Man--what a storm!!--it started saturday night,and the wind howled at 65 mph most of sat.night and sunday--I plowed at midnight saturday,for fear my truck would be drifted in the garage and trapped(its happenned before!)--after I plowed the drivway,I went back in the garage for a few hours,checking fluids and bolts,etc--when I went to go in the house at 2 am,I could not beleive my eyes--it was deeper than when I plowed 2 hrs before,and there were 4 foot drifts I had to wade thru to get in the house!--and of course the back door was buried,and I had to shovel the house out when all the snow fell inside when I openned it..
I've seen the worst storms new england ever had,the "blizzard of 78",and a few others that rivaled it--I came from a town farther north of here where it usually gets much more snow than here,and deep snow dosent phase me much--UNTIL YESTERDAY!!--I've never seen the wind like that,it wasnt the "freight train" most folks describe during a hurruicane,it was more like a scream,like a tea kettle--it was 3:30 pm yesterday before I dared go outside--since the snow was higher than the hood of my K20 in front of the garage,I had my doubts if I'd be able to move it--I've had a few other storms like that,and my truck only went 30ft from the garage, it was wet heavy snow those storms ,all I did was plow a huge mound in my only way to the rest of the driveway and the street,and I had to wait a week for a backhoe to move it,and drag my truck out...
But I was lucky this tme,the snow was light and powdery,since it was below zero or slightly above the whole storm(its still only 15 degrees out now,isnt expected to go above freezing all week--and maybe more wednesday!)
We lost power at 8 am sunday,at the height of the storm--I waited 2 hours before deciding to light the wood stoves that havent been lit once in 25 years,mostly because it would aggravate my moms emphasema--reluctantly I had to light it,it was 4 degrees,with the 65 mph winds,the house was starting to get cold fast,and I figured it would be easier to keep the house warm than to try and warm it up after it got cold,I didnt want frozen pipes--since we have an oil burner,well water,and an electric stove,we were scewed!--but I also figured as soon as I lit the stove the power would come back on soon--I was right,only 20 minites later,the light were back on! YAAYY!
Back to the nightnmare outside--I waded thru 6+foot drifts to my garage,the back door of the house had luckily not been drifted in like the two other doors on my deck and front of the house(I still have to shovel the 6+foot drifts off the deck,stairs,and get my C10 and moms caravan moved)--I got in the garage,when I openned the overhead door about 4 feet of snow came in--when I got into my truck and looked out at the drifts higher than the hood,I said"yea,right"--
-but the diesel reluctanly started,and I nervously said a prayer,and drove out of the garage full speed ahead--everthing went black when the snow came flying over the windsheild!--I put the wipers on,backed into the garage again,and batter rammed it again and again,trying not to get the truck stuck when the plow rides up and over the snow--It took me an hour and a half to beat my way up too the top of the driveway--(its shaped like a letter "Y"and is over 100 feet long,and there is a hill right out of the garage,and a slight corner,the worst part to get the truck past,one side has 2x4foot cement block retaining wall,the other side is trees about 5 ft from the drive--its real easy to slide into the trees,or hit the wall when its buried under drifts!) I made it to the top of the drive,and was lucky to make it past the piles the city plows put at the end when they plowed the street,with a 10 foot snowbank blocking my veiw of the road,I was hoping no one was driving by when I came flying out into the street--and I wasnt stopping for anyone!.
I still have to dig out my moms caravan,(snow up to the windows,my C10 has only the top of the cab visible,snow is level with the windows)and I'm going to have to PLOW my front walk--I've given up on having any grass left on my lawn--I've been sick this past week too,and shoveling snow isnt high on my list of priorities...This is the worst I've seen,the blizzard of 78 is still the "king",according to the statistics,but that was a 3 day storm,and the snow was wet cement--we got 38 inches then,but yesterday we got over 30 easy,in less than 18 hours,and I dont recall the wind being that bad here in 78--all I can say is God bless my 82 K20,despite bouncing off the retaining wall with the plow,and making it jump 4 ft high when I took a big chunk of asphalt out of the street where my driveway ends
nothing has failed yet--and I hope it stays that way--its too cold out to be fixing it!--I'm praying we dont get any more snow,but wednesday we might get 4-6 more inches--I'm running out of room to put it,since I could barely plow it to the sides of the driveway,ticks me off it was so brutal out during the storm,there was no way to stay out in the truck and plow it,all you could do was hunker down and try to survive,,,,ARIZONA is looking REAL good now--I've had enough of this crap....
