15 below with wind chill.

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jimdrea

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The coldest its been around here in decades. 4 feet of snow on the ground frigid outside but toasty inside. Heve been running my Napoleon 1402 non stop for a week straight. Buying my insert last year was the best decision I ever made. Just hope my wood supply lasts. DSCF1273.JPG
 
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-1 here this morning and my bones ache. Significant wind chill too.
Pretty flippin cold for southern New England.
 
Here is a snapshot of this morning at 7 AM for your review. I was planning on going ice fishing today, but, well, you can figure it out...

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-28.8C (-19.84F) here on my thermometer, add windchill and it's much much colder. My 1450 has been running 24/7 pretty much since the end of October. I figure by the end of April I will have burned 4 cord and $800 in propane. This summer is going to be spent sealing this old house up as much as possible! We haven't had near as much snow as last year, but it's been dreadfully cold. If anyone needs a door/alarm tech in the southern states or Midwest, I'm ready to go NOW!

Ian
 
Here is a snapshot of this morning at 7 AM for your review. I was planning on going ice fishing today, but, well, you can figure it out...

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I haven't been on the ice in over a week. Aside from the cold and wind, Oneida has 2 feet of snow to trek thru and clear for every hole to drill. Not a good time with a 5 year old in tow.
 
I would not call that Fair for a weather description. I would call it Balls A$$ Cold.
 
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I haven't been on the ice in over a week. Aside from the cold and wind, Oneida has 2 feet of snow to trek thru and clear for every hole to drill. Not a good time with a 5 year old in tow.
Frank what is that monster fish in your avatar?
 
Wheres all the snow you got? We got another ~15 inches Sat/Sun. Some areas got a dusting.
 
Just a big ole Oneida lake carp. That was when my son was 4. Thing weighed 20 pounds or so. What made it excited was I caught it on an ultra light rod and 4 lb test when I was teaching him how to bobber fish for blue gills. I would cast and show him how to watch the bobber twitch, real the slack and set the hook. He was just catching on, brought a few gills in. I was getting his rod set up to let him fly solo and I hear him say "got one dad!" Then he screams and starts stumbling towards the water. Drag was peeling and rod was doubled over. Took us about 20 minutes to land it. It was a big deal for him. He was quite upset when I told him we had to release it. It was just a great father/son moment. He actually went in the water to his waist to release it. He wanted to hold the fish in the water and watch it swim off like all those fake English accent fishing show guys do.

The fish we target for sport are rarely more than a few pounds and the fish we target for food are between 1/2 and 1 pound...so this was a huge shock. Also shocking was catching it in 6' of water with the bait 2' below the surface. They are usually bottom feeders.
 
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Why didn't you filet and release it? Carp isn't good eating? I pretty much only believe in fillet and release except for undersize of course.
 
I have yet to find a way to make any part of a carp taste good. Once in a while, Orientals patrol the beaches and shorelines. They spot you with a fish that size and its a quick 20 bucks or so for ya!

They try to buy my bluegills and perch all the time...but those we eat.
 
was -5 feels like -30 here last night before bed. this morning -7 feels like -23

heck right now, at lunch time its only 9 and feels like -9..

I have to shovel off my roof these evening as well. that should be a joy...
 
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With no weather station and a thermometer on the house that is shot I'm going to guess that we're in the 15F range. The wind is really stout and out of the NW/W, the coldest wind we get here snuggled up to the coastline. The sky is brilliant blue and the sun is strong; in front of the south facing barn doors it's really quite pleasant, 8' snow banks add a measure of comfort. Once the pattern breaks and temperatures moderate melting will get nicely underway. I hope that happens before we get rain... I'd like to see roof snow melt down some before being soaked thoroughly!

I ventured out this AM (after some serious shovelling) and the snow was still being blown around and was drifting across the road in more exposed areas. In nearly 24 yrs. this is the most snow I've ever seen here. The 4' fence posts that define the vegetable garden are no longer visible. The window boxes outside my shop windows now sport nearly 30" of accumulated snow (they face south!). It's inconvenient, but it really is quite beautiful!
 
