Thanksgiving

[jond41403]

Kid must have seen you out there from over top of his computer game screen
I can hear him now........

Mom, I got to go help the Old Guy across the street shovel out before he falls over with a Heart Attack.
It looks like he's going down any minute !!

Mom rushes to look out the window Then tells the boy...... Hurry, Hurry !!!!!

I bet my neighbors look at me the exact same way Charlie haha. Dang Jim, that is a lot of snow!

[jimb16]

Its in the top 10 of the storms that we've had here since I've been around, but its a long way from #1. I put it around #5 or #6. The Lake Erie snow machine can turn out some horrendous snow storms. Buffalo is at the east end of the lake and sometimes gets as much as 10 feet of snow. This one only dumped around 7-8 feet on them. Erie Pa. got around 6 feet. N.E. Ohio got anywhere from 4 to 5 1/2 feet. After living in the L. Erie snow belt all my life, I've gotten used to getting dumped on every couple of years. You never get accustom to it but you do expect it and are usually prepared for it. Generators, Kero heaters, Colman sleeping bags, survival foods, Colman stoves, etc.... are very common household items in this part of the State. Many houses have duplex furnaces as well (Gas/wood heat). Even roof rakes can occasionally be found. This storm only collapsed a few buildings (including a high School building) in Ashtabula County (10 miles away from me). In other words, just another bad snow storm......Ho Hum!

[painter777]

JimB,
My Wife's Aunt lived in Buffalo. I remember hearing her telling how many times a winter she'd have to have her roof shoveled off from the snow load. She'd pay a 1 time fee for the entire winter and they'd come when needed, it was often.

I'm not talking about lake effect snow, but general snow storms and summer thunderstorms. We've noticed over the last ~7-8 years or so that they seem to run more south of us now. Hitting your area more than they used to and less for us. We still get a few snows a winter that put 1-1/2 to 2'+ of snow down but not as many as years back. Maybe 'Global Warming' ?

Got 4" yesterday, Wife knocked it out no problem today, while I watched Rifleman and Wagon Train

Be Careful on those roads. We don't heal as fast at our ages.

[jond41403]

You watch the exact same channel that I do Charlie haha. My TV channel stays on MeTV. I love the rifleman, wagon train, the Big valley, all of them. That's all I watch

[painter777]

JD,
Don't forget Beaver in the morning, then Andy and Barney, The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres in the evening. Oh, Perry Mason and Twilight Zone if I can stay awake long enough.

Hey to Gomer

[jond41403]

You can't forget back to back episodes of Hogan's heroes from 10:00 till 11:00 p.m. haha

[jimb16]

I'm still watching Combat and Rat Patrol.
BTW, the sun is in one of its periodic storm phases. That is why we are getting so many arouras so far south. That is more likely to be the source of unusual weather than Global warming. I'm not a warming denier, I just don't attribute it to the same causes as the environmental panicers.