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1/27/11, 11:34 AM
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It is pretty cool to see. Don't see it very often around here though.
You have never heard me say that!
We woke up to about 4" of snow yesterday...that was round 1 of the storm then around 4:00 it started sleeting for a little bit then the snow started with about 2" per hour so it really screwed the roads up. We had to pick my kid up from work and on the way home it was coming down so hard we couldn't see more than a foot in front of the truck. Plenty of people are out of power. We are lucky the electric company ran all of our wires underground about two years ago and haven't had it go out since.
We had thundersnow here in 1993 and it shut the whole central area of the state down for over a week. In the rural areas where I live, we didnt have power for other 2 weeks if I remember right. Real wet heavy snow and ice from it, about a foot and a half i think. Suuuuucks.
1/27/11, 11:38 AM
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Oh, I almost forgot...the new tires on the truck worked great in the snow. Nitto Terra Grapplers 
1/27/11, 12:15 PM
We had thundersnow here in 1993 and it shut the whole central area of the state down for over a week. In the rural areas where I live, we didnt have power for other 2 weeks if I remember right. Real wet heavy snow and ice from it, about a foot and a half i think. Suuuuucks.
It was basically a hurricane that collided with an arctic cold front. Never seen anything like it in the South, and probably never will again.
Edit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Storm_of_the_Century
We also had some thundersnow in that storm we had a couple weeks ago when we got a foot.
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1/27/11, 12:48 PM
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March 13, 1993. Remember it well. We had almost 3 feet here (33" IIRC) with drifts 6-10 feet deep in places from the 60+ mph winds. And it all came down in about 12 hours, then the temp dropped to around 0. Not to mention the massive amount of trees that were downed. Biggest mess I have ever seen. We were out of power for over 2 weeks, which also meant we were out of water from the well.
It was basically a hurricane that collided with an arctic cold front. Never seen anything like it in the South, and probably never will again.
Edit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Storm_of_the_Century
We also had some thundersnow in that storm we had a couple weeks ago when we got a foot.
It was basically a hurricane that collided with an arctic cold front. Never seen anything like it in the South, and probably never will again.
Edit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Storm_of_the_Century
We also had some thundersnow in that storm we had a couple weeks ago when we got a foot.
The nice thing about minnesota, is it's usually so cold that the snow doesn't end up being that heavy. Doesn't mean it doesn't happen though.
Found out I have bronchitis and a sinus infection. Such a wonderful week.
1/27/11, 12:53 PM
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But moreso for summer than winter. In winter, I can cook on the wood stove and burn lanterns, even melt snow for water, flush with a bucket of water, and put stuff from the freezer & frig outside in coolers filled with snow.
But when forest fire rips the power is often cut nearby. Granted I could probably never water my house enough to survive a big fire, but gotta try!
I've been experimenting with a sprinkler setup on the roof and run sprinklers in late afternoon to cool the attic (poor mans swamp cooler lol It works!). When I'm done with construction, I'll have it figured out permanently to cover both cooling and hopeful fire prevention, and easy drainage so it doesn't freeze in the winter.
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1/27/11, 12:56 PM
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1/27/11, 01:24 PM
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My brain is not working at all today. 
Maybe it's because I fell asleep trying to think of ideas for a poem I have to write for my creative writing class. 
Maybe it's because I fell asleep trying to think of ideas for a poem I have to write for my creative writing class.
1/27/11, 01:45 PM
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1/27/11, 01:58 PM
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The top railing of the deck is about 7 feet off the ground.
1/27/11, 02:07 PM
March 13, 1993. Remember it well. We had almost 3 feet here (33" IIRC) with drifts 6-10 feet deep in places from the 60+ mph winds. And it all came down in about 12 hours, then the temp dropped to around 0. Not to mention the massive amount of trees that were downed. Biggest mess I have ever seen. We were out of power for over 2 weeks, which also meant we were out of water from the well.
It was basically a hurricane that collided with an arctic cold front. Never seen anything like it in the South, and probably never will again.
Edit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Storm_of_the_Century
We also had some thundersnow in that storm we had a couple weeks ago when we got a foot.
It was basically a hurricane that collided with an arctic cold front. Never seen anything like it in the South, and probably never will again.
Edit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Storm_of_the_Century
We also had some thundersnow in that storm we had a couple weeks ago when we got a foot.
1/27/11, 05:08 PM
That was it! We had all of our cold foods outside in coolers buried in snow, lived by propane heat. Built one bad *** sled to go down a huge hill by my grandparents (wooden with water ski's for runners that were smoothed and highly waxed). How i didnt break bones during that, ill never know.
I'm sure there were a lot of babies born about 9 months after that storm. What else was there to do??
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1/27/11, 06:17 PM
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1/27/11, 06:21 PM
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1/27/11, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by cdynaco
Originally Posted by cdynaco
You're supposed to take a snow bath.
You go first.
