From DC to Philly the prediction is 2ft+.. gusts to 50mph.. I guess we'll see. Drove home from work this evening.. gas station was out of gas.. it said they only had premium.. I pumped for 5 minutes and only got .50 cents worth of gas.. I was probably burning more just idling. Hit the grocery store across the street.. it wasn't a mob scene but the bread shelf looked 1/2 empty. I just needed cat food and milk. Last big snow like this.. they even pulled the plow trucks off the road because of the wind. The road in front of the farm is below the fields.. so it gets filled in. It looked like this.. I cleared the road to the nearest neighbor's house.. took me 2 days. No one lives on the farm across the street.
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Yes,it's supposed to be a bad storm. Stock up and stay home.
for the rite price i could bring a fleet of plow trucks down
Must be global warming. my area supposed to get eight inches and up with predicted two inches of ice, my brother just called and said he went to the store and all he could get was powdered milk and a box of crackers :D
Anyone know how far north this storm is posed to go?
I wont count out ny.
There is no storm . They are trying to sell milk and bread to stimulate the Economy.
Not snow here, but the storm blasted through like a freight train. Hopefully there were no damaging tornadoes. The temperature instantly dropped from 68° to 57° and it continues to steadily drop.
I think Maryland is getting preped. so its probly gona climb north pretty high.
Quote from: 4x4American on January 21, 2016, 09:22:21 PM
Anyone know how far north this storm is posed to go?
Last I checked, the northern edge of it is only supposed to get up to a line running from the MA/NH line on the coast, sloping down through central MA, to the CT/MA line where it intersects with NY. and following a similar line to the WSW from there (well south of Albany).
I wish some of it were coming further north. We could use some more snow up here.
I'm in Southern PA in the 16-24" predicted area so I got out both snow blowers, aimed them south and hopefully helped push the storm away. I also walked around all the buildings looking for stuff that the blowers shouldn't blow.
Quote from: red on January 21, 2016, 09:26:54 PM
There is no storm . They are trying to sell milk and bread to stimulate the Economy.
I wouldn't doubt that for a half second!
Predicting 2' here. Worst part may be Tuesday when we are predicting rain. If it does it will rapidly melt the snow and we will have big time flooding. Check with us next week.
Wv, gona get hammered , i might be wrong but this is the first time i have ever seen the weather channel give a power outage forecast.
Not supposed to get as far as Canada.
It might make it to Southern Nova Scotia, It is still in Canada so far. ;D
Quote from: red on January 21, 2016, 09:26:54 PM
There is no storm . They are trying to sell milk and bread to stimulate the Economy.
i hope you are right because i didnt buy either ;D but we are only in the 4-8 area but it just as well be 2' anything over 3" is catastrophic down here :D :D :D
I like to be consistent. I am only right twice a day like a stopped clock. There is a chance of coastal flooding because of the Full Moon
Temps are expected to be in the 40s next week
When Michael Bloomberg was mayor of NYC he would always ask people to donate blood if it was safe to walk.to their local hospital . 8 million people stuck at home and the local.hospital is out of blood . Any storm causes blood shortages.
It's been quiet here, weatherwise.
Get up in the mornings and it's hovering just above zero and late afternoon, it'll be up close to 30°.
No snow for the past few days!
Giving 12" for us. Just started snowing
I was out with the dog this morning about a half hour before sun-up and the sky was very red which has always meant a storm was coming. Weather dudes still calling 16-24 here.
It is 35° and we are getting snow flurries. :o
Maybe that was our 15 minutes of fame. :D
I haven't measured the snow yet, but to my well calibrated eye it looks like 6-7 inches on the porch railing this morning ;D
Quote from: red on January 21, 2016, 09:26:54 PM
There is no storm . They are trying to sell milk and bread to stimulate the Economy.
Ive got 9 inches of imagination in the yard, and its still coming down. Neighbor had picture of bread isle at grocery. Not a loaf left, bare shelves, not even a pack of ding dongs left.
