about that this summer as we are too old to shovel. No kids on the street to hire. Everyone here is either over 60 with no kids at home, or young with kids under 8. We had kids home until this year, but now we're on our own. It is pretty light so we will be fine. Be happy if it you missed it!
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I don't know , there might be a kid out there today that would shovel snow for a few buck but it would be a rare one from my observation.
 
Lake Girl said:
Time to get some money tucked away for a snow blower ... worth the price to let it do the heavy lifting. Just keep some shear bolts handy for the errant rock:)
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Or sticks, that's what usually gets mine ! But ya a snow blower. I have stone over macadam and an Ariens Pro, I haven't had a stone blow out a pin yet, it's always some stick buried under the snow came down overnight or what ever .. Anyway, raise the skids an inch or so, good to go. It will toss a few stones now and then, not bad they move a lot of snow if you get a decent machine.!.
 
Up to about 27" inches now. Wife and I had the day off, power has never even flickered, P43 keeping the house a nice 71.
Shoveled out a small area for the dog near the back door. We usually take 3-4 1/3-1/2 mile walks every day. He goes out, looks at the now higher than him wall of snow and looks at me like WTF?

Sam
 
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