How'd it go today?

[Burnham]

Sounds pretty close to risking one's life, Jim . I know something about working all day out in weather like that, far from support...it can get deadly in a heartbeat.

 

[pantheraba]

Jim, just so you know. That kind of snow here is a major catastrophe...panic in the streets, grocery stores bought out, everything closes. My grandkids can't wait for it to happen!

 

[Mick!]

At least you’re unlikely to be stung by a bee.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Done! Well, almost, there a couple posts on the bottom to finish, but it's leaving my yard finally. Headed to the sawmill to get loaded up with the long parts.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Jim, just so you know. That kind of snow here is a major catastrophe...panic in the streets, grocery stores bought out, everything closes. My grandkids can't wait for it to happen!

 

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[vharrison]

We dodged a Cat 1 Hurricane last night, whew. It turned into just a bit of wind, not much to speak of.

I guess a Cat 1 is like a snow storm for most of you, where as a Cat 3 and up is more like a Blizzard, lol

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Actually had a little white out here yesterday. Went for a run to the store for lemons and hot dog buns for some chili dogs. The front hit with winds and driven snow. Wheeeee!
Poor tourists were all buggered on the highway.
Kids seem to have a cold. Touch of it myself. Levi went on a work trip with a friend and his dad doing a roof up in Yosemite last week and brought it home from the crew. Long days in the cold damp will do that. Seth works on his crew and was there too.
Now the boss and family went to Hawaii. Kids wish they were there
Poor Lilly is miserable. But she loves snow.
Bery little on the ground this morning and it has melted right off. I called it a day off since the ground got so muddy with 3 days of moisture. Mini would have sunk moving the logs we needed to do.

 

[lxskllr]

Made my world famous pasta salad with smoked salmon Saturday for dinner. The real goal was to have it for lunch this week. Tasted kinda bland. Could have used more tomato. I added a small can of some Italian stuff I got from aldi, but it could have used more. That wasn't the problem though. I had it for lunch today, and realized I forgot the pickled jalapeño slices! That's one of the most important parts! Haven't looked yet, but I'm hoping I have a jar around here somewhere.

Otherwise, it was a routine day. Staked out a house with the boss on the other side of the world. Took 7.5 hours including the drive, and trying to find some corners to use. Pretty easy day.

 

[FireFighterZero]

The jar of pickled jalapenos I opened last night were good.

Way better I thought than the store bought.

Need me to send you a jar?

 

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[lxskllr]

Hard to get a feel for the scale there. Is that dark strip on the right development, or a hedge row?

edit:
referring to the first pic

 

[FireFighterZero]

Thats town and the valley.

Lots of big cottonwoods.

Probably 6 miles away.

 

[lxskllr]

Really looks nice out there. See many critters when the snow hits? Maybe coyote or something? You can see forever out there, and I'd think they'd really stand out, at least early in the season. Do they get winter coats?

 

[Tree09]

Everything gets a winter coat up there John, or it's frozen! Lol too cold for my blood

 

[FireFighterZero]

The jackrabbits change color.

They kinda change with their surroundings. I have seen them turn back brown from white when the snow leaves.

If the snow comes back...they kinda turn white again.

The coyotes turn from brown to grey-silver.

Yeah....there will be lots of critters around.

 

[Nutball]

Deer do that too: from almost an orangish to a very light tan or grey. It makes them almost invisible in plain sight.

 

[flushcut]

How much snow did you get Jim, 14"?

 

[vharrison]

Can you do anything with that much snow? Might seem like a silly question, but how do you get to the grocery store or is that where preparing for winter comes in?

 

[flushcut]

Prepare. But that much is hardly stopping traffic up here. As Gary said you southerners call out the national guard not so much north of the Mason Dixon line.

 

[Tree09]

He does have a bulldozer for a snow plow.....

 

[Nutball]

Probably 4 of them, and only one works. Maybe turn a combine into a snow blower.

 

[FireFighterZero]

How much snow did you get Jim, 14"?

Probably about that.

Its 6-8 inchs on the bare dirt....5 foot drifts in places.

I just buzzed around on the snowmobile yesterday. Will open the road with a road grader and a loader today.

Wife has a chiropractor appointment this afternoon.