Up until the past couple of years we have had pretty mild winters here in south west lower Michigan.  Couldn't do any riding but was easy to manage.  This year has been terrible.  My neighbor told me today that she heard this is the most snow fall we have had in 20 years.  I'm about 30 miles from the lake shore so we get lot's of lake effect but it has been really bad this winter with temps in the low single digit and wind chills in the -20° to -30°  and snow squalls that will drop an inch of snow an hour.

Here's a view out my shop window


And down the drive way, running out places to blow the snow!


And my back yard


About ready to become a snow bird I think and find some place warm to live.
Gerry

I like a snowball or two,.. then I'm done... ...

Pretty to look at though... thanks for the pics... ...

Thats a lot of darn snow. Holy crap... hahaha. How many feet is that?
I'm okay with the occasional 1-2 feet of snow but anymore... That's a headache that I can't relaly deal with. I laughed at how Texas got some snow tihs past weekend... they literally got about 1 inch of snow and they had to shut everything down...hahahaha

In Oregon it has been bone cold but  we have had no snow to speak of in the lower elevations. None whatsoever in the Portland area.  No rain either.  Lots of sun. Hard to believe we are having forest fires in the middle of winter. We are getting pounded by heavy winds tho. I live on the end of the columbia gorge and the other day we had gusts recorded from 107 to 122 mph.  But days are getting longer and soon all of this will be behind us I hope!

A good dusting of snow closes all schools here too.  Like OR said, there'll be wrecks all over the place.  The south just isn't equipped for snow.  We get so little of it, it's easier and much more cost effective to just let it go away in a couple days.

That being said, people around here go nuts at the mention of the word snow.  The stores are probably already out of milk and bread. There are some people around here who can drive in it that take it easy, brake easily, go a reasonable speed.  I never have any problem getting where I am going.  But, then there are these idiots in their jeeps running 50 or 60 purposely sliding around, spinning around in the roads.  You've got the ones that are scared to death and go so slow that they will never get up that slight bit of a hill ahead and will snarl up the whole thing.  Those last second brake users...I know you've seen them...will create many spectacular wrecks.  I just hope I'm not hit by one.

They are forecasting an inch or two for us here. Should shut down most stuff for a day or two.

OR, as far south as you are and they are calling for 5 inches.  I feel for you.  Hope you don't have to go anywhere for a few days.

mild 21c (69.8f) here,kicking back enjoying a cold one on holiday  

arteacher wrote on 01/27/14 at 19:10:06:


was down to the t shirt  ...mrs had me out working in the garden  :'( ,she don't quite understand the word HOLIDAY  ..it means working on the bikes and cars and doing a bit of alcohol tasting nothing else    

seen a massive avalanche on the news tonight, in Valdez Alaska  blocking the only road,man this global warming is getting out of hand