A-Jay's 4th Annual Ice Out / Open Water Countdown Thread ~

[A-Jay]

49 minutes ago, FishinBuck07 said:

Don't miss the firewood cutting at all!?  Hated those weekends when dad would say let's go get some firewood!!  

I hear ya ~ 

Perhaps it's another one of my life's deals that benefits from 'working to stay lean'.

Either way, the house does feel so good when that wood stove is doing it's thing.

A-Jay

 

[Bird]

Never get tired of cutting firewood, a winter hobby. 

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, FishinBuck07 said:

Don't miss the firewood cutting at all!?  Hated those weekends when dad would say let's go get some firewood!!  

It’s the most fun thing I can find to do

when I travel to your neck of the woods every Christmas. #cabinfever

[HaydenS]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

You could probably chop wood too, one of my favorite past times 

?

 

[TnRiver46]

12 minutes ago, HaydenS said:

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Logs are heavy but snow is really heavy 

[J Francho]

I used to love splitting wood.  Until my back decided I should only do a days worth at a time.  I still love it, but can't go for more than an hour or so.  It's so satisfying when you get one perfectly in one swing.  I also like the big rounds that take three wedges to get it to finally split.  I feel like I won a war against the log.

[HaydenS]

11 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Logs are heavy but snow is really heavy 

You only gotta move the snow to one side of the drive though.

Would you have to split, stack and burn away.

[A-Jay]

Feels like late March here this morning.

Realistically we still have a decent chunk of the winter to endure,

which will most likely be vastly different.

Meanwhile the deep low pressure passing by to our northwest tonight

will result in well above normal temperatures, periods of showers, and increasingly very gusty winds. Expect the warmest temperatures to occur late tonight, when most of the area will surge into the 50s. Wind gusts will steadily increase, become very strong later tonight into Thursday, with wind gusts of 45-50+ mph expected.

Power outages are expected across northern Michigan

and especially at A-Jay's house.

A-Jay

[J Francho]

We're looking to set some records, getting into the 60s

[A-Jay]

15 minutes ago, J Francho said:

We're looking to set some records, getting into the 60s

As long as it melts the snow off the roof of the house & kennel once or twice a winter,

I'm usually pretty happy.

Anything under two feet is good for me.

We're less than a foot now.

Keeps the ladder in the garage

which is right where I like it to stay.

A-Jay

 

 

[J Francho]

There is no way I could get to my roof, though it's a fairly steep pitch.  Some snowfall trivia for my area:

https://www.weather.gov/arx/snow.rst

[A-Jay]

3 minutes ago, J Francho said:

There is no way I could get to my roof, though it's a fairly steep pitch.  Some snowfall trivia for my area:

https://www.weather.gov/arx/snow.rst

That keeps it interesting.

We average 140-150 inches a year, most coming before Jan

but we've been behind that a bit for the last few years.

Not complaining but if it's going to be cold, we might as well have some snow. 

Just don't need it all at once.

A-Jay 

[J Francho]

42 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Just don't need it all at once.

I'm the opposite, if it's gonna snow, I want devastation.  Like shut the everything down blizzard.  I've got everything I need to ride it out.  I love a little adventure.

[gim]

On 12/10/2021 at 8:09 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Logs are heavy but snow is really heavy 

 

When I bought my first house in 2012, the first winter living there in 2013 I shoveled my driveway/sidewalk.  That was hellacious.  The stuff that the plow leaves at the end of the driveway was the worst.  Its back breaking work.

 

Fast forward to the following September.  Snow blowers on sale!  Bought a 2-stage with a Briggs & Stratton 4-stroke engine and shoveling magically went away.

 

Granted, there are some snowfalls that I get that are the heavy, wet stuff and the blower can't do much with it because it just comes out like ketchup, but 90% of the snow I get every winter now is sent 40 feet into the yard with my snow blower.

 

#shovelingsucks

[TnRiver46]

3 minutes ago, gimruis said:

 

When I bought my first house in 2012, the first winter living there in 2013 I shoveled my driveway/sidewalk.  That was hellacious.  The stuff that the plow leaves at the end of the driveway was the worst.  Its back breaking work.

 

Fast forward to the following September.  Snow blowers on sale!  Bought a 2-stage with a Briggs & Stratton 4-stroke engine and shoveling magically went away.

 

Granted, there are some snowfalls that I get that are the heavy, wet stuff and the blower can't do much with it because it just comes out like ketchup, but 90% of the snow I get every winter now is sent 40 feet into the yard with my snow blower.

 

#shovelingsucks

Yeah as you might imagine, I don’t have to shovel much. But back 8-9 years ago we had a good bit and I was in a log cabin with a long steep gravel driveway, maybe 1/4 mile. I decided to clear it, should have just walked to the store haha

[A-Jay]

3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Yeah as you might imagine, I don’t have to shovel much. But back 8-9 years ago we had a good bit and I was in a log cabin with a long steep gravel driveway, maybe 1/4 mile. I decided to clear it, should have just walked to the store haha

Optional methods of transportation are available up this way . . . 

A-Jay

 

[TnRiver46]

13 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Optional methods of transportation are available up this way . . . 

A-Jay

 

My dogs don’t go straight haha

[J Francho]

[A-Jay]

15 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

My dogs don’t go straight haha

LOL ~ 

Ya guts ta trainz'em . . . .

A-Jay

[slonezp]

65* on the west side of the pond today. 40mph winds with gusts at 60mph-80mph. Not much of a winter if you ask me. 

[MN Fisher]

14 minutes ago, slonezp said:

65* on the west side of the pond today. 40mph winds with gusts at 60mph-80mph. Not much of a winter if you ask me. 

We hit 62 here...add in the rain this evening and most of the snow we got last week is gone. We were also getting gusts to 60.

 

Tomorrow? Forecast high of 23....

[TnRiver46]

7 hours ago, slonezp said:

65* on the west side of the pond today. 40mph winds with gusts at 60mph-80mph. Not much of a winter if you ask me. 

Sheesh! 

[12poundbass]

22 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Feels like late March here this morning.

Realistically we still have a decent chunk of the winter to endure,

which will most likely be vastly different.

Meanwhile the deep low pressure passing by to our northwest tonight

will result in well above normal temperatures, periods of showers, and increasingly very gusty winds. Expect the warmest temperatures to occur late tonight, when most of the area will surge into the 50s. Wind gusts will steadily increase, become very strong later tonight into Thursday, with wind gusts of 45-50+ mph expected.

Power outages are expected across northern Michigan

and especially at A-Jay's house.

A-Jay

Annnnnnnd the power is out! The wind is howling here. I foresee a busy day chasing broken pole emergencies all day long. 

[A-Jay]

18 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Annnnnnnd the power is out! The wind is howling here. I foresee a busy day chasing broken pole emergencies all day long. 

Really roaring here too this morning.

We are hanging tough on the power so far.

Stay Safe out there my friend.

A-Jay

 

[12poundbass]

Three emergencies so far today, all broken poles. Thankfully we got our power back according to the wife. 
 

They were saying on the radio this morning, this frontal condition is stronger than the one that sunk the Edmond Fitzgerald.