Calm in Chicagoland...we had a dusting of snow yesterday, which we have ignored. A lot of the surfaces cleared on their own today, and the temperatures in the 30s tomorrow should finish the job. We had a good morning at our church this morning, making soft pillows for cancer patients. Daughter Ellen brought her entire family to help, and our older granddaughter was actually put to work on a sewing machine, where she held her own and got a lot of good experience. Next time, it's Emily's turn. There were 135 fleece heart-shaped pillows produced.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Stars are out here, but it's cold (+12F now). The system on the coast is giving us east winds, but with no snow in the forecast at all.
Responded to a fairly minor structure fire today - wood stove in a garage managed to set the garage on fire. We used less than 250 gallons of water on it. Lucky homeowner...
Our local antique fire apparatus group is sponsoring the SPAAMFAA national convention in the summer of 2017. Lots of work to do, and we got a good start on it at our meeting today.
The USB hub that connected a lot of my peripherals died yesterday. Got a new one today, and we're back up and running!
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Deggesty Jacket and sweatshirt soaked? Boy, you have been working hard to perspire that much! Or, did a passing snowplow cover you up? Several years ago, as Ricki and I were on our way to church, we saw a man get covered from behind as he was clearing his sidewalk.
Jacket and sweatshirt soaked? Boy, you have been working hard to perspire that much! Or, did a passing snowplow cover you up?
Several years ago, as Ricki and I were on our way to church, we saw a man get covered from behind as he was clearing his sidewalk.
Sweatshirt soaked from working and jacket soaked from the continuing snow. Still trying to make it from the house to the road.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Mookie We will have to pause the forum while our northeast posters shovel out. Here lately the forum has paused down to barely moving at all! When the M & M Division (Murphy/Mookie) get dumped on, no one even notices that we are gone shoveling - well, he shovels, I watch. From a distance. A long distance.
We will have to pause the forum while our northeast posters shovel out. Here lately the forum has paused down to barely moving at all! When the M & M Division (Murphy/Mookie) get dumped on, no one even notices that we are gone shoveling - well, he shovels, I watch. From a distance. A long distance.
Really feel for you Mookie and Murphy....Only snow so far around here is off the Westbound trains....Cold, you betcha! Snow, NOT!
Johnny
Been doing some shoveling of the 23 inches that are on my driveway - have cleared a path 2 shovels wide from the garage to my car that is parked ready to hit the street. My jacket and sweatshirt got soaked so I had to take a break. Snow is still falling and is expected to quit about Midnight.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
BaltACDStill waiting to hear them make the 2nd pass.
Probably still making the first pass elsewhere.....
Snowmagedden started at 1430 in Central MD. Snow plows made the 1st pass down my street at 1800. Still waiting to hear them make the 2nd pass.
evening
Haven't heard from Brother or Nephew in Virginia yet.Ns had an eastbound frieght when I left work.Took other brother here in Ohio to get a haircut and stuff.Saw a few trains on CSX.They park the y101 in the yard instead of by the yard shak now.Tomorrow it's chores and such.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Paul, we could have used a snowblower after that sleet/ice/snow dump that we had a few weeks back. Some of that stuff is still on our neighbors' walks, but we chipped our own clear. We're getting a Norris-sized snow right now; if it persists we will have to break out the shovel again. Right now we may be able to handle it with a push-broom. I just heard from a freight-car freak in eastern Pennsylvania (near Allentown); he says they don't think they'll have any problem with this big-un--right now they're still waiting.
My son lives in MD. It's bad enough that they don't have the dedicated snow removal equipment we have here in the north woods (I think there are more town-operated snowplows within 10 miles of me than some middle Atlantic counties have in total - never mind the county highway dep't and the state DOT) - but their city streets aren't set up for it. On-street parking is common (and oftimes necessary), meaning the only way to clear snow from the streets is one loader bucket at a time.
The last major blizzard they had, it took several days for crews (including contractors) to clear the small village he lived in at the time.
Things can get bad here on the short term (ie, during a storm), but once it ends, we're back to normal in no time. We're more likely to see a delay in school and business openings than a full-out closing - and that's more due to having to clear parking areas than road conditions.
Meanwhile, the sun is shining here (even if it is colder than all-get-out).
Murphy - your part of the snowstorm is south of us - the SE corner got about 9 inches. Omaha - 4. It was definitely a picky storm. Which for us was almost perfect. Perfect would have been if we would have received no snow. But whose complaining, besides me.
I think we got the whole Washington DC blizzard up our way- snowfall amounts ranging from 1/4" all the way up to 5/8" with some parts of the area getting almost 7/8"! Of course, once the winds picked up to 4 or miles 5 miles an hour, drifts started forming; some piling up as deep as 2 to 3 inches in low lying areas. Visibility is down to about 4 or 5 miles, and at some intersections traffic is backed up 40 to 50 feet during a red light. I think it's safe to say that this is the most extreme winter storm we've had since Tuesday. Be safe out there.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Oh come on, Carl, I don't think that we're going to get smitten any time soon. At least I hope not. Fortunately, living near Clearing means that I'm beyond the range of most lake effect snow, quite unlike where I grew up.
I judge the severity of a winter by how often I have to fire up the snow thrower, which I haven't done yet this winter. It's an average winter if I use it only once or twice.
