Record Snowfall Delights Locals - 4" Since 4AM!

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The discussion centers around recent snowfall experiences, with one participant excited about receiving about 4 inches of snow, a rare occurrence for their area. They express a mix of joy and concern, noting the beauty of the snow while lamenting the lack of cat food. Others share their own weather experiences, contrasting the heavy snow with rain in Portland and discussing the challenges of driving in snowy conditions. The conversation shifts to the difficulties of managing pets in winter, particularly for older cats that require special diets. Participants also reflect on the harsh cold temperatures, with some areas experiencing extreme conditions that disrupt daily life and school schedules. The dialogue highlights the unpredictability of winter weather, the camaraderie in sharing experiences, and the humorous challenges of navigating life during heavy snowfall.
  • #101
Oh, yeah! I'd fly into Florida to do some consulting work and I'd be getting my rental car loading luggage, etc in a short-sleeved shirt and sweating at that, and people would be coming to pick up their friends and relatives wearing sweatshirts with down vests over them. My niece is moving back to Maine from Florida next summer to continue her studies, and her husband has never had to contend with real winter weather. It ought to be interesting to see if I can get him over here to help me split and stack wood when the temp is in the 30's (I usually wear a t-shirt for that). I figure if he gets cold, he'll have to work harder to keep from freezing and I'll be able to get some real work out of him.

One day I had some time to kill in Mobile AL, so I grabbed a sandwich and a couple of beers and went to Mobile Beach. It was a warm sunny day (70's) and the Gulf water was WAY warmer than any ocean water around Maine. I had a great afternoon, and never saw another person all the time I was there.
 
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  • #102
We're having another major snow storm. This is freaking unbelieveable, this has been the coldest, snowiest, iciest winter I can remember. Everywhere you go it's all you hear. Usually you have a cold snap, then it warms up, then another cold snap. Instead it's day after day after day of freezing weather. :frown:
 
  • #103
Well, we had a major La Niña the last few months and the sun is very quiet. It may or may not mean something.
 
  • #104
Evo said:
We're having another major snow storm. This is freaking unbelieveable, this has been the coldest, snowiest, iciest winter I can remember. Everywhere you go it's all you hear. Usually you have a cold snap, then it warms up, then another cold snap. Instead it's day after day after day of freezing weather. :frown:
We're supposed to have another winter storm as well, and I have to have to do a round trip of about 300 mi this afternoon/evening.

I'll send some warm thoughts your way, Evo.


Incidentally, Tajikistan (Dushanbe) is having its coldest winter in 25 years. Energy costs are up, and demand for power apparently exceeds supply.
 
  • #105
Michigan has been hit hard this past week too. News now says 5 to 12 Inches of the white stuff by tomorrow. I am so ready for spring...sighs
 
  • #106
I spent much of yesterday clearing the heavy, wet snow that fell Wednesday, and today, I spent the afternoon with a friend clearing 3 feet of snow off the roof of his summer place because we are supposed to get some heavy rain this weekend. The snow pack is still porous enough to hold a bit more water, but it is heavy, so it's approaching saturation. I want spring!
 
  • #107
Evo said:
We're having another major snow storm. This is freaking unbelieveable, this has been the coldest, snowiest, iciest winter I can remember. Everywhere you go it's all you hear. Usually you have a cold snap, then it warms up, then another cold snap. Instead it's day after day after day of freezing weather. :frown:
We might get half an inch of snow tomorrow morning! Woo Hoo! I know you all are tired of snow but I miss it. I miss the smell of the air when it snows and how quiet it gets when it is really coming down. It melts by ten a.m. if we get enough to stick to anything.
 
  • #108
Gee, it's already T-shirt and shorts weather again in L.A.
So boring!
 
  • #109
larkspur said:
We might get half an inch of snow tomorrow morning! Woo Hoo! I know you all are tired of snow but I miss it. I miss the smell of the air when it snows and how quiet it gets when it is really coming down. It melts by ten a.m. if we get enough to stick to anything.

