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Title: The dead of winter
Post by: morrow on February 04, 2024, 05:54:08 PM
We’ve had several systems stall here , about 80cm of snow so far this weekend , another 20 tonight through the morning. My favourite dive even had to cancel most gigs this weekend , and up in Cape Breton it’s worse.
I’m stiff from shovelling and running the snowblower. Heavy winds so it blows right back in after you clear it.
The roads are a mess.
Feeling like I’ve had enough.
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: uwe on February 05, 2024, 04:55:42 AM
My son lives in Topanga and says snow is currently the least of their concerns there!

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/flooding-concerns-in-topanga/
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: gearHed289 on February 05, 2024, 09:55:59 AM
Having a mild one here in Chicago. Got some good snow recently, and some brutal low temps, but it's mostly melted and we're having 40 degree days more often than not.
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: Pilgrim on February 05, 2024, 10:02:19 AM
Mild winter at present in Fort Collins CO.  We just got back from a week in Cozumel...I got in four dives in 80 degree water.  ;D
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: Ken on February 05, 2024, 10:20:25 AM
Mild winter at present in Fort Collins CO.  We just got back from a week in Cozumel...I got in four dives in 80 degree water.  ;D

Nice.  We were just in Costa Rica and I was able to get six dives in.
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: Dave W on February 05, 2024, 02:41:23 PM
We've gone from the second snowiest winter on record to almost no snow so far this season.
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: uwe on February 05, 2024, 06:17:38 PM
You Yanks are sooo spoiled, even weather-wise you have it all!
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: Pilgrim on February 06, 2024, 11:17:08 AM
We've gone from the second snowiest winter on record to almost no snow so far this season.

We had about two weeks of cold in Nov/Dec., but since then it's been 30s to 50s daytimes.  Not much snow (so far) other than in the mountains, but March usually evens it out.
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: morrow on February 06, 2024, 12:40:23 PM
It had been wonderful and mild right up until last weekend.

and then we got clobbered
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: Dave W on February 06, 2024, 09:15:54 PM
It's only early February, we could still get clobbered all the way until the end of April. At least the later it is, the less chance it will stay on the ground for long.
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: 4stringer77 on February 13, 2024, 09:19:00 AM
I'm breathing a sigh of relief with this last storm which is staying to the south of New Hampshire. My snowblower is sitting in the shed with two flat tires I never bothered to get fixed before the season. So far I've managed to clear my driveway with just a shovel. I figure I could use the exercise although it can get a little taxing on the back. Looks like you won't have to worry about any accumulation either morrow. My condolences to any of you dealing with it in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and parts of New Jersey or  Pennsylvania.
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: morrow on February 13, 2024, 10:21:04 AM
5 to 10 inches is what they’re saying at the moment. Most of it will be over night.
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: Dave W on February 13, 2024, 11:38:58 PM
We're finally getting a little Wednesday night, but they're not expecting more than an inch here in the northern burbs and it will be gone in a day anyway.
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: gearHed289 on February 14, 2024, 08:36:17 AM
My snowblower is sitting in the shed with two flat tires I never bothered to get fixed before the season.

Ugh, yeah, I've done similar. The only two snows we've had so far were too wet to use the blower for anyway. I've got close to 100' of driveway from the garage to the street.
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: Dave W on February 16, 2024, 11:27:40 PM
We're finally getting a little Wednesday night, but they're not expecting more than an inch here in the northern burbs and it will be gone in a day anyway.


Our projected one inch turned out to be seven.

I hadn't touched my snowblower since prepping it for the season in late October. Started right up!
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: morrow on February 17, 2024, 06:04:51 AM
We had more down on the last two weekends than we did last winter.
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: Pilgrim on February 17, 2024, 01:45:07 PM


Our projected one inch turned out to be seven.

I hadn't touched my snowblower since prepping it for the season in late October. Started right up!

The first couple of years I waited a bit too long to get out the snowblower; then I decided that a mere 3-4 inches was enough. Works faster that way.
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: uwe on February 18, 2024, 02:39:00 PM
We have spring weather in Germany now, a bit early, but who's complaining. Lots of rain and nature getting back into gear. Cleaned the shallow regions of the pond so they don't silt up too much when the season starts. There are three phases of pond vegetation: first year, you're happy anything grows at all, second year it's impressive, third year it's all too much and a pest!
Title: Re: The dead of winter
Post by: morrow on February 19, 2024, 06:26:42 AM
More snow last night here , but nothing like the last two weeks. We had more down in the last two weekends than we had all last year.