Another Polar blast and more snow

[Azriel]

This is getting really old even for us Northerners. I got a foot of new snow over night, and and another 7" predicted over the next 24 hours. Temps are in the single digets above 0 right now, but falling over the day and tonight. I tried to get out to work today, but 3' drifts in the driveway, so I'm not getting off the mountain today. I should have gone into town over the weekend, I'm out of chicken feed, I do have oats and corn in the barn, so the chickens will have to eat that and the horses will have to make due with just hay. I'm glad we put out enough hay for the horses and cows on Sat to last them about a week.
I'm so ready for spring.

 

[greybeard]

me too--ready for spring. No white stuff here this winter but sure has been cold and wet. Had 2 calves born here on a night it got down to 17degF and on wet ground but they made it ok.

Temps have been in the 70s for about a week now, with a little sun and I am seeing lots of red wasps starting to buzz around, and the silver maples have tiny buds on them so spring won't be too far off, but we did have a big noisy thunderstorm come thru here a week and 1/2 ago.
Thunder in Feb=frost in April.

 

[Azriel]

Frost in April is nothing new here, heck its snowed in June.

 

[Dozclan12]

That's what we worry about here Azreil..the buds on the fruit trees pop out, and then a frost. Last year, we hardly had any apples, and no cherries at all! I think most are ready for spring..but here, right now, we are having unusually warm weather for Feb. and first of March! They are saying we are in for a very hot summer. So, we complain about the cold winter, then we will be complaining about the heat, and having to watch our water usage. That's desert living for you. We needed more snow in our mountains this year and last, it's built up to be pretty low run off for this year. Oh well, waiting for the spring anyway..love the beauty it brings. And, I love hatching those baby chicks!

 

[BrownSheep]

We haven't had the snow we needed this year. It was abnormally cold though.
We've been bouncing around in 50s this week it's been heaven.

 

[hilarie]

I'm with ya all. March in Connecticut, and it's still often in single digits. The chicks I ordered (and the ones I'm incubating) may be raised in the bathroom... I'm sick of winter, I'm sick of complaining about winter, and I'm sick of all my coworkers complaining about winter. I told a colleague yesterday I was just going to refer to my usual winter rant by a code number from now on: "47". Just say it and get it over with. Comforting myself with the thought that my first doe kids in about a month; God, I hope it's warmer by then!

 

[GLENMAR]

Make it stop!!! Where's spring.

 

[Baymule]

THIS IS THE SOUTH!!! Two days ago we had an ICE STORM!!! It was 70* right before that. Everything was coated in ice, we are all a bunch of idiots when it comes to driving on ice/snow. The wreckers do a good business, followed by the body shops. Today it was back to T-shirt warm sunny day.

 

[GLENMAR]

I know it's supposed to be in the 60s here this weekend. I can't wait. We still have some snow on the ground. I HAVE to drive to work in the stuff because I work in a hospital lab. I hate driving in snow and ice.

 

[Baymule]

We have had snow twice and ice twice. That probably is a laugh to ya'll, but for this area, we might get snow maybe once every 5-10 years or so. To have FOUR ice/snow events in one winter is unheard of!