Another morning of -12 on the 27th. Glad I'm not up in the White Mountains where I have seen pics of -28
The Nor'Easter that blew thru early yesterday morning thru late last night affected mainly the coast. The town grader made its 2 passes about 4:30 pm so I immediately suited up to go out and snow blow. Wind was whipping up pretty good (not nearly like now where snow is going sideways). I had on my balaclava and cold weather riding pants (from before I had heated gear), cold weather riding gloves, my Carhardt jacket and a baseball cap. Boots, interestingly enough are my almost knee high "fashion" snow boots. They are warm and grip better on ice than any other boots I have - including my mountain climbers.
The 4" of snow was so light that most of the time I had the snow blower in 5th gear. Naturally I slowed down for the berm from the grader, around the mailbox and around the fence gates, but other than that I was pedal to the metal all the way. Even did the drainage areas for when snow starts to melt. The only thing I didn't do was clean off the Explorer.
That was probably the fastest round of snow blowing I've ever accomplished at a little under an hour.
I see the town went thru in the wee hours this morning, so will need to go out and clean that up. The wind cranked up pretty good after dark last night and I watched snow being blown south at a horizontal, some of it being lifted up higher than the street lights. So, I will also need to clean up the additional snow that fell, plus wind driven snow. The ramp is covered with a couple inches of snow, which is impressive as that is the "protected" side as well as mostly being under the 3' eave.
Beautiful! (Send snow ice cream.) Now you've had your exercise for the morning. When the wind howls, the snow can blow anywhere (your ramp).
Do you have to peel off clothing as you go? (to cool down?) Who knew that snow blowers have gears? Fancy!
On some weather channel, yesterday, I would swear that they were talking about Tennessee(?), alongside a map that had a clear "White Mountain" or "White Mountains" label. Maybe I was dreaming or maybe there is something local to the state they were talking about. All I could think was, "But that's in NH!" Of course, the TV scene changed rather quickly - before I could gather my wits.
Posted by: Cop Car | January 30, 2022 at 11:19 AM
Several states have White Mountains - CA, NV etc. Not sure about TN though. But, the BEST White Mountains are in NH :)
Posted by: bogie | January 30, 2022 at 02:01 PM
Oh, absolutely!
Posted by: Cop Car | February 01, 2022 at 04:35 AM