Freezing rain.
Glug.
Jane’s out there shoveling snow right now, and I feel incredibly guilty. I should get out there and attack that.
Freezing rain.
Glug.
Jane’s out there shoveling snow right now, and I feel incredibly guilty. I should get out there and attack that.
I got the berm and the drive and Jane got the front walk. Our little Toro snowthrower is worth its weight in gold, hit a brick and hardly hiccuped…the first snow-clearance of the season is full of gravel and sounds like a washing machine full of marbles, but this went easily, only about 3″ of snow. And the berm was, thank goodness, mooshy. Not mushy. Mooshy. It hadn’t set up, and was just wet and awfully heavy. I cleared enough to get the Prius out, and started the season’s ‘piles’, but it went pretty fast. I need better gloves. My fingers are numb.
We just had our biggest ice storm in quite a while: http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/12/300000_still_without_power_in_toronto_due_to_ice_storm/ 300,000 people is about 10% of the Greater Toronto Area, and it seems to have hit the suburbs hardest. I’m downtown, the elevation is lower, and all those office towers seem to keep things warmer. So far, I’m OK. I think schools out for Christmas already, but all the school board offices will be shut tomorrow anyway.
I hope you don’t get this kind of wallop.
We’re just supposed to get freezing rain, but if we hadn’t gotten those walks clear, the ice age would have set in hard on our walks and drive: this will assure we don’t get an ice cap!
All of the rain we got yesterday and last night has moved east. I now have a designer roof, partially dark gray and partially bright blue from the tarps that the roofers put on this afternoon. It’s supposed to rain/snow mix tonight, so I’m glad I got it covered up. Some of my neighbors still have shingles missing. Well, I wasn’t really planning to save any money come payday, since my deductible on all perils is $1,000.
I would rather snow or sleet (what the NWS calls those drops of rain that freeze before they hit the ground), than rain that freezes on the ground, especially if it turns to snow afterward. That is a treacherous surface to walk on, not to mention drive on.
Took pictures of the river this afternoon, but should have taken one of the bridge, the water was within a foot of the top of the arches. Anyone who fell into the water from upstream on the pedestrian bridge would have been lucky to get out of that alive.
My brother just called. Ice storm dropped a limb onto his roof, and they’re hoping for no wind. Half an inch of ice on everything.
Holy cats — everyone please stay dry, warm and safe!
The windshield of my car now has a large crack 3/4 of the way across. It doesn’t impede driving but will have to be replaced. Drat! We have high deductible insurance so it’s an out-of-pocket expense.
I had a new windshield installed in June, two weeks later, after coming home from donating blood, something hit the windshield under the right hand wiper blade. Now that crack extends across to in front of me. On top of everything else that’s hit, now the roof of my house. Well, the windshield will wait until it’s warmer, I hope.
Bummer. At least it didn’t fail on the road.
Sunny here and warmish for Christmas, after a brief cold snap and after cold rain last week and yesterday/today.
Cold / freezing rain / sleet is the worst. Snow, I can live with the novelty. Freezing rain or sleet? Ugh! There’s a reason I live where it’s warm. …Though after higher temps the past few summers, maybe not *quite* so south.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays all, stay warm and dry! If you’ve got a friend, sweetie, or family, or critters, hug ’em good an’ tight!
Merry Christmas, one and all! Frosty foggy here Christmas Eve morning.
My sister got a helluva Christmas present. The vet says a growth on her toy poodle’s abdomen needs to be biopsied. We spent an hour on the phone last night–not for commiseration, Aspie’s can’t do that. But I think I was able to talk her down to what the best course of action is, so she doesn’t have to make decisions in a state of shock.