Enough with the snow already

[kmehrzad]

Ima get me one of these-
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ndingMethod=rr

Zen, come summer you'll be able to get rid of your weeds with that torch. Now isn't that a nice thought?

[ny biker]

I shoveled for about 4 hours today. There is so much snow and slush in the middle of our parking lot, plus 3 parking spaces full of giant snow piles. I'll be out shoveling again this weekend.

And now there is water leaking in at the top of my bathroom window. Which is kind of disturbing since I live on the 2nd floor of a 3 story building and the outside of the building is dry all around the window. We've also got a broken downspout.

Time for a shower. I ache.

[Cataboo]

So my back door was up to my nose on one side:



Deck was up to my shoulders.

i probably spent 5 hours or more shoveling today.

There's one gutter downspout that is under the 4-5 foot drift outside my back door that I've yet to find the end of and dig out.

I think I'm making that box of brownies instead of eating dinner.

[ny biker]

I think I'm making that box of brownies instead of eating dinner.

Go for it. I ate half a box of Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies after I finished shoveling the other day.

[Zen]

I have water dripping inside my window too. And an elaborate system of tarp and storage container to catch the drips. Can't get to the downspout because it empties out into the creek.

I suppose I'll try to dig out the mailbox tomorrow.

[HillSlugger]

So my back door was up to my nose on one side:



Deck was up to my shoulders.

i probably spent 5 hours or more shoveling today.

There's one gutter downspout that is under the 4-5 foot drift outside my back door that I've yet to find the end of and dig out.

I think I'm making that box of brownies instead of eating dinner.

That's just awesome!

[Zen]

So my back door was up to my nose on one side:

You were only doing all that so you could get in the hot tub

[Selkie]

Catriona---That's incredible. Is that primarily from drifting? You'll have to document it in photographs as it evaporates/melts.

NY, I bet there's an ice dam on the roof---wonder if your downstairs neighbor has water, too? Is it a flat roof? I'm pretty sure homeowners insurance will cover this if there's real damage, since the water is moving from top to bottom.

Neighbor brought us homemade cookies to thank us for shoveling them out...DH ate most of them for dinner last evening!

[Cataboo]

Catriona---That's incredible. Is that primarily from drifting? You'll have to document it in photographs as it evaporates/melts.

NY, I bet there's an ice dam on the roof---wonder if your downstairs neighbor has water, too? Is it a flat roof? I'm pretty sure homeowners insurance will cover this if there's real damage, since the water is moving from top to bottom.

Neighbor brought us homemade cookies to thank us for shoveling them out...DH ate most of them for dinner last evening!

It's from drifting. That back of my house has a deck & sunroom added on - no snow was underneath from the first storm. The back door's underneath the deck part.

So the snow blew across the park next to my house and then I guess the deck and the fence on the edge of my yard trapped it. So the wind blew all that stuff under there.

My front yard wasn't so bad, most of that snow blew into my next door neighbors front yard - it's head height around their cars. Just above the knees in my yard.

I made the brownies because it sounded like what I wanted, but then I remembered I've never actually cared much for brownies.

I still suffered and ate a bit of them

[Cataboo]

You were only doing all that so you could get in the hot tub

Hottub didn't have water in it. Otherwise i'd've totally spent these storms sitting in it watching the snow fall. It did have a kayak on top, for what that's worth.

[Selkie]

I shoveled for about 4 hours today. There is so much snow and slush in the middle of our parking lot, plus 3 parking spaces full of giant snow piles. I'll be out shoveling again this weekend.
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We went ahead and did the "lawn chair in our cleared spaces" option so no SOB would park in them.

The guy up the street has created a huge wall beside his car---in the ROAD. The damn thing is 3 feet high.

As I started typing this, a county plow/salt truck went up the hill, followed by a FRONT END LOADER! This is the first plow visit since blizzard #2. Made my day. I gotta go watch this!

Update: they are doing a great job clearing the road. I think I'll drive to the pool instead of walking there (it's about 3/4 of a mile or so away, and probably not everyone has shoveled out sidewalks).

[owlice]

My street has still not been plowed, not for either storm, not even once.

[Biciclista]

My street has still not been plowed, not for either storm, not even once.

boy, where do you live? this sounds like Seattle! (where it is 46 degrees and raining)

[ny biker]

We went ahead and did the "lawn chair in our cleared spaces" option so no SOB would park in them.

Someone did that in my lot. When my neighbor the cop came home yesterday, he parked in that space, even though the space next to it was empty.

Driving to work this morning was generally okay. Not slippery because the roads were clear down to the pavement, but slow because lanes are narrowed due to snow piles. The worst was the S-curve at the top of the hill leading out of my neighborhood. Only one lane open and you can't see oncoming traffic.

I have lots of errands to run but I'm going to postpone them to another day instead of driving all over NoVa this weekend. We need more time for melting.

[Biciclista]

but there's a new snow storm coming! my friend in Georgia is all freaked out about it.
No kidding, are none of you in that path?!?