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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465880,00.html
Wonder how much trail clean up is going to be needed next spring...there are an awful lot of pine trees breaking around me...
Not as bad as predicted here, still have power.
its warm enough that the rain is dripping off surfaces as apposed to freezing
on contact.
stumpknocker
12-12-2008, 11:02
Been about 6 inches of snow so far here just north of Burlington, VT.
Sipping coffee and enjoying a beautiful day. :)
Planning on playing in it tomorrow.
Had a 5" thick tree limb ice up and break off last night and hit the roof above the bedroom, then slid down. Scared us, but turned out to be no real damage. As always in this situation it could have been worse. It's now 10:30 AM and it's snowing like crazy again. Two trees were down, well away from the house, way up in the back yard.
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq164/Quoddy1/Home/OurHouse-ChristmasCard.jpg
57* and windy on the coast. Was iced up hard when I got up this AM.
Freaky. Gonna flood areas.
Snow day here in Nashville! :banana:banana
Teacher gets the day off!!:banana:banana
Cabin Fever
12-12-2008, 12:46
We were supposed to get 2-4 inches in the valleys and up to 6-8 in the Roans last night. Woke up this morning to NOTHING. Not even any ice. I was going to work from home. DARN!
We were supposed to get 2-4 inches in the valleys and up to 6-8 in the Roans last night. Woke up this morning to NOTHING. Not even any ice. I was going to work from home. DARN!
Wow, now there's a switch! We're usually the ones with rain while you folks get dumped with white stuff.
corialice81
12-12-2008, 12:59
We were supposed to get 2-4 inches in the valleys and up to 6-8 in the Roans last night. Woke up this morning to NOTHING. Not even any ice. I was going to work from home. DARN!
Got ice and snow here in Boone, NC! Made for a fun morning commute.
HikerRanky
12-12-2008, 13:09
Wow, now there's a switch! We're usually the ones with rain while you folks get dumped with white stuff.
Up here we didn't get anything.... It sleeted a little, but mostly rain... Today is gorgeous.... Chilly, but no rain, no ice, no snow.
Was also talking to some colleagues in Manhattan yesterday... Just rain for them... My brother down in Mississippi said they got about 2 inches of snow...
Up here we didn't get anything.... It sleeted a little, but mostly rain... Today is gorgeous.... Chilly, but no rain, no ice, no snow.
Was also talking to some colleagues in Manhattan yesterday... Just rain for them... My brother down in Mississippi said they got about 2 inches of snow...
The inch of snow we got last night was a quarter-inch of ice on the roads on the south side of town this morning. Maybe no big deal in most places, but Metro wasn't about to turn loose its 4 salt trucks in December. :-?
I wonder if Bennington, Vermont got hit? That's a pretty bad outage it sounds like..........and right in the middle of winter no less.
That just about maks me want to go up there and see if I can do anything for anyone. I love it up in those parts.........
I wonder if Bennington, Vermont got hit? That's a pretty bad outage it sounds like..........and right in the middle of winter no less.
That just about makes me want to go up there and see if I can do anything for anyone. I love it up in those parts.........
I'm about 8 actual (12 road) miles west of Bennington. Lots of outages all around me, but I'm with a very small electric company that almost never has an outage on their lines, they're just lucky I guess. My daughter lives 25 miles north and she lost her power last night, still has none, and there's not even a guess as to when it will be up again. I just spoke my dog's vet/groomer's office in the Old Bennington area (southwestern side) and they have power.
Got about 4" here in Monterey.
Got about 4" here in Monterey.
The snow falls mo'
out on the Plateau.:)
Weather. Go figure. :rolleyes:
My father-in-law just called from Kennebunk, ME, to say they're without power and phone service. (The cell phone works, though.) Predictions are that they won't get power until early next week.
Blissful
12-12-2008, 20:19
Nice day here, just rain this week and lots of it - good for the springs.
Well here in Proctor Vermont just n. w. about 5 mile from Rutland 4 in. snow crust on top.Power OK. I got all the food and stoves that i need plus wood and 2 generaters bring it one the more the better, well to a point.
Lots of snow and ice here in NNY,crossing my fingers on power. I have trees laying on my power and phone lines,hoping for the best.