I can agree with that sentiment. Then again, I appreciate not having to shovel the snow, but really do wish we'd get one good snowstorm that sticks...especially if it would show up over a weekend when I could just sit and look out the window and enjoy it. :approve:
 
  • #110
Math Is Hard said:
Gee, it's already T-shirt and shorts weather again in L.A.
So boring!

I remember surfing at Seal Beach on Christmas day without a wet suit.
 
  • #111
...:cry:
 
  • #112
The last time I saw snow deeper than an inch or two was in the late 80's *sigh*. It doesn't help that there's a large range of hills that extends nearly all the way to London, which tends to get any snow that has a chance dumped on it.

I love snow, the feeling under your feet is just divine.

As a kid I used to live in Kent, an area of the country that seems to be predisposed to snow more often, despite being on the South coast, I made a fortune from clearing driveways back then.
 
  • #113
We are having a snow storm right now! One flake a minute!
 
  • #114
I wish it will snow here in the Philippines...
 
  • #115
Spend a month in Cleveland and you'll never want to hear the word snow again.
 
  • #116
Its a sideways snowstorm, hitting me square in the face at 30 mph!
 
  • #117
undrcvrbro said:
Spend a month in Cleveland and you'll never want to hear the word snow again.

:rolleyes: one day is ok...
 
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  • #118
We had a total of 0.000001 inches. It didn't last long though...no chance to go sledding or make snow balls.:wink:
 
  • #119
VashtiMaiden said:
:rolleyes: one day is ok...

Haha. Yeah, just try living there.
 
  • #120
We had rain today - sometimes torrential, and may have picked up 2-3" of it. I may have to do a drive-about tomorrow to see what it does to the streams and rivers. Luckily, we're in for some colder weather in the short term so that the ripe snow-pack doesn't melt precipitously and destroy dams, bridges, etc. Long-term, we have a serious threat though.
 
  • #121
undrcvrbro said:
Haha. Yeah, just try living there.

hmmm... one hour will be fine...
 
  • #122
gotcha...
 
  • #123
We've been getting snow today. It was rain and sleet this morning, but it finally turned to snow and started sticking this afternoon, and was kind enough not to start REALLY sticking until I was done running errands. :smile: I don't have to go anywhere tomorrow, so I hope it keeps pouring snow so I can enjoy it.
 
  • #124
Hi, Moonie! Currently, we've got torrential rains pounding on the metal roof, and hopefully it won't translate into heavy flooding, though the prospects for late March/early April are a bit bleaker. The heavy snow-pack this winter (2-3-4' or more through most of the state with high water content) is a threat. A warm 3-4 day period with rain could devastate our infrastructure.
 
  • #125
Spring has sprung here. Lots of flowers. It is beautiful in the mountains.
 
  • #126
Nothing left but a few white patches on the grass now to remind us we had snow yesterday. :frown: I just want ONE nice pretty snow that sticks and lasts more than a day and is enough to build a snowman.
 
  • #127
I wish I could send you a few hundred cubic yards of snow. I won't even glimpse my front lawn until late April/early May.
 
  • #128
5 minutes of snow! i hope so... lol.. here in the Philippines
 
  • #129
We had lots of rain on Saturday and some areas flooded. Our flood control system worked and our basement remained dry.

Saturday evening through Sunday morning, we had high winds, with gusts about 40 mph. Some trees came down in the area, but our neighborhood didn't have any problems.
 
  • #130
More bad weather

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/19/severe.weather.ap/index.html

Missouri governor seeks federal disaster declaration for 70 counties

PIEDMONT, Missouri (AP) -- Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated Wednesday as a foot of rain pushed rivers over their banks in the nation's midsection. At least 13 deaths had been linked to the weather, and three people were missing.

