Snow!

[Cariboo]

Been above freezing for the last 3 days here, with light rain most of the day. Still about 8" of snow in the yard. That said I don't miss those eastern snow storms.

[RED333]

Well it looks like we got bout 8 of so inches here in middle TN today.
Nashville Davidson county had close to 150 wrecks in less that 4 hours.
I did drive in, the roads were Ok, in less 1 hour Big Boss in Knoxville closed the office. I40 East to Mt Juliet was a big mess, took me an hour to get home.

[MrWolf]

Started about an hour or so ago. Already covered the cars and driveway. Can still see some lawn. Put firewood on the porch, snowblower in the garage, and moved the cars. Worry about it in the morning.

[aspangler]

We had about 4" here left from Wed. Started about 3AM sleet and freezing rain. Changed to snow with flakes the size of silver dollars anout 4:30 AM. Got 6 more inches before it stopped. Started second round just after dark and we have another inch or two already. Calling for 5-7 more before it stops. Plenty to eat. Emergency heat source. Solar for lights. Going to stay in and load some more.
BTW this is not far from the Bristol Motor Speedway upper east Tennessee. Four wheel drive if needed for emergency.

[CastingFool]

call me crazy if you want, but I rather clear snow than mow my lawn. the drive way I can clear out in 1-1/2 hrs with my 9hp snow blower, while it takes me 3-1/2hrs to mow my yard, and I'm using a tractor with a 50" deck. then there is another hour to do the trimming.

[dragonrider]

Ok your crazy!!! I would definately rather mow than blow. Even though I am well prepared for snow with Kubota tractor with 51 inch TPH snowblower, besides the fresh cut grass smells better.

[Idaho Mule]

Started snowing here in October. Still is every few days. JW

[brassrat]

Brassrat, you are always welcome to come back!

This blizzard wont be too bad for the area I live in, as the folks here are used to it, and we have seen it before, just goes with high elevation. Our road departments are geared and equipped for it, and 4 wheel drive vehicles are the norm here. It has been snowing steady since about 11:00AM.

I hope you all down in Virginia, the Carolina's, Tennessee, parts of MD and Kentucky fare well. Stay home if you can and be safe!

Thank you kindly, be careful thou 99/100 Ct. people would show up at your door. so whats a nearby town? I probably been there (more than once)

[rondog]

I live in Denver, y'all can certainly have MY share of that nasty stuff!

[too many things]

I am on the west side of wv. it has stopped for now. about 8 to 10 but have had the fine light stuff with a 15mph wind so some places are bare and some with 3ft. Charleston is 45 miles and all 3 interstates are closed. areas around are on level 3 soe . as of this post wv hasn't yet gone to 3 but bet it will by morning
I live in the country 7 mi from highway and snow plow has been by 3 times road is clear with about 1/2in on it , nice to have the truck drivers for neighbors

[Love Life]

I am in in Jacksonville, NC. I have easy on snow chains for sale...$700.00 for the set, lol. Supply and demand.

[Hickok]

Bedbugbilly , Labradigger and I are close to Elkins. About 36 miles away from me and Labradigger is about half that. Elkins is a nice town, just the right size.

I love Bluegrass and the old traditional songs, and the old hymns. Good Scotch-Irish and mountain folk tunes.

[lightman]

Well, the 5 or 6 inches that we got over Thursday night and Friday morning was about it. Had a lot of widespread power outages but most were restored during the day and the rest should be back on later today. We did not loose power and the streets cleared off after lunch, but probably refroze again last night. Temperature has been in the mid 20's to low 30's with 10 to 20 mph wind. Thats pretty cold for around here.

I gotta say, it felt good to not have to had to work 16 hours out in it and to go back out today! Thinking about you guys that are getting hammered, you'll take care!

[jonp]

North of Raleigh near VA we got about 4in yesterday but it started at 0600 when I got into work as snow then sleet then snow then sleet then freezing rain then sleet...you get the picture. 6hrs outside until the plant decided no-one was coming in and called it off. Snowing a little now and 20degrees or so. Roads are very nasty and will be through Monday I think over this way.

[labradigger1]

We have about 26-28" here so far. Still have power and we have our own well and spring.
I went out at daylight and started the old 8n to plow and let it warm up, made two passes down the driveway and she died. I've been working on it since and finally ran down the battery and put it on the charger. I figured i got the dist Cap or points wet by pushing the snow so removed all and sprayed w/ wd40. Engine is firing well, getting fuel, no water in the fuel (that was yesterday's problem), getting air. Idk, play with it later this morning.
Sure is pretty and quiet outside.

[jonp]

Blammer we are east of you in Wake Forest, we got about 2" of snice and supposed to get more snow tonite and tomorrow. Don't send us any leftovers! Keep it all there okay??

Beans & Cornbread for supper, this is how WE do snow!! Oh yeah baybie!!

Edit: Recipes posted in Cookin' Recipe's forum..

Just north of you before I85 we have 5 or 6in on the ground. We had a couple of guys down in Goldsboro yesterday and they said most of the morning it was rain while 100 miles away up here it was snow and freezing stuff. The gradient was very sharp on this storm. I had a 1530 delivery down that way and didn't go. First thing in the AM like them maybe but after a whole day of it not a chance I'm putting a semi on the roads down here without plows, salt and sand which they don't really do.

[jonp]

I am in in Jacksonville, NC. I have easy on snow chains for sale...$700.00 for the set, lol. Supply and demand.

Snow Chains in Jacksonville? I bet they are in good condition!

[jonp]

wound up with about foot of snow, it stopped as of now, most places are closed.

I was at the grocery to get some odd things for dinner, you know, vegetables.

I should have taken a picture of the bread isle, it was completely bare. Not one loaf of bread in the whole store. All the hot chocolate was gone too.

LOTS of soup left, even at discount prices. That's what I'd get if I were stocking up.

Bread aisle at the Food Lion looked just like this milk cooler. Lady standing there told me not to worry, she thought they were bringing more out. I told her I wasn't worried cause I bought some a couple of days ago when they first predicted the storm. I was just laughing at the people that waited till the last minute. People in NC are so strange.

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[xs11jack]

jonp, you should amend that to "People are so strange." Strange and stupid are universal.
Ole Jack
Praying for all you guys and girls that everyone gets thru this without harm.

[dragon813gt]

That's it, I'm moving to a place where the municipality doesn't own any snow plows. Three hours to clear my place and I will have to back out later. Have at least 18". And some of the drifts are pushing 5'. Wouldn't be so bad but both my neighbors suck and don't clear their place properly. So if I don't cut everything back the the curb parking is a nightmare. I really hate my neighbors right now.