Pacific North West - Excessive heat warning issued

oosik · Jan 5, 2022

I got another 2" - total - 10". The last 2" is a very heavy snow - packs well. The Taco Wagon made a nice packed track all the way to the county road. This snow, now, is the kind that's no fun to plow or blow. It clumps together and plugs everything up.

My concern today. Today is garbage day. I have to set my 32-gallon tote right along side the county road. I hope the garbage man comes before the snow plow. If the plow comes first - sure hope he has a drop board - and uses it.

cqaigy2 · Jan 5, 2022

oosik said:
I got another 2" - total - 10". The last 2" is a very heavy snow - packs well. The Taco Wagon made a nice packed track all the way to the county road. This snow, now, is the kind that's no fun to plow or blow. It clumps together and plugs everything up.

My concern today. Today is garbage day. I have to set my 32-gallon tote right along side the county road. I hope the garbage man comes before the snow plow. If the plow comes first - sure hope he has a drop board - and uses it.

Targets!

Back in the day, we'd put our mailbox posts in 30 gallon steel drums, partially filled with rock. Snow plow, or random motorist, would knock them over, and most often, stop and right them back upright. I remember backing out my driveway, onto the main road and hitting my mailbox, i jump out and looked around quickly, and put it back upright.

oosik · Jan 5, 2022

My mail box is in a 55 gallon plastic barrel full of rocks. It's set back about 20 feet from the asphalt driving surface so ......... it's not been hit - yet.

goeduck · Jan 5, 2022

ASSOCIATED PRESS NORTH BEND – Authorities say Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state has received the highest snowfall in 20 years as of Jan.3.

The Washington State Department of Transportation says by Monday afternoon, 236 inches of snowfall was recorded, more than the 229 inches by Jan.3 that was recorded in 2007 and 212 inches in 2004

Larry Caldwell · Jan 5, 2022

goeduck said:
ASSOCIATED PRESS NORTH BEND – Authorities say Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state has received the highest snowfall in 20 years as of Jan.3.

The Washington State Department of Transportation says by Monday afternoon, 236 inches of snowfall was recorded, more than the 229 inches by Jan.3 that was recorded in 2007 and 212 inches in 2004

The Rim Village at Crater Lake got an amazing 54 feet of snow, I think in 1996. Not all at once, that was the winter total, but still...

goeduck · Jan 5, 2022

The world record for the most snow in one year is now held by Mount Baker (elevation: 10,775 feet / 3,285 meters) in Washington State, USA. The Mount Baker Ski Area reported 1,140 inches (95 feet) / 2,896 cm (29 meters) of snowfall for the 1998-99 season

MAX-24-Dean · Jan 5, 2022

oosik said:
This snow, now, is the kind that's no fun to plow or blow. It clumps together and plugs everything up.

Had 4" of the wet clumping stuff yesterday, first time my back blade clumped up with so much snow the tractor lost traction. 72" blade normally works fine at 30 degrees. Put the "Edge Tamers" on the 50" bucket and was able to move the snow in sections.