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Friends in Snow Places
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DiabolusInMusic
Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism
I am in the same province as Schlyder, it is currently blizzard conditions with a drifts at least a foot high waiting to get shoveled in front of my house. Know what I do on days like these... the same thing I do on any other day. I have things to do.
i dont do anything. first i'm in canada. If its winter, its gonna snow a lot, most of the time. We're ready for it and nothing ever closes because of snowstorm for more than a day at most. Second, i don't have a car so i don't have to worry about keeping snow off anything so shovelling is not something i have to think about.
Somedays i dont even notice there was a snowstorm anyway cause i make a living from home and sometimes in winter i don't go out for two or three days in a row (i hate winter and tend to just want to hibernate it away). I live in a semi basement, which means i have curtains most everywhere otherwise people walking down the street could see me in my house therefore i dont see outside much so i often dont know what's going on weather wise. Ive had times when my mom called me and was like "so how was the big snowstorm in montreal?" and i'm like "there was a snowstorm?".
Somedays i dont even notice there was a snowstorm anyway cause i make a living from home and sometimes in winter i don't go out for two or three days in a row (i hate winter and tend to just want to hibernate it away). I live in a semi basement, which means i have curtains most everywhere otherwise people walking down the street could see me in my house therefore i dont see outside much so i often dont know what's going on weather wise. Ive had times when my mom called me and was like "so how was the big snowstorm in montreal?" and i'm like "there was a snowstorm?".
I left a friends house an hour ago and there was frost on the windshield. I was worried my wife might break a nail scraping it off. She's okay, though. I hate winter/cold. That's why I live this far south.
Well let me see... We've had snow most days since November. As a matter of fact, we're looking at 10+ cm tonight into tomorrow. And temps have been hovering around -14 this morning. So what do I do? Get up, drive to work...
Sorry. I know it's a lot different when you're not used to it and not equipped for it, and I really feel for you. It's just hard for most Canadians, even southern ones, to listen to a state of emergency called for 2 inches of snow.
I am snowed in all by myself here in NC with an infant and a toddler. I stocked up on milk, formula, bananas, charged up all the computers, iPods and phones and cooked a bunch of food in case the power went out. I had all the lanterns, candles and camping stoves ready, but everything is "normal." I suspect we are all going to be insane by the time it all melts on Friday, though.
Next province (state) over pretty much the same deal. I think our groundhog either got frostbite and died or got snowed in. As for the amount of snow the OPEN described, means I gotta brush and shovel snow away from the BBq before use so meh.
Unless there's going to be lots of heavy wet snow and really strong winds, your power wont go out. Unless you can drive in the white stuff "properly" stay home with your books, hot chocolate, or catch up on some Netflix
or bass!!
Ok, yikes. You're outnumbered and trapped, in unfavorable conditions. Do keep us posted.
Well let me see... We've had snow most days since November. As a matter of fact, we're looking at 10+ cm tonight into tomorrow. And temps have been hovering around -14 this morning. So what do I do? Get up, drive to work...
Sorry. I know it's a lot different when you're not used to it and not equipped for it, and I really feel for you. It's just hard for most Canadians, even southern ones, to listen to a state of emergency called for 2 inches of snow.
Yeah. I was in southern ohio years ago when they had a "snowstorm" (known as a snowfall in Canada). They closed school for like three days. Me and my ohioan gf (at the time) went out and her mom was like "you be careful on the road". What? because your wheels are like in like 2 cm of snow? But then i guess they don't bother with winter tires over there. Beyond not having ifnrastructures to deal with snow, i felt it just wasnt enough snow to keep anyone off the road. I dont know. It was hard to understand.
On the other hand, i couldn't handle summer there. This was the first time id been anywhere where AC was not optional. I had never had AC anywhere i'd lived. Now i have had one for a few years but i turn it on from about late july to late august. That's it.
Another Canadian here. Snow runs in our veins.
Well, not really but...
It's always funny to see how southern folks react to a few inches of snow!
That being said, I hate snow, I hate the cold, and I hate winter.
Nothing like waking at 4h30 in the morning and having to remove ten inches of snow from the car before driving on a yet-uncleared road...
So to all our southern friends: STOP COMPLAINING!!!
Well, not really but...
It's always funny to see how southern folks react to a few inches of snow!
That being said, I hate snow, I hate the cold, and I hate winter.
