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Old 01-21-2016, 10:37 PM   #21
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Six feet here, six feet there, and before you know it you're talking some pretty serious shoveling.
Right you are Senator. Had a friend who went to school at Houghton, Michigan, he had some great deep snow stories. I have seen clearance limit tape for building logging roads about 12 feet up on the trees. Put up by foresters on snow shoes. Another sight I hope to see one more time is that big penguin at Cut Bank Montana. Who has seen the grave and statue of Old Shep at Fort Benton and heard Jack Gladstone relate the story in song?
We really like Montana. And the U.P.
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Google "newfoundland snow photos" for some amazing photos...
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Old 01-22-2016, 11:34 AM   #23
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Check this out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Baker_Ski_Area

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Old 01-22-2016, 11:57 AM   #24
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Check this out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Baker_Ski_Area

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Sorry, computer would not let me edit, but Mt. Baker holds the worlds snowfall record, 1,140 inches in one season, 95 feet. Scott
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Old 01-22-2016, 02:33 PM   #25
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"Snow" - a four letter word that starts with "S"
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Old 01-22-2016, 03:03 PM   #26
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"Snow" - a four letter word that starts with "S"
Snow makes me smile
Happy snow dance, falling flakes
So sad, no snow send it north

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Old 01-23-2016, 06:07 AM   #27
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YORK-LANCASTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.YORK.LANCASTER
1247 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016

.BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.2 TO 3 FEET.

* TIMING.HEAVY SNOW WITH RAPID ACCUMULATION RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SAT AFTERNOON. SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF SAT NIGHT & END BY EARLY SUN MORNING.

* WINDS.NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS.EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOME ROADS
WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE BY SAT MORNING WITH NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS FROM SNOW & BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING & BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUT.CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR CAR.INCLUDING
FOOD.BLANKETS & A CELLULAR PHONE. IF YOU GET STRANDED.STAY
WITH YOUR VEHICLE. Emergency Email . . . . The Emergency Email Network ®. . . . . . . Emergency Notification, weather alerts and more. NOW INCLUDED WITH the business continuity and disaster recovery resource on the web. OR YOUR
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Old 01-23-2016, 07:03 AM   #28
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Taken this morning....front window is halfway covered, front door is impassable, my pond is just about gone and finally poor BlackJack.
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Old 01-23-2016, 07:08 AM   #29
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Looks beautiful, and here we are suffering in slop, with temps rising above freezing every day for the last while.
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Old 01-23-2016, 08:19 AM   #30
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Just came in from outside, I had to clear away snow from my high efficient heat pump which keeps the sun porch heated and from the intake/exhaust of my house boiler which is also low to the ground, my gas meter had to be uncovered according to the gas company to keep it operating, and finally off my 3' sun awning on my sunporch.
The snow is up to my waist in some areas and piling against my windows, I took a broom to them. My next home is going to have all high mounted windows....
I feel sorry for the people stranded overnight on the turnpike, but traveling in this weather is risky. BlackJack will have to wait until tomorrow.
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Old 01-23-2016, 08:29 AM   #31
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Lots of work comes with the beauty of snow. Jim, what is that stone building that BlackJack is parked next to? I love those old stone buildings.
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Old 01-23-2016, 08:31 AM   #32
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That is my garage, the stone matches my house....
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Old 01-23-2016, 08:32 AM   #33
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Your house must be beautiful too - when were they built?
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Old 01-23-2016, 08:34 AM   #34
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Built in the 1940's with stone from local farm fields and slate from the Susquehanna Valley..it has in floor radiant heat, the reason we bought it.
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Old 01-23-2016, 08:36 AM   #35
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Beautiful. I love the craftsmanship of those old random stone buildings. Minnesota and Michigan state parks still have some that were made by the CCC during the Depression.
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Couple more, without the snow...the front....
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I did the front stone patio...
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I did the front stone patio...
Looks great with the stone walls.
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How cold of temps will your heat pump keep the sunroom warm? Ours in our house will make it to about -5F before I have to switch over to LP. With the half price dual fuel rate our electric company gives us in winter months, our heat pump and hot water heater combined cost us an average of about $35 - $45 a month in winter months. Of course we cheat, as our coldest days are usually also our sunniest in winter and we get a lot of passive solar on those days.
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It is Samsung Split system, the compressor is outside and the blower is just in the sunporch. I installed it when my mother came to live with us as the sunporch was her bedroom and only had electric baseboard heat and no a/c. We now use it year round as it is now our family room, my mother is no longer with us.
The main house has in floor hot water under a floating hardwood floor that has no nails as it expands and contracts with the temperature, really advanced for 1940's. I replaced the original furnace with a hi-Ef boiler. Then I have central air/heat pump for the main house. I only use it down to 40, then it is off and the boiler comes on. I have a Nest thermostat on the boiler. This system takes about 5 hours to heat the house as the water pipes are encased in gravel which then heats the floors. Even the bathtub is heated. The system comes on around 4 am until 9 am and the house stays warm until about 4 pm which it then comes on until 10 pm.
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