cookiejar Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Okay!! Who got caught up in it? Anyone's home state resembling a Tundra? How are you doing during this rough weather? Can I get a check in from my West, Midwest and Rockies folk or anyone in this big storms path? Saw how bad it was on the weather channel and wonder how you all are? Link to comment
OldMaineBear Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Snowing fairly steady here in the North East Woods. Just a little up the coastline from ya CookieJar. 18 degrees and enough wind to have a chill factor of 8 degrees. Snow's not coming down so hard you can't see, but it's steady and piling up about an inch an hour so far. All schools and colleges are cancelled. Roads look like Olympic luge runs out there. You must have a wind chill of about 75 today where you are. How do you survive under those grueling conditions?? Link to comment
BiscuitMaker Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Omb--glad to know you are ok---sit by the fire and enjoy some coffee. Hope everyone checks in. Link to comment
Lois Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 This storm went around us again, and headed for NY City. Link to comment
Mother Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Snow here Saturday for about a half hour then turned to sleet and freezing rain. Covered EVERYTHING! Electricity out all over, some still have no electricity but thankfully ours came and went often enough that we could bring the temp up inside and kept the regrig and freezers from spoiling anything. Lost half the plants in my greenhouse last night when temps there plunged below 10 degrees. Wind has been blowing nonstop since Saturday, sometimes gusting and sustaining up to forty miles an hour. 52 degrees inside this morning but over sixty now as the wood furnace catches up. All in all. Could have been worse but showed us a few holes in our preps, like,,,,Where in the heck did we put those twelve volt lights????? Found them an hour before the elect. came on first time. Found the packed away (for remodeling) lamp oil a half hour before the elect. came back on the second time and by the third time had everything running smoothly,,,,finally. Geesh! Electricity was out again for several hours in the night last night probably due to switch overs and/or wind. Calm, sunshine and warmer predicted for today. YEAH! Somehow I believe this is just the start of it. Winter here is predicted to be warmer than normal but wetter than normal. Electrical lines are old and held together with baling wire, bubblegum and spit so I would imagine after this seige a small wind will bring them down. The linemen who have been out for days and are still out deserve gold medals and a big mug of hot chocolate. all and big WARM to all in the snow/cold/ice areas. Link to comment
Cat Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Well, I feel absolutely *lucky* after reading Mother's post! Saturday we had snow, then rain, then ice, but by morning it was in the 40s and everything was melted. No power outages this time. I made sure I was prepared ahead of time... I went grocery shopping Friday. Now it's a bit snowy, but not terrible... not coming down any more, but we're expecting more. Just a dusting on the ground, and cold. Ya just never know, when the Great Lakes affect your weather. Link to comment
Becca_Anne Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 No snow here, but rainy and the power went out for a bit last night. I know we have it easy here! Link to comment
mommato3boys Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 No snow here but the wind is a will cut you into out there. Link to comment
Staceyy Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Its cold, around 32 degrees, and very windy here in the Pittsburgh area. There's about an inch of snow outside. Link to comment
Leah Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 SueC, are you sure you have no snow? Link to comment
dogmom4 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 No snow here either. Although for the past 2 nights we have had a freeze warning. had to pull up my last bell pepper plant from my summer garden...can you believe it??? You guys stay warm and dry though...I'll be thinking of you... Link to comment
SueC Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Well I just put some curtains out and nope, there is no snow, but I was thinking maybe I needed a Link to comment
Jewlzm Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 No snow or rain here. Wrong side of the "hill" I guess. Link to comment
gimmeaminute Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 We're getting lake effect snow here. It's after four a.m. and the dogs woke me up insisting they wanted out. It's 22 degrees and there is at least a foot of snow on the swing in the yard and it's still coming down. I opened up the dampers on the wood stove a little bit and know where the kerosene lamps and matches are. I'm taking a flashlight back to bed with me. we'll be alright as long as The Father is watching over us. My husband has plenty of extra oxygen bottles in case the electric goes out. I need to fill the water filter and pitchers before going back to bed. GOD is good. Link to comment
Spider Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Well, on Sunday I left partly cloudy Orlando which was supposed to reach about 80 and landed in Michigan which had been under severe storm warnings. Don't really know exactly how much we got, but by the time we got home we had about 4 inches and it had been raining for some time. It was in the 30's but the wind was awful, so our wind chill was in the "teens". Link to comment
Jewlzm Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Welcome back gimmeaminute! Its good to see you post again. Link to comment
dogmom4 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 We had rain this morning! Yes! Was beginning to get worried with no rain in so long... we also lost power for about an hour and a half this morning...first time in years....guess I shouldn't have made of fun of you guys yesterday.... How are you folks in Washington doing? Saw on the news this morning an area called Centralia had severe flooding. You guys ok? Link to comment
BiscuitMaker Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I cut roses yesterday as I know it won't be long before they are gone and sure enough we had frost last night. Glad you gals and guys are ok. Link to comment
OldMaineBear Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Sitting here with a nice warm cup of hot chocolate contemplating going out and investigating what lies under the pile of snow where my truck was parked. I see bits of red and silver peeking out so I suspect it's still there. I live right on the main road through town so the plow pushed a huge mound right up to the driver's door, so I'll get in the passenger side. I don't worry about the big snow bank because I have the magic lever inside that makes all four wheels go. I has never been stuck on me so I don't worry about it. Lovely Slovak Wife just called, she's almost to work. She was in Eastern Maine at out other house when the storm hit and waited for the roads to clear a bit before starting over. It's a 92 mile journey through some bad places and it lived up to its reputation. She said the roads were horrible. She has a Pontiac Grand Am and its pretty good in snow, but the roads were still bad. She takes the Grand Am because it gets nearly 30 miles to the gallon and the truck doesn't get mileage it gets yardage. She's over the worst part of it though and will be back with me tonight. All will be good in my world again. Got about 10 inches of snow all together with a little more due later today. Mostly just blowing snow out there now making nice big drifts. Sun is out now so this first snow may be gone in a day or two until the ground freezes. Hot Chocolate is gone and the truck is calling me. Link to comment
Darlene Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 *darlene swipes OMB's hot chocolate...* It's not nice to not share. Link to comment
Leah Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Water, water, everywhere... Not right here, but all around us there is flooding. We had lots of wind and 4 inches of rain in 24 hours. Living in Washington, you need to expect it. It rains on the mountain snow; it fills and over-fills the rivers; if you built in the wrong spot, it fills your house... Link to comment
Amishway Homesteaders Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Originally Posted By: SueC No snow here! we have lots so how much you want us to send you? Link to comment
Amishway Homesteaders Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Originally Posted By: Lois This storm went around us again, and headed for NY City. I guess it decided to stop by here for a bit first? WE ARE SNOWED IN! the Library called to tell Lori to stay home. about 20+ inches of snow on ground and more on the way. Down to the teens and windy too. BUT we still have power so that is good (so far). Poor Michael has shoveled 3 times today (5am, 7am,2pm)just to keep the driveway open out to the road ( just get down and the plow cames and buries us ) but we are having fun doing a puzzle, cooking chili, playing games, going for a walk and just being home and warm. Link to comment
HappyCamper45 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Were about 4 1/2 hours from amishway...Closer to NY city...We didn't get the lake effect snows. We got a dusting of snow and about 1/8 inch of ice with 45 mph winds. I went to pick up my dughter and I had to stop because the windows kept freezing up. That will teach me to warm up my truck before I take it out. I live on top of a mountain so the wind howled all day and night. We Still have power and the wood stove is working hard. It was 10 degrees this morning. The therometer said...Let me in...I crucken cold out here. Link to comment
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