Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!

[Shelli]

We had our first snow of the season in Springfield, MA today! :snowflake:

I :heart: winter and :snowflake: !

I like to watch it :snow: , catch it on my tongue :snowfall:, hike in it :snowwalk: , make snow people with it :snowmanglomp: , play with the :doggies: in it, and I even enjoy shoveling it (the first few snow falls anyway) :snofight: .

Snow has an awesome smell to it too. :snowman:

How 'bout you? Do you :heart: snow, hate snow :mutter: , or are you :indifferent: about :snowflake:

:blizzard:

[godfry n. glad]

Me? I'm ambivalent.

I love the sound of new fallen snow. When a fresh, untrammelled blanket of snow lies all about, and the sounds are all muffled and quiet.

The problem is, where I live such moments are fleeting at best. If the snowfall is decent, as in significant accumulation (a rarity, hereabouts), what proceeds to transpire thereafter is invariably one of o'erarching hubris and brazen stupidity on the part of my fellow humans. Snow seems to accentuate already extant human stupidity, particularly in urban environments.

[TomJoe]

:glare:

Snow. Sucks.

:glare:

[SharonDee]

:glare:

Snow. Sucks.

:glare::yeahthat:


We had our first snow of the season in Springfield, MA today! :snowflake:And you are welcome to it. :woopdedo: The conditions have to be just right for me to enjoy the stuff: I must already be off work, I must have nowhere else to go, and it must be gone by the time I'm ready to get behind the wheel of my car.

Take that, Secret Santa!

[godfry n. glad]

:glare:

Snow. Sucks.

:glare::yeahthat:


We had our first snow of the season in Springfield, MA today! :snowflake:And you are welcome to it. :woopdedo: The conditions have to be just right for me to enjoy the stuff: I must already be off work, I must have nowhere else to go, and it must be gone by the time I'm ready to get behind the wheel of my car.

Take that, Secret Santa!


>comb & tissue hum<

Every party's got a pooper,
And this party's pooper's YOU!
Party pooper...party pooper!

>comb & tissue flourish<

[SharonDee]

:curtsey:

Happy to oblige.

[Shelli]

:ptht: to all you :glare:'ers

[Crumb]

I like snow. Even if I have to drive in it. It is still a great change of pace and as long as you use chains when needed and drive slowly, rarely and cautiously it isn't so bad.

When not driving the muffled-clean-bright-freshness of it all is very cool.

[godfry n. glad]

When not driving the muffled-clean-bright-freshness of it all is very cool.

Yeah...Like below freezing.

[Crumb]

heh

[Shelli]

When not driving the muffled-clean-bright-freshness of it all is very cool.

Yeah...Like below freezing.
You kid (I think), but I hike in that. :snowflake:

[Crumb]

No he is not kidding. It actually has to be below freezing. :blank:

[Moxy]

Bring on the snow!! I like when there's a fresh undisturbed layer of snow...especially at night, with some moonlight thrown in (after it clears up of course). Unfortunately, we never get that out here because they have the trucks out salting and plowing the shit out of everything. The reality is piles of dirty snow everywhere.

I do like to get out while it's still snowing and drive a bit. Fun times.

[Watser?]

Bleh the salt :bleh:

If we have two flakes of snow here they spread a truckload of salt on it.

I love snow :snowflake: , but I hate the salt :sp:

I like it especially when it snows at night, though the last time it did that was at half past 3 some night last year and there were still people building snow persons :snowmanglomp:

[Shelli]

I like it especially when it snows at night, though the last time it did that was at half past 3 some night last year and there were still people building snow persons :snowmanglomp:
haha! Awesome! :snowman:

[Shake]

:glare:

Snow. Sucks.

:glare:
It does if you're in SC. Stay the hell off the roads down there if you see snow. They're bad enough in the rain!

[quiet bear]

I love the snow. It's an ironic symbol of something new and fresh, yet it is death's blanket, a sign that the land sleeps.

It hides the earth, freezes it solid, and the green life is suspended until spring, the bare bones of the trees sticking up, like arthritic knuckles.

It also betrays the hunters and gatherers. No matter what time they go about their survival rituals, the snow tells the tale. You cannot hide where you've been.

Snow is the proof of death, and the proof of life.

[Julie]

I love snow....on the mountains where it belongs. I don;t like it when it falls all over the roads and sidewalks and makes stupid Vancouverites forget how to drive.

[livius drusus]

I like the look of snow, but I hate having to deal with it.

[Clutch Munny]

Snow (or, more accurately, salt) means I have to switch from my speedy summer bike to my crappy winter bike.

:sadcheer:

[biochemgirl]

I love snow, when it's on a weekend and we can just cuddle up and watch a movie.

I'm not so in love with snow considering we have a huge half circle driveway and since we're out in the boonies now it will drift like a mother. Which reminds me we need to find some one to plow it. Also not in love with the snow when I have my 1/2 hour commute to work.

[Ymir's blood]

We've had snow flurries two or three times already but nothing has stuck. Our winters have been pretty mild over the last decade though, at least in terms of snowfall.

[Dingfod]

I love the snow. Only then am in my environment. In the last five days of our snowstorm (probably the same storm that's hitting Mass.), I spent as much or more time outdoors as indoors.

[Stormlight]

I like the look of snow, but I hate having to deal with it.

:yeahthat:

[pescifish]

It's been in the high teens and low twenties at night for the past week here. But at 10-15% humidity, there's not much chance of the white stuff. 'Course it's sunny and 60-65:degrees: during the day, so if it did fall, it wouldn't stay long.

