daveswoodhauler
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Well, in Westminster, Ma we have 14" as of 8:09 pm....just got is from doing the driveway....its going to be 20"plus here when it s over
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Dix
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I'm back for now-let the genny rest for a few hours and cooked some burgers on the grill-in a driving snow by lantern light 
I guess the cord run was too long for the Englander blower-it was running slow and making funny noises so I was afraid the voltage drop might damage it. I just disconnected the duct and now have it dumping hot air directly into the basement. It's a lot more effective than you might think-it's still 74 up here on the first floor. The fridge and freezer seem to be running fine. I put the beers in the snow out on the back deck so as to minimize the amount of times the fridge door opens :lol: I am definitely going to do a transfer switch setup soon-this cycling stuff on extension cords is for the birds! Hope the rest of the Northeast hearth.com contingent is doing ok. We have some limbs down but nothing major. Gamma, are you around?
I guess the cord run was too long for the Englander blower-it was running slow and making funny noises so I was afraid the voltage drop might damage it. I just disconnected the duct and now have it dumping hot air directly into the basement. It's a lot more effective than you might think-it's still 74 up here on the first floor. The fridge and freezer seem to be running fine. I put the beers in the snow out on the back deck so as to minimize the amount of times the fridge door opens :lol: I am definitely going to do a transfer switch setup soon-this cycling stuff on extension cords is for the birds! Hope the rest of the Northeast hearth.com contingent is doing ok. We have some limbs down but nothing major. Gamma, are you around?
daveswoodhauler
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Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle said:
Yup, serious...took three measurements from my back yard and took the average . (Lol I am a nerd)
Still coming down good, so I wouldnt be surprised if some portions of the berkshires get 24"
Power is still on........for now
Frozen Canuck
Minister of Fire
I have just got to find a way to send about 2 weeks of -30 down east, with a good stiff breeze too. :lol: Then you can have a good "gee I hate winter" thread & I can sit back & think yep, now they get it. 
BTW what is up with all this "power out here" stuff? We get winter here every year but never any of this power out stuff, unless of course some fool parks their vehicle on a power pole.
Just curious why so many of you (on the East coast) seem to be without power every time there is a storm?
Please don't tell me it's because you hang your power lines in the tree branches like they do in the Dominican Rep, cause I probably won't believe you. ;-)
BTW what is up with all this "power out here" stuff? We get winter here every year but never any of this power out stuff, unless of course some fool parks their vehicle on a power pole.
Just curious why so many of you (on the East coast) seem to be without power every time there is a storm?
Please don't tell me it's because you hang your power lines in the tree branches like they do in the Dominican Rep, cause I probably won't believe you. ;-)
iskiatomic
Minister of Fire
Just left Doug in CT's house. Not pretty out there. Lots of clean to be had. Came home to a mess as well. Sleeping in the basement tonite. Pics to follow.
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remkel
Minister of Fire
daveswoodhauler said:
Just north of you here in Rindge same story- 12" at 8:00- just finished snow blowing the driveway, kids went for a run in the snow, and now all are sleeping (except me of course).
One heck of a night!
daveswoodhauler
Minister of Fire
Remkel said:
Still coming down here Remkel...Mt Monadnock is going to have some early snow at the summit.
daveswoodhauler said:
Wow, and that is before Halloween?! Batten down the hatches mateys. Looks like a nasty winter's developing.
* and now you know why I don't hope for stove burning weather to hurry up.
BrowningBAR
Minister of Fire
We lost power for 9 hours over here. Lots of really heavy, wet snow sticking to everything. Thank god for the stoves, otherwise I would have been cold eating all the ice cream before it melted...
mayhem
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Approaching 12 hours with no power-some reports say it could be tomorrow, some say Monday. I can't complain so far as we're warm and actually have a generator, but this could get old real quick. Supposed to go to my in-laws for dinner tomorrow-my FIL called to say a huge apple tree had fallen in the yard and took out a fence. Needless to say I'll be burning that in 2013
bogydave
Minister of Fire
the tree or the fence? (or both)
Like I said, wood burners are nuts. Tough bunch, but nuts.
In the face of a record storm, we can't pass up a good wood source.
And our families & homes are warm. Power or not.
Gotta love'm
Like I said, wood burners are nuts. Tough bunch, but nuts.
In the face of a record storm, we can't pass up a good wood source.
And our families & homes are warm. Power or not.
Gotta love'm
We got 9 inches here and no power outtage...
The 30 works a lot better in these cold temps.....I knew it would.
I enjoyed watching the fire yesterday and the snow.
They are predicting high temps in the mid 50's this week though... >:-(
I was hoping for cooler temps to keep the 30 going 24/7.
Hope all are safe in this weather...
The 30 works a lot better in these cold temps.....I knew it would.
I enjoyed watching the fire yesterday and the snow.
They are predicting high temps in the mid 50's this week though... >:-(
I was hoping for cooler temps to keep the 30 going 24/7.
Hope all are safe in this weather...
ecocavalier02
Minister of Fire
well most of our trees still have leaves on them so all the snow is really hanging onto the trees sounded like a scary movie all night with the cracking of trees all nightFrozen Canuck said:I have just got to find a way to send about 2 weeks of -30 down east, with a good stiff breeze too. :lol: Then you can have a good "gee I hate winter" thread & I can sit back & think yep, now they get it.
BTW what is up with all this "power out here" stuff? We get winter here every year but never any of this power out stuff, unless of course some fool parks their vehicle on a power pole.
Just curious why so many of you (on the East coast) seem to be without power every time there is a storm?
Please don't tell me it's because you hang your power lines in the tree branches like they do in the Dominican Rep, cause I probably won't believe you. ;-)
hossthehermit
Minister of Fire
About a half an inch of snow on the truck and some of the grassy places, here, melting almost as fast as it falls
jharkin
Minister of Fire
The news is going through snow totals and Peru was right there at the top of the list. i never saw where on the map it was before.
Over here we got less than I was expecting... maybe 3 inches. Looks like a bunch of branches down in back but the driveway barely has any cover. Power blipped once for just a minute. Next town over is half dark however.
Snow plows were going all night though. Woke up one of the babies at 4am.
Over here we got less than I was expecting... maybe 3 inches. Looks like a bunch of branches down in back but the driveway barely has any cover. Power blipped once for just a minute. Next town over is half dark however.
Snow plows were going all night though. Woke up one of the babies at 4am.
btuser
Minister of Fire
The sun has been up for a while now and its not looking good for the front yard oaks. I heard some major cracks last night. Most of the maple had dropped their leaves but the oaks still had too many. So much for pretty trees.
Mrs. Krabappel
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daveswoodhauler
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remkel
Minister of Fire
BeGreen said:
DOn't think so- I think the winter will start off with a bang, and end with a whimper- just my thoughts...
remkel
Minister of Fire
daveswoodhauler said:
Was actually looking at the summit yesterday- already had snow cover before this storm hit.
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