jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 24, 2016 18:47:34 GMT -5
Light snow and strong wind here. Not good for man nor beast.
If you could drive a short distance and enjoy it for short periods that would be awesome. But staying in it for months, being hindered in any form would be confining.
Can not will not live in snow country. Hats off to those that do. But it does not makes sense. Unless you have a pleasure from it all.
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Post by krazydiamond on Jan 24, 2016 19:30:00 GMT -5
Happy to say that we didn't see a single snowflake this weekend, we were on the way north edge of the storm. It's been cold and windy, but dry. So far (knock on wood) it's been a fairly mild winter in Central New York. But yes, if our business and livelihood wasn't in this part of the country, we'd be seeking warmer climes. I have spent most of my life in this part of the country and am really tired of snow and cold and winter in general. Getting too old to shovel and worry about breaking something slipping on the ice.
KD
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 24, 2016 19:30:14 GMT -5
Radio, Unfortunately, we are a 3000 acre "no hunt" ranch. We can only shoot the pigs after we first trap them and therein lies the rub. That's also the reason we are knee deep in deer and blackbuck *L*. We make good money off the blackbuck but the deer and pigs are a big negative for our budget. We actually have to pay to trap and process the deer for charity cause we're all pretty much tired of venison. Being raised by a taxidermist and hunter, I hate deer meat *L*.....Mel
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Post by droseraguy on Jan 24, 2016 19:32:51 GMT -5
Marinedad should have it made, only 13" ? Mark has been through some doosies at his old place I'd bet. This year we haven't got more than 6" here in central Illinois. Cold stinks though but it does slow down the grass mowing a bit. Come on 50 degrees ! Jamesp is right though my smart siblings moved to Texas and Louisiana, didn't look back.
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Post by radio on Jan 24, 2016 19:43:10 GMT -5
Radio, Unfortunately, we are a 3000 acre "no hunt" ranch. We can only shoot the pigs after we first trap them and therein lies the rub. That's also the reason we are knee deep in deer and blackbuck *L*. We make good money off the blackbuck but the deer and pigs are a big negative for our budget. We actually have to pay to trap and process the deer for charity cause we're all pretty much tired of venison. Being raised by a taxidermist and hunter, I hate deer meat *L*.....Mel Well shucks. It was worth a shot in the dark I just now had a big bowl of venison stew I whipped up this afternoon. Made a pan of homemade biscuits to go with the stew and it was a match made in heaven
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rastageezer
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Post by rastageezer on Jan 24, 2016 20:28:48 GMT -5
20.5" here in NJ.....drifts at twice that........no fun
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Post by Pat on Jan 24, 2016 20:43:51 GMT -5
I have never been snowed in, though I've been to the snow (Yosemite) several times and worked in Yosemite while in college during the snow season.
However, I've wondered --- nobody is complaining about the power being out. During the winter the power goes out here now and then, though it is rare.
So I want to know does your power go out? Do you have a secret generator for emergencies? Are you getting so much energy from pushups that you are kept warm?
What's the story?
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rastageezer
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Post by rastageezer on Jan 24, 2016 20:51:56 GMT -5
Our power goes out often. (I've stopped reseting the clocks on the older appliances) We tend to turn the heat up during bad weather so if it goes we don't freeze too soon. It was out for a week during Sandy. Had to abandon house and go elsewhere. So far this time so good.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 24, 2016 21:57:38 GMT -5
While living in North Dakota and Montana,if a power outage did happen,we stayed warm-always had a gas stove and or a wood fire stove.... Never was over 6 hours without power,our power companies were on the ball!!!!!! Always had candles and lanterns,on hand....
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 24, 2016 22:35:15 GMT -5
This past storm we had really high winds, both gusts and sustained. I got out all the power paraphernalia, but, miraculously, we never lost power. There are lots of trees around and we usually lose power- often for no damn good reason. I was amazed and pleased that we didn't lose it.
We don't have a generator but several power packs, solar panels (Charge batteries when the sun comes out!), lanterns, including multi fuel and oil, tons of batteries, battery fans, gas stove and propane heaters- no power needed. We don't have a problem when the power goes out. We tend to be prepared for storms, being in hurricane country.
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rastageezer
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Post by rastageezer on Jan 24, 2016 23:06:29 GMT -5
I just really hate the lost tumbling time! The rest of the stuff doesn't really matter. (I'm running Montana and Lakers during this storm, hoping to see results in the Spring. This tumbling certainly puts one on the long general view)
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 24, 2016 23:31:27 GMT -5
Ice storm hit Atlanta in 73' and broke many of the tall yellow pines that shade Atlanta. They landed on houses splitting them and tore most of the power lines down. It took over a week to clear the main roads. Power was out about 3 weeks in my area. Looked like fireworks all night as transformers flashed and exploded. We had a blast.
1970's
Atlanta and North Georgia, USA; January 7–8, 1973. Whole city down hard for a week+. Ice bomb. Southern New England Ice Storm of 1973, December 16–17, 1973 Southern Wisconsin Ice Storm of March 4–5, 1976. Twin North Carolina Ice Storms of January 12-13 and 19-20,1978[2] Long Island Ice Storm of January 13–14, 1978 Illinois Ice Storm of March 26, 1978 (Easter Sunday) started the day before The Great New Year's Eve 1978 Ice Storm in Dallas, Texas
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rastageezer
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Post by rastageezer on Jan 24, 2016 23:45:15 GMT -5
Use the power while we have it! Coal is going away. yeah "we had a blast" . Thank God (or Chesapeake) for natural gas. (and james that was like 40 something years ago!)
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 25, 2016 8:38:28 GMT -5
Use the power while we have it! Coal is going away. yeah "we had a blast" . Thank God (or Chesapeake) for natural gas. (and james that was like 40 something years ago!) That storm was serious experience for us southern folks. Always had a wood stove after that experience. That house was cold for everyday of 3 weeks, add frozen pipes. Don't eat the yellow snow... 30 inch pine had put a 3 foot deep groove in the roof 25 feet long, got chilly in the house.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 25, 2016 8:46:48 GMT -5
Use the power while we have it! Coal is going away. yeah "we had a blast" . Thank God (or Chesapeake) for natural gas. (and james that was like 40 something years ago!) That storm was serious experience for us southern folks. Always had a wood stove after that experience. That house was cold for everyday of 3 weeks, add frozen pipes. Don't eat the yellow snow... 30 inch pine had put a 3 foot deep groove in the roof 25 feet long, got chilly in the house. Yeah James, we don't get a lot of extreme cold weather, so when we do it's even worse because most people aren't prepared. Hurricanes and tornadoes scare me the most, though and Nor'easters here on the coast are always bad, too.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 25, 2016 9:07:30 GMT -5
That storm was serious experience for us southern folks. Always had a wood stove after that experience. That house was cold for everyday of 3 weeks, add frozen pipes. Don't eat the yellow snow... 30 inch pine had put a 3 foot deep groove in the roof 25 feet long, got chilly in the house. Yeah James, we don't get a lot of extreme cold weather, so when we do it's even worse because most people aren't prepared. Hurricanes and tornadoes scare me the most, though and Nor'easters here on the coast are always bad, too. Atlanta went through a building boom in the early 60's. They shoehorned houses in the dense 60-70 year old pine forests. Heavy trees 30 inches at the base. Those pines had never seen such ice. Power line easements and house sites were carved out. Those pines took the path of least resistance falling into the openings on top of houses and power lines. It was the perfect storm. If it were not for the pines it would have just been a bunch of slick roads/stranded cars. The night those pines were falling the night was lit up from transformers including sub stations were blowing up. The sounds of the trees snapping and the transformers blowing was uncanny. The sounds from the trees snapping was the most dramatic though. They do not uproot in our hard clay, the trunks snapped often up high making the tree come down fast and hard, tons of ice coating adding to the weight. It was a good year cleaning up, chain saws running the whole time. From then on people started a witch hunt for threatening pines.
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 25, 2016 14:01:12 GMT -5
LOL,we lost power more times in the summer months when the thunderstorms would move in! Mostly from lightening strikes!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2016 23:30:35 GMT -5
We only lose power when equipment is failed. Oops
Three times in the last 12 months. Once for three days.
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Post by Rockhobbit on Jan 26, 2016 1:53:44 GMT -5
I can't help but rub in the fact that I have been hunting and cutting in 70 degree warmth here! No white stuff here in Arizona! LOL Sheri
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Post by 1dave on Jan 26, 2016 9:20:37 GMT -5
We only lose power when equipment is failed. Oops Three times in the last 12 months. Once for three days. How soon they forget. Remember those California "rolling blackouts"? Deep snow is a hindrance, but in the steep mountains AVALANCHES SUCK!
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