[Cynical-Chick]

It's been lightly snowing all day, but it never sticks. :(

[Shelli]

Tomorrow is supposed to be what they like to call a "wintery mix". :shiver:

[Dingfod]

It was 36:degrees:F when I got off work this morning. By the time I fed the horses and got ready for bed it had dropped to 27:degrees:

[Ymir's blood]

We got a light snowfall that somehow turned the roads to parking lots. The temps fell below 20F which is the point where salt stops working. It took me two hours to get home when it normally takes twenty minutes. There are people on other roads who -as of an hour ago - had been stuck for four hours. Some were running out of gas, some were wrecking, the law had roads closed... a nightmare.

This sort of thing is normal for snowfall 'off the mountain' but unusual up here. I imagine some of my coworkers in maintenance will be getting a lot of flak over this.

[pescifish]

Maybe they had to warm up the snowplows for this first big dump? Sounds like there wasn't even one passable route available! Take the :tank: if you have to go out there again. :snowedin:

[Shelli]

It's..

SNOWING!!1! :watchsnow:

Be careful when doing this :rarrow: :snowfall: that you don't get one in ur eyeball like I did this morning. :giggle:

:yay!:

[cappuccino]

I'm jealous! I used to hate snow, living in NC but since visiting Vermont and upstate NY, I've fallen in love with snow.

I miss snow, I want some now so I can test out my nice super Subaru car. Snow is absolutely thrilling when it's falling like crazy and everything is pure whiteness. The only thing I don't like about it is salt and human stupidity, oh and the inevitable melt.

[Shelli]

Wants some snow, capp? INCOMING! :snofight:

[cappuccino]

:snowball:

[Shelli]

Oh yeah? We'll see what you think of this!
:packsnowball:

[cappuccino]

:moon:

[Shelli]

:packsnowball: path of trajectile :rarrow: :butt: :larrow: capp's butt

[Uthgar the Brazen]

Counting down the hours 'til our second of the season. Temperatures are supposed to start taking a dive about 10:00 MST.

[inland wave]

The cold front hits this evening and it is snowing north of us. It snowed in Denver and Garden City KS. So there maybe a chance of us gettting some as well. The low tonight will be 29 degrees and cold-cold for the rest of the week. I hope I don't forget to get the hose off of the outside faucet tonight. I only have one electric water pale at the moment too. Wow, I am so prepared I can't stand it.....:doh:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

It snowed in Denver...

Not yet! :)

[ceptimus]

It snowed here on Sunday night, but turned to rain yesterday and today.

According to the weather forecast we are in for 'organised rain'. WTF? What the hell is disorganised rain and how should we go about getting it organised?

[Shelli]

This bulletin just in! Disorganized rain expected tonight! Prepare yourselves, citizens, for a treacherous thing, this disorganized rain is!
:news:

[Ymir's blood]

There's a chance of snow here on Thursday night. I'll be in Raleigh though who knows what the drive back will be...

<marquee direction=right>:inmycar:</marquee>

[Plant Woman]

I wish you all would say where "here" is. Makes it much more interesting knowing the here along with the what! :please:

[Watser?]

aHA!

That's where the goodlemap comes in :unnod:

[Plant Woman]

True, but I don't always have time to google it.

[Shelli]

I woke up with that song in my head. It's still in my head. The question is, will it ever leave my head? :songhead:

[BrotherMan]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3052&stc=1&d=1195647252

[Shelli]

:chuckle:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

It's snowing now! :)

[Shelli]

:snowflake:
:snowflake: :snowflake:
:snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake:
:snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake:
:snowflake: :snowflake: :excited: :snowflake: :snowflake:
:snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake:
:snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake:
:snowflake: :snowflake:
:snowflake:

[BrotherMan]

nuu! teh snows is ebil!

:lickpole:
:blizzard::snowedin::abominablesnowman:
:snowmanglomp:

[viscousmemories]

Clear skies and 78:degrees: here in Austin, Texas.

[biochemgirl]

We are getting flurries here in Iowa. Just as long as it stays flurries, I'm driving to my parents today.

[Uthgar the Brazen]

The sun's come out.

Melt, damn you! MELT!
:sun:

[Pinecone]

:snow: now in my part of Michigan. Spose to have a couple of inches by noon tomorrow.

I wasn't dreamin of a white Thanksgiving. :whoa:

[Plant Woman]

Cool! A white Thanksgiving.

It is chilly but sunny here in the Pacific Northwest. Brrr, but love it that I am putting on the :cool2:.

[BrotherMan]

It's a nice day for a white Thanksgiving! It's a nice day to start again.
:shatter:

[Ensign Steve]

Clear skies and 78:degrees: here in Austin, Texas.

72 and drizzly here. Maybe we should start an "unseasonably warm" thread.

[viscousmemories]

That was just Weather.com's opinion. It was actually 84:degrees: when I went to the grocery this afternoon.

[Dingfod]

It's a blustery 36:degrees:F in T-town this evening.

[Watser?]

It was about 13:degrees:C here today and rainy, yet at no point did it actually rain :blank:

[Shelli]

:giggle:

[viscousmemories]

Despite a record high today the temp here has already dropped 30:degrees: since 3:00pm, and is gonna continue dropping overnight. :stunned:

[Angakuk]

We got our first snowfall of the season this morning here in Iowa. Contra biochemgirl's experience we had a pretty steady fall of snow during the late morning. Stopped snowing around noon. I certainly hope that trend continues, as we are driving to Kansas City on Thursday morning. This time of year the real threat is freezing rain. I am hoping that remains a threat only.

