I won’t be leaving the house for at least another 24 hours. We’re in the 18 to 24 inch zone. We already have more than a foot on the ground with another 16 hours of snow to go. I hate winter.
AIN’T GOIN NOWHERE
I won’t be leaving the house for at least another 24 hours. We’re in the 18 to 24 inch zone. We already have more than a foot on the ground with another 16 hours of snow to go. I hate winter.
Aw, c’mon. This is the weekend that Algore predicted (what, twenty years ago?) that Global Warming would crash catastrophically down upon us, and snow would be something our children would never again experience.
Ain’t there some weapons-grade irony in this weekend’s blizzard?
(Speaking of which, I want the Oreo cookie crumbles in mine….)
When it does this to you in May/June let me know… I’ll send my sympathy cards then….
For once we will be dodging the giant snow bullet…normally we are the ones getting clobbered! So, as rough as it is for you guys it’s hard to feel bad! Good luck shoveling out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUfYNQsr3h8
“Snowblind”
What you get and what you see
Things that don’t come easily
Feeling happy in my pain
Icicles within my brain
(cocaine)
Something blowing in my head
Winds of ice that soon will spread
Down to freeze my very soul
Makes me happy, makes me cold
My eyes are blind but I can see
The snowflakes glisten on the tree
The sun no longer sets me free
I feel the snowflakes freezing me
Let the winter sunshine on
Let me feel the frost of dawn
Build my dreams on flakes of snow
Soon I’ll feel the chilling glow
Don’t you think I know what I’m doing
Don’t tell me that it’s doing me wrong
You’re the one that’s really the loser
This is where I feel I belong
Kiss the world with winter flowers
Turn my days to frozen hours
Lying snowblind in the sun
Will my ice age ever come?
Gotta be careful about going out much in this one.
This is the Wolf Moon, and at it’s at its fullest.
Everyone should understand what that means.
@ Anon..”Everyone should understand what that means.”
Yes, it means that the N.C. State Wolfpack will knock off Duke in Raleigh this afternoon.
WTF?
They just moved the totals up to 24 to 30 inches.
Just got back from shoveling for the second time this morning.
Got out the tape measure …. there’s 21″ of snow on top of the car. We’ll hit the two foot mark by noon. Might as well enjoy it ….. It’s good exercise. And, so pretty.
Alright Flash–Sabbath was great with that classic, here’s another
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Sorry everyone trying out how to make a direct video link instead of link to a youtube page
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Bright, sunny and clear up here.
Waiting for someone to pick up their puppy. Then we’re burning brush piles.
Life is sweet.
You ever seen Vic Dibitetto’s “Bread and Milk”?
We got 30 inches last week. Winter in the north country. Had to walk barefoot thru it to get to the hot tub this morning. I wear shoes out this time of year and the dog burries them in the snow. 15 degrees out so at least it isnt cold.
Admin, Are you on the mend? Hope so.
Javelin…hit share
Stucky, it is beautiful
HSF…I wish I was picking up a puppy…
what kind of puppies are they? Living vicariously.
I went back to work yesterday. All my symptoms are gone. I’m 12 pounds lighter than I was 10 days ago. Now I need to keep it off and lose some more. Stamina isn’t totally back, so shoveling 30 inches of snow off our driveway is going to be a challenge.
Border collies.
Here’s a clip of one of them playing with a pig from one of the farms that took one-
Still have one left.
Shipping can be arranged;-)
Not bad at all here in northern KY but our doomstead in central KY was hit with ice and 14 inches of snow. That means Billy is prolly snowed in down that way. Sorry Billy but better you than me. heh heh
HSF- My granddog is a border collie, really sweet natured but dumb as a box of rocks. Be that as it may, I really love her.
I sure wouldn’t wait for the snow to stop before shoveling. Get out and shovel every six inches or so. Much easier that way and not nearly as demoralizing. Besides, what if they’re wrong and you get 50″ instead of 24″?
After a magnificent 3-4 weeks of snow and temps in the 20’s it has warmed up here, been raining and turned everything to a gray, sloppy mess. The last remnants of snow are just about gone. The only good thing about it is finally getting all the dog crap picked up.
Contractors are going balls to the wall rebuilding some houses and repairing others on nearly every block after our late November storms.
Son of a B!!!…….. Saw that Border Collie and want him!! Course my current Collie would have a few concerns over a new puppy in the house!!!
I’m only 30 miles from NJ and the ground is completely bare here. They changed our forecast from 3-5 inches to 1-3. I’m hoping for zero. You can get a lot of mouse damage to fruit trees under deep snow if you don’t take precautions (tree wraps or repellent paint). It also gives rabbits a chance to browse higher into the branches.
