hooverwheelaway
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Snow!
Here's a picture of Robert revving up the snow-blower over his lunch break.
Here's a picture of Robert revving up the snow-blower over his lunch break.
Any Midwestners got snow yet? pics?
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hooverwheelaway
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I did not miss this...
I didn't miss having to clean off my car while living in NC...
Brrrrrrrrrr!
I didn't miss having to clean off my car while living in NC...
Brrrrrrrrrr!
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ooooh how rugged and manly!
And a Mazda 3 just like me.
I was just watching the weather channel and it doesn't look like we're gonna get much snow at all over the next few days. Maybe an inch or less if that.. It'll all probably blow over Lake Huron and east missing us. Still they could be wrong like that never happens
I was just watching the weather channel and it doesn't look like we're gonna get much snow at all over the next few days. Maybe an inch or less if that.. It'll all probably blow over Lake Huron and east missing us. Still they could be wrong like that never happens
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Brrrrrr
It's a chilly 18 degrees with wind chill -0 degrees, and snowing.
It's a chilly 18 degrees with wind chill -0 degrees, and snowing.
washboy2005
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England is being it's usual boring self! Low blinding sunlight and drizzle rain!
I want snow!
Not sure if the link is of much interest to anyone, but I shall include nevertheless
Dan - Miserably wet North East England!
I want snow!
Not sure if the link is of much interest to anyone, but I shall include nevertheless
Dan - Miserably wet North East England!
Bit of a yawn in Detroit, although the winds are really kicking up. Light snow cover (lawns and streets) yesterday at 11 pm,..just slush in the street this morning going to work, and now with the wind the streets are dry.
Interesting...I work in the Renaissance Center and was in the elevator with one of the elevator maintenance guys who confirmed our suspicion that they slow down the elevators when the wind is blowing.
Interesting...I work in the Renaissance Center and was in the elevator with one of the elevator maintenance guys who confirmed our suspicion that they slow down the elevators when the wind is blowing.
Normally I drive to work, log into my PC, grab a diet Coke, and start working.
Instead I drove to work through dozens of drifts, was handed a pink child-sized shovel, and started digging out a Kia (notice that, even though I've lived me entire life in Iowa, I'm not as prepared for winter weather as Robert is).
Again, Life is Good.
Instead I drove to work through dozens of drifts, was handed a pink child-sized shovel, and started digging out a Kia (notice that, even though I've lived me entire life in Iowa, I'm not as prepared for winter weather as Robert is).
Again, Life is Good.
toggleswitch2
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I work in the Renaissance Center and was in the elevator with one of the elevator maintenance guys who confirmed our suspicion that they slow down the elevators when the wind is blowing.
*LOL* I woked near the top of the Empre State Buidlng the onein NYC nto the one in OMAHA, NE. LOL (near the 80th floor).
The building is purposely made to bend and sway in the wind. Let me tell you how fun it is ti have things roll off your desk. Even a bigger blast if you had been out drinking the night before and think your hangover is haunting you!
I worked in a different skyscraper with sealed windows, which is the norm. On really windy days they boost the air-pressure so the building has a net a positive air pressure(easy to do as air exhausts and air intakes are separate blowers, one just varies the speeds). You can actually see the plate-glass windows bow out and the doors to the building stay open an bit with the outrush of air. This is to ensure that windows explode OUT rather than in, should the wind get out of hand.
Hoep you all are having fun in the snow. Our deluge today was rain. Are there any states/cities/towns that DON'T require homeowners to shovel sidewalks?
My house was a corner property with sidewalks. NEVER AGAIN!
*LOL* I woked near the top of the Empre State Buidlng the onein NYC nto the one in OMAHA, NE. LOL (near the 80th floor).
The building is purposely made to bend and sway in the wind. Let me tell you how fun it is ti have things roll off your desk. Even a bigger blast if you had been out drinking the night before and think your hangover is haunting you!
I worked in a different skyscraper with sealed windows, which is the norm. On really windy days they boost the air-pressure so the building has a net a positive air pressure(easy to do as air exhausts and air intakes are separate blowers, one just varies the speeds). You can actually see the plate-glass windows bow out and the doors to the building stay open an bit with the outrush of air. This is to ensure that windows explode OUT rather than in, should the wind get out of hand.
Hoep you all are having fun in the snow. Our deluge today was rain. Are there any states/cities/towns that DON'T require homeowners to shovel sidewalks?
My house was a corner property with sidewalks. NEVER AGAIN!
Awesome Pictures!
You all look like you are having so much fun!
Robert you look like a kid in a candy store with your snow blower! Like you just could not wait!
I hope we get snow here in Atlanta this year! It has been long over due. SNOW not ICE!
Thanks for the pictures everyone!
Brent
You all look like you are having so much fun!
Robert you look like a kid in a candy store with your snow blower! Like you just could not wait!
I hope we get snow here in Atlanta this year! It has been long over due. SNOW not ICE!
Thanks for the pictures everyone!
Brent
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Brent,
If you think it's so much fun to shovel, and blow snow at 10 degrees Fahrenheit, then be my guest. Just kidding, I'll take your weather anyday.
Steve: Our city ordinance requires all property owners to have their sidewalks cleared within 48hrs after it stops snowing.
If you think it's so much fun to shovel, and blow snow at 10 degrees Fahrenheit, then be my guest. Just kidding, I'll take your weather anyday.