I guess the sales idea worked... ;)
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Quote from: red on January 21, 2016, 09:26:54 PM
There is no storm . They are trying to sell milk and bread to stimulate the Economy.
Ive got 9 inches of imagination in the yard, and its still coming down. Neighbor had picture of bread isle at grocery. Not a loaf left, bare shelves, not even a pack of ding dongs left.
I guess the sales idea worked... ;)
:D :D
We are in a blizzard warning area and haven't experienced one bit of shortage of milk or bread, or gas lines. Cowboy Bob went to the grocery this morning and said he didn't think the lines were as long as a normal Friday.
I'm about 1 hour west of Charlotte and we've got 5" of snow and it's sleeting with a 20 mph wind.
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The mill and everything around it is frozen, no sawing again this weekend.
State of emergency here in south ky. one foot plus in places and still coming down .done had one call from an elderly women. i finely made it to her house .we called 911 and they came in a hummer. boy them things sure dont go to good. we winched it up the hill for about a hundred yards . but i about never made it back home myself. not fit for man nor beast out around here.
We did have some tornado activity within ~5 miles of us yesterday, but nothing here. The temperature has been gradually falling today and will dip below freezing tonight. BBrrrrr for the deep South.
We were told a white out blizzard was coming today with up to 2 ft of snow . Now it is an advisory with 3-6 inches . The storm went east or ran out of steam .but I am not getting a Blizzard
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We've got 6-7 inches and still coming down, mainly sleet right now, but should switch back to snow
Seems like a lot of the gloom and doom weather predictions dont pan out but that is for the better.
We had about 6" by mid morning so I took the leaf blower and blew me out a path to the road about 70 yards away. When I got near the road our county snow plow driver came by running wide open and covered me with snow and slush. I guess he was mad because he failed to knock my mailbox off the post on his way up like he used to do before I reinforced it. Never stopped to apologize or tell me to kiss his ___ or anything. Where do we get these guys?
we had the same trouble with one of our town drivers covered the wife and my 6 year old daughter with slush I got a call from the big wig at the town barn and said they took care of it but please do send your wife over here again there is no talking to her when she is mad (I said try living with her ) but she had all the right to be mad I would not want that to happen to my wife and kid
Just getting started here in northern Maryland. Could easily get over 2 feet as we are sorta in the bullseye of this storm. Hunkered down with Jenny and planning to have a wonderful weekend. Good thing we get along. Worried about power outages due to the heavy snow and predicted winds. Generator has enough fuel for 3 days or so. If it's a record setter I might as well say I survived it!
Stay warm and dry doctorb, and fill the bathtub with water for flushing, just in case.
Hope you have a woodstove! If not you can keep warm by shoveling lol
All you guys in it's path, "hunker down", and when it comes to diggin' out, go easy, this is where many will meet their maker.
Be safe out there!
We have about 6" right now. Earlier today I put the blower into the back of my truck so I can unload it right onto the sidewalk and start blowing. I think I just may wait until about 10AM before I start. Maybe the wind will be a little calmer.
It is going to be very interesting around here if we get the 24"+ they keep talking about. Right in the middle of the bullseye!
Bruce
Keep you and your families safe guys. :)
Quote from: 4x4American on January 22, 2016, 08:54:57 PM
Hope you have a woodstove! If not you can keep warm by shoveling lol
Yes I have a big wood burning heater and plenty of firewood.
Better than that I have natural gas and several years ago I installed a 1700 KVA Guardian/Generac whole house generator with ATS. Should we lose power 10 seconds later my generator cranks itself and takes over power to the house. Three years ago we had freak summer storms and were without power for 11 days here. Only time my generator was shut down was once to change the oil and a couple of times to check the oil. People with small generators had to worry about where to find fuel which was also in short supply but we never lost natural gas.
