Hunker down for 'snowmaggedon 2015' fellow New Englanders

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scajjr2 said:
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?

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Just tell him, ya it sucks pall take your squirt and lets get back inside ! Our tenant did the same thing with his dog!! And I dug my way to the snow blower at daylight this morning but no sign of let up to actually blow it out yet. There is a lot of snow to remove.
 
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Ah a brighter sign. Still snowing but the wind has died back to 22 MPH, been like that for close to a half hour now. This might be real and I can go snow blow before full darkness sets in. I can finish up in the morning. I'd like to get this deep stuff out of there.
 
:( My back hurts. Can only get to the back by cutting a path around the house.That door opens outward. :(
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woodmakesheat said:
:( My back hurts. Can only get to the back by cutting a path around the house.That door opens outward. :(
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same here, i have about 4' on the deck, I'll snow blow around to it. But the long way around because of the fence the short way, can't get the gate open. That will be tomorrow, if I can get the driveway passable tonight I'll be happy.
 
scajjr2 said:
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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My girl, german shepherd, really hates blowing snow ... does her thing and then wants back in. We normally do a mile or mile and a half for one walk with a couple shorter ones ... mainly likes her doggy crack - fresh critter prints to smell.;lol Only prints that are of no interest are the fresh wolf ones we had in November...
 
South Jersey, dodged the predicted possible 2' of snow. There's just a dusting on the ground.
 
Just got done, at least the big bulk snow and drifts are out of the driveway. My driveway on most average storms takes me 30- 40 minutes . This was 1-1/2 hours. Drifts coming over the front of the machine above my drift cutters, had to go slow in those areas. Plus I did the tenants parking area as well and a path out to my generator. I'll dig that out tomorrow.. I still have our side parking to do but we all can get out now if need be at least. It's gonna snow more anyway, I'll probably be doing this again minus the depth !
 
No 30 inches here as predicted. Maybe 8 inches of fluffy stuff the snowblower blew right through. I'm glad the Governor closed down the roads so I could lose a day of pay. Should I file for one day of state forced unemployment??
 
Flammam said:
No 30 inches here as predicted. Maybe 8 inches of fluffy stuff the snowblower blew right through. I'm glad the Governor closed down the roads so I could lose a day of pay. Should I file for one day of state forced unemployment??
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Sure let us know how that turns out lol !
 
The good part about the drifts are that the snow makes a great extra layer of insulation.

I can turn the stove down one setting in this old leaky joint.
 
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We had at least 30". I've been in this house 18 years and have never seen this much snow at this location. Thankfully it's not going to warm up or rain within the next few days, or I'd be panicking about the roof. For a while I thought the drifts were going to bury my vent- which goes up through the chimney.

Stove is in a one story family room that connects the garage to a 2-story colonial. The bottom of this window is about 6" above the peak of the family room's roof. Sorry for the thumb.

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Just finished shoveling, huge drifts around vehicles. Back killing me, luckily nice and warm in the house. Glad this is over. Hope everyone is safe.
 
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bcarton said:
Thankfully it's not going to warm up or rain within the next few days, or I'd be panicking about the roof.
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That's not a good thing. Snow will soak up water like a sponge. The weight can bring down a roof. Wet snow can weight 200kg/m3. That's four time the weight of dry snow.

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I am referring to rain water being soaked up, not the melt.
 
if i had to go to work no state driving ban would stop me. While the idea may be good, i dont like the government telling us what to do in the name of personal safety.
If i want to go drive in a blizzard thats on me. i also understand that in poor conditions if i get into an accident help may not arrive on time.
 
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packofqtips said:
if i had to go to work no state driving ban would stop me. While the idea may be good, i dont like the government telling us what to do in the name of personal safety.
If i want to go drive in a blizzard thats on me. i also understand that in poor conditions if i get into an accident help may not arrive on time.
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At least one person ended up dead in Buffalo trying to get to work and trapped in vehicle... may have been more. Government caught in a tough spot - trying to protect people from being their own worst enemy and if they don't do something like that you can bet someone would be talking to an attorney.

Abandoned vehicles can become a real issue for emergency services and snow removal ... think about it ...
 
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I agree people shouldn't be out. But you can't legislate the stupid out of people. Otherwise they never learn to think for themselves.
 
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And will the smoke clear itself through the chimney?
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if you have a vertical rise and proper venting, it should.
i have also read of people who have direct vents (straight out w/ no vertical rise) who said they had the smoke clear.

even a direct vent should have an upward angle.
personally, i would always choose to have a vertical rise.

people use ups units to have the stove run on battery power for a short time after an outage.
i've never thought through specifically how that helps unless you are there to stop the stove from feeding.
or if it's just to keep it running till you get the generator fired up.
but i know i have read that the ups serves to insure the smoke is cleared.

perhaps someone with experience with a ups can detail the exact process.
 
packofqtips said:
if i had to go to work no state driving ban would stop me. While the idea may be good, i dont like the government telling us what to do in the name of personal safety.
If i want to go drive in a blizzard thats on me. i also understand that in poor conditions if i get into an accident help may not arrive on time.
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I suspect that if you told the officer that your boss called you into work they would clear you but then again I can't say that for sure, I just suspect so in working road details plowing.. In a more general thought , If your vehicle isn't wearing marking lights and or commercial or state plates, fire rescue, private plow contractor etc. you run the risk of $500 fine here in Ma.. But you know what ? I've seen the idiots during bans when I was plowing in my younger years, that element of the public has earned the ban quite frankly. Unless you witness what goes on you can't fathom the stupidity. So blame them and the storm itself. I'm no fan of big government but on this one I fully understand. I don't like being stuck any more than the next person incidentally.

Hey we had a couple here yesterday morning at 3 am that had to go watch the waves at the beach. Well the waves took their SUV and flipped it into the Eel river. They managed to get out of the car and crawl up the banks of the river. Fortunately no kids in the car cause the SUV is still missing. It's probably out in the bay someplace. But now rescue had to respond for a couple of idiots who shouldn't have been out in the first place. People like this are why the bans are put in place. I think I'll go do something stupid, Oh no I'm in trouble come help me ? Those are the ones who generated "your"ban, get mad at them.
 
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Final snow tally for my town was 34"
 
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TimfromMA said:
Final snow tally for my town was 34"
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Damn, I don't think I got that much, will wait for "official" totals as I got a lot of blowing and drifting at my location. Are you in the "Worcester Hills" area?
 
woodmakesheat said:
Damn, I don't think I got that much, will wait for "official" totals as I got a lot of blowing and drifting at my location. Are you in the "Worcester Hills" area?
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Im about 15 miles SE of Worcester
 
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