Snow Forecast For Virginia

[Hay Dude]

we lost power Jan 3 @ 0815, still off.
last night, received a text from the coop saying power should be restored @ 2100 on 1/06. Shortly after, got another text saying power has been restored. Then another that power will be restored @ 2100 on 1/06. Bad enough the power is down, quit screwing the pooch on the admin stuff.

All electric vehicles and equipment with no fossil fuel power backups makes for someone’s dream life until reality smacks them in the face. We were using a Volvo L20, skid steers and tractors to try and open up streets in the neighborhood. Try doing that on a battery.

Agree. The battery stuff looks all warm & fuzzy till the power goes out. Then its “uh oh”.
Could cost people their lives.
It would take forever to “un-jam” hundreds of dead EVs in a row. Meanwhile what do all the drivers do? Freeze to death?

 

[ovrszd]

All electric vehicles and equipment with no fossil fuel power backups makes for someone’s dream life until reality smacks them in the face. We were using a Volvo L20, skid steers and tractors to try and open up streets in the neighborhood. Try doing that on a battery.

The "greenies" aren't worried about that. They have us to do that for them.

 

[riptides]

We had 12" of snow & lost power for 15 hours! I had bought new chains ( several ) fuel mix enough for 8 gallons for my chainsaws, Both tractors have full tanks ! & I've been spliting seasoned rounds of wood since the beginning of Nov. I always plan on being ready , & live by the motto better to have it & not need it , Than need it & not have it ! It did get down to 18 degrees that night & I managed to keep the house at 71 degrees all night . The the only thing I was not ready for is the loss 85% of the evergreens on my property & the clean up took a day in a half Just to clean my driveway were 100% of them came down !Glad I'm retired.

I am a little south of you, Just got power back and steady this early AM.

The trees took a catastrophic hit with this storm. As did the roads. 28 South was bumper to bumper from Nokesville down through Fauquier. People trying to bail from the interstates.

 

[riptides]

WOW
Didnt realize VA DOT dropped the ball so badly on the road salting/plowing! Who’s in charge down there, anyway?

I think it was a combination of events fast moving. The storm started as rain and within the hour turned to ice then snow. The traffic was already on the road and just got caught at the wrong time and place. The portion of interstate, in that area, is pretty rural with no exits for miles. Those exits available, amenities were quickly over run, or closed due to the storm.

I have not seen anything so quick and damaging here in decades.

 

[civilian]

I saw this in the Washington Post. Actually my wife saw it - I thought it was good food for thought.

"Imagine what it would be like if they all where electric vehicles"

gg

At least when cars run out of gas, bring down a tranfer tank and get them fuel and send them on their way. Electrics need to be towed somewhere to charge them. Yuck. Jon

 

[TMGT]

Still no power here and no estimate on when they'll have it back up, at least traffic isn't too bad so plan on heading into town to get some fuel later.
I was waiting for the ice to start melting before going out, been overcast today so taking a little longer then expected.

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[ovrszd]

Electrics need to be towed somewhere to charge them. Yuck. Jon

Unless you own a Tow Truck. Then it's Cha-Ching!!!!!

 

[TMGT]

Na, you just get a fossil fueled truck pulling a fossil fueled generator to go around and charge them up......

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[civilian]

About the freeway being tied up for hours between exits. One thing they did in N Michigan years ago while trying to clear up a major pile up with exits 5 to 6 miles apart was to head all traffic off at the prior exit, then go to the last cars waiting to get past the traffic jam, and turn them around and send them back to the exit they past and off the freeway. Kept doing that while they cleaned up the accident. Now, I was not in the VA back up, and don't if this would have worked instead of people sitting in there cars for hours. Jon

 

[can do]

I am a little south of you, Just got power back and steady this early AM.

The trees took a catastrophic hit with this storm. As did the roads. 28 South was bumper to bumper from Nokesville down through Fauquier. People trying to bail from the interstates.

Glad to hear your back up ! I've lived in VA. for most of life & IMHO I think the rapid change in temp. caused the problem , As everything was soaking wet & flash frozen & that let the wet snow cling to anything wet . I did get to try my DYI project I did earlier this year & that was install a golf cart canopy & some led lights , & the canopy held up great to the heavy wet snow.