I did like the quote from someone in government on the east coast
''We are preparing for the worst storm we have ever seen and we would be very happy to be underwhelmed''
:D
That storm went south of us. However we have had a whole week of teens for lows and 28 to 30 for highs. I am sick of it and ready for something better. The 2'' of styrafoam insulation in the roof of my sawshed seems to hold the cold in all day.
I hope youall in the path of this milk and bread economic upturn are safe and warm.
Pic of record cold and deep snow in feb 2011.
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The 11PM models just came out and they upped the totals from 20-30" to 25 to 30+". This is getting to be very interesting.
Marcia and I driving in it in Va.
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We still have power, or I wouldn't be here. :)
Non-drifted areas have the snow over the seats of the lawn furniture. This is blowing directly from the east, and that is going to be a problem in itself. Our winds are expected from a westerly direction, so to establish protected areas, trees, wind blocks, and structures are oriented to block a north westerly flow. Things like calf hutches here have the opening facing east. The barns themselves are situated to have entrances facing east and south. Also, our normal drifting patterns are thrown out the window with such an easterly blast.
Having said that, snow is so much easier to deal with than ice. I refuse to watch the weather channel with it's dramatic hysterics 24/7. ::)
Finally stoped here. About 12 inches, got the snow plow on the tractor and will begin the task of plowing the mile of dirt road to get to the paved road. Elevation changes about 500 feet in that distance, makes for exciting ride at times. Chains on 4 x4 Kubota 34 hp help keep it in the road. Still not much fun.
Look forward to the day when I can just stay put til it melts. Got to have a outside job for now.
4x4American are you Ok up there I sure would not have given you bad weather info . Hope you make it thru this !
Too bad you can't get snow tires in the south. I see on TV the mess of cars on the road and all have summer tires.
I got a raise! Yesterday we were to get 16-24" and now it's 24-36". I was just out and it's about 14" and coming down hard, poor old dog went a few feet in my tracks and turned around, in a few hours I'll fire up the walk behind blower and make a path, might wait till tomorrow to fire up the Kubota with 50" blower.
Tree Farmer, where are you in Western NC? I sued to work for a plant that made flat steel wire and sold it to a manufacturing company up that way. They made jigsaw blades and small bandsaw blades out of it. (I'm thinking the name was American Tool, but it's been about 15 years, so i could be remembering it wrong.) I remember back in the late 80s or early 90s asking them if they needed us to throw a few generators on a truckload of wire that was coming their way - they had been hit by a huge storm that knocked out power in a widespread area. All the local sources had sold out of generators.
Hope things are going OK up there, and for everyone else who is getting hammered by this. We'd love to see some of that snow up our way, but it's not coming this far north. (We're used to dealing with it. Even our little town of 2000 owns three good-sized plow trucks.)
Aw man, we have a total of zero inches here in NE Vermont. We even WANT it! but nope we get nothing.
Ski areas and snowmobile trails need a good foot....
I want to ride my snowmobile!
Quote from: Peter Drouin on January 23, 2016, 07:18:32 AM
Too bad you can't get snow tires in the south. I see on TV the mess of cars on the road and all have summer tires.
Peter
Do you switch back and forth between summer and snow tires? I remember the days when we did that...
Wish i had a snow machine, got some cattle about a mile away been calving and aint been there since it started snowing.
Was in DC yesterday for the Right to Life rally and march. It started snowing at 1:00pm. Our bus had to leave early, got back to the northwest corner of NJ last night, no snow until early this morning. Maybe 3 inches here now, hopefully the brunt of the storm will miss us.
The last time we had a storm like this was a few years ago in the middle of March, and like Roxie stated everything here is protected from the west/northwest winds, it too came straight from the east, roughly 3'. I hope everyone is fairing well out there, we have wind but only a few inches of snow right now, just enough to make everything a pain to get done.
