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    Posted: 05-Feb-2014 at 20:12
Originally posted by red clay

Ian, it's tempting, you have no idea how tempting.
 
This latest storm is turning out to be an all ice event.  Up to a million are without power.  In my town, trees are down all over.  2 main roads are closed due to huge trees having come down over them.
But now they are issuing flood warnings.  The ground is frozen, there was 10-12 inches of snow covering it, and now we're getting freezing rain.  There's no place for the water to go. 
We see almost daily new reports on TV about the atrocious weather conditions in the US, and I often think to myself, "Why would you live there?" a rhetorical question of course.
 
But if it's not snow, it's cyclones ravaging the countryside, or bush fires, or floods, and it seems that no part of continental USA is spared.
 
I do really feel sorry for all of those people who are still suffering from Katrina and the other natural disasters which have befallen the US in recent years. And I'm a bit pissed off that people are still basically homeless while trillions of dollars are being spent on Space Exploration and warfare.
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Ian, it's tempting, you have no idea how tempting.
 
This latest storm is turning out to be an all ice event.  Up to a million are without power.  In my town, trees are down all over.  2 main roads are closed due to huge trees having come down over them.
But now they are issuing flood warnings.  The ground is frozen, there was 10-12 inches of snow covering it, and now we're getting freezing rain.  There's no place for the water to go. 
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Red Clay: You could always migrate to Tasmania, we need SpecEd Teachers.
 
Our climate does not include snow in low lying areas. We have no Tropical Cyclones and have a moderate rain fall. We are not Earthquake prone and have no active volcanoes.
 
Our lowest temp in residential areas is about -1 C in Winter(overnight) and in Summer can go as high as the mid thirties.
 
And if at first you don't like the weather, just wait 20minutes (joke).
 
The state population is about .5million people, the crime rate is about the same as a US village. We have some of the finest natural scenery in the world.
 
And the people are the friendliest in the world.


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it did whatever it wanted to.  4-6" turned out to be 9'' of heavy wet snow.  The kind of snow that turns into snow boulders when the plow goes through.  You don't shovel them, you roll them out of the way.Big smile
 
According to the weather channel, we are expecting more by about 5pm.  The local news says it may be a "mixed event". Swell.
Another major storm is forcast for Sat. into Sun.  I can't wait.Tongue
 
 
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Sigh, once again I'm sitting watching it pile up on the patio.  Forcast is for 3-6 inches of heavy wet stuff.  And of course it rained it's ass off first, nicely washing away all of the salt everyone pretreated with.
 
I was aware enough to go pick up another truck bed of firewood, before this stuff hit.  If it's heavy enough and freezes on the power lines, could be a mess.
But I have our trusty 5,000 watt kicker and a full load of firewood, so it can do whatever it wants.
 
 
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Originally posted by yomud

i got the first snow of the year in this day it's greats !Thumbs Up



Snow is something I usually see on mountain tops here in Tasmania. I guess we're very lucky to have the climate that we do. No tropical cyclones like our northern states, no excessive heat waves of over 40 degrees Celsius, Tassie really is the "promised land".
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i got the first snow of the year in this day it's greats !Thumbs Up
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Bright, clear and sunny again today.  Most of the snow will be gone by this afternoon.

Now I remember why I don't live up North or back east.  Big smile
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Woke up to another round of fresh powder, about 1.5-2 inches.  Light enough to be able to use the leaf blower to clear off the cars and sidewalk.
 
Ron, the towns down where you are don't own things like snow plows and truck mounted salters. They usually don't have need of them.  If you have to melt the ice and can't find Rock Salt or Calcium Chloride, call your local farm or garden supply and ask if they have "prilled urea" or some other high Nitrogen fertilizer.  Urea works best, but any high nitro fert will do the job.  If it has a gravel carrier, it will help with traction.  I've used in very heavy winters when all other sources and supplies are gone.
 
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Well Red, you have forced your crappy weather upon me! It has been sleeting for hours and hours of snow is expected later tonight, along with the temp. expected to fall to around 22 degrees F.

I might well wake up with 6" of snow on top of a layer of ice. Wow! What fun it will be. Hundreds of people who live here cannot get to work or go home because most all of the roads are closed.

Hey! I live about 2,000 feet from the Gulf of Mexico! This might just well be a 50 year storm?

Oh! right now at 1645 hours Central time, all of the roofs, yards and roads have a good coating of ice!

Good luck up there!

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Sun came out at 1122 hours and the temp is pushing 60 F once more.  Even got the pig to out and bask in the sunlight, along with the dogs, the cats and all the other @#$%&*! household wildlife.  Ouch
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Originally posted by yomud

this is the worst winter i ever have ! it will be kind of you americans to give some of your snow to us !! we have only 2 time rain since autumn Exclamation and 2 sand storm since winter (this was never happend b4) Wacko usually we should have a lot of rain and snow ! but now in middle of winter i GET SUMMER !! with hot air and sunny dayDead !!! im sure ollios stolen my clouds and hide it in his pocket Big smile !!!!! give it back to me !Clown


same thing is happening in Turkey too, there is no rain or snow. I think, today I saw the last snow of the winter, but it was not strong enough.
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this is the worst winter i ever have ! it will be kind of you americans to give some of your snow to us !! we have only 2 time rain since autumn Exclamation and 2 sand storm since winter (this was never happend b4) Wacko usually we should have a lot of rain and snow ! but now in middle of winter i GET SUMMER !! with hot air and sunny dayDead !!! im sure ollios stolen my clouds and hide it in his pocket Big smile !!!!! give it back to me !Clown
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Snowing and 2 degrees F here today, courtesy of the Canadians and the Jet Stream.  Wink
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The forcast for the South isn't very good.  Opuslola could be shoveling snow, instead of what he usually shovels. Wink The call is for 3-6 inches from New Orleans east.
 
Those folks are just not equipped to handle that kind of stuff.
 
Here it's just the cold now.  Yesterday it got up to 46F. By 10pm it was 18F.  This AM it was 5F with a windchill of -10.
The Barnegat Bay is frozen over for the first time in 40 years and the Delaware is more frozen in than it was last week.
 
 
 
 
 
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And, where I live (South Mississippi, USA) the winter is over in about five weeks at the most!

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Sundey and The Snow is falling out!Winter comes today.Smile
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But I'd bet you love it? Smile!

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Well, the weatherman said Sunday, but I'm sitting here watching it snow yet again.  We have 2 more inches and counting.
This was supposed to be "light flurries", a "dusting".  The main roads are good, but the sidestreets were still covered with a layer of compacted snow which has iced over.  2 inches of dry powder on compacted base may be great for skiers, but driving on it can be exciting.
 
 
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