[viscousmemories]

Ew, yeah. Not having to drive in snow/ice might be my favorite thing about living in the south.

[Potato]

First snow of the season that actually stuck was today.

People were driving like morons. This is Minnesota!!! Snow happens every year. Figure it out.

*sigh*

[BigBlue2]

Isn't snow that white stuff you see in Christmas movies? It's been so long since I've seen any, I forgot what it is.

[Dingfod]

It snowed in Australia last year about Xmas time. (http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1818163.htm)

[biochemgirl]

We got our first snowfall of the season this morning here in Iowa. Contra biochemgirl's experience we had a pretty steady fall of snow during the late morning. Stopped snowing around noon. I certainly hope that trend continues, as we are driving to Kansas City on Thursday morning. This time of year the real threat is freezing rain. I am hoping that remains a threat only.

I hope you have a nice, easy drive! How much snow did you guys end up getting?

Des Moines got almost 5 inches, and my mom and dad got around 3 inches I think. There were quite a few cars in the ditch on the way here but the roads were not that bad. When I left home we probably had about an inch? Not much. Hubby is headed here now so I will have to ask him how much snow we ended up with at home.

Note to self, I need to get the snow plow out of storage. :twiddle:

[viscousmemories]

It's 38:degrees: here in Austin, TX today. Remember it was in the high 80's just yesterday.

:uncoldasice:

[BrotherMan]

:nelson:

[inland wave]

I left for work yesterday morning the weather was nice, but I grabbed my coat on the way out of the house. They were saying the weather was to get bad late in the evening...not. When I left out of the office at 2 p.m. It was misting rain and COLD! It was 28 degrees this morning when I went outside to feed horses, but it felt warmer than that, probably because I dressed for it. Howie was most certainly grumpy this morning and ready for his hay and feed ration.
Why can't winter be a gradual thing instead of a shocker?

[Dingfod]

I'm dreaming of a white Thanksgiving, just like the ones we never knew.

[Shelli]

Frosty the snowman.. hmmhmmhmmhmmhmm..
:snowmanglomp:

[Ensign Steve]

It's 38:degrees: here in Austin, TX today. Remember it was in the high 80's just yesterday.

:uncoldasice:

Curiouser and curiouser. There was ice on my car this morning, and at 9 a.m. it occurred to me to look at the temp and it was 36 out. I wonder how cold it got last night. This is less than a week after Augusta was the hottest city in the US for a whole day.

I blame the El Niño.

[Shelli]

It's fah-fah-fah-freeeezing @ a cool 30:degrees: F. :uncoldasice:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

It's 26ºF here at the moment. Compared to the past few days, it's a heat wave! :banana:

[lady cop]

down here in the florida swampland i have the A/C on in the daytime, and the heat on at night. i haven't seen snow in 20 years. and i used to ski race:slalom:. i cannot wait to get out of this godforsaken, snake-infested:snake:, alligator habitat.

[bobeh]

Our first real snow is sticking around...perhaps thanks to the -18 C low a couple of days ago. If we have to have it I would prefer it to be below that temp..(0 F) because then at least it is not very slippery - and the frigging salt freezes. I hate all the salt they use here on the roads...but the way people drive I guess its the only way to stay alive.

The up side is that we can go sit in our hot tub, see the stars...and be warm while essentially sitting naked outside in the snow.

[Angakuk]

My wife and I spent Thanksgiving in Kansas City. Saturday morning we went for a swim in the hotel's heated outdoor pool. It was snowing. Doing the backstroke while snowflakes were gently falling on my face was a totally awesome and surreal experience. Definitely a Thanksgiving to remember.

[Pinecone]

:damn: STOP the SNOW, STOP the SNOW, STOP the SNOW!!

I'm suppose to get up to 8" of the stuff by tomorrow evening. Toss in winds with gusts up to 35mph, and it's gonna be a little dicey starting in about 3 hours.

[Crumb]

The snow level is expected to get down to 1200' around here tonight. We won't get any here, but my Mom may get some in the hills where she is.

[Dingfod]

My wife and I spent Thanksgiving in Kansas City. Saturday morning we went for a swim in the hotel's heated outdoor pool. It was snowing. Doing the backstroke while snowflakes were gently falling on my face was a totally awesome and surreal experience. Definitely a Thanksgiving to remember.I used to love going to Ouray Hot Springs pool in Ouray, Colorado in the wintertime. If there weren't snowflakes falling on you whilst you lounge about in the warm or even hot water, the thunder of distant avalanches kept you entertained.

[Pinecone]

:damn: STOP the SNOW, STOP the SNOW, STOP the SNOW!!

I'm suppose to get up to 8" of the stuff by tomorrow evening. Toss in winds with gusts up to 35mph, and it's gonna be a little dicey starting in about 3 hours.

They've now upped the total to 15"+ over the next four days. :glare:

I :blame: :tigger2:

[viscousmemories]

Looks like I got out of Michigan just in time! :phew:

[Shelli]

:damn: STOP the SNOW, STOP the SNOW, STOP the SNOW!!

I'm suppose to get up to 8" of the stuff by tomorrow evening. Toss in winds with gusts up to 35mph, and it's gonna be a little dicey starting in about 3 hours.

They've now upped the total to 15"+ over the next four days. :glare:

I :blame: :tigger2::tremble:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

:tremble: all you want, Missy! Somebody's gonna pay!

