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I think they're calling this storm the BIGLIZARD.

rikibeth

2/9/13 03:19 pm

 As big storms go, it could have been a lot worse. We didn't lose power or internet, and we stayed safely home -- even if the governor hadn't declared a travel ban at 4PM yesterday, we had no plans to go out.

However, we got a LOT of snow. How much?



It was up to the bumper of eternaleponine 's Subaru wagon.



She had to use her full body weight to open the door.



The PLOWED half of the street was still covered to more than the depth of a corgi.



And Storm Team Delta tried to get a measurement, but their ruler wasn't big enough.

eternaleponine  and I have put in two one-hour bouts of shoveling, and we're nowhere NEAR done. The front walk and sidewalk are clear, but her car couldn't clear the driveway. Even if it could, she couldn't go anywhere, because the STREET isn't plowed.

We're about to give it another go. Wish us luck.

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• ap_aelfwine

  2/9/13 08:38 pm (UTC)

  

  Good luck!
  
  It's not dissimilar here. I've not even tried to clear the driveway yet. Shoveled a path out on the deck so I could put out the bird feeders, and shoveled out a pit for Minnie by the front steps--it's well over her head, which is probably good as she hates the wind and the snow gives her a bit of cover from that.

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• scribal_goddess

  2/9/13 08:40 pm (UTC)

  

  Oh dear. We've only got about 9 inches here, and I hear you got what remained of our storm with the addition of a new one. (Plus, ours snowed slowly, during the day, so we never had more than 2 inches on the road at any one time.)

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• eglantine_br

  2/9/13 08:42 pm (UTC)

  

  Those pictures say it all. And you captured the peculiar snowy light. Corgi looks flummoxed. Subaru looks stoic. Human looks like a big pillow.
  
  Things are much less dramatic here. Girl has gone sledding.

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  • rikibeth

    2/9/13 09:50 pm (UTC)

    

    The corgi was Very Excited and jumping like a jumping bean.

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• joycemocha

  2/9/13 10:52 pm (UTC)

  Boot pack. Seriously. Much easier than shoveling, at least for Subarus. My driveway is fairly long, so when we got hit with PDX Snowpocalypse a few years back, I took a look at what I'd have to shovel to get the Subie out, said OH HELL NO and stomped down a path for the car.
  
  Granted, I had chains and studless snows on the Subaru. And I'd just finished watching a Warren Miller feature that talks about the Highlands at Aspen...one slope that needs to be bootpacked before it can be skied safely. A whole freakin' slope.
  
  I figured boot packing was easier, since I wasn't worried about grip, just clearance.

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  • eternaleponine

    2/9/13 11:19 pm (UTC)

    

    You can't bootpack 30" of snow. It's not possible.

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  • rikibeth

    2/9/13 11:32 pm (UTC)

    

    If we tried to boot pack 30" of snow, we'd still have to build a RAMP to get the car up from the level of the ground onto the packed snow. Furthermore, they're predicting rain on Monday, which means the snow pack would be a giant sheet of ice by Tuesday.
    
    Plus? I drive a Chevy Aveo. And I park at the BOTTOM of the driveway, all the way past the back of the house. As do the neighbors in the other half of the duplex (not the same people who have the snowblower, they're in the next house). They have a Jeep Cherokee. They are retirees and don't believe in shoveling, except their side entryway so their dog can get out (they may have a point, as they do all the mowing in the summer). They usually drive out over up to 6" of snow... making nasty packed-down ruts that I then have to scrape down with a shovel as best I can, so my little lightweight hatchback can make it safely out of the long driveway.
    
    How deep was your snowpocalypse? About 6"? Trust me, there is NO COMPARISON between that and crotch-high snow.

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• donnaimmaculata

  2/9/13 11:08 pm (UTC)

  

  My, this is an amazing lot of snow. I hope you manage to have a little bit fun with it, now that it's there. Good luck shovelling!

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  • rikibeth

    2/9/13 11:38 pm (UTC)

    

    Well, there's the Storm Team Delta pictures, and tomorrow I intend to stage a dramatic crash landing for my vintage Kenner snow speeder and assorted action figures -- I have an X-Wing Pilot Luke, and a Hoth Fatigues Han, and Chewbacca... alas, I never had a Tauntaun figure, or I'd put it in the tableau. And if the neighbors across the street cared to have a snowball fight, the banks after we shoveled out the sidewalk are in fact nearly head height, so they're FABULOUS defensive ramparts. It'd be a lot like Oldroyd popping his head up above THEIR defenses. Maybe we'd even try a hat on a stick! Pity we don't have snow cannons...

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  kagyakusha

  2/10/13 04:23 am (UTC)

  

  I'm going to have to go out my back door (once the blizzard finally stops) because my front door has snow up to my chest -- back door has been shovelled a bit already by neighbours...
  
  x_X I'm figuring that nothing will have been plowed by Monday but I'll still have to go to work.
  Last Monday, I went into the ditch at the end of my driveway during a blizzard and managed to get my poor little honda out, and get all the way to work, only to have them announce closure a half hour later. X_X

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    rikibeth

    2/10/13 12:41 pm (UTC)

    

    The plow's been by since last night. Now we have to dig out this wall:
    
    
    
    Edited at 2013-02-10 12:42 pm (UTC)

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      kagyakusha

      2/10/13 07:50 pm (UTC)

      

      X_X Damn plow...
      
      Well, good luck with the workout. I know I'm using the snow shovelling minutes to get points in my work's February Fitness Challenge...

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• galestorm

  2/10/13 09:15 am (UTC)

  

  Uh oh, more than the depth of a corgi -- I think that dog might need a snow snorkel! :-D

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• mylodon

  2/10/13 10:05 am (UTC)

  

  Blimey. We've seen pictures over here (big news on the BBC) and each fresh one makes me go "cor!". *big warm hugs*

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  • rikibeth

    2/10/13 12:36 pm (UTC)

    

    Warm hugs much appreciated -- right now it's 1° F here, which is -17° for you!

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    • nodbear

      2/10/13 05:46 pm (UTC)

      

      that is well cold !
      
      amazing to see so much snow - we have so far in my part of Britain got away relatively lightly.
      
      warm thoughts from here

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      • rikibeth

        2/10/13 06:04 pm (UTC)

        

        It's warmed up to 25F/-4C, and, unlike yesterday, there's barely any wind -- and today, we have a man with a snowblower taking care of the bulk of it. And indoors is FINE.
        
        It's going to be interesting getting out of the driveway with the snowbanks at the edges blocking my vision, though.

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• delerium69

  2/11/13 07:08 am (UTC)

  

  Good luck.
  
  (And man, now I wish we had that name down here 3 years ago instead of Snowpocalypse.)

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  • rikibeth

    2/18/13 11:16 pm (UTC)

    

    Thank you!

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• ap_aelfwine

  2/19/13 11:28 pm (UTC)

  

  Happy Birthday! I hope it's a lovely day for you!

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