It was a comfy 84 degrees here today ... like yesterday and the day before that, and the day before that, and the day before that, and the day before that,and the day before that, and the day before that ... ;D 8)

I wouldn't mind seeing a couple feet of snow out in the yard. It's fun to get the CJ7 out in the slick stuff to play.

PISTOL

 

Men,

getting cloudy here low 50's high 70's. Gonna light the camp fire for the youngun's and let them cook hotdogs and roast marshmellows tonight. Supposed to get showers in the am gotta letem' run today. Might go trout fishin' tomorrow if it is raining a little after work.

John

 

It's a balmy 29* out today
I gotta get a condo in Arizona 8)

 

bbuuuuurrrrr

I could not take it. The winter here is all that I can handle

 

I can't wait to get back to colorado. Las vegas in not for me it's to freakin hot here. they said all week it was finally going to cool down by today (70's) but it is still going to be mid 80's for the next week at least. > I miss the snow, we will be moving back next spring. oh well at least the truck likes the low altitude.

 

It was a beutiful snowy 23*F up here today. We have about 5 inches of snow. Then again it can snow here in August. Never fear its supposed to be a balmy 0*F by the end of the week, I think I here my sled moving itself closer to the garage door.

AHHHHH you gotta love northern Canada. Another 5-10* F colder and I will have to start thinking about plugging the old girl in.

 

Takes a special breed to live in Fort Mac...

 

Copied and pasted weather forcast... :'( :'(



WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY...
TODAY...SNOW... WINDY... SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES... TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 20S BY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
TONIGHT...SNOW... SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES... LOWS 10 TO 15 NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS 2 BELOW TO 12 BELOW ZERO.
THURSDAY...A 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW... COOLER... SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES. HIGHS 15 TO 20. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT...A 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW... SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE ZERO. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
FRIDAY...CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW... HIGHS 10 TO 15 NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND ZERO. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

 

SC, why are you whining about only an inch or two of snow? : That is considered just a dusting in some parts of the country. When you receive 10 to 20 inches overnight, then you can whine. Just ask the DTR's who live in the real winter areas. Bet some of them have some doozer stories of deep snow and getting going the next day.

 

[quote author=Mexstan link=board=10;threadid=21308;start=15#msg203085 date=1067451211]
SC, why are you whining about only an inch or two of snow? : That is considered just a dusting in some parts of the country. When you receive 10 to 20 inches overnight, then you can whine. Just ask the DTR's who live in the real winter areas. Bet some of them have some doozer stories of deep snow and getting going the next day.
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Not meant to be a whine- golf courses close this Friday and had plans for an all day affair that's all :sheesh-
How much snow you get in mexico with a 60 mph wind behind it?

 

[quote author=Spark Chaser link=board=10;threadid=21308;start=15#msg203093 date=1067451828]
[quote author=Mexstan link=board=10;threadid=21308;start=15#msg203085 date=1067451211]
SC, why are you whining about only an inch or two of snow? : That is considered just a dusting in some parts of the country. When you receive 10 to 20 inches overnight, then you can whine. Just ask the DTR's who live in the real winter areas. Bet some of them have some doozer stories of deep snow and getting going the next day.
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Not meant to be a whine- golf courses close this Friday and had plans for an all day affair that's all :sheesh-
How much snow you get in mexico with a 60 mph wind behind it?

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Ouch..
Back in your court, Mexstan.....

 

Not much. However I have spent too many winters in Canada and know from first hand experience what a real snow storm is like. Have been thru two overnight storms with over 20 inches of snow overnight...... the day after I changed from snow tires to summer tires. Just kept on driving and from then on never used snow tires again. How many of you have driven in almost whiteout conditions and then being nearly blinded by a lightening flash followed by a VERY loud clap of thunder? Sounds strange, thunder and lightening during a snow storm, but it happens.
My driveway in eastern Canada was around 1500 feet long. Used to have it blown out by a local farmer. One day with the blown out track thru the snow at about hood height we had fine snow and lots of wind. This filled in the driveway flush with the surrounding snow. No problem for me as I just drove thru this fine stuff with snow coming over the hood. Parked as usual. Temps were way below freezing. Next morning, jumped in the car, fired it up, put it in gear, let the clutch out and the engine almost stopped. Reved it up higher and tried again. Everything was locked solid. Figured out the fine snow had worked its way into all the brakes, melted when I stopped and froze solid overnight. Had to have the car towed with locked wheels to the local garage for an all day thawing.
So to cut many a long story short, to me 6-10 inches of snow overnight is just a minor inconvenience. It is the dummies out there that have no idea how to drive in this stuff that are the real problem. The drivers that figure that once the wheels start spinning that the best way to keep going is to make them spin faster. DUH!!!
Closed golf courses are a different thing and now you have a reason to whine. ;D

 

Driving in the white stuff doesn't phase me at all .... but when the road is clear with a slicker-than-snot layer of black ice ... now, that is when I just stay home .

PISTOL

 

Agreed, black ice is NO fun.

 

I specifically recall one trip I took as a kid with my mother heading up to Telluride, Colorado to go skiing.

She was driving her 1970 something suburban, flying up the 2 lane mountain road in four-hi, 90 miles and hour - hair on fire, when we come skiddin' around a few of them corners on the black ice ... all I could see was how incredibly steep the cliff was that the back end of the 'burban was skirting around !!!

Good ol' Ma ... had the Elvis 8-track blarin' ... never let her foot off the throttle and the ash never dropped off the end of her Camel non-filter. I, however was in dire need of a tranquilizer .

I sure miss that ol' gal !!!

PISTOL