Record or near-record flood crests were forecast in several towns in Missouri. Flooding was reported in large areas of Arkansas and parts of southern Illinois, southern Indiana and southwestern Ohio.

. . . .
 
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  • #131
And we're back to freezing temperatures again. :mad: I can't set my seedlings out during the day, it's too cold.
 
  • #132
It might get above freezing today, but with the 20-25 mph winds, it won't feel too warm. Without counting any future snowfall, Caribou, ME has set a record 182.5" of snowfall - the highest total since records were kept in the 1930's. We've had well over 10' of snow here this year, but they have topped 15' and still have another month or so of potential snows.
 
  • #133
We do not get weather in England, extremes like you yanks get would stop our country dead.
I have my fingers crossed for you Turbo, and hope you will not need a garden ark.
 
  • #134
wolram said:
We do not get weather in England, extremes like you yanks get would stop our country dead.
I have my fingers crossed for you Turbo, and hope you will not need a garden ark.
When I planted my garlic last December, I drove a 4' wooden stake to mark where the German garlic stopped and the Russian garlic started. There might have been 3' or so sticking out of the ground, and right now I can see about 8-10" of the stake - the rest is covered with snow. When the snow melts, I might have to wear my snowshoes when I till the garden to keep from getting stuck in the mud. :rolleyes: Normally, we can start planting around the end of May, but that might get delayed this year.
 
  • #135
turbo-1 said:
When I planted my garlic last December, I drove a 4' wooden stake to mark where the German garlic stopped and the Russian garlic started.

No vampires in your garden then! :smile:

Garth
 
  • #136
Garth said:
No vampires in your garden then! :smile:

Garth
Until the garlic sprouts, I hope the stake will scare them off. :rolleyes:
 
  • #137
6 fresh inches of Easter snow over night.:cry:
 
  • #138
hypatia said:
6 fresh inches of Easter snow over night.:cry:
Hope the easter Bunny hasn't hidden the eggs yet. :frown: All the little children out in their brand new Easter snow suits...
 
  • #139
hypatia said:
6 fresh inches of Easter snow over night.:cry:

I never thought that I'd see you cry about getting 6 inches overnight.
 
  • #140
I saw a house fly a month ago that's how warm it is atm here! Please no Disney jokes. :wink:
 
  • #141
Schrodinger's Dog said:
I saw a house fly a month ago that's how warm it is atm here! Please no Disney jokes. :wink:
I don't know from Disney, but where the hell do you live that you have flying houses?
 
  • #142
Danger said:
I don't know from Disney, but where the hell do you live that you have flying houses?

I've seen a horse fly, it's not uncommon over here. :smile:
 
  • #143
So you're in Greece? Or have Pegusi gone international?
 
  • #144
Danger said:
So you're in Greece? Or have Pegusi gone international?

No England, we see them all the time. I'm surprised you don't. :smile:
 
  • #145
Schrodinger's Dog said:
No England, we see them all the time. I'm surprised you don't. :smile:

Probably has something to do with what you feed them.
 
  • #146
Danger said:
Probably has something to do with what you feed them.

Yeah its Red Bull apparently it gives you wings.
 
  • #147
I'm definitely detecting bull, but I'm not sure what colour it is.
 
  • #148
Danger said:
I'm definitely detecting bull, but I'm not sure what colour it is.



Nah it's a fact it's scientific. :smile:
 
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  • #149
:smile:
I've seen that 'scientist' character in the ads, but never that specific one.
We actually have a bit of a problem with that stuff here. A lot of kids have taken to making highballs with it. Since that's not a good idea, it's illegal for a bar here to make one. On the other hand, they just sell a shot of rye or whatever and a can of Bull; the kids are free to mix it themselves. :rolleyes:
Anyhow, my shift is over, so I'll outta here. Catch you later.
 
  • #150
You want snow? We've got snow! Here is a view of the western mountains from the road that I live on.
mountains.jpg
 

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