:mob:

[Shelli]

Wait! I'll try my secret stop-snowing-dance first! Please!! Give me a chance!! :beg:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

Quickly! Vengeance calls!
:viking:

[Shelli]

And I present you with the secret (until now anyway) Stop-Snowing-Dance! :drama:

ooga booga.. oogle doogle dee.. skies stop a spewin' ur white stuff, I command thee!
:pottydance:

What? I had to go potty too, so I just combined the two. :shrug:

:giggle:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

:hahaha:

[Shelli]

Fine! :glare: Think you're so smrt?! :eyebrow2: See if you can do better then. :offended:

[cappuccino]

I want snow, please please send some my way.

[Shelli]

:salute: cap

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
:snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake: :snoopy: :snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

Old Hag Winter, bane of life, Uproot thy fury and storms so dread If Thou truly dost not mind, Piss frozen wrath on cap, instead!
:undance:

[Shelli]

Old Hag Winter, bane of life, Uproot thy fury and storms so dread If Thou truly dost not mind, Piss frozen wrath on cap, instead!
:killermango::shitfan::undance:
:fixed:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

If the charm backfires, it's your fault! :glare:

[Shelli]

Backfires onto you, you mean? :giggle:

:shit:
:shit: :shit:
:shit: :shit: :shit:
:shit: :shit: :shit: :shit:
:shit: :shit: :undance: :shit: :shit:
:shit: :shit: :shit: :shit:
:shit: :shit: :shit:
:shit: :shit:
:shit:

[Pinecone]

ooga booga.. oogle doogle dee.. skies stop a spewin' ur white stuff, I command thee!
:snow:

[Sock Puppet]

Umm, yeah, I'll get right on that.
:creation:

[cappuccino]

Old Hag Winter, bane of life, Uproot thy fury and storms so dread If Thou truly dost not mind, Piss frozen wrath on cap, instead!
:undance:

:divineintervention:

[Shelli]

:gooduse: Pinecone, Sock and cap :giggles:

[Shake]

Well, we had a white Thanksgiving, but you could still see leaves and grass through it, so it wasn't too bad. Been mostly hovering around freezing since then.

[Dingfod]

Up to five FEET of snow (http://www.denverpost.com/ci_7600078) are predicted for the Colorado mountains tonight. WOOOOOO!

[vremya]

It's snowing right now, and we're supposed to get 10 inches or so. :happydance:

Good thing we got a new battery for the car yesterday.

[biochemgirl]

Snow and the worst part, ice here. They closed the Des Moines Airport because a plane slide off the runway. I have to work tommorrow too, so not looking forward to that drive.

[freemonkey]

We're getting some pretty heavy snow right now. I hate it. Its pretty and all, but very difficult and dangerous to get around here when its snowy and icy.

[Plant Woman]

No kidding Freemonkey, it's snowing like crazy. I just got home in the nick of time. My little red truck is not good on snow. Although right now there is a 1/2 yard of steer manure in the back. That helped a lot.

[Ymir's blood]

We're supposed to get flurries on Monday and Tuesday. Generally, the quality of forecasting means that we'll probably end up with either nothing or a blizzard.

It was in the 50s here today. The cold is going to be a big shock.

[curses]

I want snow :sadcheer: That's one thing that's nice about Georgia. We get snow so rarely that it's really a treat when it happens. Plus it's generally gone in three days.

[Ensign Steve]

You get snow over there in the metro area? Or are you talking about someplace else? It hasn't snowed in Augusta at all in the 3 years I've been here. There've been two really bad ice storms, and it hailed one time, but not as far south as my house. No snow.

[curses]

Metro ATL. We haven't had a good snow since 2002 (and by good snow I mean stuff that is still there in the morning, at least 3")

I remember a time when we got a good 8-12' every other year. :shakecane:

[Ensign Steve]

:stunned: I had no idea!

I have been thru the airport though when they had to de-ice all the planes and runways. :icecube:

[curses]

And that should have read inches, not feet. Yeah, unfortunately ice storms are more common than snow around here now. I have a sled, he's sadly eying up the hill in the front yard that would be sooo much fun if only it'd snow.

[Ymir's blood]

It's not snowing as much here in the winter as it did 10 years ago. Up until '98, we could count on at least one 24" snow and two or three more at last 12" each. Since then, I don't think we've had more than two snowfalls that equaled 6".

[Logan]

The entire of the UK could be blanketed in snow and I'd still be sitting hear snowless.

Don't know what it is about this town but the place I call home seems intent on leaving me without any 'Icey-fun' :sadcheer: .

Logan

[cappuccino]

It snowed here in Maryland this morning, one-two inches, it looks lovely and the roads are fine. I'm enjoying it a lot, up to a couple years ago, I hated snow but now I love it. I'm not sure why I changed my mind. It's probably cuz snowfalls have become so rare in the parts where I lived. I remember 10 years ago, we had a lot more snow than now.

[Shelli]

Yay is cap! :snowfall:

[Dingfod]

The entire of the UK could be blanketed in snow and I'd still be sitting hear snowless.

Don't know what it is about this town but the place I call home seems intent on leaving me without any 'Icey-fun' :sadcheer: .

LoganTadfield?

[Pinecone]

Eight more inches of snow predicted over the next four days:cryhome:



ooga booga.. oogle doogle dee.. skies stop a spewin' ur white stuff, I command thee!
:snow:

[Shelli]

Pinecone :rarrow: :snowman:

[BrotherMan]

It snowed here in Maryland this morning, one-two inches, it looks lovely and the roads are fine.

