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OT---Connecticut still buried..........

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:56 am
by TOOL MAN
Thought you Southern boys might get a kick out of these. We 'Nutmeggers" are some very tough stock but this storm hit us square in the "chestnuts". On par with The Blizzard of '78, however that one struck on a weekday and everyone went to work/school as usual, then were stranded on the roadways. It has been 24+ hours and still no sign of the plows. Just nowhere to push it!! Had a few hunting buddies call me from surrounding towns, saying they received as much as 37"!! Always amazes me that despite all of our hi-tech gadgetry, when Mother Nature says "SIT", your arrss is gonna sit!! Doubt my 4-WD pick-up would make it out through this. ---TOOL

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Re: OT---Connecticut still buried..........

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:39 am
by Scott
Better get busy with that Ariens!

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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:01 pm
by MARSHFELLOW
.......shoulda bought a Ford pickup. :D

just kiddin'.

We only got about 8" here in Central NY.

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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:22 pm
by bbman3
This old Georgia Redneck could not live in those conditions! Wish we could get three or fours inches as the ground is very dry in my area! Bobby :D

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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:39 pm
by Twice Barrel
We can't catch a break here in the Central Plains. Rain and storms to the south, blizzards to the north and east and here it is dryer than a popcorn fart with 50 mile an hour winds.

Re: OT---Connecticut still buried..........

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:14 pm
by mc15426378
Wow!!! Only seen that much snow once and that was in the mountains of CO. Lots of rain here today in the Heart of Dixie.

Tool, is that the trail you made so you could walk to the curb store for some RCs and moon pies?

Re: OT---Connecticut still buried..........

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:26 pm
by TOOL MAN
Path, courtesy of our neighborhood VENISON!! If we are not plowed- out soon, Tool may be out with his recurve tonight!!!

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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:06 pm
by nhshooter
Move to NH.......................and see some snow :mrgreen:

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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:14 pm
by fox-admin
In the Nutmeg State they call a snow storm Nemo, in western NY snow belt we call it Monday :D :D

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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:31 pm
by jolly bill
Tool,

Our sincere sympathies. That's a lot of snow. Hope you and everybody out that way get back to normal soon.

We were on the edge and maybe got 15 inches +/-.

With the help of my 63 year old John Deere MT and my 35 year old walk behind Bolens, we handled our 700 foot long driveway OK.

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Re: OT---Connecticut still buried..........

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:14 am
by Stan Hillis
Bill,

Great pictures. Nice old Deere. How many days does it take to get your neck back to normal after looking behind you, driving in reverse, to clear that long driveway? Or do I misunderstand how that snow blower thingie operates?

Sure hope none of you has long power outages from Nemo.

Stan

Re: OT---Connecticut still buried..........

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:17 am
by jolly bill
Yep Stan, that's how it works. Going backward into the snow.

Doesn't seem to bother the neck any. I'm not too fussy getting our stone driveway super clean. I keep the blower an inch or two or three above the driveway to keep from getting stones sprayed all over the yard.

And hope all the New Englander's get back to 100% in a day or two.

Jolly

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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:56 pm
by Ithaca33
I work in a bar and was stuck working/ living there for 2 days before I finally said screw it and walked the 4 miles home to get to my girlfriend and dog lol. Still haven't been plowed out yet. Luckily my car was in a garage