OT - How's The weather out there

[Tom Sweeney]

<center><div align="center" style="align: center; width: 260px; font-size: 18px; color: white; weight: 700; background-color: blue;"><b>Well, it's looking like a big one here in SE PA. </b></font></div></center> <br>I've heard anywhere from 6" to 2' of the white stuff. :eek:
Of course it's been snowing for about 4 hours & we already have 5 or 6" & it's supposed to be worse tomorrow - so I'm thinking the low end is out. Well I have to tell you that I really don't like winter :( & I especially hate the <font size "2" color="blue"><b>cold</b></font> :mad:
<p>But 1 really big blizzard a year is kinda :cool: <br>
The only thing is that this is bad timing - I have a million things to do before I take a quick trip to Houston at the end of the week.
At least it will be warmer down there :D
How's everyone down Ky & NC way fairing. I hear y'all are getting blasted with ice pretty bad. Be carefull out there

[Jason Roehl]

Well, okay, it was snowing, but it still is blowing. On one end of my house there is about &frac12;" of snow, and on the other, about a foot. Roads around here stink. So I'll just keep the woodstove filled and stay inside.

Jason

[Ruby in NC]

Everything is getting coated with ice. Supposed to get worse this afternoon and evening. I know I'll be glad when the LOML gets home from work. Thank goodness he doesn't have to cross any bridges between here and there.

Regards,
Ruby, shivering in NC

[Barbara Gill]

Ruby, I grew up in Greensboro, home of the ice storm. In this part of Va we had about 1/2+ of rain yesterday morning, changing quickly from freezing rain (thank goodness), into sleet with snow mixed in. So far we have not received to forcast 8-12" (another thank goodness) but it is blowing and 24 degrees. Nasty, nasty, winter :mad:

[Ruby in NC]

Originally posted by Barbara Gill
Nasty, nasty, winter :mad: [/B]

Changed to sleet here about 1/2 hour ago. It's coming down hard now, so it won't be long before the roads are going to get bad quickly. (sigh)

Wishing spring would hurry up and get here, so I can start complaining about hot weather. :p

Regards,
Ruby

[Al Mann in Miami]

...I had to quit pulling weeds for a while and come inside to watch the race in air conditioning.

My wife wants me to go back out and cut the grass. Since the race is on rain delay, I may go back out and loll in the pool until it cools off enough to go back to work.

Uncle Al
84 and sunny in south Florida...no, 84 is not my age!!!

[Chris DiCiaccio]

All we have had is sleet. It's now tapered off to very fine. Probably an inch received.

[Bill Grumbine]

Tom, It's 3:00 PM and it has just started to snow here. I'm not all that far north of you, but looking at the radar, we are at the very northern edge of the storm (so far). But, we have gas for the tractor, wood for the stove, and adult beverages for the snow removal team - after all the snow is removed of course!

This cold ain't no fun though. I am enjoying sitting next to the wood stove whilst perusing the internet.

Bill

[Tom Sweeney]

I just took a little road trip in my beat up 86 4WD truck. The roads are pretty bad but not near inpassable. I didn't see 1 plow truck though. The worst problem was my defrost doesn't work so good - so I was scraping ice off the inside of the windshield as I was driving down the road. :mad:
I'd guess we have 8-10" of the white stuff right now.

The reason I went out is my snow blower broke in the last big snow we had & I Never fixed it. Well - We've already shoveled the 70' long drive twice & my back said no more. I ran out to get a new v belt & I hope that's all it needs cause it's getting ugly here.

[Bill Grumbine]

Originally posted by Al Mann in Miami
...I had to quit pulling weeds for a while and come inside to watch the race in air conditioning.

Uncle Al
84 and sunny in south Florida...no, 84 is not my age!!!

That's not fair Al! It is 12 deg and the wind is blowing about 25 mph here, een though the snow is just starting. I'll be sure to think of you this summer.

BWAHAHAHAHA

Bill

[Tom Sweeney]

The only good news is so far it's really light fluffy stuff - so removal with a tractor should be no problem.

Well Off to hopefully fix the snow blower - keep warm & Safe!

[Bill Grumbine]

Originally posted by Tom Sweeney
The only good news is so far it's really light fluffy stuff - so removal with a tractor should be no problem.


This ain't no lawn mower with a chair on it Tom. We're talking a John Deere 400 with a front end loader, chains, and wheel weights. And, it has been souped up with a brandy new 25 HP Kohler 2 cylinder engine over the old 20 HP. (ugh ugh ugh!)

You can see it on the edge of this picture. Good luck with the snowblower.