I do feel sorry for the ones that are getting hammered but im glad we haven't gotten any yet
I don't think I know a soul here in Michigan that change tires for winter. We just buy all season radial tires
The weather guessers just reported that Winchester, VA has received over 30" with an other 10"-12" to come! :o :o :o :o :o I think we will be setting just a few records. ::)
Well, the county here has giving up , there calling all guys out with front-end loaders . kinda odd seeing track-loaders running around on the roads.
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I get tires with big lugs tread for the trucks, I do go to the wood lots I own and it helps. I buy new just before winter and run them all year. And when winter comes again If I don't think they're good I get new ones.
I do change Anns car tires from summer to winters with studs.
She drives around the people with the all weather tires. In the last small storm we had. She went to the store and came back and told me of a driver trying to make a hill.
Said she waited at the bottom for the guy to get turned around. He stopped and told her not to go up the hill. It was bad. :D :D
She went from a stop up the hill and not spin a tire. :D :D
Quote from: Jeff on January 23, 2016, 11:54:39 AM
I don't think I know a soul here in Michigan that change tires for winter. We just buy all season radial tires
For us in the NE, tires make the difference. Get to where you're going or get stuck. :D
There a big difference in mountain&snowflake tires compared to all seasons. I use them on 3 vehicles in the winter time.
SE
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I hit a deer 3 months after buying the FJ.. I wasn't going to mod it but.. 35 inch Mickey Thompson Baja Claw Radials. I've switched to Dick Cepek Mud Country's.. they keep there balance better.
Quote from: 4x4American on January 21, 2016, 09:22:21 PM
Anyone know how far north this storm is posed to go?
You tell us @4x4American (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=24510), how's it going up there?
Just heard a few minutes ago there's 3" on the ground, has been for a while, and not snowing in Crown Point.
Lots of folks around here switch to snow tires in the winter, and use all-season the rest of the year. The snows do significantly affect stopping distances on ice and snow as compared to all season. I never felt the need for them when I lived in NW Ohio, here in VT, it's nice to be able to actually stop when you hit the brakes while coming down a mountain.
A lot of people run winters here, some even stud them, it often hovers around the freezing point when it snows/rains during the winter here on the coast which is worse for traction than colder temperatures, then after things get good and slushy it will freeze up good.
Last year (the worst I have ever seen) I ended up clearing off 4" of ice at two gravel parking lots by using the back bucket on the backhoe.
Saw a neat invention one time where inventor put a container of pine resin over each front wheel. Had a lever like old fashioned choke knob you'd pull and it would spray on the spinning tires giving good instant traction. Environmentally safe and wore off in a mile or so. Never saw it marketed but looked like a good idea in snow and ice country.
Kinda like a train engine sanding the tracks. ;)
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Quote from: 4x4American on January 21, 2016, 09:22:21 PM
Anyone know how far north this storm is posed to go?
You tell us @4x4American (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=24510), how's it going up there?
Just heard a few minutes ago there's 3" on the ground, has been for a while, and not snowing in Crown Point.
Hasn't snowed here since last week. It's been beautiful out, sunny, clear skies, single digits at night and 20s during the day. See for yourself! Hauled some spruce logs today:
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All season tires are not allowed on our interior highways after October 15, go winter or go home when the weather turns nasty. I'm thinking of you people and wishing you the best, bindere dondat.
Quote from: Magicman on January 23, 2016, 07:29:09 PM
Kinda like a train engine sanding the tracks. ;)
MM,
Exactly. I had forgotten to old trains used to do that on the steep grades.
Sort of backwards from AU/GT pajama parade. In old days the football teams came to town on the train. The night the Ga Tech team were due in someone greased the tracks and the train slid past the station and the GT players had to hoof it back. AU students (since it was past sundown and way past all their bedtimes) came out in PJs to hoot, holler and laugh at them. For many years the day before the AU/GT game they had a pajama parade and freshmen even attended class in pjs. People just don't know how to have a good time any more.
