brrrrrrrr

[MAN OF BLUES]

It snowed again here and this time it was the wet, heavy snow of warmer temperatures (usually called 'heart attack' snow 'cause this is the stuff that..... well, you know). It stuck to everything and I have to say, this is the most beautiful snow of the season for me. There are a lot of 'canopied' roads around there, where the branches and twigs of the trees on both sides meet in the middle; when this kind of snow occurs, everything in all directions is pure white, including looking 'up'. Of course this is a motorcycle forum, and lots of people do not care for the winter season anyway, never mind the loss of riding time but I have to say, I would really miss this season if I did not have it at least every two or three years. Besides there being something fundamentally wrong with an air conditioner making the branches of a Christmas Tree move around  , winter is actually enjoyable, at least for some of us. Besides all that, my snowblower is a Honda so it is not all that big a stretch from a Kawasaki anyway. :-)

It is going down to 3F tonight and 9F tomorrow night so this stuff is going to freeze into a big, white rock. Best shovel or blow it out of the way now folks 'cause in two days you might need a pickaxe to break it up beforehand. 

Brian

ya know, as much as I biotch about it, I grew up here, and all said, Kinda love it all... I could never live in Florida or Kalifonica...

there is something to be said about the tenacity of us folks living here.... we got balls, shrunken, but we got balls. and sometimes the beauty outweighs the pain...

midnight time exposure shot from our first snow in November...looks pretty much the same now, but that picnic table is a white lump in the yard currently....





all my usable firewood is now sitting at the back of that property line, 100 yards from the house, in 2 foot deep snow.... bummer, thank god we have a gas furnace....

[DeansZG]

   +1 on the fortitude of us northern climate types!

   Nice fire Rich, but the glass looks pretty empty! 

[gPink]

How do you think he got the fire started?

[Strawboss]

40's and 50's temps coming this week! No rain. I figure by May 1st the last of the snow, especially the mountains of it in the parking lots, should be about gone. Winter isn't over by a long shot, plus, they got to use up thousands of tons of salt, as if they don't, they won't get as much next season.

[MAN OF BLUES]

I can see bare pavement in the driveway today.... wooooo hooooooo

[turbojoe78]

First ride yesterday!!   

The picture was taken from inside the garage, you can see the channel I had to carve out of the ice the get the bike out.  Backed it slightly up hill out along side of the car.

Feet on the ice over the channel was not a fun couple of pushes going backwards, I'm going to make that channel wider for the next ride.

[B.D.F.]

Here too. It is 51F today (so far) and everything outside is creaking, knocking, dripping and generally moving around. Everything is changing size as it moves away from the nominal 12F that it is used to being lately.

I think this has been the coldest overall winter I can remember, as well as one of the largest annual snowfalls for this area.

Brian

I can see bare pavement in the driveway today.... wooooo hooooooo

[jettawreck]

This is getting a bit old.
3/5/15 should be better than this.
-22F at home when I left for work. -27F there.

And five days later it is in the low 50's. Quite a sudden 70* and more temp change.
Have seen a few bikes out on the city streets today at work.
Gettin' the itch, but almost a foot of snow in my yard still and getting the C10 out would be an accident waiting to happen. I would end up with the thing on top of me, no doubt. 

[Conrad]

Everything is melting around here too, I can even see the grass in the yard! It's a mess though. I love/hate this time of year. I love that it's warming up and it's gonna be time to ride soon but I hate the soggy yard and the dogs tracking mud into the house. The streets are still white with salt and as soon as we get a lil rain to wash 'em off I'll be out riding!

65f predicted for Monday. 

[Strawboss]

This is the time of year, these next few weeks, where the idiots go onto the ice on the Great Lakes for ice fishing and either fall through at thin spots or get set adrift on floes that break away from the main ice, almost always along with their snowmobiles and equipment, sometimes cars. Its really dangerous now as its slushy and its melting unevenly and very hard to spot thin areas. The veterans have called it a season, the morons go until they fall through or are ordered off.

[MAN OF BLUES]

54*
31 minutes till the rain begins.....

Omg

What a storm this looks to be.....

Should finish the melt real fine for sure......

[Rembrant]

I think this has been the coldest overall winter I can remember, as well as one of the largest annual snowfalls for this area.

Brian

We were watching the Boston News the other night, an they were showing pictures of the kids playing around the chunks of ice on the beach in Cape Cod. Chunks of ice 6 feet thick sitting on the beach...kinda surreal looking for the area.

We've had the coldest February on record here across the water Brian...it only got above freezing 5 times in the whole month, and those 5 times were brief...lol.

Supposed to be another foot or so coming tonight. Ugh.

Rem

[Strawboss]

Yesterday we had the highest temp in 69 days and the highest low since Christmas day, 56F and 35F. Glad I'm not like the morons who live near the rivers and get flooded out every spring. Monster ice jams.

[B.D.F.]

Wow, you are still getting more? I think we are over the snow hurdle- it is raining here right now. Snow showers predicted for tomorrow but even if it does snow, it won't be much and it will not last as a 45F or warmer day will melt it all.

Yep, the edge of MA did catch it pretty badly this year. And while all big cities are lousy regarding plowing large snowfalls (not enough room to put the stuff), Boston is especially bad with its far too narrow and twisty 'cow path' roads. Six feet plus of snow is just a horror show anywhere in that area.

Brian

We were watching the Boston News the other night, an they were showing pictures of the kids playing around the chunks of ice on the beach in Cape Cod. Chunks of ice 6 feet thick sitting on the beach...kinda surreal looking for the area.

We've had the coldest February on record here across the water Brian...it only got above freezing 5 times in the whole month, and those 5 times were brief...lol.

Supposed to be another foot or so coming tonight. Ugh.

Rem

[Rembrant]

Wow, you are still getting more?

Yup...24" this past Sunday, and another 24" yesterday...and that doesn't count what drifted...lol. However, we haven't even come close to breaking any records...this has all been here before...it's just been a while;).

Here's a couple action pics of our hound dog in the back yard today;).

[Deziner]

     Ya gotta love a hound!

[gPink]

Damn, that snow sucks. Love the pup though.

[Conrad]

Yup...24" this past Sunday, and another 24" yesterday...and that doesn't count what drifted...lol. However, we haven't even come close to breaking any records...this has all been here before...it's just been a while;).

Here's a couple action pics of our hound dog in the back yard today;).

Great pics! You just gotta love a Basset! 

[jettawreck]

We missed out on most of the 2-4" of snowy slop predicted yesterday and mostly just got wet.
Woke up to 11F this morning and has topped out around 29 today.
Snow is gone here, but I have one more ice fishing trip to Ontario planned for this coming weekend with the snowmobiles. When I get back I sincerely hope to be able to get the C10 out and go for a run.

[B.D.F.]

28 March, 2015 and the forecast is calling for 1-3" of snow. This is the longest lasting, steadily coldest and highest snowfall winter I can remember, including 1978 when the blizzard dumped 54" on us and shut the state down for a week. I still have snow in my yard from the last 200 or 300 snowfalls this year :-)

Brian