OT - The wonder of the snow!

[RSHERMVIKES]

I looked out my front bay window here in New London at what seems like at least a foot of snow!
The snow is so high I can't open my front or back doors!
It looks like it won't stop anytime soon so I'm at the mercy of my neighbors to ever get out of my house!
Please be careful if you're shoveling or snow blower this is a heavy, nasty kind of snow!
There is nothing so important that you have to drive anywhere!
Wishing everyone a safe next few days!

 

[Topsail]

I grew up in Lake George area and I use to embrace the winter and all of the associated activities. Now , I have become snow averse between shoveling and snow blowing here in MA.

 

[hoopsdiva]

I can't even see out the windows on two sides of my house. They're completely plastered with wind-driven snow.

 

[meyers7]

Snow sucks.

 

[ConnMotors]

I looked out my front bay window here in New London at what seems like at least a foot of snow!
The snow is so high I can't open my front or back doors!
It looks like it won't stop anytime soon so I'm at the mercy of my neighbors to ever get out of my house!
Please be careful if you're shoveling or snow blower this is a heavy, nasty kind of snow!
There is nothing so important that you have to drive anywhere!
Wishing everyone a safe next few days!

Your area of Connecticut is getting hammered. Niantic reports 20 inches. I live in Waterbury and we have 10-16 inches. My windows have ice and snow covering them so I can’t see out. The wind is brutal as I can hear the gust. Be safe everyone…

 

[64Zcode]

At the risk of taking this way, way OT I'll share a couple 'snow stories' from when I was contracted to the NSF as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic in Antarctica.

In the mid 80s I was assigned to Siple Station for two consecutive summer seasons, about 4-1/2 months each.

Siple Station - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The main science station was buried about 125 feet under the surface and the summer help (us) lived on the surface in military canvas structures called 'Jamesways'. That area got about 30 feet of snow each year that settled to about 10' of snowpack.
There was one storm where the station manager restricted anyone except essential personnel from being up top for over a week due to
a nasty storm. The CAT operator and I had to go up top to load the snow melter for station water.

During one of these trips up to load the snowmelter, out of the corner of my eye I spotted a flash of red.
It was the senior scientist in just jeans and his parka walking. He, for some incomprehensible reason, thought it would be a good idea to walk to the summer camp for something. Problem was that he was nowhere near the flagged route and was instead headed in the opposite direction, he rarely came above ground (snow) even during nice weather.
I was able to chase him down and send him back to the main station, he was very lucky that I saw him.

The snow in that area was approximately 3000 feet thick.
There was a T shirt sold at South Pole that said "Ski South Pole!! 1/2" of powder, 9000 feet of base".

During most of the 90s I worked at McMurdo under more 'civilized conditions', there was an actual garage.
At Siple there was no garage, I made do with the situation at hand.

 

[Sifaka]

We were supposed to get a foot or so last night here. ‘Here’ being coastal Maine, predicted weather and reality are often pretty far apart. We have had 0” of new snow atop the foot or two from last week.

Current forecast, for what it may be worth:

Today
Snow, mainly after 10am. Widespread blowing snow, mainly after noon. High near 28. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.
Tonight
Snow, mainly before 9pm. Areas of blowing snow before midnight. Low around 16. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 32. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 5. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Wednesday
Snow before 4pm, then rain and snow. High near 37. Light southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Wednesday Night
Rain and snow likely, becoming all snow after 7pm, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Chance of precipitation is 60%

 

[64Zcode]

I can't even see out the windows on two sides of my house. They're completely plastered with wind-driven snow.

Same here in the NW/Torrington/Winsted area.
I never heard the wind last night but my window screens are plugged.
We got about 9-10" and I just shoveled a 2-1/2 ft drift away from my garage door so I can get my snowblower out later.

Pretty close to what was predicted in this area and thankfully it isn't all that heavy.

 

[Dogdude]

Except when ya gotta go, you... this from 6 am, up to about 18-20" now in south central CT.

 

[Veteran]

When I was a kid, I was the one who had the privilege of always going down to shovel out the mailbox every time the snowplow went by.

