Wannabees Tales of Snow Woes

[2BNTV]

I was wondering if anyone wanted to share their tales of the blizzard we have received in the northeast or any other part of the country.

The Governor of CT has advised everyone to stay off the roads.

I just cleaned off my car, (took about an hour). Barely could open the front door of my condo and found myself with snow almost up to my waist.
I was lucky to have a little room to rock my car in it's parking space and was able to get out and move it to a clean area that was plowed with little difficulty, (I guess those years driving in the snow when doing field service calls paid off).

Although I was concerned I would fall in the deep snow, (not getting any younger and my tolerance for this baloney is low), I started to think I would fall into a pillow). Actually, it was somewhat enjoyable and I didn't fall.

All things considered, I would rather have been in TV planning to go to a happy hour. :beer3:

[njbchbum]

2bntv - glad you still had the coping skills to deal with your snowfall! having coped with the blizzard of 2010, i know just what you faced! :cold:

this jersey shore property was really spared this round! we got the very low side of the 6"-9" predicted. just as i exited the house this morning to shovel a path for the mailman and to go in search of the daily newspaper, one of my husband's brother firemen backs up into my driveway with his little truck and snowplow! bless his heart! he had the driveway swiped in no time and would not come in for coffee and a pork roll, egg & cheese sandwich - he had more jobs to do! [and he took the sandwich to go :)]

so that just left me to sweep off the cars and shovel some small areas around the cars. that means that the beach buggy will be ready to be packed fri nite for the sat take-off! hallelujah! any more snow in nj will be in my rear view mirror!

my sincere hopes that the remainder of your winter will be snow-free. :cold:

[laryb]

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[laryb]

Well, we've "only" gotten about 12" so far, but it's been very wet, heavy snow, and it's still coming down hard. Went outside to snow blow the driveway (about 130') and shovel the deck(about 20' x 20'), and took me about 3 hours. Helped the woman across the road with her's because she's alone and doesn't have a snow blower, but fortunately, her driveway is a lot shorter than mine. While clearing her mailbox, the boulder holding it up jammed the snow blower and sheared the pin, rendering it useless, until I could find another pin to fix it. While fixing it, another neighbor down the road had a tree in front of his home split in two from the weight of the snow. Asked me if he could use my chainsaw to help get it out of the driveway, and, being a good neighbor, just couldn't leave him to struggle on his own, so I helped him move it. Came in about noon to relax and rest my back (have had 2 back surgeries, wife says I don't know when too quit, and she's right, I'll be laid up for days now, but none of the kids were around so I didn't have a choice) and checkout TOTV while looking out the living room window at the beautiful New England winter wonderland! :cus::yuck::(:cryin2:::eek: This house is going on the market in Feb, and the day it sells, we'll be leaving for our Buttonwood home immediately, if not sooner! :pepper2: I will drive down nonstop, and will not look back once. Do I sound a little over anxious? :confused:

[nkrifats]

2bntv - glad you still had the coping skills to deal with your snowfall! having coped with the blizzard of 2010, i know just what you faced! :cold:

this jersey shore property was really spared this round! we got the very low side of the 6"-9" predicted. just as i exited the house this morning to shovel a path for the mailman and to go in search of the daily newspaper, one of my husband's brother firemen backs up into my driveway with his little truck and snowplow! bless his heart! he had the driveway swiped in no time and would not come in for coffee and a pork roll, egg & cheese sandwich - he had more jobs to do! [and he took the sandwich to go :)]

so that just left me to sweep off the cars and shovel some small areas around the cars. that means that the beach buggy will be ready to be packed fri nite for the sat take-off! hallelujah! any more snow in nj will be in my rear view mirror!

my sincere hopes that the remainder of your winter will be snow-free. :cold:

Send the pork roll, egg & cheese sandwich to the villages.

I heard Brick got about 7 inches.

[2BNTV]

2bntv - glad you still had the coping skills to deal with your snowfall! having coped with the blizzard of 2010, i know just what you faced! :cold:

this jersey shore property was really spared this round! we got the very low side of the 6"-9" predicted. just as i exited the house this morning to shovel a path for the mailman and to go in search of the daily newspaper, one of my husband's brother firemen backs up into my driveway with his little truck and snowplow! bless his heart! he had the driveway swiped in no time and would not come in for coffee and a pork roll, egg & cheese sandwich - he had more jobs to do! [and he took the sandwich to go :)]

so that just left me to sweep off the cars and shovel some small areas around the cars. that means that the beach buggy will be ready to be packed fri nite for the sat take-off! hallelujah! any more snow in nj will be in my rear view mirror!

my sincere hopes that the remainder of your winter will be snow-free. :cold:

njbchbum:

Bless you. Have a safe trip.