Now that is funny. :D We just watched coverage of the storm, what a mess.
One of the older fellows that I know said that as kid behind his house was a hill that the steam train would run twice a day . He and his friends would find grease wherever they could . then go and grease the tracks and sit and watch the engine spin out .
Running from 16" to 24"+ here yesterday. I walked up to feed our cows and it took me over 3hrs to do what normally takes ~1hr. Dad called wanting to know why it took me so long as some of the neighbors on the high ridges were reporting around 16". I told him I was wet from my belt down due to drifts and the tractor was useless in this snow. It's hard to roll out 4x5 bales alone in snow halfway up them or more.
We got to use the v10 and pulled a Chevy out of the ditch. He was nervous and it did look bad, but snow is no trouble. Mud is a different story. We then came across another truck getting pulled out by this big jacked up 350. After he pulled him out he must have been excited because he turned around in a field, snow flying and going fast he lost it and slid down the bank and stuck! Gotta love it! Stay safe!
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It was nice to drive the new to us truck and help out!
we got nothing 8) 8) thank goodness
Nothing here,but I just read the snowfall amounts in the ones that got hit. :o :(
got about 27" here at my place, will need to get out to the trailer and measure the real amount. Moved about 15" yesterday until I broke the plow. Got repair parts fabricated, and will start the morning with a repair, and then off to plow.
4x4 American . . No Storm ? ? ? WoW
We think we got a little over 2 feet. Certainly not the worse I've seen. The blizzard of '58 left drifts to the second story of homes. We never lost power and haven't heard any reports of power outages.
The National Guard were bringing injured and sick people out to main roads for the ambulance to take them to the hospitals.
Quote from: red on January 24, 2016, 08:45:30 AM
4x4 American . . No Storm ? ? ? WoW
Twas a southern storm, too far north for it! Tell you what I'm tickled pink about not having to go dig my mill out on the jobsite today..
I run studed snows on 2 4 wheel drive truck and 2 wheel drive work van . Switch to highways for the summer . Works for me :
Bruno
We got 5-6 inches here in SE CT near the coast. We just finished digging out.
Followed some cat tracks they went across the road, over the stone wall, across the yard, up a tree, cross the wood pile, then across the back yard.
Probably about 14" still out there. beautiful day except for that. Blew out the drive wide enough for one truck yesterday with my leafblower. Had done so once before second wave hit. Then dug out the mailbox so our mail lady can drive up to it.
Its hard on Sampson, my little rat terrier as the snow is higher than him. He does seem to enjoy jumping around in it. Even a few inches is rough on a small dog, especially males.
Well, while I was typing this my next door neighbor came up on his tractor and bladed out my drive wider and made me a nice turn around spot.
He also graded out at the main road which was a nice community service. I have one of the widest drives in the area and many of my neighbors have to come here to turn around. One just up the way has such a steep angle he can't turn left when exiting so has to come here and turn around and go back out.
Its real nice to have good neighbors.
I'm going to guess about 30" but with all the wind and drifts over 4' it's hard to measure. Spent most of todays daylight hours moving snow and I'm beat, almost like I was getting old, but that surely can't be.
They had 30.2" at the Harrisburg airport. Avg annual snowfall is 30.6". It broke the old record snowfall by 5". Neighboring town is reporting 31". There are reports in the area up to 37" and saw one outside of Hagerstown, MD of 39". It took me 3½ hours to open the driveway up. Normal snowfalls are about ¾ hr. A lot of the snow has settled and it doesn't look as deep. The winds weren't too bad in my area, so the drifts were real big. A 5' drift is at the side of the barn, and that's the worst one.
Glad I don't live in coastal NJ where they had tidal flooding.
This plow in Va had a bad day!
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No knowing what his plate number is!
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This Chevy had a flat on top of being stuck!
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We got it out 8) please stay safe and good luck with the storm!
For you people thats having problems with plow trucks....
