Keweenaw snow photos
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I broke one of these shoes or skis this winter. Wanted to change there design a bit anyway.
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Out BC skiing yesterday. NOAA changed our forecast and took most of the new snow out of it.
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We got a little blizzard happening here today. Its warm out and near freezing.
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Ice volcanoes on- 4/3/2025 Those ice mounds are 8+ feet tall so that's gotta be a 30+ feet spout into the air!
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48 inches. Been reading the upper lower of Michigan got really hammered with an ice storm and our governor has called out the national guard. People are really screwed up there and will be for a while with no power, trees on homes, no working gas stations and so on..
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Nice pups but you can still keep the snow...
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I have friends that live in Gaylord, MI, and were on the way back from FL when the storm hit up there. Fortunately they also have an apartment in their son's home here in northern Indiana and intended to stop here for a few days. They were finally able to get a call through to one of their neighbors who related how bad it is up there. They had a tree down across their driveway, which the neighbor cut up, no other damage on their property, but there are trees down across roads all over the area. Hospitals are running on emergency power, and with no phone, power and little cell service, police and fore departments are unable to respond in a timely manner if needed.
My friend said it could be a couple of weeks until they get power back, so they are stuck here for the foreseeable future.
He's really glad they weren't in Gaylord when the storm hit. He and his wife are in their 80s, so I'm glad they weren't there also.
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It's real bad up there. Been watching convoy's of out of state electric trucks heading north on US23 (I live near 23 at exit 15). Our governor declared 11 counties an emergency area in the upper-lower and relaxed the Michigan frost law so heavy trucks could run on secondary roads. IMO, the frost law is nothing but an excuse for MDOT and the State Police to collect revenue from overweight trucks but I don't have any say on that. My buddy owns the local propane distributor here and he has to jump through hoops just to deliver propane to his rural customers. All BS as far as I'm concerned and something I had to deal with when I hauled steel as well. One time I got busted for not setting down my lift axles fast enough after making a turn. The trailer I pulled had 4 lift axles on it, all cab controlled. Gave the ticket to the company and never heard anything else about it. State law states that tour lift axles must be in contact with the pavement within 500 feet of making a turn and it was bitter cold out and the axles were slow. Not my fault. Here in Michigan, the unit I drove was stickered for 161,000 pounds gross on 11 axles. You don't attempt to make a turn with them all down or you jacknife or stall the engine. People whine about the weight ruining the roads but in fact, the per square inch of tire loading on 11 axles or 42 tires is less than the tire loading on a 80K outfit plus they stop real well with brakes on every axle times 2 sets and loaded they ride like a Caddilac. Takes a big horse to get them down the road however and all the trucks had big Cats turned up to the max in them with 18 speed Roadrangers.
When I retired, I bought one of them, my division manager allowed me to purchase one at a heck of a price and I still have it to this day. I pull a 42 foot hopper bottom grain trailer with it. Never works hard with the big Cat under the hood. It's a double bunk Western Star long nose. All the company trucks were long nose Stars, most with double bunks we never used. Company owned the Western Star dealership as well so they were maintained by factory trained mechanics. Great job I sometimes miss, sometimes.
When I retired, I bought one of them, my division manager allowed me to purchase one at a heck of a price and I still have it to this day. I pull a 42 foot hopper bottom grain trailer with it. Never works hard with the big Cat under the hood. It's a double bunk Western Star long nose. All the company trucks were long nose Stars, most with double bunks we never used. Company owned the Western Star dealership as well so they were maintained by factory trained mechanics. Great job I sometimes miss, sometimes.
