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Title: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: nick949 on February 04, 2015, 02:24:09 PM
Getting serious cabin fever.  Who has snow on the ground?  Who doesn't?

Thanks

Nick
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: PeteS on February 04, 2015, 02:25:45 PM
About 18" and expecting 4-6" more tonight.


Pete

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Post by: Sasquatch Jim on February 04, 2015, 02:28:03 PM
  Around here it is sold in paper cones with flavored syrup.
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Post by: rodekyll on February 04, 2015, 02:33:10 PM
We have had no snow since a smattering before T-giving.  The lake hasn't frozen enough for skating, although this week we're headed to a freeze of sorts -- down to daytime +teens on Friday. But the pattern is dry until the weekend -- tune in for maybe a snow report then.  Mostly we've been in +30s-50's for the winter.
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Post by: Nic in Western NYS on February 04, 2015, 02:42:45 PM
About 3 foot deep in our yard surrounded by woods in Hubbardston MA.
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: fotoguzzi on February 04, 2015, 02:50:40 PM
Not enough! Got a inch of fluffy powder last night but hardly any base under that. Mpls, mn
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Post by: steven c on February 04, 2015, 02:53:10 PM
 Here in north central CT. Maybe 20" , more over the weekend and maybe another big storm Monday. Snowblowers are a gift from the gods.
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: Markcarovilli on February 04, 2015, 03:44:28 PM
Getting serious cabin fever.  Who has snow on the ground?  Who doesn't?

Thanks

Nick
Nick - from what I've seen from you a little snow doesn't stop you.......

In NE Ohio we have about a foot with more currently happening.

Mark
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: nick949 on February 04, 2015, 03:48:22 PM
Nick - from what I've seen from you a little snow doesn't stop you.......

In NE Ohio we have about a foot with more currently happening.

Mark

I appreciate the sentiment Mark  :BEER:, but I'm not entirely daft.  I'm just trying to get a handle on how far south I'd have to trailer the bikes before we hit snow/ice free roads.  Seems like quite a way!

Nick
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: Guzzistajohn on February 04, 2015, 03:50:10 PM
No snow in the District of Columbia
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Post by: slopokes on February 04, 2015, 03:54:33 PM
 :+=copcar no snow but a lot of bs :BEER:
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: jabberwocky on February 04, 2015, 03:56:09 PM
In the last 10 days, we've had four snowstorms totaling 55 inches, and it has been cold enough that it isn't going away at all. It's going to be a long time before the grass is bare again! We had a couple of big snowstorms in the fall, but not much through Dec and through the last week of Jan, and the ground was bare as of the 27th. I've probably seen more on the ground than we have now, but I can't remember it!
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Post by: Chuck in Indiana on February 04, 2015, 03:57:12 PM
Yep.
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: StuCorpe on February 04, 2015, 04:17:41 PM
North end of lower peninsula (MI) not very much.  Less than normal.  West end of UP (MI) a whole bunch!
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Post by: kidsmoke on February 04, 2015, 05:02:41 PM
Chicago - 20" this week
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: Crusty on February 04, 2015, 05:07:37 PM
I'm just down the road from Nic. Officially, we've gotten 54 inches in the past week and a half with more due in tomorrow.
On a good note; today is the day that the average daily high starts going up. It been at 33 F since January 6, abut as of today, the average high is 34 F. And in a week, it'll be 35 F!
Spring is coming!
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: bad Chad on February 04, 2015, 05:20:31 PM
We just had our 5th heaviest snow on record here in Chicago.  Only 19", but it snowed another inch yesterday, and another today, and more on the forecast.

Perhaps I should not keep a loaded weapon in the house?
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Post by: Rough Edge racing on February 04, 2015, 05:22:35 PM
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Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on February 04, 2015, 05:40:16 PM
We just had our 5th heaviest snow on record here in Chicago.  Only 19", but it snowed another inch yesterday, and another today, and more on the forecast.

Perhaps I should not keep a loaded weapon in the house?

Well, you *are* in Chicago, so I'd say it's about 50-50.. <shrug>
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Post by: drums4money on February 04, 2015, 05:47:52 PM
Eastern PA checking in.  What was snow is now ice.  What's piled up is a dirty frozen mess.  Made one step from our walk onto the blacktop parking & went down like a . . like a. . .  it was soo fast.  nothing broken, nothing bruised, just lucky.

