Actual chance of snow here Thursday -Friday!! Hopefully snow and not ice!!
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The MSM has picked up on it today and the people north of the Mason-Dixon line are gonna get clobbered!Actual chance of snow here Thursday -Friday!! Hopefully snow and not ice!!
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And yet they missed the Mason Dixon line.The MSM has picked up on it today and the people north of the Mason-Dixon line are gonna get clobbered!
The cold front arrived here with a band of heavy rain just a short time ago! Temps were 64°, dropping into the 30's today, teens out my way tonight! Wind advisory and a cold weather advisory for today! No winter precip until late Wednesday!
Watching all the power outage reports related to the ice storm and now blizzard (in Kansas)! What a mess in many states!! Hope @Amish Heart has power, check in when you can!! Would like to here how things are in @Morgan101 's neck of the woods!!?
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We're good. The pup was in shell shock when I dumped him outside this morning to do his business. I noticed that most of the churches cancelled in the bigger town. Hopefully the salt trucks got the streets loaded in the bigger town, I'm sure they did. That town is called Salt City (ha) because of the salt mines and Morton Salt Factory. They have no excuse.
We still have regular power and water. When/if that goes, we have the whole house generator that kicks on. Just got the wood burning stove roaring again. Outside animal chores will not be fun. It's pretty ugly out there right now with the wind, too.
We still have regular power and water. When/if that goes, we have the whole house generator that kicks on. Just got the wood burning stove roaring again. Outside animal chores will not be fun. It's pretty ugly out there right now with the wind, too.
So far we have a dusting of snow; barely covered the ground. Temps are in the 20's, so whatever we get is going to be here for a while. I'm wondering when the rest of the storm will arrive. The forecast was 5"-7".
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It's just super ugly out here right now. The wind is bad. Supposed to go on all day. A bit of a white out.
Here too, super ugly ,but the wind isn't so bad. Snow is falling now, and supposed to continue all day. One of the benefits of being retired. We aren't going anywhere, and have everything we need to last until Spring if need be. I will watch it all from a warm cozy recliner.
54* here now with high winds ... temps plummeting by the hour ... will be at freezing by 7pm.
Freezing temps for the month ... winter has arrived to my neck of the woods!
Freezing temps for the month ... winter has arrived to my neck of the woods!
Aren't you in a blizzard warning??
Down to 37° out west here!!
Wind chill is not nice!!
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Pretty much one right now. Levi walked over and had some coffee and banana bread. He and little granddaughter are clearing and salting, but it's pretty much a waste of time (ha). Anyway, we'll brave the animal chores in about an hr, and those two will be my water fetchers. That's the worst of it. Neighbor just texted and needs eggs. She said she'll walk over later, and knowing her, I'm sure she will. About a half mile or so. Like Morgan, it's not going to let up and will continue all day. The windbursts are bad though. We are always just fine. This weather comes every year.
Vegas is calm and clear. 40 to 64 today and going to 38 to 56 by next Sunday. Not calling for wind or we'd be freezing our tails off. Big wind here means a haboob and they are not pretty! Sand, dust and dirt, trash all doing 60mph or better.
A few things I did do just in case we lose power. I checked the batteries in the emergancy radios. Made sure the big batteries are fully charged. anything that takes a charge i.e. cell phones, lanterns, computers etc are fully charged. Blankets and candles are handy. I mean I could do something other than watch it snow. 
I'm going to take a nap!!A few things I did do just in case we lose power. I checked the batteries in the emergancy radios. Made sure the big batteries are fully charged. anything that takes a charge i.e. cell phones, lanterns, computers etc are fully charged. Blankets and candles are handy. I mean I could do something other than watch it snow.
I’m going to shovel the sunshine off of my driveway before it gets too deep.I'm going to take a nap!!
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most of this nasty scary weather would be called a pleasant day where we get actuall seasons
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Aw, come on guys, it is beautiful. Even though the winds are almost 30 mph and it's 12 degrees out, still snowing hard. Going down to neg one. What is not beautiful is my floor. The coming in and the going out with the salt. A mess. Rowdy the pup is liking it, but the guinea he tackled will not make it. They can't fly in this wet.
really, any weather that people are not prepared for is a problem for those people. people here wait until they get snowed in to think about getting snow removal equipment, and worse whine about what getting plowed out costs. A few candles will raise the temperature of a room, but they need to be contained, so that they burn the wax and not just the wick, and of course done in a fireproof container etc...
And then let's talk about Texas ....so it really looks like winter precip Wed night through Friday morning. TXDOT's idea of taking care of the roads will be applying brine to the roads....like on Monday!!
We wrapped our plants today... and I helped.
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Ridiculous.And then let's talk about Texas ....so it really looks like winter precip Wed night through Friday morning. TXDOT's idea of taking care of the roads will be applying brine to the roads....like on Monday!!
They're idiots. Honestly. The brine water or sand all disappears off the road by the time the precipitation gets here. Why can't each county that has the possibility of snow get at least two snowplows? I mean at least pick up trucks with plows! @Pearl does your guy have a plow for ya'll's truck? I bet he could make some decent money doing that.
No plow! Hubby's truck is only 2WD, I have the 4! But no kidding on roads!! Bad thing is we usually get more ice than snow anyhow! Maybe a little sand wouldn't kill them?!
Currently calling for MID 30's above today. And MID to upper 40's tomorrow Jan. 6'th.
They are saying we might get some snow. That would be fun.
They are saying we might get some snow. That would be fun.
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