OT-Deathstorm

[UCSouth]

Got slammed last night in the Panhandle.

Mega frost this morning.

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Where in the Panhandle? Used to live in Navarre before I moved over the border into Alabama.

 

[Improviser]

No but Honda machines great. Expensive but never saw a storm it couldn’t handle

Which model do you have? I googled them and they vary in price from $800 to $3000, to even up to $8000.

I wonder if the cheaper ones still do the job for a residence with an average sized driveway, but the more expensive ones are more for commercial snow removal or for a very long driveway.

 

[SoFla Steve]

Wuss.

I can live with that. I did my time up there.

 

[DogBoy]

I'm re-upping my Bellows Falls VT total estimate to 24". One of our tenants usually removes snow by hand (he has a device like a plastic sled with handles that pushes the snow ahead & then he turns it and dumps it). He was busy at work and I'll see tomorrow if he got some done. I shoveled myself and wife helped too and we cleared both our cars which took long time (3 hours for me, 1 for her due to late start). More snow than I can ever remember in one storm.
This is a rental property and we're in it because of remodeling our normal home in NH- tomorrow I'll make it over there, they had 37" supposedly in Claremont which is half hour north of us, so we must have gotten dumped on too. At least there we do have a plow guy (although he doesn't do a good job and I still have to shovel some anyway).

My dad was a 55 year member of post 37 in Bellows Falls. My Brother was the batboy on Carlton Fisk's Post 37American baseball Legion team. Still have an Aunt and cousins in Bellows falls. Is your normal home in North Walpole?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Where in the Panhandle? Used to live in Navarre before I moved over the border into Alabama.

West of Navarre near Perdido Key.

 

[Husky25]

 

[Husky25]

Yeah wind is the enemy of the snowblower. Layer up and cover your face. Thank god for Lamont enslaving us to face coverings!

Do you really have it so bad?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Do you really have it so bad?

So bad with what? I’m being facetious re:Ned

 

[Husky25]

So bad with what? I’m being facetious re:Ned

My bad. Not how I read it.

 

[RichZ]

I never understood the cases of water. People always stock up on water like their faucets will stop working from a simple death storm.

A fairly substantial percentage of CT's population relies on well water -- which stops when the power goes out. As automatic, permanently installed emergency generators become more prevalent, it will decrease. But if you're relying on a portable generator and extension cord for you're emergency power, as most have for years, it's a different story.

 

[NJHusky]

Which model do you have? I googled them and they vary in price from $800 to $3000, to even up to $8000.

I wonder if the cheaper ones still do the job for a residence with an average sized driveway, but the more expensive ones are more for commercial snow removal or for a very long driveway.

I had the 928s. (I think). Was track drive 2 stage. I had a fairly decent driveway. About 70 ft and a side Parking area for 4 cars. That machine was bulletproof. I actually sold it to a landscaper who said he only uses Honda machines. I got lucky. Bought it one year old and sold it in August 13 years later for 200 less than i paid. Could have made more if I waited until it got cold. Went to the shop once in 14 years. Highly recommend. Was about 2400 new in 2007

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Well, if water mains freeze or break (physically break or electronic control of the system), it will disrupt water to the home.

If you have a pump like much of suburban and rural CT you have no water when you lose electric.
During Hurricane Gloria we lost power for a week so my wife would shower and dress for work at her Mom’s and I would at my parent’s . Thankfully they both had electric and city water.
Luckily they were both on the way to work
My parents had an unoccupied finished basement apartment with its own shower so I didn’t even bother them.
We had such great parents who this post just reminded me of how much they are missed.

 

[Adios]

I can live with that. I did my time up there.

I am stuck here till I am dead.

 

[RichZ]

I'm re-upping my Bellows Falls VT total estimate to 24". One of our tenants usually removes snow by hand (he has a device like a plastic sled with handles that pushes the snow ahead & then he turns it and dumps it). He was busy at work and I'll see tomorrow if he got some done. I shoveled myself and wife helped too and we cleared both our cars which took long time (3 hours for me, 1 for her due to late start). More snow than I can ever remember in one storm.
This is a rental property and we're in it because of remodeling our normal home in NH- tomorrow I'll make it over there, they had 37" supposedly in Claremont which is half hour north of us, so we must have gotten dumped on too. At least there we do have a plow guy (although he doesn't do a good job and I still have to shovel some anyway).

