Winter Returned

[diyer2]

6 inches of snow this morning, 20 degrees. 

[txab]

Low 60's with about 6'5" of sunshine

[Black02Silverado]

80 and was overcast today.

[Grumpy Bear]

50's drizzle and windy. 

[customboss]

36” in past 2 days. 12F right now. Love the precip. Drove the 22’ TrailBoss 4 popper with turbo down mountain in 1’ of snow and drifting terribly at 0700 am. Drove back up at mountain at 5 pm in dark 2.5’ of snow calm but couldn’t see drifts very well. Luckily my pilot instincts kicked in and I blasted right through them. Hood deep. 2000’ climb up

mountain unplowed. Firestone Wintetforce LT 10 ply worn from a summer use and 4WD low with 720lbs of sand bags in aft of bed got us right up. My caretaker had her knee replaced and I’m not right ( as many of my friends know here) had a rare early rescheduled VA appointment for back and hip surgery plans. 
I have beat the living poop outta this truck and at 67,000 it didn’t met is down yesterday. Literally had to dig out snow to get into garage and home. LOVE IT. I FEEL ALIVE!!! 

 

 

[diyer2]

4 inches this morning, still snowing. 20 degrees.

[diyer2]

Got another 4 inches yesterday. Woke up to 2 more and snowing, 25 deg.

[txab]

Just keep it up there for as long as you can

[customboss]

20 inches yesterday, 23 F high.  Had to repair JD 644K three times as it keeps blowing off coolant hoses. Changed a grader tire on a CAT 140M2 AWD in snow yesterday. 

 

Had to call State Police to prep getting people in and out by SNOW CAT or Army National Guard Helo with a hoist and crewman and medic to hover since all 3 Helo pads have 5 ' snow on them. 

 

Got county to run their grader up here to our comunity center so that helped a lot. 

 

We finally got our F550 dually 4WD fire truck snow blade mounted so last night someone who ran two of his fingers into a snow blower got to go to ER 42 miles away. 

 

Perfect storm but we are attacking it.  I am no longer doing any hands on repairs as carpel tunnel took out my wrists, cubital tunnel took out both elbows.  

 

I just bought a 78' JEEP J20 and can't work on it.......64 years old sucks for me.  

 

 

[Grumpy Bear]

43 F here. Calm for now. Stary stary night. I couldn't figure out why so many lights could be seen in the country. Then I realized that the 6 to 8 foot wall of corn is down and the horizon is cleaned of obstruction. WOW! We drove 50 miles SW to get a spot in a graveyard dark enough. City lights even 20 miles away kill the vibe. 

[diyer2]

Will be plowing today, 4 more inches. 27 deg.

[KARNUT]

After a cold front came through last night with needed rain. I found I needed a light jacket for my morning walk. I was still able to able to wear my shorts. At 62 degrees it was chilly.