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thewoodlands

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Aug 25, 2009
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All we can do is wait and see what happens. Load up on firewood and get ready.
We put in some today with more going in tomorrow, those big ole pines around the house were rocking the last storm and also lost some branches....the last place I want to be is under them getting firewood during high winds.
 
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heavy hammer

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Jul 18, 2015
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Kirtland Ohio
I'll be doing the same here. I cut and filled the kindling barrel yesterday afternoon and I'll make sure the garage is full and both stoves are ready to go some cold temps for a few days.
 
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thewoodlands

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Aug 25, 2009
15,805
Foothills of The Adirondacks
After my first cup of coffee, I went out to the garage and plugged the block heater in on the tractor. Once the second cup was gone, I dressed for the day (cold & windy) and plowed three driveways.

I'm guessing we received between 6 to 7 inches of sugar snow and there was plenty of water from the rains underneath it.
 

jatoxico

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Aug 8, 2011
4,369
Long Island NY
After my first cup of coffee, I went out to the garage and plugged the block heater in on the tractor. Once the second cup was gone, I dressed for the day (cold & windy) and plowed three driveways.

I'm guessing we received between 6 to 7 inches of sugar snow and there was plenty of water from the rains underneath it.
Figured you folks would've been cold enough to get all snow,

The temp dropped from around 50 to 25 over about 2 hours here on LI (got down to 10 overnight). No snow though, all the precipitation was over before the temp dropped.

Guess the warm temps were more widespread that I realized. It was more or less the same for my son who lives in Glens Falls now which is pretty high up in NY by my standards.
 

thewoodlands

Minister of Fire
Aug 25, 2009
15,805
Foothills of The Adirondacks
Figured you folks would've been cold enough to get all snow,

The temp dropped from around 50 to 25 over about 2 hours here on LI (got down to 10 overnight). No snow though, all the precipitation was over before the temp dropped.

Guess the warm temps were more widespread that I realized. It was more or less the same for my son who lives in Glens Falls now which is pretty high up in NY by my standards.
They were calling for lake effect for our area but it looks like it split us, today it looks like the worst of it is along the St. Lawrence River.

Last year the end of December and all of January were real cold, it looks like we're in for a warm up and some rain in the first week of January.

Glenns Falls, the birthplace of the "Hacksaw".
 

thewoodlands

Minister of Fire
Aug 25, 2009
15,805
Foothills of The Adirondacks
I've spent the last two days plowing some driveways and getting the walking trails around the house opened up along with moving snow from certain places since we have some warmer weather coming in.

The attached pictures are some trails I plowed yesterday, I guess I didn't get any after pics.

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heavy hammer

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Jul 18, 2015
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Kirtland Ohio
I was able to refill the garage using my tractor today. It is frozen enough to not destroy the yard. Like you said warmer temps and rain coming so I figured put a little time on it before the thaw. thewoodlands, you guys have a good Christmas, no power outages?
 
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thewoodlands

Minister of Fire
Aug 25, 2009
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Foothills of The Adirondacks
I was able to refill the garage using my tractor today. It is frozen enough to not destroy the yard. Like you said warmer temps and rain coming so I figured put a little time on it before the thaw. thewoodlands, you guys have a good Christmas, no power outages?
No outages for us, the snow we received this last storm was sugar snow and not the heavy wet snow like the previous storm.

The winds were bad but we only had one flicker, Merry Christmas to you and your family.
 
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heavy hammer

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Kirtland Ohio
We never lost power but there was enough outages where they kept us working till noon yesterday. Everyone is back with power so it is a good thing. It was real cold so I feel for anyone without power/heat. Mwerry Christmas to you guys as well.
 
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jatoxico

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Aug 8, 2011
4,369
Long Island NY
Poor folks in western NY got pounded with snow wind and lost power. And right during the holiday.
 

salecker

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Aug 22, 2010
2,090
Northern Canada
So far no snow plowing this winter we have about 6" accumulated
But we did have a week of - 40 C or colder
 
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heavy hammer

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Jul 18, 2015
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Kirtland Ohio
The cold and wind from this storm were brutal. I felt bad for people without power but it was not fun being out in it.
 
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thewoodlands

Minister of Fire
Aug 25, 2009
15,805
Foothills of The Adirondacks
We received another 4 inches of snow overnight, my plan for today was moving snow and get ready for a big melt. It can melt down in the woods instead of the front yard.

The third and fifth picture are a before and after and the last picture you can see the snow I pushed down into the woods.

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heavy hammer

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In a couple of days you will have slush and mud. I wouldn't mind if these temps stayed for awhile keep things frozen.
 
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thewoodlands

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Aug 25, 2009
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Foothills of The Adirondacks
In a couple of days you will have slush and mud. I wouldn't mind if these temps stayed for awhile keep things frozen.
I would rather have the colder weather too. A town not far from us already had a ice jam that caused flooding for some houses along the river.

This melt with the rain should have the rivers, brooks and creeks full of water.
 
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heavy hammer

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Jul 18, 2015
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Kirtland Ohio
It is making a mess of things as we speak here. I was able to was my truck and get the driveway cleared, but I wish mother nature would just make up her mind and stay cold. Temps next week had Tuesday at 60.
 
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thewoodlands

Minister of Fire
Aug 25, 2009
15,805
Foothills of The Adirondacks
It is making a mess of things as we speak here. I was able to was my truck and get the driveway cleared, but I wish mother nature would just make up her mind and stay cold. Temps next week had Tuesday at 60.
I could've used the tractor today but because things softened up overnight, I used the RTV. I removed water and slush from a natural drain without beating up the yard....a few times.

Happy New Year
 
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heavy hammer

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Jul 18, 2015
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Kirtland Ohio
Happy New year to you as well, We have mud and mild temps here. I'm glad I got my stuff donme when it was still kinda frozen out.
 
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heavy hammer

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Jul 18, 2015
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Kirtland Ohio
Thewoodlands, you get a lotof snow? we ended up with about 3-4 inches. Cold though low 20's. Supposed to warm up again, I think close to 50 this week.
 
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thewoodlands

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Aug 25, 2009
15,805
Foothills of The Adirondacks
Thewoodlands, you get a lotof snow? we ended up with about 3-4 inches. Cold though low 20's. Supposed to warm up again, I think close to 50 this week.
Not really, 6 to 7 inches the other day with a chit load of water from the rain underneath, I'll plow a few more areas tomorrow and then put the 3 pt sander on Monday.

Including tonight we have 3 single digit temps but the temps during the day will start warming up, it's actually nice for January for our area.
 
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thewoodlands

Minister of Fire
Aug 25, 2009
15,805
Foothills of The Adirondacks
We had a bunch of rain overnight and this morning so I used the 4540 to scrape a bunch of slush off the driveway.

We did get the 3 point sander on yesterday so a little later I'll scrape more slush off (we're still getting some rain) and then sand the driveway.
 
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thewoodlands

Minister of Fire
Aug 25, 2009
15,805
Foothills of The Adirondacks
I did sand the driveway this afternoon with the 3 point sander. The first run I had the gates opened up more then I should've but I adjusted that which worked out well on the rest of the driveway on my second run.

I didn't take the camera since it started raining again just before I went out.
 
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