My son lives in Danby. The prediction was for 6 to 10. He got 37. As in thirty -#$@*-seven. Inches. Three feet and and inch. Of snow. I don't care how fluffy it is, when there's more than 3 feet of it, it's too dang much.
My grand daughter lives in New Hampshire, right near the VT border. Not sure what here number was, but her SUV disappeared. The little bare spot on the side is her review mirror. The pic of my son's truck is his hunting truck with the lift kit and giant mud tires.

 

[Dove]

Is that kid alive?

 

[Husky25]

A fairly substantial percentage of CT's population relies on well water -- which stops when the power goes out. As automatic, permanently installed emergency generators become more prevalent, it will decrease. But if you're relying on a portable generator and extension cord for you're emergency power, as most have for years, it's a different story.

We weathered (pun intended) the first two full years living in our current house with a well and 12 gallons of fresh bottled water sitting in the unfinished part of our basement.

When the power went out during the wind storm last Halloween, I spent part of the UConn tailgate talking to an electrician regarding installing an emergency generator hook up. My generator currently powers my entire house, minus range and clothes dryer, but including the pool pump. One of my friends spent a couple nights in a hotel after Isaias rolled through. When put in those terms, the generator pays for itself inside of two weeks. I have nine days to go.

 

[Husky25]

Is that kid alive?

Probably having a ball.

 

[Improviser]

I am stuck here till I am dead.

Well, I dunno. If here is CT or this part of the country, we don't have sweaty hot summers from June through September, and never have a mass migration of people fleeing hurricane(s). Nor, have to worry about venomous black snakes in the backyard at dusk (friend down there told me that is their situation). Nor, the traffic jams in the winter from the Snowbirds. One of my friends gave up living there because of that.

Just a bias on my part based on what I have heard and read.

For those who can afford it, they can live here , and there, for the "good parts" or the "good months of the year."

Actually, a friend of mine does that and lives in FLA for 6 months and one day a year and gets tax benefits or saves money by doing that. He had a swimming pool at his complex and could swim almost every day of the year.

But, he is staying here now and not worrying about the 6 months and one day thing. He and his wife got disgusted at all the people down there not wearing masks, and for his own health and piece of mind, is now up here.

I guess he will go back to his routine once the pandemic subsides.

For those who cannot handle the cold and have their friends who have moved near them in FLA, I do understand the attachment. I understand the low property taxes.

 

[uconnfan68]

I’m a fan of Honda. Always start. SoldThis when we moved to FL. NEVER had a storm that was too big for it. Can’t beat track drive

Cost more than many of my cars.

 

[Adios]

Fortunately the storm missed me.

You prefer hurricanes?

 

[NJHusky]

Cost more than many of my cars.

Lol. U need better cars

 

[huskypantz]

Arrrrrgggh. I jinxed myself by saying it was a beast. Same here, although my driveway can fit 6+ cars and luckily 2/3 was done when it failed. Shear bolts are in place. I was able to get the auger to spin but it's slow and with any snow resistance it comes to a halt. 2 years old and hardly used. Wish I had my old snowblower back, so pissed right now.

Hopefully this might be helpful to fellow junior snowblower mechanics out there. I called the dealership where I bought the blower and the first thing the rep noted was that the belts commonly break and often in a year or two. Considering my last blower was well over a decade old and I never had to replace the belt, I thought that was a little crazy but he’s the expert. He then proceeded to tell me they had a three week backlog for service and they had pickup/drop off for extra $$$. I can’t wait that long so I took the belt suggestion as my first troubleshooting step. Watched a 5 minute video on how to replace or adjust the auger belt and headed outside this morning. 10 minutes later(and FREE), snowblower is fixed and tossing snow like a champ. Adjusting the belt is really easy (pulley wheel has adjustable screw). I am heading out to pick up spare shear bolts and belt just in case. My driveway is too big and back is too crappy to risk it next time around.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Well, I dunno. If here is CT or this part of the country, we don't have sweaty hot summers from June through September, and never have a mass migration of people fleeing hurricane(s). Nor, have to worry about venomous black snakes in the backyard at dusk (friend down there told me that is their situation). Nor, the traffic jams in the winter from the Snowbirds. One of my friends gave up living there because of that.

Just a bias on my part based on what I have heard and read.

