On Wednesday PM a 30 hour snow storm started that created between 14 to 18 inches of fairly wet snow in Milwaukee, Wi. It was a days of old snow storm. Here are some neat pictures of my garage.
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Brad
I heard you guys were getting hit pretty hard. I hope you survived OK and the snow blower was in good working order. :)
Brad, those are very neat pics. But, trying to be nice here..better you than me! ;D I'd rather walk through sh!t than snow. :P And I do both. :-\
car54,
And your point about global warming is what? :D
Neat photos.
those photos made me dizzy...
j o
That's quite a bit of snow. We haven't had anything like that in this part of New York since I was a kid, and that is a long time ago. In my area when that storm hit us, it dumped 3 inches of rain.
Nice to see that I am not the only one with christmas lights still on their garage! ;) ::)
Those are not Christmas lights. They are Valentine Day lights
Brad
WOW, I just freed up enough time (by not taking down the lights) to squeeze in another smoke!!!!!!
Thanks!!!! ;D
hey Brad.
glad you survived. Im down in Kenosha county.
Kane , you probably received just as much. I would not consider this a horrible storm because it happened over 24 hours. When I went to work in the morning there was about 1 inch of snow. They let us leave work early at 2:00 PM and it was fun driving home. The big problem was the visibility. It has been a unique winter and your area had the tornadoes in January.
An other interesting story of this storm was the traffic stoppage by Madison. I believe that 2 semis jack knifed on the freeway blocking it. There was a 19 mile back up involving 2000 cars and I believe that there were no accidents. Wow, that is a mess
yup, I live out in Kenosha county. (Paddock Lake) the tornado that hit wheatland was about 2 miles from my house.
I'd rather have some more snow than the dang cold we've been getting up here. Minus 60 at work yesterday in Prudhoe Bay and minus 20 at the house this morning. Chicken Alaska up by Jim had minus 72F. Yuk. :( :D
Iceman, your name has it nailed! I love winter but think I may change my mind if I lived where you do.
Keep warm.
Iceman, you have my absolute respect for living in those conditions and I know that other members live in very cold climates. What are some of your survival techniques like cars a batteries. How long do you venture outside. Give us the inside scoop.
Brad
Won't complain too much since you are further north but we've been getting several fresh inches each day the last few days in Pennsylvania. Is it spring yet?
-Brian
Quote from: car54 on February 09, 2008, 05:02:05 PM
Iceman, you have my absolute respect for living in those conditions and I know that other members live in very cold climates. What are some of your survival techniques like cars a batteries. How long do you venture outside. Give us the inside scoop.
Brad
We always keep one car in the heated garage just in case. The other trucks stay outside and plugged in. They have block heaters and battery heat blankets and seem to start okay. We heat the house with two direct vent 60,000 BTU heaters that double as a gas fireplace. Natural gas. They will still heat when the power goes out by using a heat powered fan to move the air around. We always keep a gen set ready in the winter in the heated garage so it will start easy then we just put it outside and switch power over. At least that way we can run the well and get warm water if needed. I have a pantry that is well stocked at all times because we do get snowed it at times. Ann calls it the "Mini Mart" Plenty of rum and cola :D No need to worry about stuff in the freezer. We just put it outside.
About the only thing that worries me is trying to get the dogs to go out and do the duty thing. They don't like the minus temps. Arctic survival gear is in all vehicles in case of break downs and no one ever leaves without a cell phone even if it's just to go to the post office. It's not really to bad. I miss walks outside when the temps get to low but theres always plenty to do in the shop or work on the house projects or just plain goof off and cook up a storm. With the new smoke house I can even smoke in minus temps. I have heat in it now and satellite TV along with the mini bar and fridge. (it saves trips to the house) ::) ;D
I'll try to get some pics posted soon. Still have to wait till spring to get the siding on the smokehouse.
Iceman, thanks for your comments. It was interesting. There are a fair amount of Bradley forum members in Alaska and they have decided to live there with all the extra challenges. From what I understand they like it and that is OK with me and I respect it. More power to the all of you.
Brad