There are advantages to now living in a warmer weather climate.

 

[Skeets]

Your area of Connecticut is getting hammered. Niantic reports 20 inches. I live in Waterbury and we have 10-16 inches. My windows have ice and snow covering them so I can’t see out. The wind is brutal as I can hear the gust. Be safe everyone…

I'm a little west of you. Good thing all the stores around Walmart went out of business so that they have a place to pile up the snow.

 

[meyers7]

At the risk of taking this way, way OT I'll share a couple 'snow stories' from when I was contracted to the NSF as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic in Antarctica.

In the mid 80s I was assigned to Siple Station for two consecutive summer seasons, about 4-1/2 months each.

Siple Station - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The main science station was buried about 125 feet under the surface and the summer help (us) lived on the surface in military canvas structures called 'Jamesways'. That area got about 30 feet of snow each year that settled to about 10' of snowpack.
There was one storm where the station manager restricted anyone except essential personnel from being up top for over a week due to
a nasty storm. The CAT operator and I had to go up top to load the snow melter for station water.

During one of these trips up to load the snowmelter, out of the corner of my eye I spotted a flash of red.
It was the senior scientist in just jeans and his parka walking. He, for some incomprehensible reason, thought it would be a good idea to walk to the summer camp for something. Problem was that he was nowhere near the flagged route and was instead headed in the opposite direction, he rarely came above ground (snow) even during nice weather.
I was able to chase him down and send him back to the main station, he was very lucky that I saw him.

The snow in that area was approximately 3000 feet thick.
There was a T shirt sold at South Pole that said "Ski South Pole!! 1/2" of powder, 9000 feet of base".

During most of the 90s I worked at McMurdo under more 'civilized conditions', there was an actual garage.
At Siple there was no garage, I made do with the situation at hand.

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I hope you got paid handsomely for your time down there. But for me, it would never, ever be enough.

 

[Centerstream]

In 2005 we decided to move from NoVA. My wife had the ability to work remotely as long as we had a really good internet connection (we had Hughes Net satellite at the time).
We each picked a state...she picked Maine, I picked Arizona. We settled on NC.
I'm glad that we compromised and didn't move to the Northeast (we both grew up in MA, on the opposite ends).

 

[Bigboote]

I grew up in Lake George area and I use to embrace the winter and all of the associated activities. Now , I have become snow averse between shoveling and snow blowing here in MA.

I went to college in Maine. It's no accident that I settled south of the Mason-Dixon line. Just in from shoveling a modest (maybe 4") amount. A few weeks ago we got the "snowcrete" -- about 6" of snow followed by 2" of sleet and freezing rain. That was awful, thank Cthulhu I have a snowblower.

 

[64Zcode]

I hope you got paid handsomely for your time down there. But for me, it would never, ever be enough.

Well, the money wasn't extravagant, about the same as I was making at the time, but all expenses were covered and there was really nowhere on ice to spend it. Some folks managed to draw down their earnings by consuming large amounts of alcohol, but I saved most of it.

For the bulk of my time there I worked with rock-solid folks that knew their jobs and were willing to work, made some great friends that I stay in touch with. I honestly enjoyed pretty much every bit of it.

I also made some important connections there that lead to other overseas contracts, some of which paid substantially more.
Those were in a much hotter and dustier environment, I didn't enjoy those as much.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Here in SW Montana about 4inches of snow this winter. More in the mountains, but not nearly enough. We need so much more for the health of our rivers, farm land and forests.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

Neighbor’s oak tree is on and through our roof. Thankfully, where it pierced is the garage. Branches yanked phone lines and power line to the ground. Plow truck caught the phone line where it comes off the pole over the road and swerved. It’s stuck on the neighbor’s lawn. City picked up the driver and left it for now. Last few years asked him if he would cut the tree down. He thought that since it was leaning towards his house I had nothing to worry about. That’s not how it works.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

Here in SW Montana about 4inches of snow this winter. More in the mountains, but not nearly enough. We need so much more for the health of our rivers, farm land and forests.

