Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 20" on the ground, with 3-4 foot drifts. It doesn't snow much here, and usually in the 2-3" range that disappears pretty quickly with rain. I used Badger's little red shovel and dug out our driveway, but the snow plow hasn't made it by yet to clear the street, so we're still stranded. The SUV is high centering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang, SASS #53480 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 20" on the ground, with 3-4 foot drifts. It doesn't snow much here, and usually in the 2-3" range that disappears pretty quickly with rain. I used Badger's little red shovel and dug out our driveway, but the snow plow hasn't made it by yet to clear the street, so we're still stranded. The SUV is high centering. Enjoy it, . . . stay indoors, . . . stay warm and well fed . . . watch western movies . . . load ammo . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil dogooder Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 20" on the ground, with 3-4 foot drifts. It doesn't snow much here, and usually in the 2-3" range that disappears pretty quickly with rain. I used Badger's little red shovel and dug out our driveway, but the snow plow hasn't made it by yet to clear the street, so we're still stranded. The SUV is high centering. That's just a little dusting... I'm jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I hear Seattle is closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I hear Seattle is closed. Locked up tighter than Dick's hatband ! ! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Enjoy it, . . . stay indoors, . . . stay warm and well fed . . . watch western movies . . . load ammo . . . . Did all of that AFTER shoveling snow for 6 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 I hear Seattle is closed. Lots of flight cancelations, again pretty rare for our area. Our area IS closed. We're not prepared for these types of storms -- no snow blowers for personal use, and the county has few snow plows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 That's just a little dusting... I'm jealous Probably is for you MN types. We're panzies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 it's all a matter of what you are used to. hang in there Okie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 http://www.allproudamericans.com/How-Not-to-Drive-in-Two-Inches-of-Snow.html GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I don't know if I'm going to get out of here this morning... it's a mile and a half to the pavement, and downhill all the way too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rusty Bore SASS#22739 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Okie us northern folks would like ta thank ya for keeping all that snow to yourselves! No need to send it our way! Marshal Rusty ( what's gettin a whoppin 3" to 6" tomorrow) B re Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 You doing ok, Okie? We got about ten inches of ice and snow and it is snowing right now, lightly. Power went out last night around 1830 hours so I cranked up the generator and ran it till bed time. Just got in bed and it came back on. Been flickering all morning. We are snowed in, We live down at the end of a small hill in a rural area. We did get a snow plow back on tuesday. Not much since then. I sure hope the pemmican hold out. I would hate to shoot another buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Supposed to be 60 degrees here in Denver today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 :lol: You know where you can put your 60 degrees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 it wouldn't stay 60 for long there. Drag out the scrabble board, make some hot chocolate and play a game or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I don't know if I'm going to get out of here this morning... it's a mile and a half to the pavement, and downhill all the way too. Should be easy to get out. Difficult to get back though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I didn't make it. Got to within a quarter mile or so of the highway, and engine cut out. Too much snow under the hood, and something got wet. I was plowing it all the way down in 1st gear... in a 1982 Honda Civic... My daughter's car with new studded snow tires got me to within a couple hundred yards of the house coming back up. I got it turned around and sent her on her way to school, but had to walk the last of it. Got the F350 PSD plugged in now - hopefully it will start in an hour and a half when I have to go to work. More snow than I've seen in many, many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 J Bar, it might help when you are going down hill to yell out, WHEEEEEEEE! Stay safe pard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 J-Bar, better hope the timing belt didn't slip with allthat snow under there. Must've been some pretty good drifts..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 The timing belt is covered... I don't know how it could skip a cog due to snow under the hood... and being an interference head, it would have made some REALLY bad noises if it did! ... anyway, on my way to work in another vehicle about 90 minutes later, I stopped and tried starting it and it started right up. Too much "snow dust" in the carburetor I'd guess. I've only seen this much snow in such a short time one other time in my life - Thanksgiving in Birch Bay, Washington, 2006. I've got 16" here, while surrounding towns have only one to four inches or thereabouts. Really weird how it all dropped in the Helena area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 The timing belt is covered... I don't know how it could skip a cog due to snow under the hood... and being an interference head, it would have made some REALLY bad noises if it did! ... anyway, on my way to work in another vehicle about 90 minutes later, I stopped and tried starting it and it started right up. Too much "snow dust" in the carburetor I'd guess. I've only seen this much snow in such a short time one other time in my life - Thanksgiving in Birch Bay, Washington, 2006. I've got 16" here, while surrounding towns have only one to four inches or thereabouts. Really weird how it all dropped in the Helena area. That was a dandy. Boats turned over an roofs caved in on car ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I was in the campground with a 2wd F150 and a tiny camp trailer about 9' long from bumper to ball hitch. The night before Thanksgiving, it started snowing... HEAVY... about two in the morning, I heard a rifle shot that woke me up... I laid there and listened, and a few minutes later, I heard another one... WTH?? I opened the door to the little trailer, and a couple minutes later, heard yet another one fairly close by, followed by a bunch of snow falling from a tree with a HUGE branch behind it. The snow was breaking off branches measuring several inches in diameter, and the *CRACK* sounded just like a rifle shot. Nothing I could do about it, so I went back to bed and hoped I wouldn't get crushed during the night. THE TRAILER when it started snowing. By the time it quit the next day, there was a bit over 17" on the level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 There is not much you can do when you are surrounded with tall fir trees and the wind and snow comes. We have trees loaded with snow and ice and limbs are breaking off and knocking out the power. One of my fir trees, actually two of my fir trees came down in that melee and one missed my boat by about three feet. It would have been a 14 foot beer can if it had hit it. Well,off to bed. Hope I have coffee in the morning. The coffee maker is plugged in and filled. Rest easy ya'll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oklahomabound Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 BMC and Okie, ya'll stay warm, drink, watch TV and Westerns, and stay safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Man Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 We got enough snow yesterday to make the roads really crappy, but tonight they're callin for 4-6 inches tonight. I hate cold, but I'm tired of the rain and mud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 It's 4 here at the moment, just getting light enough to see. That 4-6" tonight is gonna force me to use the blower. The clipper that came through yesterday had me out shoveling twice just enough to have to do it as the drive is sloped, plus they plowed and I had to get the end cleared out before it froze.........Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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