I was down at an eatery that had a lot of plow truck drivers getting there meal.
I was listening to them talk. They said if they slow down for everyone along the road
that was to dumb to stay away from the plow trucks that they would never get anything done.
I heard one say that there boss told them to keep moving. That was the exact word they said.
They have a lot to do and little time to do it.
Quote from: Kbeitz on January 25, 2016, 08:23:37 AM
For you people thats having problems with plow trucks....
I was down at an eatery that had a lot of plow truck drivers getting there meal.
I was listening to them talk. They said if they slow down for everyone along the road
that was to dumb to stay away from the plow trucks that they would never get anything done.
I heard one say that there boss told them to keep moving. That was the exact word they said.
They have a lot to do and little time to do it.
x2 if i poked along at 5mph i would never get anything done. and everyone likes to complain about there mailbox got hit by the plow. here in maine almost all of the town roads have a right or way of 66ft. 33ft from the center. so all the mailboxs are on town land or state. you put the box up at your own risk
A good plow driver doesn't wipe out mail boxes.. which have to be put where they are so the postal delivery person doesn't have to drive off the road (or they won't deliver). Actually, the mail boxes show where the edge of the roadway is at.. ;D
Plowing snow off the roads isn't easy, I would admit. I do think the plow drivers should have permission to push abandoned cars off the roadway, same as the snow. ;)
In NYC, they just put plows on the front of garbage trucks. They're not too fussy about people being in their way.
Quote from: Ron Wenrich on January 25, 2016, 04:43:10 PM
In NYC, they just put plows on the front of garbage trucks. They're not too fussy about people being in their way.
Nobody in NYC seems very fussy about people being in their way, snowstorm or not.
Quote from: beenthere on January 25, 2016, 10:46:20 AM
A good plow driver doesn't wipe out mail boxes.. which have to be put where they are so the postal delivery person doesn't have to drive off the road (or they won't deliver). Actually, the mail boxes show where the edge of the roadway is at.. ;D
Plowing snow off the roads isn't easy, I would admit. I do think the plow drivers should have permission to push abandoned cars off the roadway, same as the snow. ;)
assuming they run the same type of trucks and gear as we do here. climb into the drivers seat of a plow truck with a wing on it. can you see the end of the wing nope its out of sight. if there is a mirror on the wing post that will be the only way to see it. and the rig is 13ft wide so you pull out for a lot of mailboxs until there is a car coming then its the car or the box. hit the car there is lots of paper work with the box none. i dont get many cars left beside the road if there is just call the law and they will tag em and drag em
I have mine mailbox on chains,the plow goes right under the box. ;) I would have no problem if he did hit the box. I grew up on a state highway,never once did the mailbox got hit,and that was on a post. Those plow guys have enough to watch out for,some think it's an easy job.
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Quote from: Ron Wenrich on January 25, 2016, 04:43:10 PM
In NYC, they just put plows on the front of garbage trucks. They're not too fussy about people being in their way.
Nobody in NYC seems very fussy about people being in their way, snowstorm or not.
Not sure you guys have been to NYC :D
When you're at a red light in NYC, the second it turns green, whether you're moving or not, everyone is on their horns, letting you know, that the light is green, now get the heck outta my way! :D it's awful, really. I just watched a funny vid on facebook of a new england plow driver burying peoples cars and laughing about it. It was a riot..
We got about 2' here in central WV. We have plenty of snow blades in the holler so we were dug out pretty fast. It will take a while to melt all of this tho. Going to try and dig my way down to the sheds tomorrow.
Thought it was neat that they use sea water to salt the roads in east NC!
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Thought it was neat that they use sea water to salt the roads in east NC!
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Is that what those lines are? A few snow storms back I saw those lines all over those roads on my way from SNY to here...wasn't sure what it was but it carried on for miles.
