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Great stuff Wayne. Ummm, steak and beer. Sounds amazing right now!!

We're holed up here waiting out the storm.

 

Thanks guys, but then thats what we Canucks are all about: the Great Outdoors, the barby and of course our great tasting Beers, EH !

 

OMFG, I just got in from doing the driveway with the Craftsmen. That is the worst conditions I can ever recall being out in.

We have 3 foot+ drifts and it's been pouring freezing rain for over an hour with winds gusting to 90km now. The house is actually shaking and grunting from the forces. Hurt like hell on the face being out there and I felt like a frozen drowning rat.

Got the snow off the drive though so hopefully warm temps and rain now will melt the ice on it.

 

Holy smokes Deane that sounds horrible . Its bad enough with that much snow, but rain and high winds OUCH

 

LOL, Wayne, you give Ava, well Vegas a run for the money in the cute department. Hope you have a safe run tomorrow. BTW, always knew K could take you.

 

No freezing rain here, but it was the worst three hours of snowblowing I've ever done. Hope that's it for the week, for all of us.

 

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LOL, it's in my best interests to let her win, if you know what I mean

Deane how is it out there this morning , rain, sleet, snow or all of the above .

They are calling for another 25cm here today (why did I say I wanted lots of snow )
I had to pull a couple people out of the snow last night with my truck.
My trip out of town was cancelled today.

 

Bleh, what a mess this morning. According to the local radio, we got 23 cms of snow. The the snow was fine. It was the freezing rain and rain overnight that made everything such a mess. The winds were howling like crazy over night. It was almost like a freight train was going through our back yard. Our power flickered, but thankfully we never lost it. I pity the people that didnt do their drive last night or this morning, because the temps have already dropped and the snow is now hard as a rock. We are supposed to get more snow on Wednesday.

I am just trying to think of a happy place right now. Ahhhhhhhh, palm trees, warm weather, and sandy beaches.

 

Sounds **** nasty down there, fellas, keep your head down and ride it out someplace warm.

 

Yeah, we got about 25 cm from Sunday to today (Monday) with a little freezing rain mixed in just to make it 'interesting'..........

Marg keeps telling me "we're one day closer to spring....hang in there.. "

Stay safe guys and gals....
C.

 

Got everything cleaned up this a.m.
Just as I was blowing the drive the snow plow came through, so timing was perfect.

Wasn't bad at all with the winds the way they were....
all of the drifting was in the front yard, the driveway was just a flat 8 - 10"

 

It's okay now Wayne. Thanks. Good job with the towing assistance.

Hope you guys are all okay and braced for some more snow.

It's actually 0 degrees and sunny! We're supposed to get another 5-10 cm today/tonight. Last night it got up to +11 so major rain and melting. An employee has her apartment flooded, ceiling coming down in places, water coming out of her electrical sockets and she isn't on the top floor, which had to be evacuated.

I just finished about 10 minutes ago after about 4 hours+ this morning. After shoveling/snowblowing again I put down 4 bags of salt. After an hour or so along with the welcome sun I got all of the ice off the driveway. Then I made a trench out on the street to drain the water 4" deep in my driveway. That was a major effort with the pick axe and about 175' of canal necessary. (my lot, my neighbours and part of the next one. One other neighbour asked if I work for the city! Then I went over and worked on my neighbours place since he is away working and she probably couldn't handle this heavy slush crap. Time to try and get some work done now.

 

Ian, Colin, Wayne and Shane...good to hear you're all alive after this stuff. Wow, this was a real. Less snow for us than expected but the winds and rain really made it horrible.