Wednesday, there was an awesome sunrise which foretold the weather to come (you know the old saying) - predictions from different sources were saying I was in the range of between 12 and 22" of snow.
When the storm first moved in, it was too warm to really support snow, so after a bit of rain, it turned to sleet for several hours. Pic taken about 7pm on 4/03/2024
Then it turned to snow, then sleet, then snow, then sleet then snow - all of which made for a very dense, wet snow pack of almost 8" by Thursday morning.
By 10am, the crabapple tree was not happy and this branch is the lowest I've ever seen it.
At 1pm I went out to feed the birds (again), I noticed how cool the snow patterns on the fence looked - and from straight on, how the fence was basically a privacy fence (you should be able to see a boulder and tree trunks behind it))
Fortunately by 3pm, the crabapple's branch had been able to shed enough snow that it had lifted itself up.
After work I attempted to snow blow. I was able to get the driveway done (I'd had someone come and blow out the berm from the road plow), but it was very slow going. I tried to create a path thru the yard, but going up even a slight incline was a no go and the wheels just dug into the ground. I did shovel off the ramp to the shed, around the fence gates, and the path from the north gate to the back porch stairs. While I was working on the driveway, I happened to notice the Rhodies weren't happy campers either - I have never seen them look like this, they are 5-6' tall instead of their normal 12'+
For comparison, here is a picture of a pretty good snow from December 2022
Overnight we got several more inches for a grand total of around 16" (pic taken 4/05/2024 about 3am
Oh, and yesterday morning the roof shed the snow in a big way. I heard a massive rumble as a huge amount came down at once. The weight of the snow made the pile vault about 5' before dropping. In the picture, the pile on the left is usually where the dumpage drops (slowly, not all at once - the ground was bare before the Nor'easter hit) and the pile on the right is from the huge dumpage.
The good news is I never completely lost power, although the UPS's I have on the pellet stoves and my modem/router got a good workout from the flickers. There were several times that there were multiple flickers in a row (on/off/on/off/on/off/on) and they performed admirably. I never lost connectivity to the server while I was working.
20% of the state was not so lucky and lost power from falling trees and or poles taking down lines. I heard that at one point, Antrim (a town abutting my town) was 50% out. A friend who lives in Henniker (another abutting town) said she finally got power back Friday afternoon. Many in NH won't get power back until today or tomorrow.
Thanks for the rundown and for the beautiful photos. What a storm! (And what a sunrise to presage it.) I failed to note, in my comment to your previous posting, how lovely your ice-shrouded trees look.
Glad you have your uninterruptable power supplies. Your boss must be happy that you the one for your router, too, as it keeps you working.
You get your workout without even trying, don't you?
Posted by: Cop Car | April 06, 2024 at 09:49 AM
I had replaced the UPS units I have on my pellet stoves a year or so ago. I then got a replacement battery for one of the old UPSes and finally put it on my computer setup in November or December (2023). I still have the 2nd old UPS sitting on a counter (battery went to recycling). I keep thinking about getting a new battery for it and putting it on my Xfinity cable box along with the TV but there are challenges to overcome - of which one may be that I am lazy and not sure it is worth the hassle as I don't really care that much ;)
Posted by: bogie | April 07, 2024 at 05:48 AM
Your dad had a UPS for his computer and printer a decade or so ago. Not sure he ever used it. Eventually, he gave it to me. After it sat idle for more years, I passed it on to your sister or your niece.
Yeah, on a TV & cable box I'm sure I wouldn't bother. But then, our power is pretty much on all of the time in bad weather.
Posted by: Cop Car | April 07, 2024 at 10:27 AM