It's been snowing here since just before noon - and I am not happy. There were a couple of moments when I almost enjoyed it, but that has since passed.

[Pinecone]

Pinecone :rarrow: :snowman:

:sadnod:

[CaDan]

We have enough snow that some dingbat dinged our car really well in a parking lot today. :(

[Dingfod]

I wasn't anywhere near there.

[Dingfod]

Blizzard warning in -- wait for it -- Hawaii. (http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=hfo&wwa=blizzard%20warning)

[livius drusus]

What the hell? It's just like The Day After Tomorrow, y'all. :no:

[Dingfod]

I guess snow on the high peaks in Hawaii isn't all that uncommon. (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=353887&highlight=hawaii#post353887)

[Uthgar the Brazen]

I was coming in to post that this isn't unusual at all, but the discovery's been made already. So...uh...never mind. :shiftier:

[Dingfod]

I remembered posting that last winter.


http://www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com/

[Dingfod]

Ice storm hits T-town

http://kotv.com/newsimages/640/8e5bd261-a072-40f1-ac1c-eb7a57bc3090.jpg (http://kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=141279)

[biochemgirl]

Yesterday coming home from getting my fruit wine finally, we ran into freezing rain and snow. Today on my way home from my parents...freezing rain and snow. On Tuesday they are predicting more of the same. It is too early in December to be doing this every other day!

[Qingdai]

We had some whimpy little snow here in the lowlands today.
I tried to point it out to my three year old, but he didn't believe me.
(No! honey look at the house, see it there against the paint?! Snow!)

[Dingfod]

Colder than a bronze Abe:

http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/d11a678f-2931-4d7d-9254-e5a67fb84f2e_ms.jpeg (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3975785)

[Cynical-Chick]

Those last two pics are awesome.

YouTube - Celtic Woman-Let It Snow!-A Christmas Celebration

[Dingfod]

Ice storm hits T-town (http://kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=141279)We've been without electricity since 3:40 AM yesterday and without running water since we got up this morning. There are tons and tons of tree debris littering our property. The giant pecan tree has lost about 20% of its branches, the two giant cottonwood trees a similar amount. One medium sized oak tree fell over, uprooted by the weight of the ice.

We've had rain all day but it's been above freezing, so much of the ice is gone. However, there is more in the forecast tonight. That is why I'm writing this from a hotel room near my place of employment. They want me close by, just in case. Beats being at home listen to the television on the radio by the light of the vent-free gas logs in the fireplace. Those logs do heat the house quite well, better actually than the central heating unit, more evenly at least.

I went outside at 7:00 AM yesterday morning, took some photos, don't yet have the means to download them right now. As I was walking around, trying my best to stay out from under any potential falling branches and trees, I could hear the thunderous crack of the breaking branches all through the woods up behind our house, it was eerie because there wasn't really any other sound out there, nobody driving around, nobody out yet. Today, I could hear chainsaws running and generators running and far fewer branches breaking. This evening there are lights on within a mile of our house. They may have our power restored by tomorrow sometime.

[viscousmemories]

I just searched your posts to find this one. I'm glad y'all are hanging in there, Ding. I heard on the news there were 500,000 people without power and something like 22 deaths as a result of that ice storm.

[Dingfod]

Some of the deaths were attributed to falling tree limbs.

[freemonkey]

Wow. Glad you guys are OK, Dingfod.

[Dingfod]

It's like camping without the bugs or the grit in the food.

[livius drusus]

Y'all stay safe, please.

[Dingfod]

inland wave and notsosure are staying at the hotel across the skybridge from my workplace tonight. #1 Daughter and #1 Grandson are staying at the house with Ivan the Mexican.

[viscousmemories]

We're getting some bizarro weather down here in Austin: 40:degrees: and foggy the day before yesterday, 80:degrees: and clear yesterday, 40:degrees: and raining today, etc.

[Dingfod]

It's supposed to be 45-50:degrees:F here tomorrow, then rain turning to snow Friday into Friday night.

[Shelli]

6" to 12" inches of :snowflake: expected by the end of today here in :springfieldma:.

My first real shoveling of the season! :excited:

Yeah, I know, I'm weird. :giggle: I'll be :rant: about it by the third snowstorm though which isn't that far off. We're expecting a nor'easter this weekend, so that's #2. :blizzard:

[Shelli]

Oooo! Maybe I'll break my winter hiking gear out this weekend :snowwalk: and bring my camera :unpic:. :hellyes:

[Shelli]

It's started :snowflake:ing! :snowfall:

[Crumb]

:envy:

[Shelli]

I was going to gather up the poopsicles before they got buried by the :snowflake:, but I'm already too late. Bummer :sadcheer: I guess I'll just have to eat lunch instead. :darn: :giggle:

[Shelli]

It's still snowing and snowing and there's already a shit load of snow out there. We got let loose from our cages at work early because of how bad it is out and I've already been shoveling for an hour and taking a break now. :snowman:

[Ensign Steve]

76 degrees F in Augusta today. Mom asked what she should pack besides sweaters, jeans, and outer wear. I suggested t-shirts and flip-flops.

[Shelli]

Taking my second break from shoveling now. I've got two hours in and not done yet and it's not done snowing yet either. :sisyphus:

[Dingfod]

Taking my second break from shoveling now. I've got two hours in and not done yet and it's not done snowing yet either. :sisyphus:I take it you're not riding the motorcycle much lately.

