[David Jones]

So, it rained an inch yesterday. That slipped out of here and this morning it’s 14 degrees out with all the rain frozen and dusted with a lite coating of snow. In Alabama that means SNOW DAY.

[Tom Vaught]

About 7 inches of wet snow on the ground here, drileway was clean yesterday.
East side of Lower Michigan (Grosse Pointe).

TV

[ponyakr]

7° here, with bright sunshine. Hardly any wind. So it don't feel nearly as cold as it did last night.

2° in Shreveport.

Might hit 30° today.

For Wed, it's supposed to be back in the teens, with another ice storm beginning in the early morning hours. Looks like we'll thaw out Fri & Sat.

['ol Pinion head]

10 below, 7-8" of snow from the other days deluge.
Another snow storm to hit this afternoon & through the night.

An hour plus ago, OG&E began 1-2 hour blocks of rolling blackouts due to constraints on the southern power grid. We lucked out yesterday, as only rolling blackouts were hours S of us in DFW area.

[ponyakr]

Every time we get a snow accumulation, TJ's horse loves to rear up, buck, kick out his hind feet & run full speed around the horse lot. TJ says it gives him the "zoomies". He has been known to rear almost straight up, just like the horses in the old Western movies.

Our driveway & little road thru the woods still has several inches of snow on it. I figure that neither UPS nor FedEx will try to come here, 'til most of the snow melts.

And, although the neighbors have been driving in & out, I don't figure we'll get any mail delivered to our mailbox. Could be wrong. Don't know what type vehicles our rural mail carrier has. If he has a 4WD, he may deliver today.

There are lots of deer hunters in this area. So, there are also lots of 4WD pickups. And, there are probably quite a few non-hunters who have a 4WD pickup. We're about a mile from the main paved road that runs thru our little community. Haven't been out to look at it yet. But, I assume that it has had enuff traffic on it, by now, to be very safe.

[ponyakr]

Sometimes, there doesn't need to be snow on the ground, for the horse to get the "zoomies". Most any cool morning can trigger him, especially if he thinks TJ is being a little too slow about serving his breakfast.

The pics below are from a spell he had back in what TJ has labeled: 1st Cold Snap Nov 2016. The last pic is of our dog, today. He is always ready to go somewhere, regardless of the weather. Lots of times when we walk outside, it seems that he is trying to entice us to go walking with him. It's almost as if he could talk & is saying: "Come on, lets go somewhere".

Just checked the thermometer on our back porch. It reads 34°. Water is now dripping from the South side of our roof, as the sunshine begins to melt the ice & snow on it.

[yahooskidoo]

Originally Posted by Pav8427

Central Mn. Had -31 air temp this AM. Hasnt been above 0 for the last weekish. Looks like +20 by Friday.

Whereabouts in central MN? I'm in Moorhead MN.

[vertigto]

Your horse is beautiful...with some really cool markings.

[JUDGE3]

Drove to work yesterday with -8 as the temperature. not wind chill. today, work closed due to the gov declaring state emergency with rolling power blackouts due to the cold. 1 degree right now. tossed corn out for the deer viewed out our dining room widow.

[ponyakr]

Originally Posted by vertigto

Your horse is beautiful...with some really cool markings.

That's TJ's horse. She said Thank you !

It's her 2nd Appy. Had her 1st one about 20 years. Has had this one a little over 20 years.

Got her 1st when he was about 10 months old. Trained him & was the only person who ever road him. She has gone thru quite a few "trail dogs", during her 40+ years of Appy riding. Dogs just seem to love going on trail rides. We've never bought a dog. Most of 'em have just "showed up". There has been quite a variety.

[Mr Anonymous]

been out cleaning driveways for the neighbors. 44hp from 1957.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Tom Vaught

About 7 inches of wet snow on the ground here, drileway was clean yesterday.
East side of Lower Michigan (Grosse Pointe).

TV

7" here in Clarkston as well.

I measured in the driveway before I started pushing it around.

K

[Pav8427]

Little Falls. Half way between St Cloud and Brainerd.

[poncho-mike]

It's 60F and sunny outside now, but it has rained almost non-stop since November. My yard is mush, and if this continues I'm worried my septic will back up. I never had septic tank issues before but this is about the mushiest my yard has ever been, and I've been in this house almost 30 years.