For those who can afford it, they can live here , and there, for the "good parts" or the "good months of the year."

Actually, a friend of mine does that and lives in FLA for 6 months and one day a year and gets tax benefits or saves money by doing that. He had a swimming pool at his complex and could swim almost every day of the year.

But, he is staying here now and not worrying about the 6 months and one day thing. He and his wife got disgusted at all the people down there not wearing masks, and for his own health and piece of mind, is now up here.

I guess he will go back to his routine once the pandemic subsides.

For those who cannot handle the cold and have their friends who have moved near them in FLA, I do understand the attachment. I understand the low property taxes.

I‘m debating this. Don’t really like hot humid summers.

My plan was always to retire on Cape Cod, which is usually spared the worst of winter, and where I can play golf well into November and again by March. Plus the summers are divine. But it’s unbelievably expensive.

The alternative would be the snow bird life. But I wouldn’t choose anything as blah as Florida, maybe a condo in New Orleans. Some of this may depend on where my daughter ends in college and after.

I just put down ice melt. It’s so damned cold I am hoping for some help from the sun.

 

[huskyinfl]

You prefer hurricanes?

Yes. There are some real bad Florida takes. Louisiana??. I have lived in 3rd world countries that were better.

 

[HooperScooper]

Yes. There are some real bad Florida takes. Louisiana??. I have lived in 3rd world countries that were better.

According to a friend of mine who went to Tulane and married a classmate from Tulane whose family is from New Orleans, natives say, "Louisiana, 3rd world and proud of it."

 

[alphasigko]

I‘m debating this. Don’t really like hot humid summers.

My plan was always to retire on Cape Cod, which is usually spared the worst of winter, and where I can play golf well into November and again by March. Plus the summers are divine. But it’s unbelievably expensive.

The alternative would be the snow bird life. But I wouldn’t choose anything as blah as Florida, maybe a condo in New Orleans. Some of this may depend on where my daughter ends in college and after.

I just put down ice melt. It’s so damned cold I am hoping for some help from the sun.

You do not want to live in NOLA if you do not want to put up w/Hot and Humid summers. Having worked there and Texas in the oil patch during summers they are much worse than SoFL. I have also lived and worked during the summer in the Phoenix area and it can be very hot, but honestly, nowhere near as bad as the heat and humidity in LA and TX.

 

[HuskyHawk]

You do not want to live in NOLA if you do not want to put up w/Hot and Humid summers. Having worked there and Texas in the oil patch during summers they are much worse than SoFL. I have also lived and worked during the summer in the Phoenix area and it can be very hot, but honestly, nowhere near as bad as the heat and humidity in LA and TX.

Well of course, but it would be the wintertime snowbird option. I’d be there for the awesome Halloween, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick’s day, Jazz Fest and then head north around May.

 

[uconnfan68]

Well of course, but it would be the wintertime snowbird option. I’d be there for the awesome Halloween, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick’s day, Jazz Fest and then head north around May.

I was there once for a few weeks around a Super Bowl and start of Mardi Gras. Weather wasn’t all that good... but small sample. Got pretty sticky and pretty cold during the short time. I’d go for Florida if I had a choice... but I don’t and will suffer in CT.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Hopefully this might be helpful to fellow junior snowblower mechanics out there. I called the dealership where I bought the blower and the first thing the rep noted was that the belts commonly break and often in a year or two. Considering my last blower was well over a decade old and I never had to replace the belt, I thought that was a little crazy but he’s the expert. He then proceeded to tell me they had a three week backlog for service and they had pickup/drop off for extra $$$. I can’t wait that long so I took the belt suggestion as my first troubleshooting step. Watched a 5 minute video on how to replace or adjust the auger belt and headed outside this morning. 10 minutes later(and FREE), snowblower is fixed and tossing snow like a champ. Adjusting the belt is really easy (pulley wheel has adjustable screw). I am heading out to pick up spare shear bolts and belt just in case. My driveway is too big and back is too crappy to risk it next time around.

proving, once again, that U of Tube is better than harvard u.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

We missed school on Thursday and had a regularly scheduled half day on Friday before winter break starts Monday.

We try to have special activities planned for our graduating 8th graders and on Friday morning we brought up our fire pit to have the students make s'mores. Really fun any day, but especially the day after a big snow.