[Shelli]

:no:

The good news: It's done snowing and I'm finally done shoveling. :w00t:

The bad news: Man, oh man, am I going to pay for this tomorrow. :firstaid:

More bad news: The plows haven't come by yet, so there's more in store for tomorrow morning. :chain:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

4" over the course of tomorrow is forecast currently. I haven't been to the store, but I have soup. And mint M&M's.

So, I imagine I should be okay. *knocks on wood*

[Ensign Steve]

Mmmm... mint m&m's....

[Uthgar the Brazen]

:yup:

[Shelli]

* Shelli goes out to shovel the end of the driveway... again. Stoopid plow boys. :rant:

[viscousmemories]

Weren't you cheering the opportunity to shovel yesterday? Sucka! :laugh:

It's cool and rainy here today, but supposed to warm up to about 60:degrees: this afternoon.

[Shelli]

Yeah, yeah. :girltong:

[Ymir's blood]

An inch of ice tomorrow followed by 1-4" of snow on Sunday. That ought to be fun to walk in. :\

[Legs]

Winter storm watch for Toronto tomorrow... I have 50 adults and 12 kids coming for a luncheon at 1 pm, many of them driving a couple of hours or more to get here. Hopefully the storm will be late arriving so everyone gets home safely before it begins in earnest.

[Crumb]

You're at :vbar::M: Ymir! :cheers:

[cappuccino]

My partner and I got caught in the beginning of the storm when driving to Rochester, NY early Thursday morning. That was definitely fun, watching the cars sliding across lanes while our new Subaru just plowed through the snow with nay any slippage.

What wasn't so fun was helping partner's ex fix his car for a couple hours standing outside in falling snow.

It was a fun trip, albeit brief. I'm just grateful that there wasn't any ice or severe snow fall on the drive back home.

[Schrodinger's Cat]

snow report live webcam (http://www.mmdfactory.com/webcam/New_Zealand/Taranaki_Volcano__New_Zealand_Webcam.html)

Closest we get to snow at this time of year is to admire it on our fabulous mountain. That's close enough for me.

[Legs]

The snow has started here :brooding: 90 minutes until our party!

[Pinecone]

:glareglomp: Hope your party is great inspite of snow!!

[Legs]

Thanks :) The party went great.. although I was late for it because of traffic... Everyone made it but the snow was really coming down when they were all leaving. :snow:

[Shelli]

My husband just got in from letting the :dog:s out and informed me that he was almost but not quite able to complete his name in the snow. :yellowsnow:

It's good that he's able to amuse himself. :rolleye2:

[Shelli]

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow! .... somewhere else. :brooding:

* Shelli trudges back outside to shovel mo' snow. :snowwalk:

[SharonDee]

It's snowing here this morning but it's not likely to stick, thank the gods.

[Shelli]

I'm finally done. :sweaty:

It's still crapping out, but very lightly and supposed to end soon (I think/hope) so it'll only be a slight shoveling later. Thank :tigger:.

Well, I wanted to start working out my upper body so I'd feel more in control of my new motorcycle and this certainly is a workout. :effort:

[Dingfod]

It's spostabe in the 40s today. It's gonna have to hurry, it's only 32:degrees:F now and it's noon. The sun goes down at like 2:30 or something like that, well, behind our hill it does.

[Dingfod]

Ice storm hits T-town (http://kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=141279)We've been without electricity since 3:40 AM yesterday and without running water since we got up this morning. There are tons and tons of tree debris littering our property. The giant pecan tree has lost about 20% of its branches, the two giant cottonwood trees a similar amount. One medium sized oak tree fell over, uprooted by the weight of the ice.

We've had rain all day but it's been above freezing, so much of the ice is gone. However, there is more in the forecast tonight. That is why I'm writing this from a hotel room near my place of employment. They want me close by, just in case. Beats being at home listen to the television on the radio by the light of the vent-free gas logs in the fireplace. Those logs do heat the house quite well, better actually than the central heating unit, more evenly at least.

I went outside at 7:00 AM yesterday morning, took some photos, don't yet have the means to download them right now. As I was walking around, trying my best to stay out from under any potential falling branches and trees, I could hear the thunderous crack of the breaking branches all through the woods up behind our house, it was eerie because there wasn't really any other sound out there, nobody driving around, nobody out yet. Today, I could hear chainsaws running and generators running and far fewer branches breaking. This evening there are lights on within a mile of our house. They may have our power restored by tomorrow sometime.Six days and 5 hours later, we had electrical power! Oh, it teased us with a flicker or two yesterday evening, but right now it's been on for more than 3 hours. Dirty laundry is standing in line impatiently waiting for its chance to jump in the washing machine. I was really starting to suffer from 'power envy' just before it came on, the little old lady next door has had power for more than 24 hours, the neighbors across the street as well. It's just as I predicted, we would be among the last to get power back. Of course it didn't help that our border collie bit one of the power company guys Thursday afternoon. That's one .22 bullet I didn't really want to use for that purpose. Okay, not really.

[Kyuss Apollo]

More dumb snow on top of the stupid snow we already had from Thursday.

It's supposed to rain and get rid of it all, but so far, NO.



edit: after getting most of the snow shoveled away from our cars, NOW it starts raining :glare:

[ChuckF]

We got our first significant snowfall of the winter last night and this morning. Maybe 2-3". meh. :meh: Probably not going to stick around long, since it will be into the forties by tomorrow.

[inland wave]

I usually enjoy the first snow of the year, but to many pressing things going on to get excited about it this year.

