Big winter storm on the way!

[W8taminute]

Wow that does suck Con.  Hopefully your wife doesn't have to work the graveyard shift. 

Banzai you've got plenty of friends up here so come on up!  (I know easier said than done but you get the idea)   8)

Hey Bob I bet those 2 inches you're getting are coming from our neck of the woods! 


Just finished up snow blowing my drive.  26 inches on the level area with well over 30 inches at the mouth of the driveway where the snow plow came.

[Shelldrake]

How are the Maritime Canadians doing through all this? Are you guys now getting the snowjob over there too or are you still forming a line?

Still pretty gusty here in Halifax but snow has changed over to ice pellets/rain. City pretty much closed down today but really not that bad. I managed to get out today for a meeting and my Civic did ok, although I would have preferred my wife's 4x4 SUV except its driveshaft is splayed out on the floor at our mechanic's garage. 

[mirth]

Damn Mirth. When is it supposed to stop snowing up there? The big stuff is over and we're looking to get just a few intermittent flakes now.

Supposed to stay steady through 10pm tonight. Then intermittent until at 2am Wednesday morning. We are in one of the heaviest snow bands.

Saying this is going to be a Top 5 storm in snowfall for Portland with potential to be #1 , topping the 32 inches that was dumped on us in Feb. 2013. Yay.

[bayonetbrant]

how high is it so far?

[mirth]

Officially we have 19 inches on the ground. It's blowing and drifting all over the place. So some areas are nearly bare while others have drifts several feet high.

[Staggerwing]

I think we topped out at about 16-18 inches with the same pattern of some places being just a few inches and others as much as three feet. The drifts just happened to be on all the places that needed shoveling.  :(

Good thing my neighbor helped me finish with his snowblower. I'm beat as it is.

[BanzaiCat]

Good that you guys still have power. And heat.

[Staggerwing]

Luckily electricity never went out. The snow was very fine and didn't pile up on the branches over power lines, just got blown all over frakk and back. The local outages that did occur were likely due to the wind blowing down trees and to a dipshit or two running into a pole.

[bob48]

Wow that does suck Con.  Hopefully your wife doesn't have to work the graveyard shift. 

Banzai you've got plenty of friends up here so come on up!  (I know easier said than done but you get the idea)   8)

Hey Bob I bet those 2 inches you're getting are coming from our neck of the woods! 


Just finished up snow blowing my drive.  26 inches on the level area with well over 30 inches at the mouth of the driveway where the snow plow came.

Yeah, I think we're just due to get the edge of it - you can keep the rest :-))

[Gusington]

Glad your son did not need to go to the doctor/hospital 'Wing. Mirth if you make me a hot toddie I'll be up to your place in about a week to clear your drive. We got all of three inches...I feel like Charlie Brown on Halloween.

For the record I was wearing Yaktrax when I opened my face on the three inches of ice. They don't so shinola on ice.

[mirth]

Luckily electricity never went out. The snow was very fine and didn't pile up on the branches over power lines, just got blown all over frakk and back. The local outages that did occur were likely due to the wind blowing down trees and to a dipshit or two running into a pole.

No power loss here either. Fortunate. Wind is still howling.

[LongBlade]

For the record I was wearing Yaktrax when I opened my face on the three inches of ice. They don't so shinola on ice.

Yikes.

[Gusington]

^That's what I said.

[Staggerwing]

I was thinking of these:

[Airborne Rifles]

Someone mentioned Comrade de Blasio earlier?

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nyc-mayor-reconcile-yourselves-with-your-god-for-a,37850/

;D