spydre Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 I seriously don't get this. We got 10 - 14 inches of snow on SUNDAY. Then yesterday morning, an inch. School was called off again TODAY, by 5 pm last night, because of "snowy bus stops an unplowed back roads." There are three communities that feed this school district, Godfrey, about 26 square miles, Alton, about 30,000 people, and Foster Township, whose roads are plowed by Alton. Are you telling me that in a WEEK, they still haven't managed to get the rural roads plowed?????
wizard46304 Posted January 11, 2014 Author Posted January 11, 2014 Started raining here yesterday, now were having flooding problems from all the snow melting, I'm glad to see it go!
spydre Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Started raining here yesterday, now were having flooding problems from all the snow melting, I'm glad to see it go! Yup, our rain was going last night pretty good. Ground was still frozen a bit, so there were some areas that had flash flooding, plus we have little creeks running all over the fraking place (found another - of course sy fy produced show - that uses that term!) that can overflow pretty quickly. Luckily, not near us. A one hundred year old leaky stone foundation would be no match for a swollen creek. Most of our snow's gone, though, and since it broke 50 today, now we are mopping mud off the dog's feet instead of snow. But at least the 17 year old will be going to school Monday. The academic year has been pushed back an entire week, but they had literally just finished the 1st semester before Christmas break (finals were the last two days before break), and they shouldn't have to make up any days, they should have 5 extra days built into the calendar.....but I won't complain about him being out of the house during the day an extra week!
wizard46304 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Posted January 20, 2014 Found out this morning, my area is expecting 12-24" of lake effect snow starting tonight.
Aquatroy Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 64 degrees and ORANGE sunshine in Denver on Sunday!
spydre Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Found out this morning, my area is expecting 12-24" of lake effect snow starting tonight. My goodness, Wizard. I am ashamed to admit that I don't know a lot about your geography. Are you in the Lake Effect area? We're getting the really cold snap - at least my dog won't be stepping in mud at his favorite spot in the yard, where he SITS in the mud - but we are only are supposed to get about two inches.
wizard46304 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Posted January 20, 2014 I'm on the very southern tip of lake Michigan, usually the wind knocks the snow effect a little East of here. Today were the bullseye for it.
Vispera Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 I'm on the very southern tip of lake Michigan, usually the wind knocks the snow effect a little East of here. Today were the bullseye for it. So kind of by portage
wizard46304 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Posted January 20, 2014 So kind of by portage Yep, next door to portage.
Vispera Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Almost hit the vape meet there I think it was last weekend
wizard46304 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Posted January 20, 2014 Yeah, shady side vapors was Saturday. Steel city has a better turn out, that's over by Hammond.
Vispera Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) My local shop nature vapor goes down was gonna car pool with them but they decided not to Edited January 20, 2014 by Vispera
wizard46304 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Posted January 20, 2014 My local shop nature vapor goes down was gonna car pool with them but they decided not to I've seen those guys at both meets I believe.
Vispera Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Next time your in gr should stop by their shop they have pretty good prices and tons of stuff
Vispera Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Right now im waiting for him to bite the bullet and get a vapor shark dna in
wizard46304 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Posted January 20, 2014 Trying to plan another trip up there, probably wait for the weather to get better.
Vispera Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Trying to plan another trip up there, probably wait for the weather to get better. Yeah I understand that I hope spring comes early
spydre Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Yeah I understand that I hope spring comes early I would be perfectly happy if spring happened early, but I don't want one of those springs where just as my backyard dirt areas become resistant to making muddy paw prints on my floor, we get enough rain, or it rains long enough, that keeps it that way for another week. I love my dog, but I'm tired of wiping his feet every time he comes in. If it's just snow and we don't have any ice melt on the back steps or patio, and we don't have to worry about snow being packed in between his pads, I don't necessarily have to worry about wiping his feet off. Our last dog was light enough (35 pounds) that unless it was REALLY mucky, she seemed to sort of float on top of the mud, but Dodger is more than double her weight, plus much bigger, so yeah, he doesn't float in it. Plus he sits in it. The good thing is, under most circumstances, unless he's preparing to lie down, when he sits, his rump doesn't actually hit the ground (I don't know why he does this), so it's just the entire back of his legs that get covered in the mud. But he likes the snow. Snow makes him HYPER, and he just runs! That, and I looked outside after the last snowstorm, when we got a foot, and he literally, for no reason, just DOVE his whole head into the snow!
