The official status update thread part 2

[Suprtek]

Just did a walk-around of the homestead. All gutters completely full of ice. Ice dams in roof valleys a foot thick in places. Tarp over the cab of my truck in the drive did a good job, no scraping needed and doors are clear. Surprisingly, the garage door opened on its own. It got caught on ice and would not close though. Chipped a 3 inch thick slab of ice away from the opening so it would. I have no large trees but all the dead branches are now out of my willow. Much of the ice on trees and shrubs has fallen off and branches are no longer sagging. Kept power the whole time despite IPL reporting many outages in my area. Walked around the whole yard and never broke through the snow.

All in all, it certainly could have been much worse.

 

[ironjaw]

Just did a walk-around of the homestead. All gutters completely full of ice. Ice dams in roof valleys a foot thick in places. Tarp over the cab of my truck in the drive did a good job, no scraping needed and doors are clear. Surprisingly, the garage door opened on its own. It got caught on ice and would not close though. Chipped a 3 inch thick slab of ice away from the opening so it would. I have no large trees but all the dead branches are now out of my willow. Much of the ice on trees and shrubs has fallen off and branches are no longer sagging. Kept power the whole time despite IPL reporting many outages in my area. Walked around the whole yard and never broke through the snow.

All in all, it certainly could have been much worse.

what are you doing? that sounds too much like work.

 

[HandK]

Wow!! we got about two feet of snow!! I've burned thur 6 gallons of gas and I am not done yet!!

 

[Suprtek]

what are you doing? that sounds too much like work.

I was only outside about ten minutes.

 

[ironjaw]

Wow!! we got about two feet of snow!! I've burned thur 6 gallons of gas and I am not done yet!!

stop it, way too much work being talked about in here

 

[HandK]

 

[HandK]

Beavis all grown up!!

 

[ironjaw]

that cat looked like it's been sipping on the guice!!!

 

[Kick]

What's up guys

 

[HandK]

that cat looked like it's been sipping on the guice!!!

Thats how I feel!!

 

[OneBadV8]

wow... cleaned off my sidewalk, and part of the driveway. that stuff is thick. no fun chiseling ice of the drive.

I need my M2 Flamethrower

 

[HandK]

What's up guys

Snow, snow, and more snow!! How about you?

 

[Benny]

Barely any snow here, but it's friggin' COLD.

 

[Suprtek]

wow... cleaned off my sidewalk, and part of the driveway. that stuff is thick. no fun chiseling ice of the drive.

I need my M2 Flamethrower

That stuff is gonna be on my street for weeks. If I can handle driving on that, I figure I can handle driving on my driveway.

 

[OneBadV8]

That stuff is gonna be on my street for weeks. If I can handle driving on that, I figure I can handle driving on my driveway.

I need to get at least half my driveway clean so my car can make it up to get in the garage.

That's my goal anyway.

 

[irishfan]

its crazy out there for sure

 

[Suprtek]

I need to get at least half my driveway clean so my car can make it up to get in the garage.

That's my goal anyway.

I guess I didn't remember your driveway being that steep. I've only been there once, and that was in the dark!

 

[OneBadV8]

Its not real steep, but I've slid down it before when less ice than what's on it now.

 

[Kick]

Snow, snow, and more snow!! How about you?

yup, looks like it's done as far as the storm goes but, now gettin pummeled by the lake effect!

 

[Suprtek]

It's trying to start snowing again here. Dangit.