Snow

[Jim]

Getting any snow over in Minnesota  land ? Jim

[cwmcobra]

Ice in SW Michigan. Schools closed. Lots of power outages, I believe I saw 600,000 without power in MI. Restoration will take days.

[GS66]

We have about a foot so far luckily the wind has not been as bad as it could have been. However I did catch a bad cold from moving snow.

[kcombs]

It is snowing in Northern California, low thirties. Only snows here every four or five years. Weather reports say it’s going to snow for about 24 more hours. The ground is warmer than 32 degrees so it won’t last long. But, many locals don’t know how to drive in the snow!

[Jim]

Tv said 15" by Us 

[GS66]

We wound up with about 17?. Lots of cleanup.

[cwmcobra]

Schools closed for three days here after about 1/2" of ice. Tons of limbs and trees down in the roads. Had to take an unusual route into town yesterday to avoid downed trees and power lines. Power is out until Monday or Tuesday according to the power company. The standby generator is invaluable for country living!

Be safe!

Chuck

[35chevcoupe]

About 16 inches of fresh snow here , hour north of Minneapolis . Yes Chuck , I had a generator installed about 2 years ago , it does a self check every Wednesday but so far have,t needed it . At least this weather gives me some shop time .   

[Jim]

Almost like the old days ,when we could run the roads with the snowmobiles . Yes a generator would be nice to have.Jim

[kcombs]

We had a foot of snow last night. All roads in and out of Lake County are closed. Many tree limbs down and I think we lost the top half of a cork oak tree last night. I’ll go check later when the snow melts. I hope next Saturday is a burn day. (that’s when I have a yard helper)

[Jim]

Is any of the rain/snow doing any good or is it all
 runoff in California?

[kcombs]

Is any of the rain/snow doing any good or is it all
 runoff in California?

Our lakes and reservoirs are filling up and the snow seems to spread the water over more time before it runs off, so I think it is helping. Our ground water is going to need awhile to be replenished. Our attitude is we will take whatever we can get.

[Jim]

Ever go up to coos bay?.jim

[kcombs]

Ever go up to coos bay?.jim

My grandmother came from Oregon, I believe Coos Bay, she was Daisy Bruer and mostly of German decent. I did drive through there about 1972 in my 1969 MGB.

Kurt

[dsags]

Ever go up to coos bay?.jim

Used to go there a lot. Company I worked for owned the North Bend liner board mill and a bunch of Doug Fir acreage. Was Menasha Corporation.

Dan