Title: Snow!!
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 12, 2006, 10:40:04 AM
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 12, 2006, 10:40:04 AM
Well, it's finally happend. We have our first snowstorm of the season.
Unfortunately, this is my weekend to work but there is an upside.
My boss put me up in a hotel that's in the same complex as our building with dinner and what not at no cost to me. Have any of you stayed in a Residence in Marriott? The room was like a small apartment. A separate bedroom, living area, kitchen with a refrigerator, stove, dishwasher and all the plates glasses utensils and so on. Two tvs okay, two.
He also gave me access to the company 4wd van. It's a '97 Ford Aerostar that looks new and has just over 30,000 on the ticker. While it may not seem like much of a company vehicle, it gets the job done. It did suck digging it out from the 2 foot snowdrift blocking me in though.
Now I just hope that I don't have school tomorrow or atleast have a long delay. I talked to my parents at home and my Tib is buried in a snow drift along with most of my driveway. And they plowed the street so there is a nice wall there. And as luck would have it, our snow blower isn't working. Both my mom and dad have 4x4's so they'll have no problems. So it looks like I'll be shoveling when I get home around 9 tonight to get up at 5am for class. That's a big disadvantage to working 12 hour shifts. Oh well.
So how is your winter storm situation?
Unfortunately, this is my weekend to work but there is an upside.
My boss put me up in a hotel that's in the same complex as our building with dinner and what not at no cost to me. Have any of you stayed in a Residence in Marriott? The room was like a small apartment. A separate bedroom, living area, kitchen with a refrigerator, stove, dishwasher and all the plates glasses utensils and so on. Two tvs okay, two.
He also gave me access to the company 4wd van. It's a '97 Ford Aerostar that looks new and has just over 30,000 on the ticker. While it may not seem like much of a company vehicle, it gets the job done. It did suck digging it out from the 2 foot snowdrift blocking me in though.
Now I just hope that I don't have school tomorrow or atleast have a long delay. I talked to my parents at home and my Tib is buried in a snow drift along with most of my driveway. And they plowed the street so there is a nice wall there. And as luck would have it, our snow blower isn't working. Both my mom and dad have 4x4's so they'll have no problems. So it looks like I'll be shoveling when I get home around 9 tonight to get up at 5am for class. That's a big disadvantage to working 12 hour shifts. Oh well.
So how is your winter storm situation?
Title: Snow!!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on February 12, 2006, 10:58:01 AM
Post by: Thunder Chicken on February 12, 2006, 10:58:01 AM
The snow is just starting here, 8-10" expected with 60MPH wind.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: Tbird232ci on February 12, 2006, 10:59:13 AM
Post by: Tbird232ci on February 12, 2006, 10:59:13 AM
We got about 10" over here.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: SSX on February 12, 2006, 11:18:14 AM
Post by: SSX on February 12, 2006, 11:18:14 AM
We got just enough to make the ground white, and it is 95% gone already. It has been an unusually mild winter here.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: V8Demon on February 12, 2006, 11:30:30 AM
Post by: V8Demon on February 12, 2006, 11:30:30 AM
They're predicting 20 inches here... Before this storm we'd only had about 5" total.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 12, 2006, 11:42:53 AM
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 12, 2006, 11:42:53 AM
Quote from: Paul Flockhart
They're predicting 20 inches here... Before this storm we'd only had about 5" total.
You'll probably get it too. I heard last night that the storm is gaining strength and you'll be getting blizzard-like conditions. It's down to a light flurry here now. The sun has been peaking out every once in a while and I just got news that I can leave work around 4:30. Woohoo!!
Title: Snow!!
Post by: DerikWayne on February 12, 2006, 12:07:02 PM
Post by: DerikWayne on February 12, 2006, 12:07:02 PM
I'm not the biggest fan of snow!
Title: Snow!!
Post by: Red_LX on February 12, 2006, 12:42:14 PM
Post by: Red_LX on February 12, 2006, 12:42:14 PM
We didn't get near what I thought we were goin to here...maybe 3" at most. Which is weird because it was snowing like crazy all day yesterday. :dunno:
Title: Snow!!
