Pacrat
Old and Cranky
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join:2001-03-10
Cortland, OH
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2 edits | If the weathermen can be believed... ... it seems that this weekend, we're finally going to get a bona fide snowstorm around here. All the local weather prognosticators are calling for 5-10" accumulating by tomorrow night. We're getting a very fine dusting right now, but the forecast is for an inch/hr during the day, tomorrow. I guess I better head off for the gas station... need to fill the cans for the tractor and the small snow-blower.
edit: It must be true 'cuz everybody in town is trying to buy gas tonight!!! Three gas stations and every one was full. Not long lines, but every pump was in use!
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CylonRed
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join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
| Stayed north of us over night - Sidney has a lot of freezing rain but southward we got rain. Probably will freeze tonight and that will be a mess if there is any standing water.
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LadyL
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join:2002-09-18
Lorain, OH | Re: If the weathermen can be believed... Just be careful out there.
Since my last post...2" more came down...plus the city plow came by...that's 10" of snow in my driveway! All nice and tight! 
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CylonRed
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Bloom County | Re: If the weathermen can be believed... We have a ton of rain... | |
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drslash
Goya Asma
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join:2002-02-18
Marion, IA | Don't believe them. Our east central Iowa forecast went from 1 inch for Friday night to 3 inches for Friday night. We got 8.
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Pacrat
Old and Cranky
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join:2001-03-10
Cortland, OH
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| Well, I actually measured the snow in my drive and there was 8" this morning, and it's still falling. I've cleaned the drive twice today, and I'm guessing it'll take one more time after it finally quits snowing. There was about 2" on the drive the second time I did it. I'm trying to stay a little ahead of it if I can. According to the local radar, it should be easing off pretty soon.
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RonS
Madm0nke
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join:2000-06-19
Dayton, OH
| We had negative snow fall. There was a little bit of snow on the ground when the weekend started. Now there isn't any at all. 
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Pacrat
Old and Cranky
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join:2001-03-10
Cortland, OH
·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | We got a couple more inches overnight. I cleaned that off the first thing this morning. Actually had a little sunshine today, so the drives have stayed pretty clear most of the day. Ditto the feeling that it's a good thing the snow is relatively light and "fluffy". No good for snowball fights and snowmen, but a darn sight easier to remove from the drives. The local forecast is for another couple of inches overnight again, but it's supposed to be spotty... may not get anything.
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mikeyp
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| as much as i hate to do this,its not those snowplow drivers fault. what are they supposed to do? stop and plow everyone out? yea,its a real pain,but wouldnt it be much worse if they didnt plow at all? its just one of those things you have to deal with when you live in snow country.
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Pacrat
Old and Cranky
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join:2001-03-10
Cortland, OH
·RoadRunner Cable
| Re: If the weathermen can be believed... Oh... I know it's nothing they have much control over. I'm not blaming any of them. It just like a conspiracy that no matter how long I stall in cleaning the drive, they show up within 10 minutes of the time I put the snowblower away. It doesn't matter if it's early in the morning, midday, late afternoon or evening... it never fails that they do their thing right after I'm done! The one thing that I do quite regularly is clean along the curb, in the street, to: 1) show them where the curb really is (saves on mailboxes) and 2)reduce the amount of snow the plow blade can push into the bottom of my drive. I do about 60-70' on either side of my drive.
In their defense, too... our little burg does a pretty good job of getting the streets cleaned after a snowfall. They get the intersections and curves cleaned and salted/cindered first, and then go back and scrape the streets. They repeat until the streets are pretty-much bare, too.
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Such a good son! When the weather is 'normal' 