Wish I had a digi-cam,or could post pictures--its unbeleiveable out here--we are still under a state of emergency here,until tommorrow at least,many towns had called off school until at least wednesday,but if it snows again,they might get the whole week off!...
I've seen the worst storms new england ever had,the "blizzard of 78",and a few others that rivaled it--I came from a town farther north of here where it usually gets much more snow than here,and deep snow dosent phase me much--UNTIL YESTERDAY!!--I've never seen the wind like that,it wasnt the "freight train" most folks describe during a hurruicane,it was more like a scream,like a tea kettle--it was 3:30 pm yesterday before I dared go outside--since the snow was higher than the hood of my K20 in front of the garage,I had my doubts if I'd be able to move it--I've had a few other storms like that,and my truck only went 30ft from the garage, it was wet heavy snow those storms ,all I did was plow a huge mound in my only way to the rest of the driveway and the street,and I had to wait a week for a backhoe to move it,and drag my truck out...
But I was lucky this tme,the snow was light and powdery,since it was below zero or slightly above the whole storm(its still only 15 degrees out now,isnt expected to go above freezing all week--and maybe more wednesday!)
We lost power at 8 am sunday,at the height of the storm--I waited 2 hours before deciding to light the wood stoves that havent been lit once in 25 years,mostly because it would aggravate my moms emphasema--reluctantly I had to light it,it was 4 degrees,with the 65 mph winds,the house was starting to get cold fast,and I figured it would be easier to keep the house warm than to try and warm it up after it got cold,I didnt want frozen pipes--since we have an oil burner,well water,and an electric stove,we were scewed!--but I also figured as soon as I lit the stove the power would come back on soon--I was right,only 20 minites later,the light were back on! YAAYY!
Back to the nightnmare outside--I waded thru 6+foot drifts to my garage,the back door of the house had luckily not been drifted in like the two other doors on my deck and front of the house(I still have to shovel the 6+foot drifts off the deck,stairs,and get my C10 and moms caravan moved)--I got in the garage,when I openned the overhead door about 4 feet of snow came in--when I got into my truck and looked out at the drifts higher than the hood,I said"yea,right"--
-but the diesel reluctanly started,and I nervously said a prayer,and drove out of the garage full speed ahead--everthing went black when the snow came flying over the windsheild!--I put the wipers on,backed into the garage again,and batter rammed it again and again,trying not to get the truck stuck when the plow rides up and over the snow--It took me an hour and a half to beat my way up too the top of the driveway--(its shaped like a letter "Y"and is over 100 feet long,and there is a hill right out of the garage,and a slight corner,the worst part to get the truck past,one side has 2x4foot cement block retaining wall,the other side is trees about 5 ft from the drive--its real easy to slide into the trees,or hit the wall when its buried under drifts!) I made it to the top of the drive,and was lucky to make it past the piles the city plows put at the end when they plowed the street,with a 10 foot snowbank blocking my veiw of the road,I was hoping no one was driving by when I came flying out into the street--and I wasnt stopping for anyone!.
I still have to dig out my moms caravan,(snow up to the windows,my C10 has only the top of the cab visible,snow is level with the windows)and I'm going to have to PLOW my front walk--I've given up on having any grass left on my lawn--I've been sick this past week too,and shoveling snow isnt high on my list of priorities...This is the worst I've seen,the blizzard of 78 is still the "king",according to the statistics,but that was a 3 day storm,and the snow was wet cement--we got 38 inches then,but yesterday we got over 30 easy,in less than 18 hours,and I dont recall the wind being that bad here in 78--all I can say is God bless my 82 K20,despite bouncing off the retaining wall with the plow,and making it jump 4 ft high when I took a big chunk of asphalt out of the street where my driveway ends
nothing has failed yet--and I hope it stays that way--its too cold out to be fixing it!--I'm praying we dont get any more snow,but wednesday we might get 4-6 more inches--I'm running out of room to put it,since I could barely plow it to the sides of the driveway,ticks me off it was so brutal out during the storm,there was no way to stay out in the truck and plow it,all you could do was hunker down and try to survive,,,,ARIZONA is looking REAL good now--I've had enough of this crap.... Wish I had a digi-cam,or could post pictures--its unbeleiveable out here--we are still under a state of emergency here,until tommorrow at least,many towns had called off school until at least wednesday,but if it snows again,they might get the whole week off!...
