Todays weather

[sgtsandman]

This week doesn't look like much fun. More the lows, since I will be leaving for work in them.

 

[pjtoledo]

by 8 PM Sunday the snow stopped, skies cleared.

 

[Jim Oaks]

My daughter sent me a video on how to stretch and warm up before I shovel snow.

Then she remembered that I don't even own a snow shovel and we laughed and laughed.....

My daughter lives near East Liverpool, Ohio and said that they got a foot of snow.

 

[bobbywalter]

lucky Kim went up to the parents place....neg 20...they needed to hay bale the north wall...froze the kitchen...we just redid it all last year so that could have been disaster....they got it going before any visible damage...no leaks so far.

i suspect i will be tearing the outer siding wall off and reworking that in summer sometime....and building a new front deck.

took her 3 hours longer to get home that to go up north. they got a few feet total...

at home it was supposed to be 1-6 in total....they got over a foot.

they are whoopin the explorer like a rented mule at the house plowing. but its been taking the beating so far. probably get some chains for the tractor.

 

[racsan]

Its 8 here this morning, high of 14 around 12/1. Around then I’ll head to my parents to plow them out, they live in a wooded area so there shouldn’t be any drifting. just not sure yet where the snow can be shoved, may have to pile it in the open area of the yard. They live on a narrow backroad 2 miles outside of a small town. Will probably park the escape & trailer there & drive the tractor the rest of the way in. 2 miles is better than the whole 11 from my house. Towing with a front-drive in this could get interesting. That shortbed 2wd F150 with a 5-speed/300 for $800 that I saw on marketplace is looking pretty tempting right now.

 

["Risky Bizness"]

Showing -2 at 6:20 a.m. With a high of 17* today.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Windchill is a little brisk but a high of 20 sounds kinda fun.

 

[Curious Hound]

Windchill is a little brisk but a high of 20 sounds kinda fun.

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Good day to stay inside and order truck parts.

 

[bobbywalter]

Its 8 here this morning, high of 14 around 12/1. Around then I’ll head to my parents to plow them out, they live in a wooded area so there shouldn’t be any drifting. just not sure yet where the snow can be shoved, may have to pile it in the open area of the yard. They live on a narrow backroad 2 miles outside of a small town. Will probably park the escape & trailer there & drive the tractor the rest of the way in. 2 miles is better than the whole 11 from my house. Towing with a front-drive in this could get interesting. That shortbed 2wd F150 with a 5-speed/300 for $800 that I saw on marketplace is looking pretty tempting right now.

bobby wants to shoot our 2wd 300-6 5 speed in the face right now.....

he needs more ant and less grasshopper.... most of the stuff to make it 4x4 for free he has drove right by over a dozen times since summer...

i dont have time like that... nearly 8 hours of driving to get parts for a rig i dont drive with a honey do list 8 miles long... any fair weather when i iam rarely home is scheduled.

i would rather tow that tractor with the escape

 

[Rick W]

Hotlanta update, 8:00am Monday:

21° outside heading up for a high of 32°. Bright sun already, pretty windy. Forecast is low in the teens to highs in the 30s or 40s all week.

Ice was washed off the vehicles by the rain, and the vehicles are mostly dry. Nothing sitting on the asphalt, concrete or my bricks. Still a little bit of thin ice on my wooden back steps, but I don’t see it anywhere else. I don’t understand that one.

Majority of the schools around Atlanta canceled classes yesterday as a precaution, but other than that, I think it’s going to be just another Monday, just a little colder.

I’m still praying for all you guys and your families who are going through the worst of it.

I am extremely impressed with all the guys talking about plowing or shoveling their driveways, and then helping with the neighbors, or running over to their parents house to take care of them. I am honored to be in the company of such men.

I also remember coming to Atlanta, and not really liking the company I came for, and when they transferred me back up north, there was no way I was leaving Atlanta. Every now and then something like this reminds me why…

 

[JohnnyO]

My daughter sent me a video on how to stretch and warm up before I shovel snow.

Then she remembered that I don't even own a snow shovel and we laughed and laughed.....

My daughter lives near East Liverpool, Ohio and said that they got a foot of snow.

My neighbor across the street is a young guy, his dad passed away unexpectedly a couple years ago and his mom moved to a senior citizen apartment building and sold him the house.
He was "shoveling" his sidewalk with a large dustpan.
Apparently he never had the presence of mind to buy a snow shovel.
My kids call that "adulting". Doing grown-up things like your parents did.

Wife and I are working from home today. Well, she's working, I'm watching TV. Going out shortly to run the snowblower and shovel, hopefully for the last time. Roads here are mostly impassable. If you don't have to be out then don't go out.
I may have to make an emergency trip across town in 4wd to the liquor store since I'm out of bourbon.
Texting my cousin since I was to take my mom's car to his shop today for state inspection but he's not going to make it in.
He can check the security cameras from home and says that the town plowed the snow about 6 feet high in front of the gate.

 

[Curious Hound]

I was scheduled to go to work at 12:30. They just asked the afternoon crew if anyone can go in early. So I'm getting ready. Just walked to the Ranger and didn't leave any footprints. Got the door open. That's victory #1.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

According to my weather app, that’s the numbers from last night when I last looked at things after the snow stopped. Measurement wise, I think it’s more like 16” showing, but I’m gonna say it’s because it was a fine snow that fell here and that stuff tends to settle. Either way, it’s a lot of snow. Our big cat TC doesn’t like it, he pretty much has to stick to shoveled areas, so he’s been sleeping almost constantly, lol.

 

[bobbywalter]

9 o'clock.....4 degrees and climbing...maybe I can get the shower drain thawed this afternoon

 

[JohnnyO]

We hit somewhere around a foot of snow, then it turned into sleet and freezing rain. The light powdery snow has become heavy wet slush that lets the plow blades wear faster. I’ve been at work for 22 hours now and there’s no end in sight.

Thanks to you and people like you who keep the equipment running.
The town plow was going past my house about every 2 hours, then I didn't see it for several hours and we had about 5" of snow in the middle of the street. Then after dinner it went past again.
I'm guessing something broke and they had to fix it. When I worked at the hospital many years ago, including during the Blizzard of 1993, I drove the plow truck once in a while and I'm familiar with how often cylinders and hoses break.
My town is small and all they have is an F-550 dump truck and an F-250 pickup to plow with.