[2BNTV]

Well, we've "only" gotten about 12" so far, but it's been very wet, heavy snow, and it's still coming down hard. Went outside to snow blow the driveway (about 130') and shovel the deck(about 20' x 20'), and took me about 3 hours. Helped the woman across the road with her's because she's alone and doesn't have a snow blower, but fortunately, her driveway is a lot shorter than mine. While clearing her mailbox, the boulder holding it up jammed the snow blower and sheared the pin, rendering it useless, until I could find another pin to fix it. While fixing it, another neighbor down the road had a tree in front of his home split in two from the weight of the snow. Asked me if he could use my chainsaw to help get it out of the driveway, and, being a good neighbor, just couldn't leave him to struggle on his own, so I helped him move it. Came in about noon to relax and rest my back (have had 2 back surgeries, wife says I don't know when too quit, and she's right, I'll be laid up for days now, but none of the kids were around so I didn't have a choice) and checkout TOTV while looking out the living room window at the beautiful New England winter wonderland! :cus::yuck::(:cryin2:::eek: This house is going on the market in Feb, and the day it sells, we'll be leaving for our Buttonwood home immediately, if not sooner! :pepper2: I will drive down nonstop, and will not look back once. Do I sound a little over anxious? :confused:

laryb:

Your a good man to help your neighbors. I'm in the same situation in being anxious to get to TV. If only my condo would sell.Arghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

[njbchbum]

Send the pork roll, egg & cheese sandwich to the villages.

I heard Brick got about 7 inches.

bringin' the pork roll with me ['tho i think publix sells it]!

you can enjoy all the day's snow tales from the jersey shore here:
web version here:
http://www.app.com/
electronic version of today's entire paper here:
http://www.app.com/article/20110112/NEWS/110111127/Click-here-for-Asbury-Park-Press-e-edition

[chuckinca]

Just got an email from a high school buddy who lives near Hartford, Conn.

He said they got 22" - 24" of snow last night!

He just finished three hours of snow blowin his drive and his neighbor's drive.


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[pzjay]

We're in Bethlehem and the next town - Woodbury- received 28" so we are right in that range. Trying to figure out how to do attachments as we have lots of photos. I can't EVER remember getting this much snow in the 30 yrs+ that we have been here... Dying for end of Feb to come so we can leave for our month's rental in TV and perhaps find a lot we love! There's also the issue of selling the home!:ohdear::icon_wink:

[lynn22]

Loving to complain about the snow....shoveled 28" today just the most fun thing to do...miss you Villages! Here in CT till April:ohdear:

[LOU924]

We're in Bethlehem and the next town - Woodbury- received 28" so we are right in that range. Trying to figure out how to do attachments as we have lots of photos. I can't EVER remember getting this much snow in the 30 yrs+ that we have been here... Dying for end of Feb to come so we can leave for our month's rental in TV and perhaps find a lot we love! There's also the issue of selling the home!:ohdear::icon_wink:

Hi, we are in Clinton, just heard channel 3 weather guy,(Scott Haney ) say
this storm set a new 24hr snow fall record for CT... Snow stopped for a couple of hrs but is now snowing again here... We are going to TV in a few weeks for a visit.. Wish we were there now...

Lou

[2newyorkers]

In Suffolk county, LI we have about 17 inches of snow as per the news. Looks like alot more. Every phone call we received today was "Don't you wish you were in The Villages!" Will be back in TV Monday and the snow will just be a memory.

[mak44070]

We left Ohio at 5:30 on Sunday morning - and drove straight thru arriving at 11pm tired and sore from sitting. But we missed all the snow and ice that was coming in on Monday to the Carolina's and Georgia.
So since we're here and you're there, we'll have a couple of drinks in your honor at Happy Hour! :wine: :beer3:

[waynet]

Record setting 22++ inches of snow here in Hartford,CT.

[pzjay]

I was wondering if anyone wanted to share their tales of the blizzard we have received in the northeast or any other part of the country.

The Governor of CT has advised everyone to stay off the roads.

I just cleaned off my car, (took about an hour). Barely could open the front door of my condo and found myself with snow almost up to my waist.
I was lucky to have a little room to rock my car in it's parking space and was able to get out and move it to a clean area that was plowed with little difficulty, (I guess those years driving in the snow when doing field service calls paid off).