Post by: Cougar8775 on February 12, 2006, 12:43:40 PM
Post by: Cougar8775 on February 12, 2006, 12:43:40 PM
hahahahaha were getting nothing in the western end of ny:flip:
Title: Snow!!
Post by: thundergrowl on February 12, 2006, 12:53:47 PM
Post by: thundergrowl on February 12, 2006, 12:53:47 PM
We got 20" on the first, another 8-10" Friday night, and we're suppose to get what Thunder Chicken is getting now, tonight. Calling for another 6" before it turns to rain.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: daboss351 on February 12, 2006, 01:17:58 PM
Post by: daboss351 on February 12, 2006, 01:17:58 PM
ive got about 8-10 now supose to keep snowing till 7
Title: Snow!!
Post by: Cougar5.0 on February 12, 2006, 01:22:15 PM
Post by: Cougar5.0 on February 12, 2006, 01:22:15 PM
Sonofabitchinglyasshole!
I hate snow - sometimes I can actually take my car out to "exercize it" in the winter, won't be for a while now :(
I hate snow - sometimes I can actually take my car out to "exercize it" in the winter, won't be for a while now :(
Title: Snow!!
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 12, 2006, 01:29:16 PM
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 12, 2006, 01:29:16 PM
Quote from: Cougar5.0
Sonofabitchinglyasshole!
That's a new kind of mad right there. Or a mild attack of Tourette's :giggle:
I'm assuming it's either starting to snow up there or you just saw your forcast.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: tbirdscott on February 12, 2006, 02:03:55 PM
Post by: tbirdscott on February 12, 2006, 02:03:55 PM
This winter has been so pathetic, snow 6-8 inches then rain two days later. I just sold my tundra yesterday for half its value just because I was sick of looking at it. Now I cant wait till summer.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: 84t-bird on February 12, 2006, 02:18:05 PM
Post by: 84t-bird on February 12, 2006, 02:18:05 PM
i figgure winter is over here. the last couple days ive been working on my truck i nothing but a t-shirt and jeans. i think im going to prep the snowmobile for summer today and get it put back in the shed:mad: you guyes are so lucky.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: 86Tbuzzard on February 12, 2006, 03:49:23 PM
Post by: 86Tbuzzard on February 12, 2006, 03:49:23 PM
Quote from: Thunder Chicken
The snow is just starting here, 8-10" expected with 60MPH wind.
about the same here in ME...only less wind...my T-bird is happy though...it'll never see the dandruff again;)
Title: Snow!!
Post by: Tbird232ci on February 12, 2006, 04:56:16 PM
Post by: Tbird232ci on February 12, 2006, 04:56:16 PM
correction, we got 12-14"
Title: Snow!!
Post by: 4mykid on February 12, 2006, 05:13:39 PM
Post by: 4mykid on February 12, 2006, 05:13:39 PM
We have had a weird year in Calgary, we have had maybe 2 snowstorms all year and both melted in less than a week. We have had no snow for quite some time now...grass fires instead !?!? I think at most about 3 -4 inches fell both times and thats it.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: V8Demon on February 12, 2006, 07:37:03 PM
Post by: V8Demon on February 12, 2006, 07:37:03 PM
So nobody else took pictures of the winter wonderland outside their front door?
Title: Snow!!
Post by: Cougar8775 on February 12, 2006, 07:48:10 PM
Post by: Cougar8775 on February 12, 2006, 07:48:10 PM
well no since the snow ammount hasent changed in the past few days. and no we got no snow with this storm rolling through
Title: Snow!!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on February 12, 2006, 08:14:55 PM
Post by: Thunder Chicken on February 12, 2006, 08:14:55 PM
Quote from: Paul Flockhart
So nobody else took pictures of the winter wonderland outside their front door?
We've had a strange winter too. We had a few big storms before Christmas, then it all melted by Christmas, then we had no snow until Feb 1, when we got a foot, then by the end of the weekend it was all gone again, and now this storm. I've gotten to ride the snowmobiles exactly once (the Feb 1 storm - the machines were not in good working condition for the December storms)
Title: Snow!!
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 12, 2006, 08:56:10 PM
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 12, 2006, 08:56:10 PM
Quote from: Paul Flockhart
So nobody else took pictures of the winter wonderland outside their front door?