[Shelli]

I'm pretty impressed with what I can do this year as opposed to prior years before I become tired and/or out of breath. Not to mention, there's things I can do this year without a second thought that I couldn't do past the first couple shovel fulls last year, like throw shovels heaped with snow over my shoulder/head. I didn't realize that I hadn't done that last year 'till I figured out why my back muscles just below my shoulder blades hurt when they never have before. :flex:

Call me weird, but a workout like that makes me feel very "alive" not to mention very proud of myself that I've gotten myself back into healthy. :pleased:

[Shelli]

However, now it's raining and everything is glare :icecube: and they still haven't plowed our street. :twiddle:

[Shelli]

Behold Snowland complete with snow doggies! :snowflake: :dog:

Working from the left to the right..

The first is of Shelby laying down & eating snow, two of his favorite pastimes in one. :giggle:

The second pic is all three of my mutts surrounding the snow mound left from the snow avalanching off of my aluminum roof. :brooding:

The next pic is of Tigger & Raistlin in their newly created snowland. :snowflake:

The next is of the front of my house. You see that clean sidewalk? Mine is the only one on the street like that right now. :pleased:

Next is Shelby. :^^

Next is Tigger. :^^

I couldn't get Raistlin to sit still long enough for a solo shot. :unnope:

Last is all three of my fur kids sitting still in the snow long enough for me to take a pic. :biggrin:

[Crumb]

:melts:

[inland wave]

:cheerful:

[Ymir's blood]

http://fourteen.apptechnc.net/~mpgibson/blank.gif

[Watser?]

:redx:

[Shelli]

We're supposed to get :rain: today followed by :snow: producing, by the end of it all, an accumlation of 2 to 3 iches of slush. Yay. :blank:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

8" by the time I have to leave work is expected. Which means it could very well be 3x that.

Make it stop, Make it stop, Make it stop!

[Legs]

What a surprise when I awoke to a winter wonderland today, much prettiness all around me. :snowedin:

[Master Taran]

Had an inch this morning. It's all melted off now.

[Shelli]

8" by the time I have to leave work is expected. Which means it could very well be 3x that.

Make it stop, Make it stop, Make it stop!


ooga booga.. oogle doogle dee.. skies stop a spewin' ur white stuff, I command thee!
:pottydance:

[Shelli]

Well, golly gee wiz, it's sleeting now. How wonderful. :blank:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

Well, golly gee wiz, it's sleeting now. How wonderful. :blank:

Given a choice between ice and snow, I'll go with snow. :shudder:

[Shelli]

Ja, me too. Bleh.

[Dingfod]

When were getting hammered with ice a few weeks back, I told someone I'd rather have a foot of snow than an inch of ice.

[Uthgar the Brazen]

When were getting hammered with ice a few weeks back, I told someone I'd rather have a foot of snow than an inch of ice.

One of my cousins lives in Stillwater. All that happened during final exams, etc, for her Masters. Fortunately, she's in easy walking distance of the university, but she was otherwise Not Pleased At All.

[Dingfod]

Walking on it doesn't bother me any more, not since I got my YakTrax (http://yaktrax.com/).

[Uthgar the Brazen]

I bet the next photo on that roll was that woman falling on her ass.

[Dingfod]

Not if she is wearing YakTrax. Once you get used to not slipping on ice, normal activities, even running, are possible.

[Master Taran]

Walking on it doesn't bother me any more, not since I got my YakTrax (http://yaktrax.com/).Thanks for the link. The girl and I can use those here in Michigan.

[Uthgar the Brazen]

I'll try to get word to my cousin about 'em. I should probably get some, myself, but our biggest worry usually isn't ice so much as it is suddenly 4' of snow. >.<

[Dingfod]

Pics taken the morning the power went out, December 10th.

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/3/6/MVC-017S.JPG

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/3/6/MVC-015S_463206.JPG

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/3/6/MVC-014S.JPG

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/3/6/MVC-013S.JPG

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/3/6/MVC-012S_715128.JPG

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/3/6/MVC-011S_526195.JPG

[Shelli]

Walking on it doesn't bother me any more, not since I got my YakTrax (http://yaktrax.com/).I have those and they make hiking possible when otherwise it wouldn't be. :thumbup:

[Pinecone]

Thax for YakTrax info Ding! I'm so going looking for some.

[Shelli]

I :heart: your av, Pinecone. :cheerful:

[Shelli]

That's some serious :icecube:, Dingfod. :uncoldasice:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

Single digits tonight under a clear sky.

All that wonderful slush is going to be one giant, solid sheet of ice in the morning.

:sigh:

[Shelli]

That's just nastiness. :no:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

I'm hoping the new governor will say stay home. But we're always the last to get to go home, and it's gotta be even worse to get an actual snow day.

Bleh.

[Legs]

Woke up to prettiness! :snow:

[Guinevere]

Bah, were supposed to get 4-8 inches, and out here on the beach we got our typical wintry mix crap -- some snow, some ice, some rain. Just a slippery mess, and not enough to anything to play in.

Shelli, did you get a decent storm out west?

[Shelli]

Shelli, did you get a decent storm out west?3 to 4 inches of wet, heavy snow that I shoveled for an hour this morning before work. The :dog:s play in the :snowflake: while I :chain:. After work though, I'll have some fun outside with them provided that my :cold: doesn't worsen. :snowmanglomp:

[Guinevere]

The only thing that made me happy was no shoveling. But I'm off today and planned on playing in the snow. Bummer.