Hate that stuff. 

The first snowfall is pretty, but after that I'm praying for 60degree temps.
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Post by: Frulk on February 04, 2015, 06:09:37 PM
No snow here at 4,440 feet altitude in N.Utah. Should have at least a foot and a half or more on the ground. So nice I'm heading out to Nevada to fish for 3 days. Temps supposed to be in the 60's over weekend. Current pic attached  

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Post by: Testarossa on February 04, 2015, 07:00:02 PM
Too much today. Men's Super G canceled in wind, snow, low visibility.

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Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on February 04, 2015, 09:21:21 PM
 's'no concerne of mine.  Today was a two wahine day.
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Post by: mgfan on February 04, 2015, 09:49:20 PM
Nothin on the left coast. Went for a ride today, cloudy and 9 (celsius). Been a really nice mild winter so far.   :BEER:
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Post by: boatdetective on February 04, 2015, 09:51:39 PM
Coast of MA just north of Boston. Something like 3' with more on the way.

BTW, ever noticed that no one refuses to use a snowblower because of it's "carbon footprint"?
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Post by: hammick on February 04, 2015, 10:05:23 PM
We have had no snow since a smattering before T-giving.  The lake hasn't frozen enough for skating, although this week we're headed to a freeze of sorts -- down to daytime +teens on Friday. But the pattern is dry until the weekend -- tune in for maybe a snow report then.  Mostly we've been in +30s-50's for the winter.

Balmy Alaska. Well that kills the stereotype.
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: trippah on February 04, 2015, 11:14:17 PM
Nic- just next door in North Brookfield and like you, we have just about enough to get interesting.  Was helping my son move into an apartment in oakham this past weekend, it was cold enough to make Florida seem reasonable. ;D
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: Yukonica on February 04, 2015, 11:33:54 PM
not much snow.. less than a foot.
Keep thinking that the highway out front is bare. All I need to do is lower the bike off it's winter rack, trailer it to the bottom of the driveway, and let loose with tires cooled to the -30C air temp.
If this scenario is in place by the end of March: it's all worth it.
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: Vince in Milwaukee on February 05, 2015, 01:20:08 AM
I'm @70 miles north of Chicago (across the WI state line) and I'd ball park our total at 2 feet.  My little 2 stroke, 4 HP Toro snow blower has been worth it's weight in gold the last few days. 
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Post by: Rough Edge racing on February 05, 2015, 07:02:05 AM
 A few more inches last night. My wife on the tractor early this morning. Joy does a lot of the snow plowing and mowing....Woman's work  ;D

      (https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/15826984984_819588cabc_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: Dilliw on February 05, 2015, 07:05:55 AM
Snow?  Haven't seen any all year in Charlotte.

Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: Nic in Western NYS on February 05, 2015, 07:19:01 AM
Nic- just next door in North Brookfield and like you, we have just about enough to get interesting.  Was helping my son move into an apartment in oakham this past weekend, it was cold enough to make Florida seem reasonable. ;D
As Crusty said, we had more snow in the last 10 days than is in the snowbank.  It was all pretty fluffy so it compacted.  Now it's a hard to move pack.  Very tough driving this morning but only 3-4 more inches, more to come this weekend.  May spring for a plow for my F150 next season. Nic
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Post by: drlapo on February 05, 2015, 07:33:36 AM
26" inches on the ground now and 3 or 4" expected by the weekend
makes the walks in the woods difficult
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: steven c on February 05, 2015, 09:46:33 AM
 Oh look it's snowing…...
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: gsf12man on February 05, 2015, 10:05:05 AM
Damn near snowless winter here (like last year). Pretty mild winter (unlike last year). But we just got 3" or so the other day. Our snowblower-tractor is gathering dust (like last year) and our newly-purchased walk-behind snowblower ditto. Sooner or later we'll need 'em, out here in our rural digs. I am so ready to fire up the Breva.
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Post by: JoeW on February 05, 2015, 12:52:28 PM
We got a little..
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Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: nick949 on February 05, 2015, 12:59:16 PM
Thanks folks. It doesn't seem as though driving south to ride is much of a viable option.