Quote from: thecfarm on January 25, 2016, 09:05:16 PM
I have mine mailbox on chains,the plow goes right under the box. ;) I would have no problem if he did hit the box. I grew up on a state highway,never once did the mailbox got hit,and that was on a post. Those plow guys have enough to watch out for,some think it's an easy job.
i dont know why more people dont have a setup like yours they should. they go buy the wooden post from hd then spend the rest of the winter shoveling the snow away from it
Quote from: timberlinetree on January 26, 2016, 06:26:10 AM
Thought it was neat that they use sea water to salt the roads in east NC!
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a few years ago they tried that on 95. here it wasnt sea water it was liquid calcium and was put out 12 to 24 hrs before the storm
Read in the local paper today that a 56 year old man in a neighboring town died of carbon monoxide inhalation when a snow plowed went by as he was shoveling out his car. Apparently he had started the vehicle and was inside when the plow threw enough snow onto his vehicle that he couldn't get out. I wondered why he wouldn't have turned off the car and sounded the horn? No cell phone with him to call?
Some of us in this area have found that if you mount the mailbox on a big enough post, the snowplows will avoid hitting it every time! ;)
Happy Birthday, Chuck White! 8)
Quote from: timberlinetree on January 26, 2016, 06:26:10 AM
Thought it was neat that they use sea water to salt the roads in east NC!
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They use a brine solution on all of our roads (not sure the exact makeup of it), they may use sea water down east (?), but they don't use sea water in the western part of the state. This last snow storm they didn't put anything down since it was forecasted to start as rain before it switched over to snow.
Quote from: 4x4American on January 25, 2016, 09:52:13 PM
Quote from: John Mc on January 25, 2016, 06:09:23 PM
Quote from: Ron Wenrich on January 25, 2016, 04:43:10 PM
In NYC, they just put plows on the front of garbage trucks. They're not too fussy about people being in their way.
Nobody in NYC seems very fussy about people being in their way, snowstorm or not.
Not sure you guys have been to NYC :D
When you're at a red light in NYC, the second it turns green, whether you're moving or not, everyone is on their horns, letting you know, that the light is green, now get the heck outta my way! :D it's awful, really. I just watched a funny vid on facebook of a new england plow driver burying peoples cars and laughing about it. It was a riot..
That exactly what I meant. In NYC, they are not fussy about whether you are in your way, they just drive right through you. We used to take the train into NYC when I was in college. I grew up in a small Ohio farm/manufacturing town, where you waved and said hi to everyone you passed, whether you knew them or not. It was an eye opener walking in NYC: you'd cross the street, the light would change midway, and the oncoming cars would
aim for you.
It's a little different here in VT. If you are waiting to pull in to traffic (or at least what VT'ers call traffic), you only have to wait 2 or 3 cars before someone stops to let you in. If you are standing next to the side of the road and it even looks like you are THINKING of crossing the street, traffic will generally stop and wait for you to cross. When we see someone speed up to keep another car from entering traffic, pedestrians can often be heard muttering "must be from New York".
Thanks Roxie! :)
Melting steadily here but supposed to be 52 Saturday and 60 Sunday. I may be able to get back to the mill and finish my shed then.
If the grandkids want to ride behind Grandpa's 4 wheeler on the snow racers they better be here Saturday morning before all gone. Up to now been too deep to drive the 4 wheeler in it anyway.
Quote from: Chuck White on January 26, 2016, 07:41:54 AM
Some of us in this area have found that if you mount the mailbox on a big enough post, the snowplows will avoid hitting it every time! ;)
the only trouble with that is its considered a fixed deadly object [ in maine it is] then some drunk goes off the road hits then sues you. its been done before. maine law states nothing bigger than a 4x4 wooden post
Quote from: snowstorm on January 28, 2016, 09:15:09 AM
Quote from: Chuck White on January 26, 2016, 07:41:54 AM
Some of us in this area have found that if you mount the mailbox on a big enough post, the snowplows will avoid hitting it every time! ;)
the only trouble with that is its considered a fixed deadly object [ in maine it is] then some drunk goes off the road hits then sues you. its been done before. maine law states nothing bigger than a 4x4 wooden post
Who'd have thunk it!
