NH Homesteader- turkeys!

[Mike CHS]

I don't envy all you folks in the Northeast. I remember being colder than I thought possible when I lived in Michigan and many years later when I spent a summer in Antarctica I saw what cold really was.

 

[Bruce]

Snowfall updated this morning. 1.9" by 2 PM, another 7.7 by 8 PM. 5.6" more by 2 AM Wed, 1.9" more by 8 AM, 1.5" by 2 PM, 0.7" by 8 PM and yet another 1" by 2 AM Thursday plus 0.5" more by 8 AM. Let's see that adds up to 20.8" ... and we were originally in the 8-12" then the 12-18".

I'm dreaming of a white pile of work!

GO Newton, HOLD OFF Rosie!

 

[NH homesteader]

We are making brunch then headed down to vote, and plan to be home for the rest of the storm. My goats are looking at me like, seriously?

 

[Baymule]

I can't imaging having to deal with all that snow! NOOOOOOOO SNOOOOOOW!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Sounds to me like a Flame thrower might be a good investment...or some tannerite....

 

[NH homesteader]

I've got some tannerite, in fact...

Edit: DH says we have tannerite, a shovel and 4wd. So we're good

 

[Bruce]

Sounds to me like a Flame thrower might be a good investment...or some tannerite....

I just got a flame thrower , the Red Dragon 400,000 BTU model. I got it to kill weeds though. Don't know how many pounds of propane one would have to use to melt snow and then evaporate it so there is no ice left. Don't need ice!

 

[Hens and Roos]

our neighbor uses a leaf blower to clean snow from their driveway!

 

[Pastor Dave]

Something definitely seems to have shifted since I was a kid in the 70's and 80's.
We had a huge blizzard of '77 that was phenomenal for our region in Indiana. It has been said since, that it was a rare storm and probably won't duplicate.

We seemed to be colder and get snow often through the 80's, but lately we don't get much and there's spans of time between snow with thaw in between.

This winter we had snow before Christmas with temps in single digits and since then just flurries, 60 degree days, rain, followed by cool days and thaw.

Everyone has been sick continously with lots of repeats, or just can't get over the cough, me included. Just not cold enough to kill off the germs, bugs, and infections, etc.

We have been getting some flurries last couple days with a little sticking yesterday afternoon, and thawing today. Indiana has a tradition with getting winter's last hoorah at boy's basketball sectionals. Maybe that carries over in your states too?

Not saying I buy into Gore's Climate Change/Global Warming "intel", but something seems to have shifted.

 

[NH homesteader]

Yeah we used to get major storms when I was a kid, but then again we are getting a fairly large one right now! Sure, I believe in climate change.... In the sense that climates change over time. Regardless of what we are doing.

I can't see halfway down my driveway at the moment. So incredibly windy and snow is coming down hard. I just don't want to lose power, what a pain that is.