Count-Down

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Quiltmouse
Woke up this morning with a light dusting of snow covering the cars and the ramp.  There was no accumulation on the sidewalks & road.  Thankfully the wind has quit blowing so hard and the sun was bright most of the day.
 
And the Count-Down Begins:
2 Weeks to Daylight-Savings Time (Sat/Sun March 13-14th)
3 Weeks to SPRING! (Sat, March 20th)
 
 
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Will Spring Ever Come?

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Quiltmouse
Bright – Sunny – Temp already in the 40’s — BUT weather forecast is talking about SNOW by Monday! Getting out of the house for quilting today & running some errands.
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2010 Bizzard – Part 2 – The BIG Digout

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Quiltmouse
 Bright Sun – Temp on Deck is 38 degrees at 1:30 PM – K went out and uncovered her car, my car, M’s car, and 3 neighbors’ cars.  With the sun it didn’t take long to clean off the cars.
 
While clearing the cars she saw a plow go on the cross street/intersection, but never came up this way.  You see tire tracks so some cars have gone up the street.  WHEEEE! Plow just came down our road!!!!
 

KC runs through the snow paths that the larger dogs have made.  Snow Drifts more than halfway up the 6-foot fence. K has been re-digging out her car after the plow came by – lots of people out digging, and digging and digging!

 
 
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2010 Bizzard – Part 2 – The BIG Digout

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Quiltmouse
 Bright Sun – Temp on Deck is 38 degrees at 1:30 PM – K went out and uncovered her car, my car, M’s car, and 3 neighbors’ cars.  With the sun it didn’t take long to clean off the cars.
 
While clearing the cars she saw a plow go on the cross street/intersection, but never came up this way.  You see tire tracks so some cars have gone up the street.  WHEEEE! Plow just came down our road!!!!
 

KC runs through the snow paths that the larger dogs have made.  Snow Drifts more than halfway up the 6-foot fence. K has been re-digging out her car after the plow came by – lots of people out digging, and digging and digging!

 
 
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2010 Blizzard – Part 2

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Quiltmouse
It has been decided by whatever Powers-that-Be, that because we did not have a chance to get dug out of the 02/04-05/2010 Blizzard before the 02/09-10/2010 Blizzard began, the two storms will be some-what counted as one Emergency Event.
 
Part 2 started here about 4 PM yesterday with somewhat light snow flurries.  By 8 PM is was sticking well, making it slippery on the roads and difficult to see the street markings.  By 11:30 PM M had to shovel off the Ramp which had about 2" of snow covering it.  When I checked at 2 AM, there as a 1/2" or so of sleet/freezing rain which the storm door moved.
 
This morning it had changed to snow and there was another 2 or 3 inches to be shoveled from the Ramp.  About 10 AM the heavy activity had begun – snow falling 2-4" per hour, winds blowing 20 mph & gusting up to 50-60 mph and white-out conditions (you could not see the end of the street which is 3 houses away!).
 
I had leveled off the snow at my yardstick down to about 15 inches, and with the falling & drifting snow it is up to about 24 inches.  K & M have shoveled off the ramp 3-4 times – so calculating 2-3 inches on the ramp each time it is shoveled, the ‘new’ snow event totals range between 6-12 inches.
 

So far so good with our power.  I’m making slow pot soup & will start the oven shortly and make some muffins, cornbread & maybe even some brownies.  Stay warm & Dry!

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