Had to wait until I got home. Here's some.
From my hotel room window. Notice the snow piled at the bottom of the window.
Here's the scene when I got to work. The white van is the company van I used to get around in.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 12, 2006, 08:59:40 PM
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 12, 2006, 08:59:40 PM
Here's the ride home. My mom lent me her new Grand Cherokee for the weekend.
Roads were fine along route 1 (The main road I travel)
Here's a barn I pass along the way home.
Coming onto the Conowingo Dam
Roads were fine along route 1 (The main road I travel)
Here's a barn I pass along the way home.
Coming onto the Conowingo Dam
Title: Snow!!
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 12, 2006, 09:02:53 PM
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 12, 2006, 09:02:53 PM
Here's what I came to when I got home
The Cougar...
The Tib...
I just shoveled a little infront of the Tib and didn't bother cleaning it off and managed to drive it out of there. The Cougar will probably sit like that until the snow melts.
The Cougar...
The Tib...
I just shoveled a little infront of the Tib and didn't bother cleaning it off and managed to drive it out of there. The Cougar will probably sit like that until the snow melts.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: Cougarcruisin on February 12, 2006, 10:29:52 PM
Post by: Cougarcruisin on February 12, 2006, 10:29:52 PM
Hahah I'm in the middle of PA... Western PA got hammered, Eastern PA even worse. The Middle got nothing!! We got maybe .5 of an inch!
HAHHA
HAHHA
Title: Snow!!
Post by: jkirchman on February 13, 2006, 11:23:31 AM
Post by: jkirchman on February 13, 2006, 11:23:31 AM
We got about 4" way down here in NC even. Yesterday I went up to a place called Soco Gap, which sits at about 4,400 feet, and there was 14" up there! We played in it all day long. I'll post pics later on when I get home.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: thundergrowl on February 13, 2006, 11:33:10 AM
Post by: thundergrowl on February 13, 2006, 11:33:10 AM
We didn't get much snow before it turned to rain, maybe .5"
6*C here today and showers.
6*C here today and showers.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: CougarSE on February 13, 2006, 02:09:11 PM
Post by: CougarSE on February 13, 2006, 02:09:11 PM
What we got last night is all melted. Only got 1/2 inch or so.
Ohio has a bubble. Or southeast Ohio atleast.
Ohio has a bubble. Or southeast Ohio atleast.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: EricCoolCats on February 13, 2006, 02:12:56 PM
Post by: EricCoolCats on February 13, 2006, 02:12:56 PM
A dusting of snow in NE Ohio also. It's nice for a change. ;)
Title: Snow!!
Post by: Cougarcruisin on February 13, 2006, 02:19:09 PM
Post by: Cougarcruisin on February 13, 2006, 02:19:09 PM
Quote from: EricCoolCats
A dusting of snow in NE Ohio also. It's nice for a change. ;)
I can agree with that!
Title: Snow!!
Post by: Haystack on February 13, 2006, 07:27:24 PM
Post by: Haystack on February 13, 2006, 07:27:24 PM
well it is gonna be rainy everyday for the rest of the week, with snow possible tommarow and the next day. Only about 3" though.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on February 13, 2006, 07:29:47 PM
Post by: Thunder Chicken on February 13, 2006, 07:29:47 PM
We ended up with about 4" total from the "storm". Snowmobiles or no snowmobiles, I am not regretting the lack of snow this year...
Title: Snow!!
Post by: MDJ1281 on February 13, 2006, 08:37:58 PM
Post by: MDJ1281 on February 13, 2006, 08:37:58 PM
24.1" in central park.
13.1" in Oceanside, the next town over.
20" where I work in Islip.
All according to NOAA website.
13.1" in Oceanside, the next town over.
20" where I work in Islip.
All according to NOAA website.
Title: Snow!!
Post by: EricCoolCats on February 13, 2006, 10:54:46 PM
Post by: EricCoolCats on February 13, 2006, 10:54:46 PM
I washed the truck on Saturday but our .5" of snow made sure it got dirty right away. Yeah I tell ya, life was TOUGH with this storm rolling through. But I'll be enjoying 45 degrees tomorrow while thinking of all you guys buried under snow. :flip: