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Post by fernwood on Feb 13, 2019 11:38:41 GMT -5
I have always loved a soft, gently snow. Even up to 6" at a time. This snow over a foot at a time, with 30+ MPH winds following is becoming tired. I am currently snowed in with up to 4' drifts in places. My regular plow person has a broken plow. Have been trying since Monday to find someone to plow me out. Did have a couple bites. One person said they could make a swipe through both driveways for $100.00. another said they could make the swipe and shovel access for my car to get out for $200.00. Normal, complete plowing here, which takes over an hour is $50.00.
Thanks for listening.
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Post by MsAli on Feb 13, 2019 11:55:51 GMT -5
More on the forecast too.
Hope you can find someone to get you out
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2019 12:33:17 GMT -5
$100-150 is about what they charge around here, too, the increasingly rare times we enough that it makes getting in-out problematical. One of those occasions several years ago, I had to have it plowed 3 times in a month. Decided it would be better to just get a big self-propelled snow blower, as I'd already spent nearly as much to have it plowed. I don't think it has snowed more than an inch since. Does the snow plow industry control the weather just to sell more removal equipment, then just go dump on another area where they want to hawk their expensive wares? Sounds like a good conspiracy theory to me. But take heart, March and the beginnings of Spring are just around the corner!
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Post by lookatthat on Feb 13, 2019 13:40:43 GMT -5
You mean you don't cry with delight, "It's a miracle!" and spin around in it like the idiots do at the end of every winter Hollywood movie ever made, fernwood?
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Post by fernwood on Feb 13, 2019 13:59:08 GMT -5
CAlled on a friend of a friend. CAlled next door neighbor. The friend of a friend will be here tomorrow. The next door neighbor told me he will plow me out whenever for no charge. He appreciates all the work I did to prevent some felons from moving nearby and my work as a storm spotter. He has a campground and horse riding stables. My other next door neighbor will have her plow tractor repaired within 2 weeks. The norm here for plowing a driveway like mine is about $75.00. He will charge much less than that as, unknown to me, we are both active volunteers for the local opera house restoration. I am still trying to find someone who can get my ATV with a plow running. It had been my go to for many years.
I have always embraced neighbors helping neighbors, supporting the community one lives in. Being an active volunteer for things one is knowledgeable in. Just needed my daughter to remind me that I had lots of friends in the area with connections. She was surprised at the outcome. So, I am still stuck at home today. Was able to find someone to take my shift at work. Crawling through up to 4' snow drifts to feed my 4 legged family members. But, tomorrow things will change.
No, I do not make snow angels, or embrace the snow in that way. Physical limitations prevent it. I do love the feel of softly falling snow on my cheeks. How the snow glitters when falling at dark, and the amazing look of ice crystals on my trees and plants.
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Post by lookatthat on Feb 13, 2019 13:59:44 GMT -5
You can get a half-hour snowplow here for about $60. That rots that you can't get anyone. At least around here there are a lot of people who do it, so even after a big storm we can usually get someone within a few hours. Or get out the man-killing snowblower, yikes.
We got about 13" inches last night; fortunately, it has warmed up which has settled the snow, so if we get the high winds, it won't be as bad as the last one.
Rocks2dust, we get our biggest snowstorms in Vermont in March.
Love how the "news" caster said on national TV this morning that "The East" hasn't gotten much snow this year. I'm looking out at this vast whiteness going, "WHAAAA???" Then I realize that "The East" means Boston and New York City only. The rest of us live -- I don't know where.
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Post by miket on Feb 13, 2019 15:47:27 GMT -5
CAlled on a friend of a friend. CAlled next door neighbor. The friend of a friend will be here tomorrow. The next door neighbor told me he will plow me out whenever for no charge. He appreciates all the work I did to prevent some felons from moving nearby and my work as a storm spotter. He has a campground and horse riding stables. My other next door neighbor will have her plow tractor repaired within 2 weeks. The norm here for plowing a driveway like mine is about $75.00. He will charge much less than that as, unknown to me, we are both active volunteers for the local opera house restoration. I am still trying to find someone who can get my ATV with a plow running. It had been my go to for many years. I have always embraced neighbors helping neighbors, supporting the community one lives in. Being an active volunteer for things one is knowledgeable in. Just needed my daughter to remind me that I had lots of friends in the area with connections. She was surprised at the outcome. So, I am still stuck at home today. Was able to find someone to take my shift at work. Crawling through up to 4' snow drifts to feed my 4 legged family members. But, tomorrow things will change. No, I do not make snow angels, or embrace the snow in that way. Physical limitations prevent it. I do love the feel of softly falling snow on my cheeks. How the snow glitters when falling at dark, and the amazing look of ice crystals on my trees and plants. That's what I like about the community I live in as well. People actually help people. When I used to live in Colorado a long time ago you didn't even know your neighbors. My daughter (and sons, for that matter) have pretty much known from the time that they were able to walk that they could go to any house on our street for help if something were to go wrong. It's good that you have people to help, sorry you're stuck with that much snow. You're right, however, about the beauty in snow. You just have to be able to see it. Even though it's a pain in the rear.
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Post by stonemon on Feb 13, 2019 20:01:51 GMT -5
This is the first winter in 15 years that I have not had a machine to move snow. I have plowed about 2 miles of rural access road and individual driveways for the completely ridiculous price of $25 an hour. We just got a foot and change of wet slushy snow and my neighbors have been calling. My tractor is in the arena with several broken motor mount bolts and some related injuries. The result of over work and neglect. My wife has not been able to leave in her car for days and I expect that I will move the repair up on the list of things to do..... I thought we were going to get lucky this winter, but the 4x4 has been our only option for most of a week now. Glad to have a way to move... I hope you all find a way through the drifts.
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Post by Rockindad on Feb 14, 2019 22:22:39 GMT -5
Never used to understand why anyone from here would want to move south, as each year goes by I get it a little more. Years like this really stink when we had a totally green Christmas but two feet of snow a couple of weeks ago and -30 windchill. I do like the different seasons we have here but I think the only thing that would keep me here in retirement is if the kids stayed local. Otherwise you all can fight over my snowthrower and shovels.
Al
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Post by jimaz on Feb 15, 2019 1:24:09 GMT -5
Moved from northern Indiana to southern Arizona because of the crappy winters. Used to use a big snow blower to do my drive and several neighbors. One year the streets in our subdivision didn’t get plowed for a week so we were stuck unless we walked out. Don’t miss dealing with the snow. Now there are times we can go about 50 miles and snow ski in the morning, come home a golf in the afternoon. On the down side it gets hot in the summer. Some ask how we deal with the summer heat, but really not that much worse than the heat and high humidity of northern Indiana summers. Generally stay inside in the hottest part of the day, or head out to the mountains for some cooler air and recreation.
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Post by fernwood on Feb 15, 2019 4:19:50 GMT -5
I was plowed out yesterday. Some of the snow piles are over 8' high. We are due for -30 wind chills again in a few days.
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 15, 2019 10:24:41 GMT -5
I've hated snow since I was 16 years old.... Finally moved away from it 8 years ago... Don't miss that crab at all!!!
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 15, 2019 11:16:54 GMT -5
I was plowed out yesterday. Some of the snow piles are over 8' high. We are due for -30 wind chills again in a few days. I went to like your post , but that wouldn't be right. Sorry. The extreme cold is so hard on us humans.
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Post by Peruano on Feb 15, 2019 20:15:48 GMT -5
Dafodils and hyacinths are up and about to bloom in central new mexico. We have enough cold to prevent phoenix but not so much to complain about.
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Post by Kai on Feb 16, 2019 3:26:51 GMT -5
Wowch, that sounds terrible. My, I am so glad that I live in the Mediterranean. Yes, we have regular winds over 100mph, but at least it's warm here, hardly ever snows at all.
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Post by fernwood on Feb 16, 2019 12:26:50 GMT -5
Very proud of two things I accomplished outside today.
Received an email from tenant at 5:00 AM asking if I was awake, which I was. He has a cow on my property that is due to calve. He has the vet put a special transmitter on the tail which uses satellite communications to alert the owner when the cow is birthing. The transmitter had failed. He wanted me to see what color the light on the transmitter was. There are several colors of lights which indicate different things. Red, means all is well. Amber is that the cow is in labor. Green means that birth is soon. The lights are a back up system if the satellite communication fails. So, once it was a little light, I trudged through 3' snow drifts to where the cow was tied up in a shelter. The door to the shelter had closed, but it had slats on the upper part, so I could see the upper half of her body. She was facing me, so I could not see her tail. It did not look like she had given birth. Let tenant know. The last calf born on my property happened when it was -20 with -35 wind chills. He is doing fine.
The other thing I did today was go to my mailbox for the first time in 6 days. Bundled up, as it was 4 at the time. Put ice cleats on my boots. Used ski poles for extra stabilization. There is about a 1/2" layer of fine snow on top of 3" of ice on my driveway. I brought along a screwdriver in case my mail was frozen to the bottom of the box. Sure enough, the bottom 5 pieces of mail were frozen together and to the bottom. Was able to pry them loose. Some are now thawing out. There was also about 2 cups of snow in my mailbox, even though the door was closed. Force from the snowplow must have opened it at some point, but the mail carrier closed it. I removed as much snow/ice as I could.
The best part of this was that there were 3 special rocks in my mailbox. Made the 20 minute experience well worth it.
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Post by miket on Feb 16, 2019 13:19:56 GMT -5
Dang. Sounds like you had quite a day already! Rock therapy does help, doesn't it?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 13:39:43 GMT -5
The calves come early in your area! I suppose that explains where and why ice cream was invented
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Post by fernwood on Feb 16, 2019 14:23:34 GMT -5
The calves come early in your area! I suppose that explains where and why ice cream was invented When I was breeding horses it was always selective breeding. Stallion and one mare were put in a pasture for a couple weeks during a time that would ensure the foals were born in late May or June. I kept fertility schedules for the mares. Having many cattle and a bull in the same pasture does not allow this type of selective breeding. I just feel bad for the cows giving birth and their offspring that are being born in blizzards and cold temps. I grew up on a farm and we always did selective breeding with cattle. Yes, ice cream was nummy on the farm and we made it year around when I was a child. The old type of mechanism, that had the cream container in the middle. Lots of rock salt around the edges. Hours of hand caking outside in the cold.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 14:58:35 GMT -5
Yes, ice cream was nummy on the farm and we made it year around when I was a child. The old type of mechanism, that had the cream container in the middle. Lots of rock salt around the edges. Hours of hand caking outside in the cold. Back in the 50's, we would stir sugar-laced cream into bowls of fresh-fallen snow on very cold days for winter ice cream. Wasn't as dense as ice cream from the churn, but nobody in our family was going to sit outside and crank ice cream. That was back when they were still doing regular above-ground nuclear tests, so perhaps that glow on our cheeks wasn't all due to cold. Even for the churned ice cream, few cooked the ice cream batter before freezing it back then (we called the cooked stuff "frozen custard" - has quite a different texture). Somehow, avoided salmonella, regardless.
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