We have seen a few flakes of snow, no accumulation, and no ice yet. Areas just about 50 miles north had some serious ice storms this weekend but it was an all rain event here. The weather forecast shows more rain with no frozen precipitation, coldest temperature will be 26F.

If this rain keeps up, I think I'll need to start building an ark.

[ponyakr]

Well, after seeing that the forecast is calling for more ice Wed morning, I decided to see if I could make it out to our local Dollar General store, for some snack food. TJ usually does all the grocery shopping on Tues. But, looks like it may be late Fri or Sat, before the roads are thawed out.

Our little truck does not have a posi-trac rear. But, I figured if I went slow & careful I could make it safely to the store, which is probably only a mile away, as the crow flies.

Well, the early part of the trip went very well, since it was either downhill or level. Just stayed where I thought the main ruts should be. Stopped to take a pic of the little pond, which is right beside our little road thru the woods. It was still completely frozen over. We've lived here since 2004 & have not seen that happen before.

Didn't have any trouble 'til I tried to make it up the hill from our Parish gravel road, onto State hwy 810. Didn't get up enuff speed, so didn't quite make it onto the hwy. (3rd pic is one I took of this little intersection, on my way back home.)

So, I backed down the gravel road about 100' or so & got up all the speed I could, which was only about 25 mph. And I would have made it that time. But, just before pulling onto the hwy I saw that a pickup was coming, & was too close for me to make it.

So, I backed down the gravel road again & made another pass at it. This time, there was no other traffic, so I just barely made it up onto the hwy. Probably would have made it up the incline easier if I'd added a lot of weight in the truck bed. I was expecting to see a lot of asphalt showing thru the snow/ice. But, to my surprise, The road was still white & packed with snow/ice.

When I approached the intersection at our local fire station, I decided to gear down, rather than using the brake pedal. But, I hit low gear a little too soon & the rear end went to the side about 30° or a little more. So, I quickly shifted back to 2nd & didn't try that any more. Just began the stops way ahead of time, and did very light braking only when needed. Yeah, the roads were real slick.

I finally made it to the dollar store. As I figured, they were real busy. There were at least a dozen or more vehicles there(the most I've ever seen), most of which were pickups. The snow/ice in their parking lot had turned to slush because of the day's sunshine & all the traffic.

But, apparently all the traffic on the main road had packed the snow/ice so hard that it didn't melt. The extra ice that will be added Wed morn will make it a real mess. Will probably end up being several inches thick, if we get the fresh ice that is predicted.

The big brick building in the 4th pic, is the school gym. It was put into service in Jan of 1967. I played my last few home basketball games in it that year. That was before I owned a GTO. But, I wanted one.

[yahooskidoo]

You need to come to Minnesota.

[ponyakr]

Turned back down our Parish gravel road & as I crossed the creek bottom I got up all the speed I could, hoping to make it back up the hill, which is just North of our mail box.

Well, it started spinning a little, before reaching the top. But, I had up enuff speed to just barely make it over.

When I got back to our little road thru the woods, the tracks I'd made coming out were the only vehicle tracks. So, I've made the only drive in or out, since this started. No UPS or FedEx deliveries, & no mail. Don't figure there'll be any 'til Sat, or maybe Fri.

[ponyakr]

Originally Posted by yahooskidoo

You need to come to Minnesota.

No thanks !

Every winter I see that MN has lots of days where the temps are way below zero.

If I lived there, I'd move !

But, I reckin it's what you get use to. For most of those who were raised in cold climates, I suppose that's just the way they think life should be.

Don't think there has been any mass exodus from Canada, because of cold winter temps. And I suppose it gets 40 below & colder up there, every year.

The average Feb temps in our area are about 60° for highs & 40° for lows. That means that if we hit single digits & do not get above 32° for several days, it's a rare & major weather event.

https://www.google.com/search?q=aver...hrome&ie=UTF-8

[66sprint6]

There used to be a mass exodus from Canada. For about 2 weeks. We’d head to Florida where my wife’s parents had a place in Weeki Wachee. Or Costa Rica or Cuba. The special gift that we received from Asia put a crimp on that for the foreseeable future.

[ponyakr]

Low 20's here, with a sleet/freezing rain mix, & more coming our way.

https://weather.com/weather/hourbyho...445c575e426037