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Post by feather on Jan 28, 2022 18:19:54 GMT -6
How much snow on the ground? 3 inches left after our last snow. WI In Minot, I talked with them this mornings, 4 feet of snow on the ground. N Dakota. --- --- About 1 meter now.. (40") this guaged by the 48" fence around the cherry tree.. Snowed a light dusting this afternoon for about 15 minutes... Minot N.D..... I had the coffee cup many years that said.... "best view of Minot AFB is in the rear view mirror" lol, I know what you mean about minot. But, on the positive side, I'm a home body. I don't care for crowds and there is just one week of a festival there during the fall. They insisted, come see the festival, come see the festival.....but I didn't even want to see the festival. I just wanted to see my son and his roommate and cook with them (they both cook and bake and can and freeze) and watch movies with them and talk and catch up on things.
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Post by adinwnc on Jan 29, 2022 6:40:11 GMT -6
Well the weather forecast yesterday was calling for a dusting to maybe an inch of snow from the nor'easter. Wrong! I have 7+ inches of snow on my front porch and it's still snowing. And there was rain first, so ice under the snow, and it's now going to get higher than 24* today. Ah well, I have heat, water, food and lots to do (plus the sled 😉) and the power is on, so I am good. feather you asked what I prep for - weather forecasters who don't get their predictions right. Third wrong prediction this month. I think their average is getting worse. Hope everyone in New England stays safe and warm!
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Post by feather on Jan 29, 2022 7:02:55 GMT -6
Well the weather forecast yesterday was calling for a dusting to maybe an inch of snow from the nor'easter. Wrong! I have 7+ inches of snow on my front porch and it's still snowing. And there was rain first, so ice under the snow, and it's now going to get higher than 24* today. Ah well, I have heat, water, food and lots to do (plus the sled 😉) and the power is on, so I am good. feather you asked what I prep for - weather forecasters who don't get their predictions right. Third wrong prediction this month. I think their average is getting worse. Hope everyone in New England stays safe and warm! 7 inches! 3 wrong predictions, thank God the month is almost over, only today tomorrow, and one more day. Stay warm. Thinking of you.
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Post by Ohio Dreamer on Jan 29, 2022 15:04:54 GMT -6
How much snow on the ground? 3 inches left after our last snow. WI In Minot, I talked with them this mornings, 4 feet of snow on the ground. N Dakota.
All our snow has compacted down to about 12" now. We haven't had any real wind, so it hasn't drifted. Haven't had any warm temps so it hasn't thawed....just compacted. Started out at about 22" after 3 snow events. Long range has a day of rain coming and temps in the low 40's....then the next day temps in the low 30's and 7" of snow. That's about 10 days out....and believe it or not the local National Weather Service people are already mentioning it....saying don't get caught up by the online hype, lol.
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Post by adinwnc on Jan 29, 2022 19:17:28 GMT -6
The good news about this storm for us is that we got a lot of bright sunshine today and most of the snow melted - even though the high was only 24*. Bad news is that I had to unpack the car in this mess. I had forgotten how slick vinyl floors can be under snow covered boots. Only one bad slide, no damage to me or the box I was carrying, so no harm.
Hope everyone stays safe and warm in this crazy weather!
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Post by Ohio Dreamer on Jan 30, 2022 18:29:16 GMT -6
Well, I haven't been watching the news this weekend. Long-range forecast Friday looked not so nice. Well, I guess the weather plans firmed up this weekend....and we are looking at a horrid mess potential Wednesday into Thursday. So...I need to re-work my plans for this week. Just ordered a heat-activated fan for the woodstove. Should be here Tuesday....in case the ice takes down our power...
Baking rolls, now, tomorrow. Shoveling the 12" of snow beside the house where the generator plugs in....and shoveling a path to that spot so we can drag the generator over there. Can't think of anything we need from the stores...so that's good. We re-filled our wood yesterday and today. Guess I'll be doing that again on Tuesday... If I can't get the chicken coop cleaned out (bedding is currently frozen to the floor) then I need to just add a clean layer over it. I'm sure that list will grow more by tomorrow morning....
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Post by Tim Horton on Jan 31, 2022 0:14:13 GMT -6
I don't care for crowds and there is just one week of a festival there during the fall. --- --- Admittedly... Minot did do a nice festival and county fair in the fall... I really enjoyed that.. Otherwise... Not so much..
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Post by feather on Jan 31, 2022 22:43:17 GMT -6
Last night of the month of January. I noticed tonight we had some dry goods supplies and someone didn't label the 5 gallon buckets. Most of them are well labeled, but not some recent supplies. So I'm searching and not finding what I needed. I sent labels and a pen downstairs for the future.
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