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Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread They claim 17" here. Looks about right. There's a line down
that goes across the street to the house next door, but we still have power here.
(CL&P site indicates about 70% of town without.)
Will venture out a little bit and see if I can get to the snow blower out of the shed.
Stay safe all. |
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 KommiePremium
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kudos:2 | reply to gregamy
It stopped snowing four hours ago. Why are they waiting for Malloy to wake up to start plowing ? |
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Middletown, CT
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Yeah, I think everyone is. My 150-ft driveway is covered, and I'm waiting for this last band of snow to move eastward before I start working. This is going to be an all-afternoon job.
But don't cry for me: I've got plenty of beer left in the fridge. I'm good 'til about Tuesday.
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gregamy
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Middletown, CT | reply to gregamy
Watching our governor's press conference on TV. I think I just figured out the sign language for the word "uuuuhhhh"... |
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We have about 30 inches in Vernon and its still coming down pretty good at 11:30. Just spent three hours clearing most of my driveway and two of my neighbors. Time for a nap
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 orion940No longer a burden on societyPremium
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| About 2' here, the beagle plows were out first thing clearing a path.
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| I guess about 2 feet total in Southbury. Lost power at 8:20pm last night but it came back on around noon today. Generator did fine as usual. Driveway is done, deck is done. Road was plowed around around 10am. Plan is to sit and drink for the remainder of the day.
Is winter over now?
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| Our road still hasn't been plowed since 3pm or so yesterday :/. Anyone else still stuck? |
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23 inches |
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 HarddriveProud American and Infidel since 1968.Premium
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Phone Room
kudos:2 | reply to gregamy
If I had an ATV with a plow, I could have it paid off by the end of the weekend after charging $50 a driveway.
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Connecticut
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meskinct, I swear I won't take that blower off until at least May... I am done with snow for this year.. what a ton of work to clean up this mess!! 
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HarddriveProud American and Infidel since 1968.Premium
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kudos:2 | Do they make some kind of protective cab/enclosure for the rider? |
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SwedishRiderRider on the StormPremium
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kudos:1 | said by Harddrive:Do they make some kind of protective cab/enclosure for the rider?
Unfortunately, not yet. 
Rumor is that they will offer one soon, as the European models that are almost identical to mine have them available.. but not it the states as of yet. I did catch some blow-back with the winds being so wicked... comes with the territory I suppose.  |
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orion940No longer a burden on societyPremium
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Im on a private drive, the drive has been plowed but my driveway hasn't been. I don't think the guy will get here til Sunday.
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meskinctMad Scientist at WorkPremium
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Southbury, CT | reply to SwedishRider
Uh huh. Still looks like a cool machine. I didn't catch a shot of the beer holder being used though.
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meskinctMad Scientist at WorkPremium
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After 30+ years with little to no snow in CT, snow plow operators largely went out of business. Now we get what used to be a normal snowfall, and there's a shortage of plows doing business.
40-50 years ago, I remember school buses driving kids to school in this weather, with chains on the tires, sounding a bit like sleighbells "chink, chink, chink".. People of this generation are all like Floridians--they've never seen or driven in snow. Even '78 was nothin compared to the snow we had in the late '30s and on up to the early '60s. 3' + was a normal snowfall for the region. I reckon after the sunspots settle down, we'll be seeing colder winters again. The last 33 years have been rather mild, with rare exceptions. |
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| There was a person trying to get up our hill before the storm got bad and there was 2 or so inches on the road. They had to get a ton of help while they had summer tires on their sedan. |
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HarddriveProud American and Infidel since 1968.Premium
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kudos:2 | reply to disconnected
said by disconnected :Even '78 was nothin compared to the snow we had in the late '30s and on up to the early '60s. 3' + was a normal snowfall for the region. And you have what to support this "3' + was a normal snowfall for the region"?
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