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Finally, Snow - Jayaruh - 01-31-2026
We woke up to this today. It is our first snow of the year, and it is a good one. Started about 5 AM and still coming down at 130 PM.
RE: Finally, Snow - ShadowsDad - 01-31-2026
(01-31-2026, 06:21 PM)Jayaruh Wrote: We woke up to this today. It is our first snow of the year, and it is a good one. Started about 5 AM and still coming down at 130 PM.
Finally snow!!???? Bah humbug!
I have turned into the grumpy guy I used to give fits to at work when I'd state my enjoyment of winter and snow.When I was younger it didn't bother me. I snowshoed, skied, hunted and just generally stayed out in it. But as I aged the cold bothered me more and more, and snow, while looking nice, just became a bother. But I have to say that with my "new legs" and the increased blood flow the cold doesn't bother me as much.
RE: Finally, Snow - Wchnu - 02-02-2026
We did not get any here. Having some cold weather though.
RE: Finally, Snow - Jayaruh - 02-03-2026
Our power was out for 12 hours. It was 18 outside, and 48 inside. So glad to have it back...
RE: Finally, Snow - Wchnu - 02-05-2026
(02-03-2026, 08:15 PM)Jayaruh Wrote: Our power was out for 12 hours. It was 18 outside, and 48 inside. So glad to have it back...
No wood stove?
RE: Finally, Snow - ShadowsDad - 02-05-2026
(02-03-2026, 08:15 PM)Jayaruh Wrote: Our power was out for 12 hours. It was 18 outside, and 48 inside. So glad to have it back...
Glad you got your power back.
>20 years ago we had an ice storm. Over a period of days >4" of ice covered everything. The power lines couldn't take it, and Maine is >90% forested and the trees couldn't take it. We'd go outside and it continuously sounded like glass falling and breaking. The region was devastated. We are off of a trunk line so we got power back in 5 days. We were lucky in that' some were w/o power for weeks. Back then when we had one of our many power outages (it's since changed) my plan was to revert to pre-REA days and we had kerosene lighting and heat, and the melted ice was our water source. It didn't take long for the walls to begin sweating from burning the fossil fuel. I remember when the ice storm stopped that the temp' plunged and with the wind chill it was lower than -80F outside, and that is not an exaggeration. That experience told me to get a wood stove, buy a genny, and put in solar power.
Modern homes require power to function as designed.