I guess we'll just have to find some other way to amuse ourselves.......... ...

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Nick
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: G-zulu on February 05, 2015, 01:02:23 PM
It's pretty thin up here in Northeastern MN.
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: rodekyll on February 05, 2015, 01:06:50 PM
We're dwo for a foot or two starting twonight, maybe.  It will be our first for the year.  The lake has frozen enough to skid a widgeon, but not a swan.  We wait until a swan goes azz-over-teakettle on landing before we try skating on it.
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Post by: lucydad on February 05, 2015, 06:33:15 PM
Saw some visiting mom in Colorado over a year ago.  Miss the white stuff.  Palm trees are happy and various stuff blooming in Sugar Land, TX
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Post by: lucian on February 05, 2015, 08:19:22 PM
Time to shovel the deck

(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f10/whaler123/IMG_0172_zpse8739cc3.jpg)
Make sure the grill is shoveled out first
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Now shovel the roof of the guzzi cave
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Forgot my brother Pierre was down below :)
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Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: nick949 on February 06, 2015, 09:29:23 PM
Well thanks folks, you helped me make up my mind.
I booked a flight to the UK today for two weeks of hiking, rough camping and beer drinking  :BEER:
followed by a week of riding around visiting friends and relatives on a rented Royal Enfield. :bike

It's a hard life, but someone has to live it.  ;-T

Nick
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: rodekyll on February 06, 2015, 09:41:16 PM
It must be grim in Ontario if winter in the UK is an upgrade.

Here the temps are only in the low 20s.  It's been trying to snow, but without any enthusiasm.  What little there is is sticking to the sides of houses and such because of the wind.  Juneau recorded gusts of 114mph, and the rest of the region went 75 - 90 for the record.  We're supposed to get a fast foot or so and then a faster thaw over the weekend -- typical 'cold snap' for the region.
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: nick949 on February 06, 2015, 09:53:08 PM
Have fun Nick old man . Any chance this will be a busman's holiday ?

  Dusty

Not in the traditional sense, so no grubbing about in the dirt.

I may take the occasional picture and draft a note or two though :o  ..............or more likely, note a few drafts :BEER:

Nick
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: oldbike54 on February 06, 2015, 09:58:31 PM
Not in the traditional sense, so no grubbing about in the dirt.

I may take the occasional picture and draft a note or two though :o  ..............or more likely, note a few drafts :BEER:

Nick

Murder a jar for me please , and take lots of video . Any chance you will be visiting the midlands ?

 Dusty

 
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: zedXmick on February 07, 2015, 12:22:09 PM
around 5 inches here in central WI. just barley enough to keep the Nordic XC-skiing trails open. Wishing for more snow here!
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Post by: Vagrant on February 07, 2015, 06:42:34 PM
S. Az. 0" 75-80 and not a cloud to be seen! homes are very cheap in Green Valley.
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Post by: Bob Wegman on February 07, 2015, 08:25:16 PM
Rochester, NY  Today sunny and warm mid 70s.  Tomorrow a little warmer with mild southern breezes.  Great day for a long ride.  Then I woke up.  :-\
Title: Re: Snow - you got any? (continental US)
Post by: Dean Rose on February 07, 2015, 08:28:21 PM
No, thank goodness.


Dean
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Post by: Nic in Western NYS on February 07, 2015, 08:33:52 PM
I was going to brag about no shoveling today, but then did some clean up in prep for 12-18" coming over the next 2 days.  Running out of room to put the stuff in towns here - front loaders now hauling it out.  Kind of fun so long as the heat stays on (and you have a roof over your head).
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Post by: rodekyll on February 07, 2015, 08:35:38 PM
Snow on the sides of houses this week, but due to the wind, none on the ground.  Today we got an apathetic attempt to whiten it up, but it's more like sprinkles on a cupcake than real snow.  We did get the first round of skaters on the lake this morning.  The city puts up temporary stadium lights so the kids can keep at it all night.

In the interior they're beginning to complain.  I guess they all put their snowshoes on in September and it's getting awkward walking around in them.