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Buckle Up. Here comes the Big One.

Ironwood said:
Diane.... you are absolutely right! Having experience driving in snow is equally important to having winter tires and 4 wheel drive. You certainly need winter driving experience getting safely up and down the big hill at Horseshoe during a storm, as you would well know. And speaking of a winter wonderland day, we are planning to get out for a trek on snowshoes up your way this afternoon for our first outing of the season
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Enjoy your snowshoeing! DH & I are skipping winter this year. We left after Christmas for 3 months in Belize! DD flew in this afternoon to join us for 10 days break from clearing the snow at our house (she still lives at home).

We had a bit of a winter storm here today, cloudy & breezy with a high of only 23C, going down to 15C tonight! Brrr! :p

~Diane
 
Yes I knew it was going to snow in NY. Most of the forecasts yesterday portrayed the majority to the south. So I fluffed it off and figured all would be OK by Monday morning.

We got snowmaggedoned. Is that a word no, but you get the drift. Yes pun intended!
 
40 degrees F. (4 degrees C.) here in Sebring, central Florida this morning! At least we don't have snow to shovel.

Dori
 
I'm in snow country central Ontario. Winter came late this year, mostly in the last three weeks, over which we've had at least three significant storms. The snow bank aside my driveway is 5' high in places. But that's a fairly normal winter for us. Looking at the pictures being posted from Washington, Baltimore and Allentown...I can say... that's a lot of snow all in two days! That's going to take some doing to clean up. I feel your pain!
 
Ironwood said:
I'm in snow country central Ontario. Winter came late this year, mostly in the last three weeks, over which we've had at least three significant storms. The snow bank aside my driveway is 5' high in places. But that's a fairly normal winter for us. Looking at the pictures being posted from Washington, Baltimore and Allentown...I can say... that's a lot of snow all in two days! That's going to take some doing to clean up. I feel your pain!
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Where does all that snow go?
 
Started shoveling at 6:30 AM ... back to house by 10:45 AM. Took an hour to get changed and warm.

My "cohort in shoveling" told me Wednesday gets us ANOTHER 20 inches ... he is such a grinch :annoyed: ... he could have waited til Tuesday to share that news ... not while I am cold and tired with wet feet & pants. I hope it is NOT the wet & heavy stuff ... snow blower did not like today's 26"+ of that stuff ... hence, all SHOVEL and throwing.
 
Jonas snowfall totals

From http://www.weather.com/storms/winter/news/winter-storm-jonas-rank-in-history

Where Jonas Was the All-Time Heaviest Snowstorm

Jonas was the single biggest snowstorm on record for at least six locations in the East:

Allentown, Pennsylvania: 31.9 inches Jan. 22-23, 2016 crushed the Jan. 7-9, 1996 blizzard total of 25.9 inches.
Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Maryland (BWI): 29.2 inches Jan 22-23, 2016 beat the President's Day II storm of Feb. 16-18, 2003. Records date back to 1892.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 30.2 inches Jan. 22-23, 2016 tops 25 inches Feb. 11-12, 1983. Records date back to 1888.
New York - LaGuardia Airport: 27.9 inches Jan. 23, 2016 beats the previous record snowstorm of 25.4 inches Feb. 11-12, 2006. Records date back to 1945.
New York - JFK Airport: 30.5 inches Jan. 23, 2016 beats the previous record snowstorm of 26 inches in the President's Day II storm of Feb. 16-18, 2003.
Newark, New Jersey: 27.9 inches Jan. 22-23, 2016 surpassed the Jan. 7-8, 1996 blizzard total of 27.8 inches. Records date back to 1893.

Most Extreme Snowfall Totals By State

At least six states saw more than 2 feet of snow and 14 states reported more than a foot of snow from Jonas. Here are some of the most extreme snowfall totals from Jonas by state.

Mid-Atlantic and Northeast (Jan. 22-24, 2016)

West Virginia: 42 inches of snow in Glengary, in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.
Virginia: 39 inches in Philomont, about 25 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.
Maryland: 38 inches in Redhouse, in western Maryland. Redhouse is 150 miles west of Baltimore.
New York: 31.3 inches in Port Richmond.
Pennsylvania: 38.3 inches near Greencastle.
New Jersey: 33 inches in Morris Plains.
Connecticut: 16 inches in Norwalk.
Delaware: 17.2 inches in Woodside.
Rhode Island: 15.5 inches at Westerly, in the southwestern corner of the state.
Massachusetts: 15.5 inches at West Harwich on Cape Cod. Blizzard conditions verified in Chatham, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Plymouth.

South and Ohio Valley (Friday-Early Saturday)

Kentucky: 22 inches near Booneville in eastern Kentucky; 12.2 inches of snow and 0.30 inch of ice in Bowling Green; 2 inch per hour snowfall rates in Jackson with a storm total of 16.2 inches
North Carolina: 19 inches near Old Fort. Also 0.65 inches of ice glaze near Selma.
Ohio: 17 inches in Graysville, in southeast Ohio, about 80 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.
Tennessee: 14 inches in Jamestown. Nashville reported thundersnow during the day Friday with a storm total of 8 inches.
Arkansas: 8 inches near Sherwood, Cabot and Jacksonville.
Georgia: 7.5 inches at Dillard in Rabun County of far northeast Georgia.
South Carolina: 7.5 inches of snow in Inman; 1/2 inch of ice glaze in Fort Mill. Both are close to the North Carolina border.
Illinois: 5.5 inches at Shawneetown, in the southeastern parts of the state near the Ohio River.
Indiana: 5 inches in Floyds Knobs, just over the Ohio River from Louisville.
Alabama: 3.5 inches near Harvest, just to the northwest of Huntsville.
Louisiana: 2.5 inches in Haynesville, near the Arkansas border.
Mississippi: 2 inches in Oxford and Myrtle, both in northern Mississippi.
During the early stages of Jonas' development, snow fell in the Plains states Thursday. Snowfall totals included:

Kansas: 10 inches in Barnes; 9.5 inches in Haddam
Nebraska: 9 inches in Hebron; 8 inches in Hubbell
Missouri: 3 inches snow in East Prairie
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We live a bit north west of Boston - we only received 1 inch and Boston got 6, being on the coast.

