Off topic...snow, the White Death of the North East.

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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The clock just struck 7:00 AM and my wife jumped out of bed to proclaim that the heater went out…HUH?, I told her never too wake me unless there was a real problem, hummmm, I guess the dog frozen to the side of the stove is a good enough reason.

I get up, check things out to find that a simple power interruption caused it to shut down and not restart, so I check the lines and fire it back up, and it worked, we now have heat, and the temps are raising enough to be able to pry the dog off the stove, poor thing, now she is bald on one side.

The water falls that have frozen in the sink spickets are beginning to flow again.

We got more snow last night now I can’t find my way out the doors, I opened the back door to let the dog go out, she jumped into the snow and disappeared, I could see a hump making its way to the poo poo grounds, it stopped for a few moments and than the hump came back where I got to see my dog POP out of the snow and run into the house, covered in the white death.

I chucked her into the clothes dryer and she kept up with it for a while and when I heard her stumble and start getting tossed around pretty good I opened the door and she fell out, she was dry and fluffy like a big ball of fur with a nose sticking out.

I’m so done with this white death that I’m about to jump a train car to the south and no one who has been reading my snow blogs would blame me.

Now the wife is turning blue so I should go defrost her and break the icicles off the curtain rods before they wet my walls.

Stay warm, stay off the ice and stop crying that you live in the south and it is around 50 degrees and your cold…shut it!!!..LOL!!!

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Hey Jessie,Don’t get too comfy…More snow coming next Friday…I’m fed up with it here in Southern NH too!

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Must be the global warming, don’t you think?

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It is a beautiful day here in SW Okla. 78 degrees, clear skies, light South wind. I hate cold weather! Mike

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I was just outside, painting some Super Trees hanging on a little clothes line I rigged, then scrubbed off the grill getting ready for the steaks in a little while. I think it’s in the mid 70’s. Come on down and I’ll give you one and a cool one to go with it.

Jarrell

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I lived up in the Erie snow belt once, so 8-10 on the ground doesn’t really bother me. Thirty-two didn’t really either. But that’s just me.

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Hi,

I was born and lived in Chicago until I was 20. Ended up transferring to Texas (Dallas, now Houston) in 1977.

The weather here in Spring (just north of Houston) is the high 70s, mostly sunny, and little wind. This morning I mowed the yard, and next week its garden planting time.

HOWEVER, there are two sides to this coin and I’ve seen both. In fact, I will argue that a “summer in Houston”, has similar hardships as compared to “winter in Chicago”.

But lets face it, those northern winters sure did stimulate a lot of model railroad building!

ENJOY,

Mobilman44

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Red Horse,
Ok, so we have snow and cold weather. Big deal. We don’t have too many earthquakes, volcanos, floods, wildfires, hurricanes, tornados, gators, or giant bugs. A fair trade if you ask me.

Paul A. Cutler III

Weather Or No Go New Haven

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Living in southern MI I’m fed up with the snow as well. Mind you it does have some good points (I’ve lived here for 23+ years so I’m used it) but I’m ready for spring. Been getting so much snow it’s hard to find out where to put it. We’re supposed to get rain tomorrow so maybe it’ll go away (and cause a bunch of flooding and mud again, but that’s the weather for you).

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The clock just struck 7:00 AM and my wife jumped out of bed to proclaim that the heater went out…HUH?, I told her never too wake me unless there was a real problem, hummmm, I guess the dog frozen to the side of the stove is a good enough reason.

I get up, check things out to find that a simple power interruption caused it to shut down and not restart, so I check the lines and fire it back up, and it worked, we now have heat, and the temps are raising enough to be able to pry the dog off the stove, poor thing, now she is bald on one side.

The water falls that have frozen in the sink spickets are beginning to flow again.

We got more snow last night now I can’t find my way out the doors, I opened the back door to let the dog go out, she jumped into the snow and disappeared, I could see a hump making its way to the poo poo grounds, it stopped for a few moments and than the hump came back where I got to see my dog POP out of the snow and run into the house, covered in the white death.

I chucked her into the clothes dryer and she kept up with it for a while and when I heard her stumble and start getting tossed around pretty good I opened the door and she fell out, she was dry and fluffy like a big ball of fur with a nose sticking out.

I’m so done with this white death that I’m about to jump a train car to the south and no one who has been reading my snow blogs would blame me.

Now the wife is turning blue so I should go defrost her and break the icicles off the curtain rods before they

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Yes my thoughts exactly.

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Here in the deep south of Canada, we are experiencing our sledding season, with 2 months of poor sledding in June & July, Love the square tires and having to scrape the frost off the windows from the inside. Y’all know what an optimist is in Canada eh? he’s a guy that goes out and scrapes all the frost off his car windows before he tries to start it.

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When it snows, its a good time to work on trains. But, not me. I have a dang FLU. I had it over a week now. I haven’t felt like touching anything train related nor anything else. I guess you can blame the cold weather/snow. I am about all snowed out. Bring on the hot weather!!!

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Im ready for spring as well. Here in NE Ohio beautiful Lake Erie keeps us well supplied with snow and wind, and i have had quite enough of both.

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I agree with Paul3. It was -15 (warmer than many places around) Fri AM, 10+ inches of new snow this AM, but snow I can push around, though I’m having to find places to put it. It may take an extra minute or two to stoke the fire and move the snow, but my house is still standing, not floating away or burning down. Guess we all have different ideas of what we want to put up with for weather. If it makes you stay inside, work on or run your trains.

Have fun, that’s what this hobby is suppose to be all about.

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Having gone through a flood in summer of 2006, im now realizing how short my own memory is. The flood was the reason i switched from HO to N. Im gonna stop complaining 'bout the cold now[:I]

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The next switch would need to be to z

[swg]

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Jeez…all you guys talking snow…trying living in central N.Y. dealing with lake effect snow…crap it snows like three feet at a shot…as I type this I can’t even see out my window it’s snowing so hard…good thing there is a small local train show tommorrow…nothing like a hot coffee…cold brisk snow…and trains to buy…

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tatans, what part of Canada do they say y’all, ey?? [:D]

Even Joe Cupo, our local weatherman on Portland ch 6, says he can not figure out where this sequence of 2 good days, followed by snowstorm, followed by 2 good days, etc is coming from. It is a weird weather system this winter.

Paul, wait a few months, what do you think all this moisture is going to do for the mosquito and blackfly population? The quantity will make up for their small size.

[dinner] = US

On the Maine coast, we have been getting storms that start with snow, then change to sleet, then rain, then maybe some more snow on top of that, then everything freezes. This afternoon, I shoveled the slush of my deck and sidewalks before it froze up on us. This in preparation for the next storm on Tuesday. It only seems to affect us right by the ocean. My brother-in-law, 15 miles inland from us is up to his a…, er, armpits in snow and ice. Go figure

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Coming to you LIVE from Sunday River Ski Resort in Maine…

It was beautiful here yesterday, no wind, mild temperatures (20 F) and light snow all day. It had snowed all night, so the whole mountain was covered with fresh, soft powder. The runs which had been icy death-slides last week were fluffy playgrounds. It was a great day just to be alive. Fresh, clean air, a workout that beat the heck out of an hour at the gym, and just a lot of fun.

Or, I could have said that I couldn’t see where I was going because there was so much moisture in the air that my glasses were fogging up inside my goggles, and there were all these totally incompetent people who don’t know what the heck to do when the mountain isn’t groomed to linen tablecloth smooth, and the lodges were packed with people who couldn’t hack it, so I had to wait in line to get lunch.

So, which paragraph did you like better?

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Does it matter if they’re simultaneously true? [swg]

Andre