Winter 2023-2024

[12poundbass]

@TnRiver46

 

[TnRiver46]

Hahahahahaha, remaining pretty bored so far, may go shovel the driveway again. I don’t think many roads are passable , I’ve heard of several highways/interstates being closed by DOT. Everybody is just walking around 😂 

 

several folks attempted driving and some did fine, lots did not. My buddy got behind a Harley yesterday that was just gunning the throttle and barely moving forward for quite a ways 

[greentrout]

MS Gulf Coast getting temps in the 20's. Tomorrow low 20's. Home pipes could be vulnerable to get damage from freezing. We don't see this kind of weather often.  

[TnRiver46]

Filled up my truck bed 

[casts_by_fly]

much to my surprise, the snow has hit us a little earlier and harder than expected here.  We got a couple inches overnight and its still coming, though its the thin wispy snow that takes a while to accumulate.  Regardless, its nice that everything is covered without being a disaster on the roads.

[Mobasser]

Like many of us, north central Missouri is frozen. Right now temp is -7. Snow yesterday added to what we had already. Dangerous wind chills also. I'm tired of it already...

[gim]

59 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Filled up my truck bed 

That is a grizzly scene!

[12poundbass]

[MN Fisher]

3 hours ago, gimruis said:

That is a grizzly scene!

Ya...seems that their precipitation kinda snowballed.

 

(ducks back into his hole)

[TnRiver46]

Total ended up being 10” at my house. 
 

 

 

[gim]

What are they barking at?  The wind? 😂

 

Or should I say howling in the case of the beagle.  Howling at the moon during daytime?

[MN Fisher]

With a beagle or basset, you never know...

[gim]

Looks like winter is already over as of next week.

 

 

 

[MN Fisher]

2 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Looks like winter is already over as of next week.

From below zero to above freezing in just a few days

 

[TnRiver46]

@gimruis, we live on a popular trail system so usually it’s someone walking their dogs by our fence to get up to the trails. But it’s definitely a wild card, I swear Bo can smell a storm coming and he will start barking at it 

2 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

With a beagle or basset, you never know...

Ironically we believe that creature to be a beagle/basset cross 

 

 

it’s supposed to remain cold down this way , I’ve heard of more single digits coming and maybe an ice storm Thursday. Low of 4 and 13 over the weekend 

[Way north bass guy]

We’re getting hammered on up here right now. Guess old ma nature is making up for the absolute total lack of winter we had up until about a week ago. 
Big ole snow squalls coming off Georgian Bay, like giant conveyor belts of snow that just keep dumping, and dumping and dumping…

Those big green and yellow streaks on the map are supposed to keep rolling until Thursday at least. There’s close to 2’ on the ground now, at least it’s fluffy stuff so it’s easy to clear, and it’ll melt down a fair bit when it warms up again. 

[Koz]

I  know it doesn't compare to the sub zero temperatures that a lot of you are facing, but we've got temperatures dipping into the teens and wind chills in the single digits.

 

The good news, for us, is that by the last weekend in the month we're going to see temperatures in the 70's.

[TnRiver46]

not often you see a negative temp here 

[Way north bass guy]

Last night, after the deck was shoveled 😏

[roadwarrior]

It could be worse:

•Buffalo, New York, drivers face snowy commute: Lake effect snow warnings are in effect in Buffalo until Thursday night. The surrounding area could see 1 to 3 feet of localized snowfall and wind gusts up to 40 mph. “Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commutes,” the weather service warned.

[A-Jay]

'help' ~

A-Jay

[MN Fisher]

11 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

'help' ~

Maybe you'll get what we got coming next week

[Way north bass guy]

The new toy is finally getting a good workout around here. Cleared about 14” this morning before work, and when I got home there’s another 10” ready to blow again. Still more squalls coming all this evening and into tomorrow, so I’m just gonna wait till it’s all over and deal with it tomorrow night. Sure is a lot nicer sitting up on the tractor, instead of pushing a walk behind blower ( that’s about a third of the width of the tractor too).

[J Francho]

I'm envious of your barn. 

[Way north bass guy]

11 hours ago, J Francho said:

I'm envious of your barn. 

Haha, thanks! The original owner had a couple horses, we don’t have any big animals so it’s been turned into my workshop. The bottom walls and ceiling are insulated so it stays nice and warm in the winter, and keeps cool even in the hottest days of summer. It’s a pretty nice place to hang out, even if there isn’t any actual “work” that needs done 😄.