Pics of the snow around our house tonight

VonVulcan · Post by **VonVulcan** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:16 am

http://www.flickr.com/photos/s_newk/set ... 470491034/

Octopus · Post by **Octopus** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:47 am

sweet

Sergeant Thorne · Post by **Sergeant Thorne** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:05 am

Looks great!

We got freezing rain after a good snow around here, and as cool as it looks on the trees and grape vines, boy did it ever make a mess of the cars and sidewalk. We cleared off one of the cars with a hose hooked up to a hot water spigot! Have to use a rectangular spade to bust up the ice on the walk before you even think of using a snow shovel. A lighter person could walk on top of the 4-6 inches of snow (seems to have compressed) without making any marks at all!

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:47 am

Sweet! It was almost 70 here in Atlanta yesterday.

Sedwick · Post by **Sedwick** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:26 pm

Following over a foot of snowfall in Waukesha, WI, our Shih-Tsu, Mardi, looks out on the neighborhood from her designated \"piddle pad\":

Another view, with our Ford Focus still covered. The car behind it never gets cleared out:

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:39 pm

Aye Sedwick, that is about what it looks like here in Monroe WI. As of yesterday we have had over 31 inches so far this year, and I think a couple more came down last night but the wind was blowing so hard it mostly drifted around.

VonVulcan · Post by **VonVulcan** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:42 pm

Around here, Seattle/Puget sound region, we rarely have snow in the lowlands. If we do get snow, it usually melts the next day so this is a rare treat.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:56 pm

Have you been watching the news from Portland? They've been getting freezing rain on top of this snow mess all night, paralyzing everything! Fortunately here in Corvallis, the warm air push has put us above freezing for once in over a week, just rain. It pays to be south of Salem and away from the Columbia Gorge east winds!

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:54 pm

actually, it's more than just thie gorge this time. There is an arctic air mass sitting on top of us and you folks are just south of that line.
This is looking more like the ice storm or 78/79 than it is of 04'.

Vulcan is right. This is a rare treat. a bit of a nuisance, but neat all the same. We have about 8 inches of snow with about 1/4\" of ice. .. so it's kinda like walking on creme bruelle.

Folks east of the mountains (Cascade mountains that is) have it far worse than we do. A guy I talked to that lives near Pullman WA (cougar territory

)has about 2 feet and deeper in drifts. The snow we got this time was very dry and blew every which way. It also sux for makin snowballs.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:54 pm

Our driveway cuts into a hill, so I had to throw the snow over the sides, and now it looks like a mountain. Any more snow and there wont be any room to put it!

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:49 pm

im in akron right now and its frigging freezing!!!oneMFG

TechPro · Post by **TechPro** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:21 pm

We woke up to a foot of new snow this morning on top of the few inches we already had. Took quite a while to clear enough show just to get the van out of the garage and onto the street (snow plows had already gone by).

Then we spent all day wandering from store to store fighting snow covered roads.