[Shelli]

:snofight:

[Dingfod]

No snow or ice right now, but we're supposed to get 20-30 mph winds out of the northwest later today.

The insurance adjuster is here working up an estimate to fix our roof and electrical service box, plus all the food we lost when the power was out.

[AndyH]

Hi everyone - I'm a newbie, and I thought that expressing my opinions on snowfall would be a fine way to introduce myself. At the moment I'm about halfway between Guin and Shelli, and it's 40 degrees and sunny, with just a dusting of a couple of inches of wet sticky snow stuck to everything downtown. 'Twas not that way on the way in from southwestern New Hampshire this morning, where we had over a foot and I spent three hours shoveling the way out of our 300 foot steep driveway - just as the plow guy arrived! Pffft! Bah! Splork!

We have been plowed five or six times so far this December, with over 40 inches of snow accumulated. Another 8-12 inches forecast for tomorrow...

I think I may finally be ready to move south after this winter...

[Shelli]

:welcome4: AndyH, partial fellow Massachusian! :tiphat:

What accumulated after I finished shoveling this morning has melted, so yay is me! I don't have to shovel again today. :phew:

[AndyH]

Thank you Shelli - I was a flatlander for many years before moving to the land of "Live Free or Die Trying".

My friend the lovely Guinevere pointed me in the direction of this place, as we have both recently found another similar forum has become too unpleasant for civil discourse. I believe she, in turn, was directed here by another mutual friend.

[Shelli]

Aha. I've never lived in the land of flatdom. I've lived in upper state NY and Massachusetts my whole life. I don't know that I'd really like living in a different setting and climate.

[Guinevere]

Blame ShottleBop if either Andy or I start to bore you soon. He's the one who pointed me here, Thanks SB!

[Shelli]

I keep reading Shottlebop as Bottleshop :giggle:, who likes the Smiley Association thread so he must be :joecool2:.

[Shelli]

It's :snowflake: again and I don't feel good. Someone want to come over and shovel for me? :look:

[Master Taran]

No, cause I just got done shoveling 8" of it. And the Town Home management is supposed to do it.

[Garnet]

I appreciate that MT did that too. Otherwise, I'd be slogging through it tomorrow trying to get into work. Not a good way to go back to work after over a week of vacation.

[Shelli]

I just got done shoveling snow with snot running down my nose. How fetching. :snot:

[Ymir's blood]

How do you use snot to shovel snow?

The white stuff has been coming down here since noon or so. No accumulation yet, though the forecast is for up to 2-5".

[Shelli]

How do you use snot to shovel snow?:chuckle: Now, there's a thought though. At least it would be useful then. :think2:

[Shelli]

:surrendermonkey: just suggested to me that I could salt the sidewalk with it. :giggle:

[Ymir's blood]

This was taken last night. The accumulations this morning aren't much more impressive. However, the wind is blowing pretty hard and it's hard to say if it's still snowing. It's cold though, 10:degrees:F

[Shelli]

Oooo.. pretty :snowflake:

[curses]

It flurried here last night, that counts, right? Does it help that the high today was only 30? That's the coldest high since 1997 according to the lovely people on weatherunderground. Fuck it was cold on the bus this morning.

[Dingfod]

It only got up to 31:degrees: here today. After a morning low of 17:degrees: tomorrow, it's supposed to warm up considerably, with lows higher than seasonal highs, in the 50s, possibly as high as 68:degrees: Sunday.

[Shelli]

2:degrees: F at the moment with a :airquote:high:airquote: of 18:degrees: expected. :uncoldasice:

[Master Taran]

Live Conditions 11:14
Change Tracking Station
Temp
9.9°F
Switch to Celsius
4
mph
So Far Today

* Lo: 1°F
* Rain: 0.00"
* Hi: 10°F
* Gust: SSW 10

* Wind Chill: 3°F
* Humidity: 100%
* Dew Point: 10°F

[SharonDee]

Me no like winter. 10:degrees:F is just not right for a Southern state. :nojustno:

Winter can suck my dick.

[Dingfod]

* Dingfod dons Old Man Winter costume

Really?

[SharonDee]

Really. Let me just whip it out ...

Oh noes! :ohnoes: It froze and broke off. Woe! :melo:

[Shelli]

:lol:

[Dingfod]

No way I would suck that cockcicle after it's been on the ground.

[Shelli]

How bout a poopsicle that's frozen to the ground? :dog:

[Dingfod]

Thanks, but no thanks.

[Ensign Steve]

It flurried here last night, that counts, right? Does it help that the high today was only 30? That's the coldest high since 1997 according to the lovely people on weatherunderground. Fuck it was cold on the bus this morning.

:stunned: You're kidding! We had those same temps, but no precipitation. I think I would have a heart attack if it actually snowed, even just flurries.

[curses]

It was just a brief bit of precip, it did sleet on Christmas day though.

[BigBlue2]

25:degrees: C (77:degrees: F) in Sydney at the moment with a bit of cloud about :suncloud: .

[Watser?]

:envy:

[Shelli]

It's colder here than it has been all season. :icecube:

[Master Taran]

We got down to -1.7 this morning.

[Dingfod]

It's 34:degrees:F here this morning, headed for a high of 52:degrees:F. Ah, the January Thaw.

[Shelli]

It's supposed to be 60:degrees: F tomorrow! And that's up from being well below freezing last week. :stunned:

[Garnet]

It is 57 degrees here right now. Blech.

[Shelli]

"Blech" as in too cold or too warm?