Weather where you are thread
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We're getting a bit more snow than expected. Woke up to an inch or so (the original prediction), but then the snow machine revved up. There was mention of the possibility of lake effect snow, so things could get interesting...
I just took a loaf of sourdough bread out of the oven. Looking forward to hot soup and fresh bread for lunch!
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We had 10.5 inches in our driveway at 8am. While we were out there shoveling, it continued to come down at a pretty good pace, and now, after three hours, it's still coming down. Mr SK used the blower attachment that we have (which is too heavy for me, and also you have to keep your fingers on the trigger the whole time, which I can't really do), and I used a regular shovel. This is the first time I've shoveled in years. I wouldn't say the snow was light as air here, but it's definitely on the light side, powdery and very pretty.
It's so pretty outside my window! The photos don't do it justice. But here are some.
Front:
Back (looking toward neighbor's yard)
Mr SK gets to work!
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6” snow so far - I measured.
Noticed my neighbors all out clearing their driveways even though snow was still falling. When in Rome…
It was actually kind of fun! Snow very light and the machine threw it like 20’. Started on the first pull, too.
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6” snow so far - I measured.
Noticed my neighbors all out clearing their driveways even though snow was still falling. When in Rome…
It was actually kind of fun! Snow very light and the machine threw it like 20’. Started on the first pull, too.
@Steve-Miller said in Weather where you are thread:
It was actually kind of fun!
Winter has gotten you with its charms! We'll convert this Californian yet...
@Steve-Miller said in Weather where you are thread:
Snow very light
Yes. I went to my friends' house and used my leaf blower to clean off everything there. Didn't even have to pick up a shovel.
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6” snow so far - I measured.
Noticed my neighbors all out clearing their driveways even though snow was still falling. When in Rome…
It was actually kind of fun! Snow very light and the machine threw it like 20’. Started on the first pull, too.
@Steve-Miller said in Weather where you are thread:
Noticed my neighbors all out clearing their driveways even though snow was still falling.
We did that because it just gets harder to manage the deeper it gets. So it's easier to shovel twice rather than wait for it to stop and then just shoveling once.
I suppose if you had a real snow blower, than would be the case, but not if you're shoveling or using one like our "snow blower," which is one of those attachments (Ego battery operated), it can't really handle much deeper than about what we had this morning.
The snow is predicted to stop around 4m or 5pm, and then Mr SK will go out again, but he should be able to do it just with the blower.
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I’ve been out to shovel twice so far. My surrounding neighbours have all done the same. Way better than dealing with it all at once! Especially since then the bottom layer gets more compacted and harder to shovel. We have only gotten about 6” so far.
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10 inches of snow, with some variability across the city. We did some shoveling today but it’s taxing physically, and we have a lot of sidewalk, being a corner property. It’s now sleeting, which makes the snow even heavier. We’ll have a local guy finish up tomorrow.
Single malt helps.