Last night at midnight (PST) I was checking the local weatherstations for north coastal Mass (3am EST). Temp was -2F and windchill around -26F and I expect it was going to get colder before daybreak.
 
we didn't get killed with sow this year, just your typical 4-8" at a time. Easy to manage at that rate. Maybe but its been very constant, like a foot per week with not a lot of thaw. So we are ending up with 3-4' on most of the lawns and on the lake. Snowmobile guys happy, ice fishing guys not so much. I don't recall in the past 8 years of living in CNY having a stretch this cold for this long though. By the time the snow is off the lake there will be 3' of ice to drill thru.
 
I spoke to one of my neighbors when I ventured out on my rounds this morning. He was shovelling, and was just "cleaning up" around his easily accessible mailbox (we won't use ours until April at this rate, lol) and was really quite sullen about the amount of snow we've received. How has he been so "inconvenienced"? give me a break. He is wealthy, has plenty of money to have the long driveway to his oceanfront home cleared, and has a generator so loss of electrical power is little more than a blip in his home.

We live in New England. It can get really cold here and there can be a lot of snow. Just because neither of those things has been the norm for the past however many years doesn't mean it won't be true this year! I believe getting outdoors and experiencing the weather is not only good for your constitution but your soul, as well. This is where I live and I will make an effort to be part of winter, not simply a sour tempered spectator. Today was the perfect winter day... piercingly blue sky, no clouds, pristine snow pack and wind driven "snow devils". It was breathtakingly beautiful. (and a sound reminder of how terrific a wood stove can be!)

We have to ponder the question of snow blower replacement and should we move to a tractor arrangement or a "sup.ed up" walk behind model? Not sure, but we've certainly had conditions that require serious study and consideration and that's how you make prudent decisions.
 
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we didn't get killed with sow this year, just your typical 4-8" at a time. Easy to manage at that rate. Maybe but its been very constant, like a foot per week with not a lot of thaw. So we are ending up with 3-4' on most of the lawns and on the lake. Snowmobile guys happy, ice fishing guys not so much. I don't recall in the past 8 years of living in CNY having a stretch this cold for this long though. By the time the snow is off the lake there will be 3' of ice to drill thru.

Up here the fire department is planning a charity ice fishing derby next month . . . one member did a test hole the other day . . . said they had 2 1/2 feet of snow followed by 6 inches of slush and then 19 or so inches of ice.
 
Some pics . . . we've actually been pretty lucky . . . this last storm mostly missed us. I really bad for folks down in Massachusetts, CT and downeast Maine.

Pic of my wood stash on the porch . . . I almost always go out daily when I bring George the Dog out to do his business and grab some wood . . . but it sure is nice knowing I have a nice stash close by if for some reason I could not easily get out.

Snow from the roof, drifts and just plain deepness has pretty much made not having the stairs from the back porch a necessity . . . now I have a gradual hard snow pack that goes to the woodshed. You can see just how deep things are by looking at the nearby pool uprights.
 

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We are in line for 2 inches today, not bad, it is the cold that is bad
 
Going out to walk the dog at 6AM it was -6, -24 windchill. The dog (St. Bernard/ Great Pyrenees mix) thought it was great. He just lay down in the driveway and just wanted to "chill", literally. With all that fur he's always looking for the coolest floor to lay on in the house.

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Going out to walk the dog at 6AM it was -6, -24 windchill. The dog (St. Bernard/ Great Pyrenees mix) thought it was great. He just lay down in the driveway and just wanted to "chill", literally. With all that fur he's always looking for the coolest floor to lay on in the house.

Sam




had a St Bernard, this was her favorite time of year. roll in the snow, colder the better. I miss her :(
 
The crazy thing is that it's warmer in Alaska than Virginia.
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