Steve: Our city ordinance requires all property owners to have their sidewalks cleared within 48hrs after it stops snowing.
Beautiful Pictures
It's nice to see how pretty the snow is -- but I don't want to see any of it around here in NC.
It's nice to see how pretty the snow is -- but I don't want to see any of it around here in NC.
Here only businesses are required to clear the snow from the sidewalks in front with 24 hrs, homeowners no. Back in Calgary homeowners also had 24hrs or possible fine or city doing it and charging.
Our street we don't have sidewalks, I snowblow a few of my neighbors driveways and make a path between each of our front doors across the lawn for the mailman and the papergirl if the snow is deep. Moms street has sidewalks so I do hers but usually her neighbor has already gone along her whole block doing the sidewalk. Guys with snowblowers just like to use em, it's true.
Our street we don't have sidewalks, I snowblow a few of my neighbors driveways and make a path between each of our front doors across the lawn for the mailman and the papergirl if the snow is deep. Moms street has sidewalks so I do hers but usually her neighbor has already gone along her whole block doing the sidewalk. Guys with snowblowers just like to use em, it's true.
"Guys with snowblowers just like to use 'em..."
Part of it is the guilt factor, for me, anyway. Several of my neighbors are older than me, and have either very small 1-stage snowblowers, or none at all. I can't watch some 70+ year old man/woman out trying to shovel through huge drifts when the wind chill is -25.
One of my neighbors has a son with a tractor/plow, so I don't do their driveway; a young couple across the street has a plow on the front of their 4-wheeler, so I don't do theirs, either. This means I clear out my driveway and two or three others, depending on the amount of snow.
Part of it is the guilt factor, for me, anyway. Several of my neighbors are older than me, and have either very small 1-stage snowblowers, or none at all. I can't watch some 70+ year old man/woman out trying to shovel through huge drifts when the wind chill is -25.
One of my neighbors has a son with a tractor/plow, so I don't do their driveway; a young couple across the street has a plow on the front of their 4-wheeler, so I don't do theirs, either. This means I clear out my driveway and two or three others, depending on the amount of snow.
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I'm all for snow melting systems. I'd guess electric is more trouble-free than hydronic.
Never saw one in home use, but did see one at my dad's place of business in areas where salt or plowing and / or shoveling were nnot options.
I REALLY HATE SHOVELING SNOW!
Apparently the cost to operate these per hour is rather high.
Never saw one in home use, but did see one at my dad's place of business in areas where salt or plowing and / or shoveling were nnot options.
I REALLY HATE SHOVELING SNOW!
Apparently the cost to operate these per hour is rather high.
A record was broken here yesterday for a 1 day snowfall - 26 cm (about 10.5 inches). My snowblower got its first workout for this season. Even with the blower I still have to do some shovelling by hand where the blower can't go. I like to keep the back deck cleared so that I have a place to put out the food for the deer. In theory, snow melting systems sound great but I think would be awfully expensive to operate, especially electric. And they won't work if you have a gravel/stone driveway.
Gary
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Terrible Weather here!
Bring on the snow baby! =)
Bring on the snow baby! =)
Ben, whose KIA did you have to shovel out with that toy shovel?
Ben, whose KIA did you have to shovel out with that toy shov
Hey Tom - that was a co-worker's car. Thankfully the Tahoe was able to make it to work without landing in a ditch or grassy median.
We relocated to a new building this spring. Originally the land we relocated on was a cornfield and with this being the first real storm we've had in this location, we weren't aware of what the road in front of the building would get like.
As the day went on the drifts kept piling and piling, until finally 'we' closed it off. Thankfully the road perpendicular to Fisher was kept clean by a kind family member of a co-worker.
I noticed the drifts on Fisher were about 6 feet high this morning. Nevertheless, the City truck was having a difficult time trying to clean it
Hey Tom - that was a co-worker's car. Thankfully the Tahoe was able to make it to work without landing in a ditch or grassy median.
We relocated to a new building this spring. Originally the land we relocated on was a cornfield and with this being the first real storm we've had in this location, we weren't aware of what the road in front of the building would get like.
As the day went on the drifts kept piling and piling, until finally 'we' closed it off. Thankfully the road perpendicular to Fisher was kept clean by a kind family member of a co-worker.
I noticed the drifts on Fisher were about 6 feet high this morning. Nevertheless, the City truck was having a difficult time trying to clean it
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We are getiing creamed here in Buffalo
Well, meringued is more like it. Instead of intermittent agitation, we've got intermittent blizzards and white-outs. Schools are closed, US 5 is like a road in a ghost town, and it's as wild as winter can be. A four minute walk to and from the mailbox across Rt. 5, and my face was beet red, my whiskers, brows and lashes frozen, and the garments pure and total white.
Utter Winter Madness! Get ready Eastern friends; it's comin' your way.
Pete, that non-photo of you made me laugh. That's so you, funny and original.
Well, meringued is more like it. Instead of intermittent agitation, we've got intermittent blizzards and white-outs. Schools are closed, US 5 is like a road in a ghost town, and it's as wild as winter can be. A four minute walk to and from the mailbox across Rt. 5, and my face was beet red, my whiskers, brows and lashes frozen, and the garments pure and total white.
Utter Winter Madness! Get ready Eastern friends; it's comin' your way.
Pete, that non-photo of you made me laugh. That's so you, funny and original.