Nothing like waking at 4h30 in the morning and having to remove ten inches of snow from the car before driving on a yet-uncleared road...
So to all our southern friends: STOP COMPLAINING!!!
Mid-Michigan here, I think our total snowfall this winter has been 67-68" and there hasn't been much melting of that until today. We have various piles on our property and along our road in excess of 7 feet. We're used to it - basically stop at the store and buy booze and munchies in case we are snowed in for a day, then generally it's back to business. Due to drifting I have about 2.5'(70-80cm) of snow on one side of driveway, 4'+(110cm+) on other.
Got a new snow blower this year....New Years Day
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Got a new snow blower this year....New Years Day
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So far, so good. We went for a walk in the snow, which is a sure-fire way to wear out a two-year-old. Nap time approaching.
Me? I set my alarm for 90 minutes later than usual and sleep in. I don't have the hour long commute I normally do and don't have to shower before work... so I catch up on sleep. Instead of commuting 40 miles, I commute 40 feet to the dining room to log on.
Food is just like normal, always have some soup in the cupboard. If we lose power, I light the gas stove with a match and read a book.
After work, I eventually dig out my Subaru so I can get to the office tomorrow. Around here it's only a day or two that we're inconvenienced so it doesn't bother me. No need for milk and bread.
And in case the SHTF, I have MRE's that I take camping... have a few leftover from last camping season that I could eat.
For the record, we have about 13" already today and it's still going. And our last snow of 4-5" hasn't melted yet.
Food is just like normal, always have some soup in the cupboard. If we lose power, I light the gas stove with a match and read a book.
After work, I eventually dig out my Subaru so I can get to the office tomorrow. Around here it's only a day or two that we're inconvenienced so it doesn't bother me. No need for milk and bread.
And in case the SHTF, I have MRE's that I take camping... have a few leftover from last camping season that I could eat.
For the record, we have about 13" already today and it's still going. And our last snow of 4-5" hasn't melted yet.
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Mammogram is down but I'm working manually
Got out the hat, gloves, scarf....it was 51 THIS MORNING! Supposed to be 83 today, so hoping I can take the hat off and head to the beach for a beer on the balcony before band rehearsal tonight. I really hope they fixed the A/C. 
I'm hoping the current case brought to court in Texas will do away with the ban here. Not for me personally, but because it's not acceptable for any government to dictate what love is.
Back to the thread topic, we haven't gotten any real snow here but it's still thrown a wrench in the works since no one around here can deal with icy roads. We have enough issues when it rains here since it's pretty infrequent.
Well, it looks scary but actually isn't. The Home Depot is 5 miles away - I can take a dirt "back road out of side of the parking lot almost to my house. The blower weighs 175 lbs. total. The Caddy has a center panel in rear seats that opens to the trunk. Clean 2X4 across seat, 2 ratchet straps attached to 2 X 4, straps directly to the axles of the blower - crank, crank, nice and tight. Additional strap across front of box is really just for looks. It was either that or wait 2 weeks and pay $60. No damage to me, the Caddy or the blower.Duuuuuude! Way to schlep stuff around!
One man's schlep is anothers workable solution.
Ok, it is pretty ghetto looking, why else would I have photographed it. LOL!
Got out the hat, gloves, scarf....it was 51 THIS MORNING! Supposed to be 83 today, so hoping I can take the hat off and head to the beach for a beer on the balcony before band rehearsal tonight. I really hope they fixed the A/C.
I grew up in Southern Arizona, in a town where it hasn't snowed in recorded history. So went to Hamburg, Germany, as a teenage exchange student, my dad gave me a parka and ski gloves.
(Side note: I'm half-Japanese, raised in the US. I showed up for my exchange, and my host family said, "Oh, we thought you were American." "I am." pause. Pause. Pause. It turned into an awkward year).
Anyway, I'm concerned about this year's winter weather pattern because I understand the west has not been getting the rain and snow they normally get. It's going to mean nasty wildfires come summer, and people's water rates are going to spike like crazy!
Well its just a fact that all Americans are white, the other guys like you are just immigrants (probably illegal) that sometimes just happen to have been there for generations, unlike white Americans who have always been there since time immemorial and never came from anywhere else, ever. Oh yeah and well there's the blacks sure, but most are just there through hmm..accidental circumstances. Turns out they didn't want to be sent back to Africa once slavery ended. Go figure.... the natives? That's just a myth.
