I’m in the country outside Chapel Hill (Hey ErinPuff), and have about 3" now , somewhat stopped now. But, it’s supposed to get colder and keep snowing all day tomorrow. I’m in good shape even if the power goes out; have a woodstove and plenty of wood. But I always have sleepless nights during this type of storm, it could shift to an ice storm and power outage. I’ve been through two, and then no elecrtic power for a week. Not a fun situation.
Then, worrying about work: a nursery that depends on power to keep the plants alive. We have one worker staying overnight to bang snow off the houses because an overload can cause them to break and collapse. And to fire up the generator if the power goes out.
It’s been snowing here for about three hours and we have about two inches.
We’re scrounging around for sled possibilities. I think the laundry basket would be cool. My husband is voting for the lids on our under-the-bed storage bins. We may have to have a race.
ETA: hmmm, my lighthearted tone doesn’t follow well after elelle’s worries. I hope things go well for you this weekend.
Snow has tapered off here. Weatherman says we can have some squalls through tomorrow.
Snowplow just came through. You can guess what I’ll be doing tomorrow morning. Usually I drive over the plowed snow, it usually melt pretty quick. Only problem, it is supposed to get really cold tomorrow night so the plowed snow may not melt until late next week.
[deep in thought] I wonder if I can engineer a plow for my riding lawn mower real cheaply? [/deep in thought]
I hate snow. Dog will still not get off the stoop. She hates snow too.
Yeah, here on Petit Jean (central AR)we got a couple of inches on top of the sleet & ice… Seems to be over now. Prolly gonna take a day or three for it to go away.
We got about 3 inches at my house and now they’re saying we’ll have sleet all day, with a little bit more snow this evening. It’s not supposed to get above 30 today, so we’re going to have some fun conditions. I hope the power stays on!
Update on Chapel Hill (waves to ErinPuff and elelle): looks like we ended up with about 5-6 inches. It’s sleeting now, and the news is full of reports about hazardous driving conditions and closings. I’m waiting to hear from someone who was supposed to pick me up to take me to a meeting in downtown Raleigh today; he had called last night to let me know that if the roads were too bad he wasn’t going to risk the drive. Being originally from Chicago I am mildly amused by the local reaction to a mere 6" of snow, but I understand how bad it can be if you’re not used to it.
I have a friend who works in Chapel Hill and lives outside Siler City; she came here after work yesterday and is spending the weekend because she doesn’t want to be stranded at home if there’s a power outage.
Well, this is fun. We went out early because the worst wasn’t supposed to arrive till late this morning. Thanks to gentle driving, we got home fine, but we saw a large truck sideways in the northbound lanes as we passed heading south. Then we saw a car in the median, and later, a car straddling a curb. It’s nasty out there.
Current forecast is for 5-10" for southern Maryland by tomorrow. If it keeps going at this rate, I could see more. So far, it’s dry snow, very easy to shovel (I had to clear a little path to take the dogs out.) We’ll see how the day progresses.
We’ve got about four or five inches here (I haven’t been out to walk around in it; we actually have some neat little drifts near the house). There’s still something falling – maybe a snow/sleet mix. The only traffic I’ve seen going through the neighborhood was a snowplow.
I need to go fill the bird feeder…those little guys are getting fussy!
I am 1/4 done with my driveway. yeech. I can’t figure out a way to engineer a plow on my riding lawn mower without it looking really stupid. But I may have to go with stupid.
anecdote: My parents relocated to Atlanta from the Northeast about 60 yrs ago. They were looking for a houses and my Mom really liked one particular house, but Dad said no way are buying this house. Why? The driveway was too long and he didn’t want to shovel the snow on a driveway that long. Did I mention this was in Atlanta?
Anyways, 60 yrs later, and I wish my driveway was 10 ft long instead 70 ft long.
About 5 inches worth on the ground here (middle TN), which is enough to keep me from driving. Nothing I need that much. Best of all, I have a friend within walking distance so I have someplace to go when the cabin fever hits.
It ain’t the snow that makes it so bad, it’s the sumbitchin’ sleet that always precedes or follows the snow in that part of the country. That sheet of solid ice on top of or underneath the snow makes a huge difference in the state of the roads, even after a modest snowfall.
We got about 6 inches here in Hazard, and my friends on the other end of the state say they got about the same. They typically get a lot more snow on the higher ground as you get toward the Virginia and Tennessee borders, though. For once, it does appear to be just pure fluffy snow instead of what meteorologists euphemistically refer to as “wintry mix.”
People up here in the mountains lose their damn minds about snow, though. They called school off yesterday because of the forecast. It didn’t actually start to snow here until almost 5pm.
Someone should tell the people at WRAL that their incessant comments about one of their field guys “eating Little Debbie” sounded really, really odd out of context. (Someone had apparently supplied that particular “live” truck with a lot of Little Debbie snacks.)
It’s sleeting a bit here. I went out and walked around for about an hour. The consistency of what’s on the ground varies – some of it is in nice, soft drifts; some is already starting to ice over. A town snowplow went through again while I was out; the blade was down, but it wasn’t doing any good. The roads are now covered with a compacted layer of snow that’s sure to turn to ice overnight.
We didn’t get hit hard, but the roads got slick enough that the idiots had a pile-up. Apparently both 83 N and S were shut down (at different places) due to a mult-car pile up. On my way home from the movies I saw some people driving cautiously and others tail-gating them, so I wasn’t surprised that there were accidents.