Tammy Wynette “The Deepening Snow” :
T4C
That 1040 image looks like my 1/4 gravel road out to the county road in NW Tennessee. We got 5″ but today the sun is out and it’s absolutely beautiful today
Went out with my 16 year old to shovel mid-storm. Our driveway had about two feet on it. We were about 30% through it when to my delight my Indian neighbor who I barely know comes barreling down the sidewalk with his snow blower and insists on doing the rest of my driveway and my sidewalks. I thanked him profusely for helping me avoid a heart attack.
Since we went in the house the snow is falling heavier than ever. I wonder what time he’ll be back to complete the job.
Was this Indian wearing sandals or mocs, Ke-mo sah-bee?
He was wearing a parka
Now you know why I live in SoCal. Clear today and 60.
If you live in a snow prone area and don’t already have a snow blower, you have to check out snowovel.com. I’ve been using one for 6 years, and my driveway is 1/3 mile long. This device really works and is worth every penny.
Meanwhile, in Tucson (heh) ……………
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Like the pic of Holly Sonders? Here ………..
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25″ here in Northern VA twenty miles west of D.C. Coming down harder at the moment than all day.
SSS, any injuns like this in your neighborhood?
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Or just regular gals like this?
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Be careful if you’re not use to strenuous work!
Pictures of flooding in Wildwood
http://m.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/south-jersey-lashed-by-floods-flakes-fires/article_81a9bcf4-c1c5-11e5-8ebd-e3363e587882.html?mode=jqm_gal
30 miles from NJ and still no snow here. There was a flurry for 5 minutes this morning. Weather.com promised snow all day. They’re now saying one inch.
Rise Up says:
“25″ here in Northern VA twenty miles west of D.C. Coming down harder at the moment than all day.”
I lived in Reston VA next to Lake Anne for 20 years. Sounds like you live nearby. After moving from there to Arizona, one of the great pleasures was leaving behind for the buyer of our house every fucking item I owned that had anything to do with snow and repairing/cleaning the wood deck in the back of our house, which had to be done every spring. Pffft!!!! And they’re gone.
There might be some attractive women playing golf somewhere but these fine ladies are much closer to the wimmens SSS encounters down in geriatric central……..
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SSS workin’ up a sweat…….
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We’re at 40″ in Winchester, VA. The snow is just stopping now at 7:00pm after falling continuously for 31 hours. 2016 joins the blizzard of 1996 as the two biggest storms I’ve seen over the past 30+ years (although we’ve had more cumulative snow over the course of a winter). To think, it was 70° the day after Christmas…
@SSS, yes, I’m just a few minutes from Reston. Grew up here in Great Falls before Reston was even built. Robert E Simon (RESton) died last year.
28″ in my front yard and it’s still snowing. Probably hit 30″ before it ends later tonight. In 2010 Dulles recorded 32″, so we’re pretty close that record. Other big ones recently here were 1996 and 2003.
Spent a couple of hours cleaning guns and drinking maple whiskey. Biggest hassle was digging out enough space a couple of yards from the front door for the dogs to poop. Will dig out the driveway and cars tomorrow–supposed to be sunny (but cold).
Rise Up, I’m calling foul on the Indian pic, LLPOH already posted it before. You must make amends, Sir.
I lived in Reston for a couple of years, right by Lake anne, off weile avenue. Nice place to live, but the winters were brutal.
T4C said to put 3 spaces/lines between comment and link:
starfcker says: I lived in Reston for a couple of years, right by Lake anne, off weile avenue. Nice place to live, but the winters were brutal.
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Brutal because of the nitwit people who don’t have enough experience with winter driving. Snowfalls have been sporadic here in the 70-80’s, seems to have picked up since then. Last Wednesday night we had barely an inch but there was no treatment put down on the roads and it was very icy. Everyone was thinking of the Friday forecast and the local govs were caught off guard. I saw about half-dozen abandoned cars, believe it or not. Ridiculous.
Admin- Is that type of flooding typical in advance of a large snow storm? Good thing your condo is on the second floor.
EC- What are you hall monitor ? Let Rise post as many pictures as he wants, does not matter if it is a left over from Loopey.
EL Coyote says: Rise Up, I’m calling foul on the Indian pic, LLPOH already posted it before. You must make amends, Sir.
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I missed that one, but she’s worth 2 posts anyway. But since it was a duplicate, I owe you another:
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See what a class act Riser is, Bea?
As long as we’re going Golfing…..
I used to work with Lacey Underall (Cindy Morgan) from the movie Caddyshack!
1. Shovel, shovel, … shovel
2. Drink hot tea
3. Take Epson salt bath
4. Take a nap.
Did the above 3 times today.
Fuck Snow.
Snow Eats Shit.
Mid eighties around these parts. I can’t decide between a nice mojito, a ice cold frothy, or a refreshing G+T. I think I will have a couple of each.
Admin needs to man up, quit whining, grow a pair, and drag his ass to work. I mean, he claims not to be a boomer, but cannot even shovel his walkway without going into cardiac arrest. Sissy.