The predicted “big storm” that had this winter-lover all excited turned out to be a big bust. Barely enough snow to cover the ground, but at least it did so briefly which was delightful because of how bright it always is at night with a fresh coating of pure white. But then it all started melting. Weather office says more snow to come but I’ll believe it when I see it.
Theres a coating on the ground here in Lake county, Ohio. Windy, but okay here; in other cities, trees have fallen and caused outages.
Teens all week.
I understand the reluctance to offer a shot of Scotch, but I’m sure he appreciated the cookies, though. At least he could share those with family.
-33 C here.
-46 with windchill.
Car battery dead. Will likely take about an hour for CAA to do the call back; no idea how long for the service call. Probably this afternoon. So, not a snow day, but an ice day.
Pipes have frozen at the Delta Hotel downtown.
Apparently that’s a limerick by Kipling. Did not know that.
6 degrees here. Still no measurable snow.
I have visited the Canadian prairies – including a visit to a beautifully picturesque wheat farm owned by some distant in-laws – and I love the spectacle and I love the people and the wonderful friendly culture. But the place could also be used by NASA for testing equipment for a future mission to Pluto. My pleasant memories are mostly from summer visits. I was there in mid-winter once, and God in his mercy is still warming my flash-frozen soul and trying to revive the frost-bitten bits.
About 2 feet of snow here at elevation in the Colorado mountains over the weekend. I’ve plowed twice, and will again today. Temps are now getting up to the mid teens, which means more snow. Doesn’t snow much when it’s really really cold (cold air doesn’t hold as much moisture).
The county has not plowed yet, but my wife did manage to get out and go to work very early this morning.
I kind of remembered the limerick was by Leacock. But Maclean’s says Leacock attributed it to Kipling.
Pipes have frozen at City Hall, a day after the City issued a warning to citizens about pipes freezing.
It’s 12F here this morning. Just before midnight, the tiniest snowflakes I’ve ever seen started to fall. This morning, we’ve got a quarter inch. So, just enough to actually say it snowed. Fortunately we didn’t get the freezing rain that was predicted.
When it’s cold, you can barely see the snow flakes. At a little below freezing, you get those flakes that are much bigger.
Heheh, and since it snows about once a year here, and normally when it’s in the 20s. So that explains why I’d never seen flakes so tiny before. Thankya!
Northern Colorado checking in. A couple of days of 0F +/- 5 degrees but today was down to -23F. Hope my water pipes survived.
We got all the freezing rain, thankyewverymuch. My entire place is a skating rink. When I take the dog out to do his stuff, I can skate him anywhere just by pulling his harness. But it’s too slippery for me to walk on (I learned this the hard way yesterday), so our outings are confined to the tiny bare margins that surround the house.
Today is clear but getting up to only 30F, so no melt. Tomorrow is a full day of freezing rain on top of what we’ve already got. I expect the power to go tomorrow. With luck, the wood I have stacked in the house will hold until the predicted melt arrives tomorrow night. Things are currently so treacherously slippery, I can’t get out to the woodshed to replenish the supply.
This is the only weather here I truly hate. Fortunately, it is rare.
If you’re using a wood stove you have wood ashes. Sprinkle them fairly thickly over the path, and you’ll have traction.
If they’re possibly still hot (which can be a couple of days or more after you scooped them out of the stove), make sure none of them land too close to the house, the woodpile, or anything else flammable.
And no, they won’t damage your dog’s paws. I do some of that nearly every winter, and neither any of the dogs nor any of the indoor-outdoor cats have ever had any problem with it.
Ugh, you have my sympathies. Normally when we get snowy/icy weather here, it’s sleet and freezing rain instead of snow. I sometimes wonder how people north of me can get around so easily when it snows. Then I remember that they actually get snow, and not a sheet of ice.
Aw man, here in SE Michigan we got slammed with 6-8" of heavy, wet snow, then a deep freeze kicked in and it hardened to concrete. I practically had to use a hammer and chisel to get the snow off my vehicle.
I would have thought all the hot air would have kept things at City Hall copacetic.
Good suggestion and thank you for it, but my wood burner leaves very little ash. It might cover about 3 feet of the 150 feet to the woodshed.
I used to stack more wood next to the house, but in 19 years of living here, I never really needed it until today.
If things do get dire, I have old bed sheets I can lay across the ice to traverse the super slick surface.
Right now, so long as the power holds I am letting the heat pump (with super expensive auxiliary heat!) take the weight. And I have enough wood at the ready to heat through tomorrow if the power craps out.
It’s impossible to explain to people just how slick it is in these conditions. It really is an ice skating rink, only slipperier! There are no boots grippy enough to compensate. Crampons would do the trick, but I don’t have any. May have to remedy that. (Or stack more wood close to the house, derp!) They’d be good to have in case I ever had to hike out of here for some reason during a stretch like this.
I’ll be ok, but I’ll sure be glad when the melt arrives!