Yet another snowstorm rolled though last night and this morning, leaving a fresh 8". At this point 8" seems like a dusting. It's been nearly 25 years since I've seen snow depth like this, if I were to stand on our front lawn it would be neck deep on me, and I'm 5'8". To add to the fun, my snowblower decides to break the auger belt. It's far past the point of pushing it around, removal or melting are the only options. We take our lives in our hands leaving the driveway, both directions are blocked solid from view by the banks. Driving at night is adventurous, there's so much snow everywhere that only shades of white are visible.....few reference points to verify you're still actually on the road. I forget what asphalt even looks like. I used to think our parent's generation told tall tales about snow reaching the treetops just to make the stories interesting. A few more nor'easters and we'll be up where the crows nest. Oh, and did I mention there is more snow coming for Tuesday?
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Tom === Thomas S. TierneyFeb 6, 2011Welcome to Global Warming. It's gonna get worse.
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jaffo59Feb 6, 2011I hear what you are saying, but you have to admit, you are in Canada in Winter!
ReactReply - DADanandJanetteOriginal PosterFeb 6, 2011[quote]Welcome to Global Warming. It's gonna get worse.[/quote] Dr. David Viner, from 10 years ago: {However, the warming is so far manifesting itself more in winters which are less cold than in much hotter summers. According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, within a few years winter snowfall will become “a very rare and exciting event”. “Children just aren’t going to know what snow is,” he said.}ReactReply
- DADanandJanetteOriginal PosterFeb 6, 2011[quote]I hear what you are saying, but you have to admit, you are in Canada in Winter![/quote]
Yes, but we've been spoiled the past few years. This just isn't fun anymore. :( On a brighter note, the wells should be full come spring.ReactReply
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srithanonchaiFeb 6, 2011We're in New Jersey, not Canada, and we have run out of places to put the snow. We're now dumping it in rivers, and there is another coastal storm predicted for this week.
I wish we could get that clown Al Gore here to shovel.ReactReply - DADanandJanetteOriginal PosterFeb 6, 2011
I apologize for being a tech dunce, but here is a URL depicting a scene in Dieppe, next door to Moncton. At least the young lady and friend seem to be enjoying the snowpocalypse.
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/your_weather/web/imagepopup.php?imgname=http://media.twnmm.com/storage/3937991/619&title=Your%20Weather〈=en
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zhaze01Feb 6, 2011The Nobel committee lost any semblance of credibility when they awarded the Nobel Prize to that clown who invented the internet, and to that other guy in the White House--not for his accomplishments, but for his (perceived) potential.
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njmikeFeb 6, 2011You got that right, srithanochai! Got it piled up hgigh in my development, and the landscapers were trucking off snow last week. They say we may be getting more again this Thursday. I hope not. I'm ready for summer! A little global warming would be nice about now!
ReactReply - T=Tom === Thomas S. TierneyFeb 7, 2011[quote]Welcome to Global Warming. It's gonna get worse.[/quote] Damn, I need a font which depicts sarcasm!ReactReply
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ChuckFeb 7, 2011Been stuck in KS for a week because nobody is issueing permits for oversize loads. Hopefully today will be able to get loaded in KC and have permits ready so I head to PA. Yeah Global Warming right!!!
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macnudeFeb 7, 2011We moved to SC from the Chicago area several years ago. While we do get some snow here on rare occasion, it's amusing to us that they delay school openings by two hours if a 1/2" of snow is predicted. School closings if two inches happens to fall.
On a serious note. it's my hope that those in the snowbound North have a gradual rather than a rapid meltdown so widespread flooding dosen't add to your misery.ReactReply - TO
TonyJ63Feb 7, 2011We had a particularly bad winter here (by UK standards anyway) and because I don't live on a main route the local council didn't grit the roads or pavements. Had a bad slip on the 22nd December and I'm still suffering with lower back muscle damage even now. Hoping we don't get more snow as the rules where I work would mean that I'd have to struggle in no matter how bad the conditions are.
ReactReply - MEMemberFeb 7, 2011[quote]Yeah, enough. Enough of the moronic political commentary in a thread about snow.[/quote] Here we go again. Why don't you start something original then that we can discuss. Otherwise don't bother to read what we wantReactReply
- DADanandJanetteOriginal PosterFeb 7, 2011
Another 4" coming tonight/tomorrow. Hell, we won't even notice 4 more inches of icing on this cake. However, very early this morning in Moncton the roof caved in on a large daycare, thankfully before anyone was there. One local company which removes snow from commercial and private rooftops have for the time being suspended taking new orders.....they are booked up for weeks in advance. The spector of a rainy spring is frightening a lot of people here.
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markFeb 7, 2011Hey, we have had more luck than you folks out that way, not that we dont have more than enuff snow now too. lol. I just keep in mind we are hardy flatlander stock. Also every week is closer to spring. Well thats my positive outlook for ole man winter. hahahah. Hope you dont get 4 more weeks of storms. I think your already 9 for 9 weeks?
