We were suppose to get some snow last night but didn't. For all these having worst winter then usual I feel for you but I am also glad it isn't here.
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We were suppose to get some snow last night but didn't. For all these having worst winter then usual I feel for you but I am also glad it isn't here.
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Our "light snow throughout the day" yesterday turned out to be a few more inches (4 or so?) We're supposed to have "light snow throughout the day" again today, though I'm more apt to believe that today.
Yesterday there was a large storm cell that sort of swung north and even circled back on us at one point. Today the radar looked pretty clear.
I don't hate the snow, although it has broken our shrubs out in front of our house. The latest of it has been the light fluffy kind, so it's not too difficult to shovel. I guess the problem is that the wind has picked up over the last few days, so this light fluffy stuff is also prone to drifting.
It still beats the rain and mud we usually get though. Nothing wrong with a little snow in the winter.
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I love the snow, it reminds me of the family in Germany and the holidays there. I think it's beautiful, though I can understand some of the drama that comes with it.
Would you say that it's one of those "nice place to visit" type of things? Has anyone moved from a non-snow area into one who could say whether the novelty wears off?
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Big blue sky, sunny, clear as a bell, probably 55 F.
Don't let your reality checks bounce. ~MeI'll tell you in the next life, when we are both cats.
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This is my first ever winter in the cold. The first snowfalls were fantastic. Light powder, a few inches. The first blizzard on Dec 19th was fun. Only two feet of powder. The locals were freaking out.Originally Posted by Spoons
It all melted by the time the next snow came. More powder, more shoveling, not bad.
Snowmaggedan I was awful. Wet heavy snow, 2 feet, then another foot of powder and wind and extreme cold. I was so over it at that point. Snowmaggedan II, three days later pretty much put the hammer down on enjoying it.
Now hundreds of thousands of homes have dangerous ice dams on the roofs. the sidewalks are covered in 4 to 7 feet of ice and snow (from the streets), it's extremely cold, and I can go the rest of my life with out ever seeing another snowstorm, and be quite happy.
My first winter up north and it is the worst one in recorded history.
Lucky me.
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" It is the decision of this court that you shall be made to be taken to a place with lots of snow and cold, and a wind biting your face and slush flowing around your shoes , and be made to shovel and chip for the remainder of winter and most of the spring,..... and may God have mercy on your soul."
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And we have 42° today.... with an occasional patch of blue sky,
and it isn't snowing.
Dan
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I have become acclimated. Yesterday it was sunshine and I am outside going, "Oh, so nice, it got up to 32 today!".
(That is 0 for you backward people in the world who still use the antiquated French method of measuring temperature)
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For S Florida quite a cold winter so far, many days in the 60s and nights in 40s with dewpoints in 20 and 30s (usually the dewpoints are always over 60 or 70 here, and it's a very muggy climate)
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The cold winter is due to it being the warmest year ever.
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And our forecast said we'd have a few inches, but Columbus was going to get buried.
I think you need a new weather source.
Although; I used to relie on the weather channel, but the 36 hour forecast yesterday said:
Today: Snow showers ending in the evening
Tonight: Snow showers
Tomorrow: Snow showers.
It seems that can't even keep a single forecast consistent.
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Customers are saying we'll get more snow on Sunday. One said more tonight as well, but I know the guy, so I don't believe him
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I think I prefer rumors from random customers over television weathermen, as the former seems more accurate than the later.
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And--I came home yesterday to find a paper on my door, could see it was quoting Bowie ordinance about keeping sidewalks clear, and I thought...geez, they're actually enforcing it under these circumstances? Of course, I looked closer and it said, if you don't want to do it your self, call Jim at xxxxxx -- and looking around, all the doors had them. Advertisement made to look like an official notice.
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There's a fine line between being clever and being deceptive. I'd say that advertisement is on the wrong side of that line. Whether that was the intent, I couldn't say.
But I have no respect for businesses that have to advertise or operate under deceptive business practices.
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I remember, as a kid in Wyoiming, asking "Mom, it's up to 0(F), can I go outside and play?" That's why I live here, nowSunny, 50F, the spring birds - redwing blakcbirds, Canada geese and robins are showing up and doing their srping stuff.
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I agree Fazor--years ago, I got a handwritten letter on my door offering to mow my lawn. Thinking, some neighborhood kid wants to make some money, I was about to call the number. But...wait, what is this exchange? I looked up the number, it was a landscaping company in a different county. grrrrr.....
