Topic 'Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread' in forum 'Connecticut Chat' - dslreports.com

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:03:04 EDT

gregamy posted :

said by Glenn:

What a great winter! Let's do it again next year! :D

Dude! Where ya been???

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:17:14 EDT

Glenn posted : What a great winter! Let's do it again next year! :D

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:16:55 EDT

Grumpy posted : Spent the late afternoon cleaning up all the snow. Had it all done.

Now another half inch of fresh snow on top.

I bet Winter in the Garden District at NOLA could be nice. Ride the streetcar over to get some Acme Oyster lunch. Follow it up with nap on the shady back porch hammock...

Summers on the Maine coast - lobstuh roll for lunch with some cool Pelligrino, nap listening to the breakers...

Anybody got the Powerball numbers for me?

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:51:53 EDT

tito posted : I like being able to see the ground again!

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:56:19 EDT

Harddrive posted : Why don't we need more snow? It's almost all gone off the ground except for the ice mounds left from the blizzard. We've got plenty of room. :D

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:50:30 EDT

tito posted : Looks like we're dodging another bullet this Tuesday. They say it might start off late Monday as a mix, but will quickly turn over to rain (and a lot of it)! If they were calling for all snow, we would have gotten nailed again. Let's hope it stays rain for us! Don't need anymore snow.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:59:32 EDT

sirchief posted : Snow was too sporadic...I'd rather a bunch of 4"-6" storms than a few monsters.

With that said, take the plows/blowers off and Summerize your blowers....it's time for baseball!

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:40:18 EDT

Harddrive posted : +1. Already threw my hat into the ring elsewhere.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:43:05 EDT

tito posted : I hated it, and am hoping that this was my final Winter in Corrupticut.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:33:09 EDT

DrStrange posted : Don't wrap it up until it's done. GFS shows a few more possibilities between now and the end of the month.

The bright side of this [unless you're a polar bear] is that for the weather at mid-latitudes to stay colder than normal through March will exhaust the supply of cold in the Arctic. Eventually the weather will 'flip-flop' to unusual warmth [or maybe, dare I say, heat?].

The traditional date for southern New England winter post-mortems is April 15th.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:35:36 EDT

meskinct posted : Hated it. How's that?

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:00:12 EDT

gregamy posted : So I'm going to tempt the Fates by starting a Winter 2012/13 wrapup discussion...Good? Bad?

I'm going to do with "odd" and "inconsistent" for this year. We started early again but then it was dry for a while. Then we had that Christmas storm (I was out of town), then "the big one", then this last one that caught everyone off-guard. It definitely was more snow than last year (which was a bust) but not nearly the constant beating of two years ago.

So was this year "typical"? I've lived here 20 years now and it seems quite odd in terms of inconsistency. But nothing we couldn't handle...

Thoughts?

- GA

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:26:05 EDT

gregamy posted :

said by SwedishRider:

Hope Glenn is all right... he hasn't visited DSLR in over 5 weeks.

Ditto. I miss his snow-ribbin'! Maybe he's in a log-cabin someplace in Vermont enjoying the skiing...

This one was an annoyance. Not enough to ignore (had to break out the blower) but not enough to generate boasting... - GA

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:43:25 EDT

tito posted : One good thing is that it's not going to last. 50s next week! Too bad it's not in the 50s today.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:13:50 EDT

orion940 posted : If you told people yesterday that it would be 12 more inches til Spring, they would have guffawed.

"Laugh while you can monkey boy..."

O.
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Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:50:13 EDT

tito posted : 11 more days until Spring.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:50:23 EDT

meskinct posted : Well, this is fun. NOT!

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:17:29 EDT

SwedishRider posted : Hope Glenn is all right... he hasn't visited DSLR in over 5 weeks.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:22:02 EDT

tito posted : Another BUST so far in my area. Oh, darn! :D

Loving those 50s next week! Hopefully this is it for Winter! :D

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:23:20 EDT

gregamy posted : 1PM accumulation forecast, through 60 hours. These numbers are QPF, liquid equivalent; multiple by 10-15 for heavier snows to get accumulation:

BOS: 2.00"+
ORH: 1.25"
KGAY: 1.50"
BDL: 0.80"
PVD: 1.75"
PYM/TAN: 2.50"
ASH/PSM: 1.25"
MPM: 0.80"
TOL: 0.90"

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:31:18 EDT

Grumpy posted : [att=1]

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:56:53 EDT

gregamy posted :

said by Harddrive:

You thought about it. That was enough.

Hey, no fair! C'mon, admit it: you looked at yours, too...

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:50:25 EDT

SwedishRider posted : For the record, the snow thrower is still on my Rider, and I didn't even think about swapping it over to the mower deck!!!

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:05:03 EDT

Harddrive posted : You thought about it. That was enough.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:09:29 EDT

gregamy posted : I have to admit, I looked long and hard at removing the blower off the tractor last Sunday. But I didn't, so this week is not my fault.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:10:16 EDT

tito posted : No kidding, Orion! I've learned to just skip over the pics, I can't be bothered anymore. I see enough of that crap by looking out the window after a storm.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:09:23 EDT

tito posted : Supposed to be mostly (if not totally rain) for my area, which is fine by me! I have definitely had enough Winter!

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:06:51 EDT

orion940 posted : Oh boy!! More never before seen pictures!!

O.
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Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:13:21 EDT

bennor posted : Another storm brewing for this weekend?

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:25:08 EDT

tito posted : According to Fox 61, latest computer models show this storm just brushing the area with a couple inches at the most. Hope that track continues! We don't need anymore 3@#%! snow!!!!!

