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Winter Sucks

clg114

clg114

Still crazy, after all these years.
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As of yesterday, we had 5 inch's of snow on the ground. It snowed all night and all day. Now we have something like 16 inch's of snow on the ground. This just does not happen here! This area is the northern banana belt. We usually have snow 3 or 4 days in the winter, maybe a couple of inch's. The weather people are saying that this is the most snow we have had on the ground since 1985. Our car is trapped in the garage. If I tried to back it out, it would be stuck before I got to the street. So now we are left driving my work truck. It's very bad gas mileage gets worse when it is in 4 wheel drive. Two weeks into winter and I am so ready for spring.
 
That is an amazing thought: snow 3 or 4 days in the winter.

Our average accumulation of snow during the winter is
ten feet. There is never more than 3 feet on the ground
at a time, though. Except for drifts.
 
We get a great deal of snow every year so I guess I'm used to it, having dealt with it my entire life. But I can understand how different it would be if you were not Clg. We have one of these for our car that we put up easily every year, at the end of our driveway. So that we don't have shovel out the entire drive. We have an actual garage but don't park our car in it in the winter. Most people in the area put up one of these in October, and take it down in the spring.

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We shovel our stairs and walkway and a foot or two in front of the shelter. The snow is at the four foot level here and we've spent the last few days shoveling off both the garage and house roof.
 
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If your interested in these structures, they come with aluminum struts and crosspieces that are bolted together. Some telescope like tent poles, and others have to be assembled.

The covers are one piece and made of heavy plastic-like tarpaulin's with tie downs and rings and eyes that attach to to the structure. They are essentially like a heavy tent that is either weighed down with cement blocks, or pegged with a few straps to the ground. As far as I know they are made and sold in very few provinces in Canada. They are called abris or tempo's but are generically shelters. People use them for entrances, to store cars or equipment for the winter or as winter garages.

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The prices vary according to size, a one car kit is about $200.00 canadian. Don't know if they are made anywhere outside of the snowy parts of Canada. But someone willing to import and sell them, would do well. Hardware stores sell them here.
 
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Indeed. My biggest concern is ice. My two-wheel drive, low-slung sports car wasn't made to drive extensively in our winter weather.

It rained like hell today, with much lower temps tomorrow. Basically all I can do is prepare, and stock up on what I normally need to get through times without doing any or very little driving altogether. Not to mention that I need new tires. :eek:

I don't ever expect to become an experienced driver in such weather. Avoidance unfortunately remains my best card to play in that game.

I'm just "on the cusp" of this harsh winter coming. But it would appear that you and my brother in Eastern Washington are on "ground zero" of it. My condolences.
 
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Don't get much snow here this time of year. Although I used to know a guy who spent time in Lithgow, and he swore it snowed on Christmas day one year. "Lithgow is a hole" he muttered
 
We don't get snow, but it often gets to -5 degrees Celsius, and when it rains we get sleet that freezes anything that it touches. I wear like 4 jackets and I still get soaked and go numb from the cold. Then in summer it regularly gets to 40-45 degrees Celsius, so we get no respite from ridiculous weather.
 
I have gotten spoiled by south-east Idaho's mild winters. I know that anyone from the upper mid west would wonder what I am complaining about. We used to live in South Dakota and the winters there are much worse, every year. I guess I must be getting soft in my old age.
 
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That is an amazing thought: snow 3 or 4 days in the winter.

Our average accumulation of snow during the winter is
ten feet. There is never more than 3 feet on the ground
at a time, though. Except for drifts.
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I know what you mean. When we lived in South Dakota, I could see the grass in the front yard most of the winter. At the same time we would have a drift as high as the house in the back. After a blizzard, the weather people would say that we got, say, 10 inch's of snow. When you look outside there was a skiff of snow or it was 8 ft. deep. I do not know how they figure out the average.
 
Snowed and rained last night. At 24 degrees so much of it is ice right now.

The good news: Glad I stocked up on provisions so I can avoid venturing out in the car.

The bad news: For all intents and purposes, I'm temporarily marooned. Can't afford to risk getting into an accident so easily for the timed being. Ugh.
 
We haven't had any snow yet, here in Northeastern PA, although they are forecasting some for tonight. Actually, I can't wait! Having lived in Florida for over ten years, I still miss snow. Last year, we had one huge snowstorm and then nothing for the rest of the year, which is very unusual for this part of the world.
 
we rarely ever get snow in manchester,UK and when we do its usually pityful sleety snow,but i absolutely hate ice because i have a physical disability and struggle to walk,and also have a weird gait as a throwback from my autism that makes me walk like a penguin and i am very wobbly on ice.
i use a rollator/walker to walk but i get very anxious when out walking on an icy night,the paths are terrible here,why do they grit the roads but not the paths?
 
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