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We're about to get an unholy weather-whipping here at casa Drooartz. My school district even let the kids out early today, something they just about never do. This is the mountains, after all, and it snows here all winter long. This storm looks to be a full on blizzard like even we don't get too often. Spoke to a friend tonight who lives a bit higher up in elevation, and he said it was snowing harder than he could remember, and he's been here around 30 years.

My neighbor cleared my driveway today (I'm still not walking) and I made sure my snow blower was up and running just in case.

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You will probably lose power. Hope you have a heat source and ability to cook. Last year in NM we lost power during a snow storm and had propane sourced stove and the fire place sure was nice. I always have a store of batteries. Good luck and snuggle. :grouphug:

Posting with my IPAD and feeling vert techie. Lol
 
I bit the bullet a few years ago and bought a good Honda
emergency generator. It'll keep me up as long as I have gasoline
to feed it.
Wish I had a wood stove, though.
Best of luck, and stay safe.
 
We've considered a generator for such times as these. Up here most power lines are buried, which does help with these storms. Where I grew up (rural Rhode Island) we lost power all the time during storms. Here, it's very rare to lose power for more than a flicker.
 
Here in the valley it was a vicious but relatively short lived storm. Probably about 2-3" of snow (hard to gauge with the drifting) but winds were whipping. My wind meter in the back yard registered a gust of 44 mph. Now it's just a bone chilling 10 degrees this morning. Feels like January!
 
You guys can keep it all out there!!! Yikes! It's too early in the year to be talking about multiple feet of snow!!
 
Storm was a bit of a dud up on this side. Some snow, and a bit of wind, but nothing out of the ordinary for a winter storm. A friend of mine in Summit Park got pretty hammered, but then again, that's what happens there. Seems all a bit of hype for really nothing much
 
Where in Rhode Island? I was born in Providence and then lived in Stonington CT and then to Pawcatuck CT which was really just another part of Westerly RI. Just curious.

Glad the storm was a dud. While storms can be exciting during, there's the reality of the after and our adrenaline is no longer reinforcing our ability to just cope. imho

Now - get the turkey prepped and enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday.
 
judow said:
Where in Rhode Island? I was born in Providence and then lived in Stonington CT and then to Pawcatuck CT which was really just another part of Westerly RI. Just curious.
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Born and raised in North Scituate. My parents are still in RI, now in North Smithfield. Old New England roots here, dad from New Hampshire and my mom from Newport, RI.

I'm really not a huge fan of winter, but I've lived with it my whole life so I'm used to it. Being on crutches just adds a bit of extra fun and excitement.
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Interesting. I think that's why I like New Mexico - best of all worlds and nothing really so intensive that it can't be enjoyed. At least here in the "East Mountains" as the folks in Albuquerque call us.
 
Is "Hunker down" a Park City term?

My sister in Park City used the same phrase to describe what she was going to do during the storm. And make vegetable stew.
 
Floridian hurricane season phrase, as well.
 
Canadian winter phrase too
 
We're getting ready for the arctic blast as well. shold be down to the frigid fifties. Sorry, could not resist.
Stay warm.
 
"Hunkered down" just seems like such the appropriate phrase to describe the situation. :smile:

It's currently 14f at my house right now, and that may be the high for the day. Brrrrrrr.
 
We've been hammered pretty hard the last ten days here in Alberta, nothing higher than -18 Celcius... Two nights ago an overnight low of -30 Celcius, some areas just to the north of Calgary got down to -40 on the same night, setting weather records :crazyeyes:

The evidence?

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Yes... I still choose to live here
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But I haven't spent much time outside this past week :nonod:
 
Sherlock,

Oh my goodness! Don't you have to chisel air to breath at those temp?!?!?!?!

I don't know how you guys do it. I had shorts on yesterday. Y'all canooks are either tough as nails or nuts.. One things fer sure....I AINT goin' up there to find out!!!
 
kellysguy said:
Sherlock,

Oh my goodness! Don't you have to chisel air to breath at those temp?!?!?!?!

I don't know how you guys do it. I had shorts on yesterday. Y'all canooks are either tough as nails or nuts.. One things fer sure....I AINT goin' up there to find out!!!
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AMEN!!!
 
kellysguy said:
Sherlock,

Oh my goodness! Don't you have to chisel air to breath at those temp?!?!?!?!

I don't know how you guys do it. I had shorts on yesterday. Y'all canooks are either tough as nails or nuts.. One things fer sure....I AINT goin' up there to find out!!!
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we're not tough :crazyeyes:
 
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