Lyrical Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 How on earth do you keep from getting sick/sinus issues with all that bouncing around temperature wise? We don't here in StL! My sinuses have been awful, but even then, they're better than they were when I was smoking!! Tam 1
Lyrical Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Today is crock pot chili day. The men are going to need it after all the shoveling here AND at my in-laws'. There is a lot of it needing to be done here, plus the in laws' LARGE two plus car driveway, and "potty path" for their mini dachshund. When we got over 12" last week, it was fun to watch my dachshund get around in it. He'd jump his way through it. He finally got tired of that and wouldn't go more than two feet from the door. We shoveled him a path after that. Tam 1
spydre Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 (edited) When we got over 12" last week, it was fun to watch my dachshund get around in it. He'd jump his way through it. He finally got tired of that and wouldn't go more than two feet from the door. We shoveled him a path after that. Yeah, if you look at my location, I'm in Alton, just by you guys. As a matter of fact, our school district called off at about 6:30 tonight for tomorrow because of the crazy wind chills we're gonna have tomorrow. This mini dachshund is a spoiled prissy *itch. If my in-laws are gone for an especially long time, they may call my SO to go take her out. Once she gets outside, she won't do anything, she won't even walk. Yes, he dragged her across the yard to her "potty place". They have always shoveled almost all the show out of her path, and packed the rest down so she doesn't have to worry about sinking into it. And she starts barking if she can't find my mother in law.....argh. And she's the pickiest eater in the WORLD. For a dog that has gotten no table scraps since she moved in with my in-laws' (she used to be my brother in laws dog when he lived on the other side of MO), she turns her nose up at darn near every treat they buy her. But her refusal is our dog's gain. We have a TON of treats that Buttons won't eat that Dodger just loves. The Beneful dog food? There are certain pieces of it that she wouldn't eat, so they stopped buying it. BTW, everyone else, when I say crazy wind chills - I don't know what the wind is supposed to get up to, but for the entire day, windchills anywhere between -10 and -25. Now, SIUE, the college that son #1 and SO attend, LOTSA space for the wind to ramp up, and they have to walk HUGE distances. They've both stubbornly refused scarves. Edited January 23, 2014 by spydre
Tam Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 We're expecting maybe an inch of snow tomorrow. Since she's so vertically challenged we always have to clear a little place for her. Okay, we have to clear quite a bit of space so she has her choice of potty places. No, she's not spoiled at all. Lol. Today's been pretty mild but we've had lots of wind. Lots of tumble weeds with sharp thorns blew into the little fenced area we have for Teni to go potty in. She wouldn't go there the past few days even though we cleared out the tumble weeds because they left little scraps of thorns behind and they're all in the landscaping rocks. We've been taking her out the front instead. More than likely we'll have to remove all the rock this weekend and try to figure out how to keep the area free from mud this weekend. *sighs*
spydre Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Okay, I just got up, and holy cold front, Batman! Okay, the cold front hit before, but it's sooo much worse today. No snow, but right now the wind chill is -18, and we are hovering just above zero as far as ACTUAL temperature.
Tam Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Weird weather is really weird here in Colorado. Luckily we're not getting the extreme cold temps like you guys farther north and northeast, but I woke up this morning and there's two inches of snow on the ground and still snowing. That's not bad. Our high is supposed to get up to 23F, it's 11 right now. This is where it gets strange. Tomorrow's high is forecast to hit 60 degrees, 63 on Saturday. Gotta love winter in the Rockies. For those of you who have the cold -- I hope you get to stay where it's warm.
Aquatroy Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Yep cold and snowy here today but warm tomorrow. Our kids do their business on the deck if it's covered in snow, so they don't have to go down in the yard, but if it's clear, they don't use it...Terriers..geez.. Tam 1
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