This evening I talked to my son, who's in Lafayette, LA. They had snow. He said it was nasty mix, with a lot of sleet in it, but down there, it was exciting nonetheless.
Hoser.
I gave the report on temp here before I heard all the news reports on how bad the NE got hit. Hope the ice doesn't do too much damage, and the folks who need the electric get it back soon.
Not as bad as predicted here, still have power.
its warm enough that the rain is dripping off surfaces as apposed to freezing
on contact.
I lost power for 4 or 5 hours. But parts of my town on mid coast Maine are still out a fact I learned to my surprise a couple of hours ago. We called two close friends in their mid 80s who live in the outage area a few minutes ago. Their phone had no answer.
I have a large plastic rain barrel that I use to keep roof run off from flooding my basement. Last night it was full. But when I went out to bail it out this afternoon, I discovered an overflow hose had unthawed and the barrel was near empty.
Still no significant snow on my part of the coast. (about 15 miles east northeast of Portland) Lots of freezing rain.
The sun was out when I emerged from an early afternon funeral. I rarely go to funerals. But it was for one our most dedicated town land trust officials, who had died at age 92. We have been working on a land gift from him for a couple of years. I thought it critical that someone from the land trust attend.
Weary
No Belay
12-13-2008, 22:31
Nice 78* with slight southwest wind here in the Ozarks. Expecting some heavy frost later next week so everybody is out stocking up. Looks like it may be a killing frost so I'll have to cover my tomatos. Not sure if I should use E-vent or Gortex3.
Looks to be perfectly clear for the meteor shower later tonight but they're forecasting frigid temps in the low 40s so I may take my 0* bag.
Savor Happy!
TaTonka
-20 F but otherwise nice went for a short hike this evening and was dressed to warm
Nice 78* with slight southwest wind here in the Ozarks. Expecting some heavy frost later next week so everybody is out stocking up. Looks like it may be a killing frost so I'll have to cover my tomatos. Not sure if I should use E-vent or Gortex3.
Looks to be perfectly clear for the meteor shower later tonight but they're forecasting frigid temps in the low 40s so I may take my 0* bag.
Savor Happy!
TaTonka
Double hoser.
Yours is coming. 7*F here now. C'mon sunshine.
Bare Bear
12-14-2008, 09:30
Yeah tough winter, it got down to 47F here the other night! :)
Perhaps you northern folks should come hit the Trail, it is hiking season in Florida.
It seems the higher elevations of the northern(ME, NH) Apps got spared the brunt of the ice storm. 100,000 residents till w/o power in coastal/downeast areas.
Good stuff if you or kids have runner sleds and hills.
Gonna check out some hiking this week for a day or two, crunch,crunch. probably snowshoes are in now.
Yeah tough winter, it got down to 47F here the other night! :)
Perhaps you northern folks should come hit the Trail, it is hiking season in Florida.
May you get an extra love bug season this year.
atraildreamer
12-14-2008, 12:49
Just lots (2-4") of rain in RI. Some power outages and flooding, otherwise OK. :sun
Just rain at my elevation in Linden at 1000 feet but accross the street on high knob at about the 2000 foot level I still can see the ice all over the trees.
nitewalker
12-14-2008, 14:25
we didnt get the ice over here in north east connecticut but we did get heavy wind and rain. here is a tree that blew over onto one of the campers left on our property..the irony of the whole story is the guy who owns the camper is the guy who does our tree work. go figure..
Tennessee Viking
12-14-2008, 16:03
We were supposed to get 2-4 inches in the valleys and up to 6-8 in the Roans last night. Woke up this morning to NOTHING. Not even any ice. I was going to work from home. DARN!It was fun to listen to all the weather guys predicting some good snow fall. Watching some of the Knoxville weather info showed some great snow on the plateau.
Woke up that next morning with nothing. All that worrying for nothing.
It was fun to listen to all the weather guys predicting some good snow fall. Watching some of the Knoxville weather info showed some great snow on the plateau.
Woke up that next morning with nothing. All that worrying for nothing.
yeah no kidding. we were predicted to get 7-11" of snow with up to 15" in the higher elevations. NOT.
ended up with 3" of frozen solid snow, lol.
A pic from some of the damage..this is what many of the roads looked like in our area...
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/files/1/4/1/3/7/p1000560_thumb.jpg (http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=30028&c=553)
hope it is over soon.
