I'm a retired telephone lineman. Standing on a pole with a brisk breeze and it a snowing or freezing rain is invigorating and exhilarating. I miss those happy and fun filled days and nights.
Larry
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I'm a retired telephone lineman. Standing on a pole with a brisk breeze and it a snowing or freezing rain is invigorating and exhilarating. I miss those happy and fun filled days and nights.
Larry
Depending on which site I look at, I should expect 1-2 feet where I am.
It's funny how the numbers change about every hour.
And I feel for you linemen. I've got a couple buddies that do it. It takes a certain kind of person, that's for sure. That money is good but you sure do have to earn it with storms like these. Be safe.
It's funny how the numbers change about every hour.
And I feel for you linemen. I've got a couple buddies that do it. It takes a certain kind of person, that's for sure. That money is good but you sure do have to earn it with storms like these. Be safe.
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Hmmmm.....
I suspect you'll be drivin' the main road...searchin' the sun for another overload...
I'm sure you need a small vacation...but it don't look like rain...and if it snows that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain...
(With sincere apologies to Jimmy Webb and Glen Campbell...
)
I am one of those folks who loves winter. I wait all year for temperatures to drop, and when the weatherman says 'snow', I'm like a little kid on Christmas Eve...
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
OP
sureshotbob
Member
I don't mind a dry snow but hate the heavy wet stuff . We are also going to get a lot of high wind. If we loose power the generator is all set and I have 45 gallons of gas for it.
I'm a teacher, guess what I'll be doing? 
cmort666
Member
I'm a contract worker with no paid vacation or sick days.
Guess what I'll be doing...
Guess what I'll be doing...
vigil617
US Veteran
Rig for "heavy" weather, boys and girls. Pun intended.
No joke: be safe y'all.
No snow predicted here in our little slice of heaven here in The Tar Heel State.
No joke: be safe y'all.
No snow predicted here in our little slice of heaven here in The Tar Heel State.
snowman
Member
I am one of those folks who loves winter. I wait all year for temperatures to drop, and when the weatherman says 'snow', I'm like a little kid on Christmas Eve...
Bring it on!
A man after my own heart. In a few hours time it turns the barren winter landscape into the most ravishingly beautiful sight in all creation. Some like to play in it, which is great; if I can just look at it, it is enough.
I can certainly understand the sentiments, though, of those who have to commute on busy freeways and/or up and down hills. That would not be fun. May your travels be completed in safety, friends.
Regards,
Andy
williamlayton
Member
Man-a-live. I have NO words.
I do have one thought--------I like heat.
Blessings
I do have one thought--------I like heat.
Blessings
Arik
Member
Lol yes. They are saying 12 - 18 another site says 14 - 20. But the general idea is that it's going to be at least a foot! Got my shovel ready!!!!
What I do is let it build up a little then go out and shovel. Then do it again in a couple hours. This way when it's all said and done I don't have to spend 3 hours digging out my driveway
I live right on the boundary between real bad nasty snow a coming and just 4-8'' of nasty snow. As I live a bit higher on a mountain I expect to be in the heavier end of the numbers!
Living where I do I'm reasonably well prepared. Have generator and a bunch of gas for it. Plenty of food both frozen and dry goods and the propane tank has plenty so the furnace, hot water & stove should always be available.
Have 31HP diesel tractor with bucket and Fisher plow on my 4x4 pick up to handle the storms.
If power goes out even though I have generator I will lose internet and TV as the provider has lots of boosters along their lines. No on the air TV signals make it up here, cable is very important.
Good luck to all that are going to get hit with this monster!
Living where I do I'm reasonably well prepared. Have generator and a bunch of gas for it. Plenty of food both frozen and dry goods and the propane tank has plenty so the furnace, hot water & stove should always be available.
Have 31HP diesel tractor with bucket and Fisher plow on my 4x4 pick up to handle the storms.
If power goes out even though I have generator I will lose internet and TV as the provider has lots of boosters along their lines. No on the air TV signals make it up here, cable is very important.
Good luck to all that are going to get hit with this monster!
JcMack
Member
Sunny, and 85 degrees here today in beeeuuuutiful N.W. Indiana. I'm gonna ride my scooter to the beach.
I'll probably have to put a sweater on today down here in Memphis town. 
mstem
Member
You power company guys, be careful! I know what you have to go through in storms. My dad worked for our local electric coop. He was the mechanic that kept all the trucks running. But when it was a bad storm & most power was out he was out in the field working with the line crews. I remember him being out working 3 days or more without coming home. Back then they worked around the clock until everyone's power was back on.
Everyone be careful. Stay off the roads. If you have to drive watch out for the idiots. To all you power crews, thanks for what you do!
Everyone be careful. Stay off the roads. If you have to drive watch out for the idiots. To all you power crews, thanks for what you do!
You sure scared me!
I pictured my mom in a flying trailer either tonight or tomorrow
80s up there at this time of year is what we in the trade call BAD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy Da Lake - You should have a good stretch of beach to yourself --- Be sure to take your metal detector
labworm
US Veteran
Went to Market Basket supermarket this morning around 8:00 AM.
Bread, Milk flying off the shelves, lucky to find a parking spot.
The Bread man in the aisle didn't even have to put the bread on the shelves, stripped clean before he could.
Gassed up, ran into 7-11 for the daily Boston Globe and Herald newspapers, stopped at the pharmacy for some St. Joseph 81 mg aspirin and "picked up a valentine card"while I was there.
Now just sit and wait, we iz gonna get hammered.
But we in the Northeast are weather tested tough and have been through these things many times before.
Present shovels:
I don't know but I been told, New England weather is sometimes cold.
You had a good home but you left, your right, sound off.
Shoveling down the avenue, 6 more hours and we'll be through.
What else are you going to do?
Bread, Milk flying off the shelves, lucky to find a parking spot.
The Bread man in the aisle didn't even have to put the bread on the shelves, stripped clean before he could.
Gassed up, ran into 7-11 for the daily Boston Globe and Herald newspapers, stopped at the pharmacy for some St. Joseph 81 mg aspirin and "picked up a valentine card"
while I was there.Now just sit and wait, we iz gonna get hammered.
But we in the Northeast are weather tested tough and have been through these things many times before.
Present shovels:
I don't know but I been told, New England weather is sometimes cold.
You had a good home but you left, your right, sound off.
Shoveling down the avenue, 6 more hours and we'll be through.
What else are you going to do?
Arik
Member
Someone has to explain this phenomenon to me. Why run to the market for a day or two worth of food? Do all these people really live day to day on food? I go shopping once a week and it's enough for over a weeks worth of food and it adds up over time. I can probably sit at home for a month before I need to do some kind of minor shopping. Maybe some ice tea or a snackWent to Market Basket supermarket this morning around 8:00 AM.
Bread, Milk flying off the shelves, lucky to find a parking spot.
The Bread man in the aisle didn't even have to put the bread on the shelves, stripped clean before he could.
Gassed up, ran into 7-11 for the daily Boston Globe and Herald newspapers, stopped at the pharmacy for some St. Joseph 81 mg aspirin and "picked up a valentine card"
Now just sit and wait, we iz gonna get hammered.
But we in the Northeast are weather tested tough and have been through these things many times before.
Present shovels:
I don't know but I been told, New England weather is sometimes cold.
You had a good home but you left, your right, sound off.
Shoveling down the avenue, 6 more hours and we'll be through.
What else are you going to do?
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