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:36:59 EDT

Harddrive posted :

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:32:15 EDT

SwedishRider posted : Just for the record, I want everybody to know that I have kept my snow thrower on my Rider since the blizzard and intend to keep it on there until probably May.

Having said that... a "major disturbance" may be in the works for this weekend (Feb 16-17). Euro and GFS models are both seeing it as a big one: »www.wxedge.com/articles/20130211···ore_snow

:huh:

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:10:45 EDT

SwedishRider posted :

said by meskinct:

All set. We had to do some poking around the yard to find the tank cover. Ended up digging it out twice but it's all set. Still at 45% left in the tank. Hoping to get through until spring before we need a fill.

Good deal. You should be fine really. That's 450 gallons in there. Barring some weird anomaly, you should be able to make the rest of the winter and still have the minimum 20% in there.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:56:56 EDT

meskinct posted : All set. We had to do some poking around the yard to find the tank cover. Ended up digging it out twice but it's all set. Still at 45% left in the tank. Hoping to get through until spring before we need a fill.
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Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:13:47 EDT

SwedishRider posted : In your case (which is a single stage system), yes, that's all you need to do. For larger systems, you want to make sure the vent discharge point is clear for both primary (at the tank) and secondary (at the house) regulators.

If snow freezes and air can't get in there, serious pressure distortions can occur and it can overpressurize or underpressurize the system. Worst case scenario is if the regulator completely fails, it has nowhere to dump the excess pressure... and can lead to a dangerous situation. Malloy always says to check your side discharge furnace vents, but for a propane system... this is just as important.

Close up of the bottom side of a regulator. Make sure the screen is in place and nothing is blocking it.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:45:12 EDT

gregamy posted : Ok, you caught my attention. I have a 120-gallon tank outside my garage...what am I looking for? Just that everything inside that hinged lid is clear?

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:04:29 EDT

SwedishRider posted : Just a friendly reminder to anyone who has propane, make sure the discharge point of your primary and secondary regulators are cleared of snow. It will affect performance and be a potential danger in the unlikely event of a regulator failure.

For underground tanks, make sure the tank has been uncovered, both for delivery purposes as well as to make sure the regulator has proper ventilation. Given the rain and freezing we'll see... best to do it before it's covered in a complete sheet of feet-thick ice!

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:44:30 EDT

Darknessfall posted : Finally free!! One of our neighbors brought a very huge bulldozer and bulldozed the whole street lol. Still slippery since it wasn't plowed but good enough till or if they come.

Still waiting for the town to plow our road..... tick tock

All the other roads around us have been cleared by the town except for ours.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:22:59 EDT

gregamy posted :

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:28:28 EDT

gregamy posted : Found it. Ah, the good ole days...

»Snow - Roof Rake with wheels

Say, where in the heck is Glenn...?

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:15:07 EDT

Darknessfall posted : I hope everyone is doing ok.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:32:08 EDT

bennor posted :

said by gregamy:

Anyone recall the discussion we had a couple years ago regarding roof rakes? I can't seem to find it now. There was a company out in the Midwest that made a clever rake, one that slid under the snow and let it fall back across some plastic.

I swore two years ago I'd buy one once the demand subsided, but like all good intentions I forgot about it. Now it's forefront in my mind I want to order one for the future.

I remember that thread. :D There was a run on them that year, and people were running around in a panic trying to find stores that carried them.

Looks like it will be days before some are plowed out.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:59:43 EDT

DrStrange posted : I interpreted that possibility in the long-range GFS model last week. The current GFS has something off the coast Thursday and something from the Great Lakes on Friday-Saturday, neither one looking like a big deal. While I'm trying to remember exactly what the monster that just buried us looked like in the GFS models last weekend, I'm sure it was equally unimpressive.

We'll have to keep an eye on the Euro model today and tomorrow, since that's the one that saw the blizzard first. The GFS didn't agree with the Euro until mid-week.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:47:59 EDT

gregamy posted : Yup. Right now it's nowhere near as certain as this storm was, four days prior to it. Only one model (GFS) is showing another hit (but much lighter), other models (inc. the Euro, which recently has been the good one) are indicating it moves out to sea and we get nothing.

I don't think if we get anything at all that it will be NEAR like this last one.

Just walked outside and looked at my roof. Ugh.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:32:39 EDT

Harddrive posted : Have you heard the rumor of another major storm on Thursday/Friday? Two storms colliding again.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:23:19 EDT

gregamy posted : And a final note before I go outside and start working again...please take some time today to clear your roof as much as possible.

We are expecting rains tomorrow, freezing rain early. Today, while sunny, is not going to get warm enough to drop that stuff down. All that snow on your roof is going to absorb that moisture and everything will get a lot heavier. Our homes, if built to code *should* withstand it short-term, but there's no real reason you should go outside today in the sun and attack that stuff as much as you reasonably - and safely - can.

- GA

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:18:04 EDT

gregamy posted : Anyone recall the discussion we had a couple years ago regarding roof rakes? I can't seem to find it now. There was a company out in the Midwest that made a clever rake, one that slid under the snow and let it fall back across some plastic.

I swore two years ago I'd buy one once the demand subsided, but like all good intentions I forgot about it. Now it's forefront in my mind I want to order one for the future.

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:14:10 EDT

gregamy posted :

said by Harddrive:

Do they make some kind of protective cab/enclosure for the rider?

Craftsman makes one for my ride ($300), but I make do with a moto helmet...saving my money for beer...

[att=1]

Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:17:31 EDT

Harddrive posted :

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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Re: [SNOW] The Winter 2012/2013 Thread

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:02:15 EDT

Darknessfall posted : 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.