I saw on the news that a huge convoy of snow removal equipment headed out early this morning to help those areas that received a crippling amount of snow. Good luck to all of you, especially those who aren't used to dealing with it.
 
pedro47 said:
Where does all that snow go?
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Some evaporates but most will melt when the weather warms up. Watch for flooding in areas that got a lot of snow.


vacationhopeful said:
Started shoveling at 6:30 AM ... back to house by 10:45 AM. Took an hour to get changed and warm.

My "cohort in shoveling" told me Wednesday gets us ANOTHER 20 inches ... he is such a grinch :annoyed: ... he could have waited til Tuesday to share that news ... not while I am cold and tired with wet feet & pants. I hope it is NOT the wet & heavy stuff ... snow blower did not like today's 26"+ of that stuff ... hence, all SHOVEL and throwing.
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Get on that snow blower when it gets to 4" - 5", even if it's still snowing, beats the heck out of shoveling.
 
csxjohn said:
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Get on that snow blower when it gets to 4" - 5", even if it's still snowing, beats the heck out of shoveling.
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While snow blower is at my house, the snow removal is Not ... nor is the "cohort". It is a travelling road show.... I hit the smaller jobs; he hits the bigger ones (with blower) and we met up at biggest site. No slack time. Done together.

Added: either one of us has to be able to load and run the snowblower ... he referred to it as a "toy" until I dug his bigger truck out of deep snow the first year. Now, he grabs it and he calls it a snow blower (vs 'toy').
 
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vacationhopeful said:
While snow blower is at my house, the snow removal is Not ... nor is the "cohort". It is a travelling road show.... I hit the smaller jobs; he hits the bigger ones (with blower) and we met up at biggest site. No slack time. Done together.

Added: either one of us has to be able to load and run the snowblower ... he referred to it as a "toy" until I dug his bigger truck out of deep snow the first year. Now, he grabs it and he calls it a snow blower (vs 'toy').
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When I was working in Toledo my friend came over to plow my 700' drive as I couldn't get home. My wife had to help shovel him out since it went too long without being done. In his frustration he told her we don't need a plow truck, we need a f'ing tank.

I am so glad we have not gotten much snow here this year. It's the 24th of Jan and the snow has still not covered the top of the grass. Of course I should have expected this because I bought a truck this past fall and it came with a 7 foot plow to do my drive. It may never snow here again.:hysterical:
 
I had the same thing when I bought my house in '05. I have a 100 yard
Driveway so I bought a 9 horse two stage. It was two years before I was glad
I bought it. I enjoyed those couple of low snow winters though.

Even with a bigger thrower it still important to get out a few times if your getting
A large snowfall. It's a workout just handling those big throwers.

Be careful out there everybody.
 
pedro47 said:
Where does all that snow go?
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When it's so much snow that it interferes with people getting out and about for their daily business, which was the case last winter up here in the Boston area but isn't a given, then the National Guard is called in with more front-end loaders and dump trucks. They clear the piles that the snowplows can't handle and take it to various "snow farms" where the mountains grow until the end of the season and then Mother Nature takes over. Following last winter's misery the last of the snow farms didn't melt completely until July 14th.
 
We had 34 inches. I probably won't live long enough to see another snow storm of this magnitude where I live. Partly because it is very unusual for Loudoun County, Virginia to get this much and partly because it cements the choice of me moving south when I quit my job.

Our local government and state government are under a state of emergency.

Millions of workers will not go to work tomorrow in the DC metro area.

I've been house bound for two days and probably three.
 
SueDonJ said:
When it's so much snow that it interferes with people getting out and about for their daily business, which was the case last winter up here in the Boston area but isn't a given, then the National Guard is called in with more front-end loaders and dump trucks. They clear the piles that the snowplows can't handle and take it to various "snow farms" where the mountains grow until the end of the season and then Mother Nature takes over. Following last winter's misery the last of the snow farms didn't melt completely until July 14th.
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That is incredible! And to think snow is supposed to be nice and fluffy an white!:rolleyes:
 
billymach4 said:
That is incredible! And to think snow is supposed to be nice and fluffy an white!:rolleyes:
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That's why I love being out while it's snowing and shortly after it stops - because it starts out glistening white and pretty but very quickly picks up every speck of dirt and yuck! Plus there's a lot of trash that gets mixed in when you're talking ridiculous snow totals over a long, stormy season.
 
Big Matt said:
We had 34 inches. I probably won't live long enough to see another snow storm of this magnitude where I live. Partly because it is very unusual for Loudoun County, Virginia to get this much and partly because it cements the choice of me moving south when I quit my job.

Our local government and state government are under a state of emergency.

Millions of workers will not go to work tomorrow in the DC metro area.

I've been house bound for two days and probably three.
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Hopefully you'll have quicker melting than we do up here. A tip - make sure that your drainspouts are clear at the bottom so that they don't hold the melting snow and allow it to refreeze overnight - ice dams from backed-up downspouts can do tremendous damage. Good luck!
 
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