ReactReply - DADanandJanetteOriginal PosterFeb 7, 2011[quote]Hey, we have had more luck than you folks out that way, not that we dont have more than enuff snow now too. lol. I just keep in mind we are hardy flatlander stock. Also every week is closer to spring. Well thats my positive outlook for ole man winter. hahahah. Hope you dont get 4 more weeks of storms. I think your already 9 for 9 weeks?[/quote] Well, Atlantic Canada is no stranger to winter storms, the eastern seaboard is normally a conveyor belt for deep southern moisture from fall until into the spring. We'll blame that on the Yanks ;) The key factor is where Mr. Jet Stream sets up. Too far north, we get mild air and rain, too far south and it snows only on the fish. This winter actually got off to a slow start, we barely had enough snow for a white Christmas...but shortly thereafter we've been nailed every 5-6 days with frightening regularity. Municiple snow budgets are all blown to hell, next winter better be an open one. I have a second vehicle in our yard that I haven't used since fall.....or seen in a month. A Chrysler Intrepid, Cinnamon Glaze in color. Quite pretty from what I remember.ReactReply
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gbrian56Feb 7, 2011Luckily the limited government crowd didn't get their way yet, otherwise we'd be up to our keisters in snow because we cut taxes so much we had nothing left to pay for government services. ORRRR, we could wait for "business" to take care of us since they know soooo much more than government. Yeah, that's the answer.
Don't believe in global warming? then grab a shovel and start digging. If that doesn't appeal to you, then be quiet, pay your taxes and be grateful each man isn't left to fend for himself.
Tea anyone??ReactReply - GBgbrian56Feb 7, 2011I think we have had enough shoveling from the man who would be president. (Thank God for The Rule of Law)[/quote]And look what the alternate got us, two wars and the worst recession in 75 years. Aren't we the lucky ones.ReactReply
- CHChuckFeb 7, 2011
Got out of KS today went to KC MO and loaded bulldozer. Then it started snowing about Kingdom City MO. Make it to
Warrenton snow heavy,got dark and had to shut it down till morning!! Hope the blanking snow goes away!!!!ReactReply - ZHzhaze01Feb 7, 2011
I was sorely tempted to reply to a less-than-polite admonishment, but decided it would be best if I simply ignored it. Instead, I'll stay with the topic of the thread by saying that I hope those of you who have been negatively affected by the weather come through safe and sound. Our biggest snowfall this year was only 9", and it prompted the declaration of a state emergency. I can only imagine what those of you farther north are experiencing. I wish all of you the very best.
ReactReply - GBgbrian56Feb 8, 2011BTW, your children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and their great grandchildren will thank you for making possible the crushing, economy-destroying debt that you saddled them with when you subserviently voted for the "historic" Kenyan Marxist and his fellow dictators. One other point: snow-plowing budgets are set by the local governments, not by the f**king vampire in DC that is sucking the economic lifeblood of America and that is the target of the TEA Party and every other American whose head is not buried in his rectum.[/quote]As a Dittohead, it must just gaul you that our president is as American as you and I and just happens to be black. I suggest that you get over it. If my children, grand children and great grand children are saddled with debt, it might be due to two unneccessary wars, and a failure of the previous POTUS to react to a financial crisis which started in December 2007 but was not acknowledged until September 2008? Problems left unaddressed usually only get worse and are ultimately more expensive to fix. What some call limited government others call a failure to govern. I believe future generations will look back on this period favorably. Health care will have become a right, not a priviledge and the umbrella of civil right will have been spread a little wider. They'll look back at this time and see two groups, one that wanted to take the country back but they'll be glad there was another that chose to take it forward. While snow plowing budgets may be set by local governments, emergency disaster relief is funded by the federal government. Several states have already applied for this assistance to help with the cost of recovery from these storms. So while your point may have been technically correct, it missed the bigger picture and ignored the purpose and services provided by DC to it's citizens during natural disasters . Thanks for taking the time to consider these points, but you can put your head back where the sun don't shine as I'm sure it's not accustomed to seeing the light of day very often. As a side note, when you choose to respond to others who hold differring views of the world, you do your cause no favor by stooping to the use gutter language. A fact based response is usually more effective in changing minds and policy. Just saying.ReactReply
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BudFeb 8, 20111st of all, You CAN pay as much as you like for a lightbulb, but we get our compact flourecent lights from the dollar store, for yes, a dollar.
Secondly, these bulbs use 30 to 80% less electricity... a compact flourecent with the same light-output as a 100 watt conventional bulb uses only 2o watts... that means you could run 5 of these things for the price of ONE 100 watt lightbulb. A 60 watt equivelant uses only 15 watts, for even more savings. I could light nearly 3 rooms for the same cost as the refrigerator or oven light.
I am a master electrician and I have been throwing away flourescent tubes for 30 years, and I throw these away as well when they go bad. Not PC, but Oh well.
For you global warming zealots/debunkers/advocates/denyers/champions/foils: You shoould read a book by Robert felix, called : "Not by fire but by ice" which explains how global warming will cause the next ice age.
As the oceans warm, more moisture is deposited in the form of snow in the Northern regions.
During the last so-called ice age, the average global temperatures were only a few degrees cooler than they are now.
it is the CURRENTS of the oceans which determine climate for any particular area. The UK benefits from the Gulf Stream, which pumps warm water to the west coast of Europe. Without that warming flow, Britain would be as cold as northern canada.
Climate change is cyclical and inevitable, but to deny that human industry, waste and polution have a negative effect on the enviroment is to say its ok to piss in the public well, just because you don't drink from it.ReactReply - MM
Matthew McDermottFeb 9, 2011So people are saying that global climate change can't be real because it's snowing in the middle of winter? Really? That's the big argument against global climate change? That and making fun of Al Gore's name? Well... okay.I'm gonna just leave this here, then.ReactReply