I’ll FEDEX you some. Glad to help. 🤣

 

[hoopsdiva]

Neighbor’s oak tree is on and through our roof. Thankfully, where it pierced is the garage. Branches yanked phone lines and power line to the ground. Plow truck caught the phone line where it comes off the pole over the road and swerved. It’s stuck on the neighbor’s lawn. City picked up the driver and left it for now. Last few years asked him if he would cut the tree down. He thought that since it was leaning towards his house I had nothing to worry about. That’s not how it works.

Oh no!!

Good luck dealing with the insurance. I had a couple of big oak trees come down a couple of summers ago. Fortunately they both fell either between my house and my neighbor's or across my backyard. Still, there was some roof damage from the branches, and the siding was absolutely shredded. It took almost a year to get the damage repaired and deal with (most of) the insurance paperwork.

Bon courage.

 

[Ozimoto]

Well, the money wasn't extravagant, about the same as I was making at the time, but all expenses were covered and there was really nowhere on ice to spend it. Some folks managed to draw down their earnings by consuming large amounts of alcohol, but I saved most of it.

For the bulk of my time there I worked with rock-solid folks that knew their jobs and were willing to work, made some great friends that I stay in touch with. I honestly enjoyed pretty much every bit of it.

I also made some important connections there that lead to other overseas contracts, some of which paid substantially more.
Those were in a much hotter and dustier environment, I didn't enjoy those as much.

I know a couple of people who worked the EMS/Firefighter contract gig in Antarctica. They said they enjoyed it, but they didn't seem all that anxious to renew their contracts.

 

[EricSD]

Hey guys - PLEASE POST PICTURES IF YOU CAN!!!

I live in San Diego (duh - hence my name) and have been gone from Connecticut for almost 40 years, but I do miss the serenity and insulated quiet of a huge snowstorm (especially from inside my house with a nice fire burning!!)

 

[MSGRET]

During my first 44 years of my life I only lived one year of not being in an area that didn't get any snow. First Indiana where I eventually joined the Army, spent every year of military of my 24+ years of service except my final year in snow states or countries. My final year was in Fort Polk, where instead of snow we got rain and mosquitoes that ate me alive. That's why I live in Vegas, I still see snow, it's just on the surrounding mountains.

 

[Puppy Love]

@EricSD

 

[CL82]

At the risk of taking this way, way OT I'll share a couple 'snow stories' from when I was contracted to the NSF as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic in Antarctica.

In the mid 80s I was assigned to Siple Station for two consecutive summer seasons, about 4-1/2 months each.

Siple Station - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The main science station was buried about 125 feet under the surface and the summer help (us) lived on the surface in military canvas structures called 'Jamesways'. That area got about 30 feet of snow each year that settled to about 10' of snowpack.
There was one storm where the station manager restricted anyone except essential personnel from being up top for over a week due to
a nasty storm. The CAT operator and I had to go up top to load the snow melter for station water.

During one of these trips up to load the snowmelter, out of the corner of my eye I spotted a flash of red.
It was the senior scientist in just jeans and his parka walking. He, for some incomprehensible reason, thought it would be a good idea to walk to the summer camp for something. Problem was that he was nowhere near the flagged route and was instead headed in the opposite direction, he rarely came above ground (snow) even during nice weather.
I was able to chase him down and send him back to the main station, he was very lucky that I saw him.

The snow in that area was approximately 3000 feet thick.
There was a T shirt sold at South Pole that said "Ski South Pole!! 1/2" of powder, 9000 feet of base".

During most of the 90s I worked at McMurdo under more 'civilized conditions', there was an actual garage.
At Siple there was no garage, I made do with the situation at hand.

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Well, now I guess I can't complain about the snow being 6 inches higher than my snowblower. Thanks for taking that away from me! Jerk! 😉

Very cool story. Thank you for sharing it!

 

[CL82]

Except when ya gotta go, you... this from 6 am, up to about 18-20" now in south central CT.
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My dog was up to her shoulders in powder and she was like "nope, not doing this" and went back in. She came back out after I shoveled a spot for her.