Who does he sue when he hits a tree?
Quote from: sawguy21 on January 28, 2016, 10:01:38 PM
Who does he sue when he hits a tree?
Everybody! The state, the county, the landowner and the car manufacturer.
As far as I've ever heard, in NY there is no spec as to what the mailbox will be mounted on, but it has to be a certain distance from the edge of the road and if you're at that distance, you're golden.
Myself, I got lucky in that Nat. Grid replaced the power pole in front of my house and they planted the new one next to the old one (1½') and we cut the old one off, "mailbox height", so it worked out pretty good!
my friends old man was having problems with hit mail box being a target of mailbox baseball, after the second or third time he put an all steel mailbox a few feet down into poured concrete. That sucker is stout. Hasn't had any more troubles, even the snowplow avoids it lol
It's illegal to place a mailbox post here that will not shear off. Wood only.
Wooden 4X4 for a mailbox post here too. The Road Commission will remove one any bigger themselves.
My mailbox post is wood, but it's a big one!
Quote from: John Mc on January 26, 2016, 08:27:58 AM
Quote from: 4x4American on January 25, 2016, 09:52:13 PM
Quote from: John Mc on January 25, 2016, 06:09:23 PM
Quote from: Ron Wenrich on January 25, 2016, 04:43:10 PM
In NYC, they just put plows on the front of garbage trucks. They're not too fussy about people being in their way.
Nobody in NYC seems very fussy about people being in their way, snowstorm or not.
Not sure you guys have been to NYC :D
When you're at a red light in NYC, the second it turns green, whether you're moving or not, everyone is on their horns, letting you know, that the light is green, now get the heck outta my way! :D it's awful, really. I just watched a funny vid on facebook of a new england plow driver burying peoples cars and laughing about it. It was a riot..
That exactly what I meant. In NYC, they are not fussy about whether you are in your way, they just drive right through you. We used to take the train into NYC when I was in college. I grew up in a small Ohio farm/manufacturing town, where you waved and said hi to everyone you passed, whether you knew them or not. It was an eye opener walking in NYC: you'd cross the street, the light would change midway, and the oncoming cars would aim for you.
It's a little different here in VT. If you are waiting to pull in to traffic (or at least what VT'ers call traffic), you only have to wait 2 or 3 cars before someone stops to let you in. If you are standing next to the side of the road and it even looks like you are THINKING of crossing the street, traffic will generally stop and wait for you to cross. When we see someone speed up to keep another car from entering traffic, pedestrians can often be heard muttering "must be from New York".
So true. I was born in Southern California and our family moved to NY when I was 11. I finished up Community College and moved to Sacramento for my 4-year degree. I came back that first summer to work in "the City" with my dad. It was ingrained in me from birth - cars stop for you to cross the street :D :D My first day "on the job" I go out to lunch with my dad. As I stepped off the curb, he grabbed my shoulder and yanked me back. A city bus was blowing through the red light and would have taken me out. :o
ljohnsaw that was a close one! I was driving in nyc once and there was a merge. Well a cheese bus wanted to cut me off, he started going and once he hit my mirror i backed right off and let him go the busses are the worst. Guy I know been working in nyc all his life, he said he used to drive a stake rack truck in the city. Well if a bus driver ticked him off, he'd go right beside it, get the busses mirror stuck in his stake rack, and slam on the brakes. Said it'd rip the mirror right off. He said that then the bus could not travel any further. A bus cannont drive without a mirror in the spots they have to be. Then they have to bring a new bus in and transfer all the passengers...nice place huh
I live 2h10min from that crap hole been there 2 times and that was more than enough the wife goes there 7-8 times a year and tell me I should go :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
It amazes me that some people go there for fun! (or live there for that matter)