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I've always thought that a strange expression. No bell I've ever seen is clear. I guess if the sky is "clear as a bell" it must be bronze colored.
Footnote: I assume, that the clarity so described references the clarity of the bell's sound, not its color.
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that's funny, since a bell's sound seems to be rather complex---far from a pure tone, or even a clarinet tone (note the root syllable) in clarity.
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Classic dense San Francisco fog the last couple of days and nights. Even with wind speeds up to ten miles per hour, so you know it really wants to be foggy. Looked like ghosts blowing past the street lights last night. This morning was still and I couldn't see the sidewalk across the street until 10 AM. It's 2 PM atm and still hazey
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Perfect skulking weather. No wonder I haven't seen you post much the last couple of days . . .
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Sunny and 50 F. We've had such a warm winter here in the NW (lots of 50+ F days, about 5 - 10 degrees above average) that we have tulips coming up, the cherry blossoms are coming in already, and my lawn actually needs mowing. Supposed to get well into the 50's and sunny the next few days. The upshot is that tonight I'll actually be able to take my scope out for a night of observing for the first time this winter.
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Hey Spoons, I grew up with winter - and began to dislike it as soon as I was big enough to start shoveling the driveway. I began to hate it when I was old enough to drive in it...
I haven't seen a winter in the last ten years - and I really don't miss it at all.
Brisbane is Goldilocks land - never too hot, never too cold (although it can be a little too wet at times, and a little too dry other times...) As close to paradise as you can find on this planet...
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Gee; you'd think you could learn to spell the state you lived in while growing up.
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Hey, anybody can make a typo.
But back to the important stuff. My weather, or in this case, the consequences of a beyond all record amount of snow and cold temperatures.
The ice dams on the roofs have led to roof failure. Water is dripping into the house in multiple places.
This is being repeated on hundreds of thousands of roofs in the area. Some are really bad.
The ice is over a foot thick in the worst spot. I have already gone up on the roof twice this morning. I am going back up now.
If you don't hear from me again, I probably fell off.
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Spoions says no to typos!
That ice on the roof does sound rather critical - if the roof design doesn't allow for that it can be treacherous!Good luck to you and others dealing with that.
What is the best way to deal with that anyway? If this global warming keeps up I may be facing the same in ten years.
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I hadn't realized just how much snow we got. Part of it is because I only walk the sidewalk, which I've been shoveling each time it snows. Part of it is because I think our small fenced yard acts as a "snowcatcher"; the snow's drifting into the yard from over the fence, but it doesn't seem to be drifting out. When I stopped to really look at it, I realized just how much our yard seemed like a bowl or a box that was filling with snow.
I took a few quick pictures with my cell phone, just to attempt some scale. The first shows the snow on our back deck: you can see that the snow has just about buried our little table and is about "chair height". The second shot may not look like much, until you realize that the lattice that is showing above the snow is actually about 3'6".
The icicles in the back corner of our house finally reached the ground (and while it's only a single story house, keep in mind it's got a high roof and the whole house sits a little over 2' off the ground on it's foundation. I really should have taken a picture of that, but I was more interested in breaking them off before my gutter came down.
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If you have ice in the gutters and hanging off, you have melting. Probably from the heat of the house. If the ice builds up at the edge, it's called an ice dam. Meltwater builds behind it, then freezes at night.
If it builds up enough, you get ice under the shingles, lifting them, then under the paper, then it is dripping into the house.
Each day/night cycle builds it up, until it is a serious roof damage situation. (Like mine)
I'm about half way through, I stopped the leaking area at least. I shoveled the snow off, then took a pick axe to the ice. It's warm enough to melt today, so every bit of snow I get off is less water running down.
The gutters have over a foot in them. But hey, a gutter is cheap to replace compared to the roof. They go next.
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If you have a new house, or are in an area with known ice problems, the roof may have a bladder system designed to prevent ice damns from causing damage. In which case no worries.
While the terrible snowmageddan seemed bad, this roof failure business is going to be far worse.
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More than us. I heard on the news this morning that this is the first time Columbus and Cinci has more snow than Cleveland. Although; I was half listening, so I don't know if thats season, month, or system.
Probably, but there is still some melting from the sun even when it's cold out, and that melt will be insulated by the layer of snow.
Good luck on your effort though. I had a section of Living room ceiling come crashing down in my last house. And that was with a house that had some serious insulation. Unfortunately; I was trying to sell it at the time, which made repairs vital.
I seem to be fairly lucky in this house, even though the insulation is woefully inadaquate.
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