No precipitation here in Sunny Yokosuka, Japan (no kidding about the sunny part - the one saving grace here)... but plenty of below-freezing wind chill. Really, the wind is something else out here. At times it'll be dead-calm, and then two hours later you're getting 20mph breezes with 30mph gusts.
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Brrrr!!!!!
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Day before yesterday was bone-chilling cold -- high was in the low teens. Yesterday we got 4 inches of snow dumped on us. Today it's raining.
All we need is for it to freeze again tonight and turn this slush into a lumpy skating rink. --sofaspud --"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs 
yeap, as we call it 'february'.
"Wait, wasn't I in the other lane just a second ago?" "No can brain today. Want cheezeburger." From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies 
Grr. Fifth snowstorm since Christmas hit last night, and a sixth may be only a few days away.
Extra bonus annoyance: I cleared the driveway so we could get Peg to her (delayed opening) job, and just as I finished up, the plow team came through -- three trucks in rapid succession -- and of course they filled in the end of the driveway, though not too badly. So back with the snowblower... and just as I finish that, a fourth plow truck shows up all by itself and promptly refills my work in, bigger and worse than before. Argh. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
(sigh) ... -20.2°F... It's about time...
With my proximity to the Canadian border, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. (My friend was telling me about the warning he received: Maximum time outside before frostbite starts: 10 minutes. Naked skin: 2 minutes.) _____ DEATH is Certain. The hour, Uncertain...
-5°F here this morning, according to Weather.com. And in an hour and fifteen minutes I have to head to NYC for a couple job interviews. Joy.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Got up this morning: -6°F. Wind Chills of -20°F.
Time for the long undies. -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
26 above on saturday... in Wasilla, Alaska.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger." From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
Rain tomorrow, followed by snow.
__________________ Into terror!, Into valour! Charge ahead! No! Never turn Yes, it's into the fire we fly And the devil will burn! - Scarlett Pimpernell
That's going to be nasty, when all the rain freezes.
----- Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea. "Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
It started snowing here about seven o'clock in the morning. It's now 9:24 and we have 3 inches. Weather guys said this was supposed to be a little flurry that would stop and melt away before the "real" storm shows up this afternoon -- I don't think so. It took me two and a half hours to get Peggy to work and get back myself, and I'm now going to have to clear the driveway before I can leave to bring her home (which may be at noon).
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Twenty-six and a half hours later, and we're more than a foot deep. I just came in from two and half hours of digging us out. I am not a happy camper.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
god I wish I had more-than-a-foot of snow.
would make my morning commute a lot easier, would make getting places easier, would reduce my heat bill, I could go on. "No can brain today. Want cheezeburger." From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies 
You've got that much?
(We've had maybe 10 cm total this winter...) -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
And now the latest installment in the New Jersey Winter saga... After the first four storms this season, I stopped digging out our sidewalk. It was taking me two hours just to clear the driveway, I didn't have time to do the sidewalk most days. And I wasn't alone in this: with the last storm, everybody on our block said "the hell with it" to the sidewalks, even the folks we (and some of the other neighbors) call "The Joneses" (as in "keeping up with..."; they have the nicest house, the best landscaping, the most meticulous yardcare, etc. on the street -- including the best and most powerful snowblower, of course). And you know, it's not the first time I've blown off the sidewalk in winter. We've been here 10 years, it's never been an issue.
Until this afternoon. When a cop knocked on my door and handed me a little notice delineating the township snow removal ordinance and telling me that I have 24 hours to at least dig a path through the snow that the plow dumped three feet deep on our sidewalk yesterday, or face a $500 fine. And I'm not alone in this -- the cop car (with full lights blazing, I might add) is slowly crawling down the street as the cop hits every house, one at a time. So I spent most of my afternoon digging, and now I have a host of annoying little body aches and I am not a happy camper, because the time used on digging was intended for other tasks that now will be crowding our Saturday. Gah. Okay, that's enough of me whining. I just had to get that out. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Bob:
Ouch...I had a somewhat similar experience involving snowplows last winter worst part is that the house I was living in was on a corner I took one look at 5 foot plus pile of snow they left behind and said to hell with digging through that. Looks to me like that the powers that be in your township are idiots. I just had my own snow hell in D.C. 7" preceded by freezing rain and sleet coupled with a total loss of electricity since Wednesday night due to snow storm being a classic thundersnow (Electricity finally back up today as of 9:30 AM. House was getting pretty cold only thing that mitigated that was having a natural gas fire place. as well as gas stove...temperature in house dipped down to ~49 F this morning. Good thing I took the time to some digging out before snow got too high the night before. --Werehawk-- My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."
There are reasons why I have never even considered moving to New Jersey. This is one of them.
Another little NJ winter note: The cops can, or so I'm told, ticket you at will if you have any amount of snow on the roof of your car while the vehicle is in motion. -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode. ECSNorway Wrote:Another little NJ winter note: The cops can, or so I'm told, ticket you at will if you have any amount of snow on the roof of your car while the vehicle is in motion.Isn't it that way everywhere? snow on the roof of a moving car is a hazard to the other cars on the road. I know that it is that way in switzerland. E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?" B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Indeed anybody driving with a significant amount of snow on their car roof deserves a ticket at the very least.
--Werehawk-- My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."
Um. I sympathize, really I do, but it's that way -everywhere-. The homeowners is responsible for maintaining the public accessways on his/her property, and that includes snow removal. Everywhere I've lived has that rule.
--sofaspud --"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
Yeah, but when the snow plows of the township are depositing it on your property then it's a different matter, isn't it?
The snow-on-cars law is relatively new in NJ, a year or two at the most. Some folks apparently don't know about it yet.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. Sofaspud Wrote:Um. I sympathize, really I do, but it's that way -everywhere-. The homeowners is responsible for maintaining the public accessways on his/her property, and that includes snow removal. Everywhere I've lived has that rule.No, it varies a lot from township to township. In a lot of places it's actually illegal for you to remove snow from the sidewalks, as they're considered public land and you're creating a liability issue. (Plus, the guys who do it on the town's payroll are unionized.) -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Thirty hours later and no summons. I guess my shovel-wide trench in the snow was sufficient.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
What the hell happened? It's 72 outside and clear?
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