Although I was concerned I would fall in the deep snow, (not getting any younger and my tolerance for this baloney is low), I started to think I would fall into a pillow). Actually, it was somewhat enjoyable and I didn't fall.

All things considered, I would rather have been in TV planning to go to a happy hour. :beer3:

Hi 2BNTV...I put an album together with pics you can check out!:cold:

[2BNTV]

We left Ohio at 5:30 on Sunday morning - and drove straight thru arriving at 11pm tired and sore from sitting. But we missed all the snow and ice that was coming in on Monday to the Carolina's and Georgia.
So since we're here and you're there, we'll have a couple of drinks in your honor at Happy Hour! :wine: :beer3:

mak44070:

I'll have a drink celebrating your safe arrival. :beer3:

Best Wishes.

BTW- I love your ending signature statement. I mentioned it to a friend of mine and he also though so much of it that he had to write it down verbatim.

[G&P SSSKI]

live in broad brook ct.got up at 4 am had 16 inchs of snow in driveway .plowd driveway (170 ft) four wheel 5 miles to rt91 (local roads not plowed).91 south over 6 inchs 20 mph to hartford where i'm a lineman for teleco.local roads in hartford not plowd at all .at 3pm interstate ok big clean up ahead ......had over 30 inchs in broad brook... ski

[dwbevan]

Berkshires (Western Mass) had between 20 and 30 inches. Tim was out snowblowing our driveway and two neighbors for 4 hours and then down to his Mom's to clean her car off. I shoveled some and cleaned the cars off - had to get the dog to the groomer for a haircut before we leave for our new home in TV Friday. We are on a lake and the snow was beautiful, but . . .Tim is exhausted and I can't sleep I am so excited to be on our way. See you all soon!

[Another 65er]

Danbury in western Connecticut picked up 2 feet in this storm and has had about 55 inches since December 26. Not only do I hate shoveling (shouldn't be doing it at 67) but the city's plow jockey took out our mailbox for the third consecutive storm.

The good news is that we'll be heading for TV in mid-February for a month.

[mak44070]

Hi 2BNTV...I put an album together with pics you can check out!:cold:
Loved the pics - but glad I'm not there!


mak44070:

I'll have a drink celebrating your safe arrival. :beer3:

Best Wishes.

BTW- I love your ending signature statement. I mentioned it to a friend of mine and he also though so much of it that he had to write it down verbatim.

Thanks for celebrating with us. And I read that quote somewhere and really liked it - it's by Source Unknown.
Stay warm!

[Pturner]

Mak44070, glad to hear you made it safe and sound! Godspeed to those of you headed down after the weather breaks. And Laryb, it's an honor to almost know you.

I don't dare complain about cabin fever after reading your stories. We don't have nearly the snow you are dealing with and I pray for your safety and comfort. It must seem hilarious to you that metro Atlanta has been shut down all week with ice. Hubby's office will open for the first time this week at 11 a.m. tomorrow, with attendance optional. For what it's worth, this is not the fluffy stuff, it's slippery as a banana peel ice. Here are some photos:

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy292/pturner10/Ice%20Storm%202011/stillsnowonroads.jpg

Above is early the first day before it finished falling. It was more snow than ice then. But now...

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy292/pturner10/Ice%20Storm%202011/icelookinguphill.jpg

... Now, it's just ice. In the sun, it looks sort of like a river. It looks even more like water at night...

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy292/pturner10/Ice%20Storm%202011/nitelitesmall.jpg

Took this out my front door tonight. It's hard to make out, but it's a street light shining on the ice in our front yard.

Couldn't find my real camera. These were taken with iPhone, so sorry about quality. Anyway, for all of you who are battling 20+ inches of snow, I thought our much ado over this would give you a good belly laugh.

:wave:

[Bill-n-Brillo]

P - Saw this video on the national news this morning - made me think of what everyone in ATL is having to deal with:

http://vimeo.com/18654578

Bill :shocked:

[Pookirgirl]

Oh my goodness.... I can sympathize with all of you Northerners. We left NJ last year in almost 3 feet of snow after 3 consecutive storms. Had to literally dig our POD out before they came to move it to TV! I was so happy to finally get to warmer weather where we'd never have to look at snow again! Guess what? Went back to NJ for Christmas to see the family....you guessed it! Had 32 inches of snow in Brick! Had to sit in the airport overnight for 12 hours in order to make certain we got our flight out. I was ever so thrilled to be back in our chilly little paradise here in TV! I'll take the cold over the snow any day! Good luck to all of you trying to get here.You won't regret it.