Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Post Blizzard Report . . .

I survived the blizzard like I figgered I would in spite of those radio and tv guys goin bonkers tellin everybody what to do and what not to do.  I stayed inside at home the whole time . . . 

For those of you who are wonderin what makes a blizzard a blizzard . . . Takes winds in excess of 35 mph with enough blowin or driftin snow to reduce visibility to 1/4 mile or less for at least 3 hrs.  A ground blizzard does this without fallin snow.  It blows the snow around that is already on the ground.  Now you know . . .  

Haven't heard any snowfall totals yet, but there is a lot of snow out there . . . and it is still blowin around pretty good.  Wind has been in the teens most of the day with gusts well into the 20's.  Now its gonna get cold for a few days . . . tonight's low is expected to be in the single digits.

Got my drive dug with my snow blower.  On the last pass on my sidewalk the paddles quit turnin.  Probably a belt problem of some sort.  I haven't taken it apart yet. 

He is a few pics of what the storm did to my backyard . . . 

pre storm

This was taken Monday when they started talkin up the storm.  

round 1

The storm came in two phases.  Tuesday night brought about 3" without any wind.

post blizzard

This is my backyard now.  Still more white than anything else, only a lot deeper.  Probably gonna be a while till I see much of anything other than white back there, even though the ground hogs say spring is just around the corner. 

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