Bill

http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/cherrylog01.jpg

[Bill Grumbine]

If anyone reads this, why didn't my picture show up? I thought I had it right.

Please help the trained monkey on the keyboard.

Bill

[Bill Grumbine]

Here we go again... I wonder if it will work.

http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/cherrylog01.jpg

[Bill Grumbine]

http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/cherrybowl01.jpg

[Aaron Koehl]

Clicking on the IMG button adds a link to a picture.

Instead, click "Attach file" at the bottom, or in your case, since it's already online:

&lt; img src=&quot;http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/cherrylog01.jpg&quot; &gt;

<img src="http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/cherrylog01.jpg">

- Aaron

[Dennis Peacock]

about 6" of <b>RAIN</b>!!!! I'm beginning to feel like Noah and the Ark around here.....I have emptied about 65 gallons of water out of the shop due to the leaky roof (metal building put on by a bunch of drunks during original construction BEFORE we bought the place).

I am ready for SNOW, SUN.....anything but RAIN!!!!!

Dennis - :D

[Dave Hammelef]

Cold and Dry in Detriot.

Hey Aaron, Great support, love the little screen veiws when your explaining things. Keep it up

[Howard Barlow]

It was 72° here yesterday, 41° now. It's supposed to be back in the 70's by Tuesday. Come on down, Tom!

[Glenn Clabo]

No snow yet...but there isn't any milk, bread, or toilet paper within 50 miles!

[Bill Grumbine]

Consider me educated. I appreciate your help. Now I'll see if I can make it happen in another post.

Bill

[Tom Sweeney]

<center><div style="font-size: 12px; color: red;font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow; width: 560px;">Ok so it's 4 hours later! I did get the snow blower working - but not great. I broke my garage door - my daughter downloaded a problem file from a friends IM, while I was out freezing my you know what off - oh yeah to finally get it started I had to pull the starter rope about 100 times - The snowblower quit before I finished the drive - there is now snow all over my shop floor YADA, YADA, YADA. :mad: :eek: </div></center>
<center><div style="font-size: 14px; color: blue; font-weight: 800; background-color: yellow; width: 520px;">Ok I feel much better now - thanks for letting me vent ;) </div></center>

Bill- I've seen the pics of your tractors before - you should have no problem cleaning up - as long as it runs better than my 30 year old snowblower - I guess they're calling for almost 2' here. Also another tip on posting pics - if you use the"img src" tag - instead of the "a href " tag you should be able to post multiple pics (Assuming all the pics are hosted on your web site & the rules allow it.)

<center><div style="font-size: 12px; color: yellow; font-weight: 800; background-color: blue; width: 280px;">Al - That post really aint funny now! ;)</div></center>

Howard - Thanks - I'm heading for Clear lake for a long weekend to attend a charity ball where my brother is being honored - leaving Thursday night if the runways are cleared - see what you can do about those 70&#176; temps :D<br><br>

[Ron McNeil]

Tom, I live in Bealeton Virginia and in my back yard I have about 17" of the white stuff with drifts much higher. It's about 7:50 pm and it's not suppose to stop until sometime tomorrow. Oh well I spent most of the day in the shop. I did manage to make 1/2 dozen pens and cleaned and waxed some equipment.

[Terry Cook]

We have about 12to 14 inches. love it .They are calling for 18 to 24 by tomorrow nite. Love winter. Also lots of blowing and drifting snow. I know this is hard to belive, but I really do love winter.

[Tom Sweeney]

I thinkyou're delirous from being snowed in ;)
We've got at least 2' with drifts to 5' in some spots - I can't see one of my cars in the driveway & that's after clearing 3 times yesterday!

Sorry - but I still hate winter!

Hoping I can nurse the snowblower back one more time later today.

[Bud Duffy]

Here in south west Idaho its been one of the better winters i can remember the snow has prettymuch stayed in the mountians where it belongs not down here in the valley.Between 40 and 55 degrees during the day 20s at nite. :D :p :cool:

[Howard Norman]

I know that it is Tuesday now and all of you in the NE have probable got rid of all of the snow by now. Right? Just thought I would let you know that it was 72 degrees here in Phoenix this afternoon.

Howard

[Phil Hudak]

Snow? What snow?

No snow here, but the temperature has plunged down to 67 degrees.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

Phil Hudak

California boy who's not looking forward to flying to Chicago in a few days...

[Tom Sweeney]

:p :p :p

I'll spare everyone today's adventure in Winter Wonderland - I've whined enough already :rolleyes:

;)