Strange weather here in N Texas.....well, not so strange. 30 MPH south winds yesterday (Sunday). Temps to 76. I walked in a tee shirt. Artic front arrived about 9 PM. Temp was 26 this morning. High will be 30 today......
warraghiyagey
12-15-2008, 11:00
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28193030
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/aa672418-765d-481c-ab2d-b5a7e906f64d.rp350x350.jpg (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28223085/displaymode/1168/rstry/28193030/rpage/1/)
leeki pole
12-15-2008, 11:33
Been there done that...we were without power back in 1996 for 5 days, some more rural areas were without power for 3 weeks! Ice is nasty, and I hope they get the juice on soon. Cooked a lot of meals on my backpacking stove for the family. Took us a year to clean up the mess with tree debiis everywhere.
Our power com. cuts them tree limbs in the summer not in the winter.
warraghiyagey
12-15-2008, 12:25
No wonder it takes so long to get the power back on. . .
It was fun to listen to all the weather guys predicting some good snow fall. Watching some of the Knoxville weather info showed some great snow on the plateau.
Woke up that next morning with nothing. All that worrying for nothing.
my kids are happy when the schools cancel for the now show storm
A pic from some of the damage..this is what many of the roads looked like in our area...
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/files/1/4/1/3/7/p1000560_thumb.jpg (http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=30028&c=553)
I would really need to be on the other side, to drive under that.
boarstone
12-15-2008, 20:30
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465880,00.html
Wonder how much trail clean up is going to be needed next spring...there are an awful lot of pine trees breaking around me...
It's early yet dude!....stay tuned...
Bare Bear
12-18-2008, 21:48
Just talked to my buddy at Ellijay GA (20 miles from Springer) and he says it has rained steady for four days now. Pine trees falling all over. Between Pine Beetles, then drought now rain excess it is impossible for the trees to stay up once the ground softens too much.
we didnt get the ice over here in north east connecticut but we did get heavy wind and rain. here is a tree that blew over onto one of the campers left on our property..the irony of the whole story is the guy who owns the camper is the guy who does our tree work. go figure..
The Revenge of the Trees!
Nearly Normal
12-19-2008, 02:26
Global warming seems to be on the back burner this winter.
It's warm here though it has been raining for going on four days now......
Global warming seems to be on the back burner this winter.
now if we could only stop global whining
Nearly Normal
12-19-2008, 11:34
now if we could only stop global whining
Good luck with that
chuckle....
anyone in the Newark area? My son is supposed to be on a flight home this afternoon, but flight was cancelled.:(.... how's it looking? any chance for a later flight today, or is he there 'till tomorrow?
70's in Atlanta area the last few days...supposed to be 40 on Sunday....
chuckle....
anyone in the Newark area? My son is supposed to be on a flight home this afternoon, but flight was cancelled.:(.... how's it looking? any chance for a later flight today, or is he there 'till tomorrow?
70's in Atlanta area the last few days...supposed to be 40 on Sunday....
he ain't flying nowhere today
Good luck with that
no sh * t
he ain't flying nowhere today
that's what I thought....hopefully he'll be able to get to a shuttle off campus to the airport, and a hotel room with his buddies!
that's what I thought....hopefully he'll be able to get to a shuttle off campus to the airport, and a hotel room with his buddies!
you can catch up to date info here... click on EWR on the map for Newark
http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/nemap.jsp
warraghiyagey
12-20-2008, 11:10
Playing the part of the Ice Storm today is out freshly fallen new foot of snow here in Marblehead and the 6 - 12 additional we're supposed to get by tomorrow night.
Just in time for christmas. . . :sun
We got 11" here last night. Just got back in from shovelling. Ribs are still a little sore from mountain bike accident 2 Saturdays ago, so I won't do my usual x-c ski in the local park. :(
stargazer0311
12-20-2008, 12:43
i was out on trail with the snowshoes between maine rt4 and 17 it is gonna be a chainsaw spring hike for sure up here.
warraghiyagey
12-20-2008, 13:02
Mmm. . . renegade trail maintenance in Maine. . . . in May. . . sound fun:sun
i was out on trail with the snowshoes between maine rt4 and 17 it is gonna be a chainsaw spring hike for sure up here.
Pretty? (Not the firewood, the woods themselves.)