I'm sure we'll hear about the disaster all up and down the Northeast by Saturday morning. They're saying up to two feet for Washington and Baltimore. This past week has been another like the prior one for western Michigan. We went up in the thick of it, as it were, to attend the memorial for my classmate who was killed the previous week. In that time, another classmate was involved in an accident (her fault, she says, but she's okay, even if her vehicle isn't), and while we were up my brother-in-law was in one of those nasty Interstate pileups. He's also all right, and his car, though heavily damaged, was not among the totaled vehicles.Us? Going up on Tuesday, we had sunshine until 16 miles into Michigan, then it was almost like hitting a wall. I didn't see anything really nasty as far as the roads went, though we did slow to 40 near the site where a semi had gone off--and I mean way off!--the road and almost into a river. Most of the trip was still over 50. It wasn't snowing when we got to our destination, but our car was covered in it while we were at the funeral home. Wednesday morning it began to snow as we were leaving...I was told that Grand Haven got six more inches that day, and points to the north fared worse. However, we were going south...speeds were about five under the limit all the way down to South Haven, with no surprises, and eventually increased to normal (which could be up to ten over) and supernormal (slightly uncomfortable!). Indiana showed evidence of recently-fallen snow, but we were comfortable enough to take the train-hunting route west of Chesterton, grab lunch in Gary, and have a bit of success in Indiana and Illinois. We'd had snow at home while we were absent; this afternoon I finally got around to clearing the driveway and sidewalks (Pat helped for a while).I had a doctor's appointment in Winfield today, and from all I could see (time and distance constraints), the railroad was busier than I'd seen for a long while.Please be careful if you have to venture out in the Nor'easter! We will have relatively calm, mild weather until sometime next week when a Pacific storm blows over and smites us.
afternoon
Ns local has some empties in the siding at work.Going to check with brother and nephew in VA. Tommorow is Friday.It is also National "Pie" day.Guess I better go get some.
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tree68 I would imagine that bread, milk, etc, will soon be in short supply where the storm is actually going to hit. People used to having everything when they need it tend to get antsy if you tell them they've got to stay home for a day or two...
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Larry: You would think that the stores with all advanced warnings would have suppliers send extra items that will fly off the shelves esecially milk and bread.
Murphy Siding...snowfall up to 16 to 24 inches possible....panic... end of the world....etc.
I would imagine that bread, milk, etc, will soon be in short supply where the storm is actually going to hit. People used to having everything when they need it tend to get antsy if you tell them they've got to stay home for a day or two...
The local radio weather dork this morning was screaming about snowfall up to 16 to 24 inches possible....panic... end of the world....etc. But you had to listen real close to understand that he was talking about the eastern seaboard- 1100 miles away.
BaltACDUphill terrain was next to impossible - especially if there was a traffic light at the bottom of the grade. What a fun time!
When my son lived in the Seattle area he had a nice big four-wheel-drive pickup. I don't know that there was a traffic light involved, nor was there a collision, but he did find out that four-wheel-go still only has four-wheel-stop...
With a lot of military here, we get all varieties of winter driving skills, although in many instances, it's the locals who end up in the ditch...
BaltACD Got our 1st snow of the season overnight - 1 inch maybe. When snow is in the forecast, highway crews pretreat the roads and then have salt and plow trucks out to handle the snow. With the snow starting about 8 PM, no pretreatment had been applied. With the area having had temperatures continuously below freezing for the past 3 day, street surfaces were alread below freezing. In my commute home after working 2nd shift my normal 25 minute commute took a hour and a half. No salt trucks were out so the highways were polished snow ice. Uphill terrain was next to impossible - especially if there was a traffic light at the bottom of the grade. What a fun time! [/sarcasm]
Got our 1st snow of the season overnight - 1 inch maybe.
When snow is in the forecast, highway crews pretreat the roads and then have salt and plow trucks out to handle the snow.
With the snow starting about 8 PM, no pretreatment had been applied. With the area having had temperatures continuously below freezing for the past 3 day, street surfaces were alread below freezing. In my commute home after working 2nd shift my normal 25 minute commute took a hour and a half. No salt trucks were out so the highways were polished snow ice. Uphill terrain was next to impossible - especially if there was a traffic light at the bottom of the grade. What a fun time! [/sarcasm]
The stars are out here. The big storm that's working up the east coast should completely miss us. Our temperatures are seasonal - no complaints here on that.
The snowmobilers aren't all that happy - here it is two thirds of the way through January and they barely have enough snow to ride on. Some trails that were open have been closed. It's been cold enough for the ski areas to make snow, so they aren't in bad shape.
Had to walk up to our banquet hall to retrieve an item that I left there after a meeting tonight. As I did, the local medevac helicopter went over. I think they were on a training run...
Ns westbound in the siding at work.Saw an ITEX hopper car with "frito lay" on the side.Not many of those left.Need to take Matt to confirmation class.
Yesterday's snow has been replaced with sunshine. The "event" started with sleet then turned to snow. We got about an inch and a half. It was a big deal for those who grew up around here. I am interested to see how many called out at work. My hours at work kept me from dealing with the jokers on the roads. Those out east, when this system hits, be safe out there.
James
guessers say snow is going to our south.Ns was clear whan I left work.Chores to do after supper.
For those persons who can get Create TV there is a Globe Trecker 1-1/2 Hour program that had much about Vietnam and about half about its railroads. Is on 4 - 5:30 PM ET today and will be repeated.
We had single digit temperatures the last few nights. Snow flurries have started falling ahead of the "storm." It is predicted to end up being three inches of snow by morning. A "major" snow event here. Winter has arrived for us.
tree68 Last time I ran down I95 it was a parking lot from DC to Fredricksburg, then it turned into a racetrack... The only difference between it and a NASCAR track was that on a NASCAR track, there are numbers on the sides of the cars...
Last time I ran down I95 it was a parking lot from DC to Fredricksburg, then it turned into a racetrack... The only difference between it and a NASCAR track was that on a NASCAR track, there are numbers on the sides of the cars...
I'm in luck - I was towing the race car back home from racing at Homestead and Sebring the past two weekends.
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