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Coming down fast now, what’s this 10 minutes?
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The toy hauler!!
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😂 bird feeder is iced over.
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Can’t even see across the lake now.
Yay spring! Lol!
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Not sure how far north you are but I am guessing you win the prize on the forum for the longest winters in a year.
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goinbroke2 wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 3:11 pm 😂 bird feeder is iced over.

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Can’t even see across the lake now.
Yay spring! Lol!
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That's nuts. We had some good hail and thunder at home last night, but 30 miles away at work the weather was pleasant.
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This was about an hour later. I got a call at 11pm from the wife who was at a friends house. She couldn’t make it home with summer tires on so I had to go get her in the truck. I’ll post a video of it in a bit, trees bent to the ground .
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Video of driving out the lake road to break trail so the wife can follow me home...
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Probably wouldn't have been so bad if you didn't get the freezing rain along with it.
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we had a May long weekend snow gotta be 30 years ago now...spent the weekend canoeing the N. Saskatchewan river and we were completely BBQ'd the whole weekend... Our tans were quite a contrast to THREE FEET that landed overnight to the Monday, when we stumbled outside in the morning.
Pretty much destroyed all the trees and the sun was so hot the next day it melted all of it gone, like it never happened.
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goinbroke2 wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 1:08 am This was about an hour later. I got a call at 11pm from the wife who was at a friends house. She couldn’t make it home with summer tires on so I had to go get her in the truck. I’ll post a video of it in a bit, trees bent to the ground .9F0C43E2-23C1-4590-B9AB-7FBA2689A7FD.jpeg
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Thanks, butch!! 😆

HDNB, you mean like this the next day??

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Went to -2 last night, now it’s +4 and raining.
And windy, VERY ####ing windy!!
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Had our first light dusting of snow last night, currently 35 F.
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Its been 70's and droughty here... in middle Colorado, in November. I had to water the grass FFS. A few feet of snow later on in the week would be a blessing, especially since I am headed to Mexico through Christmas :P
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They are predicting snow today and the next three days then on Monday they are predicting temperatures in the single digits for 3 days.
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Bushman wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:31 am They are predicting snow today and the next three days then on Monday they are predicting temperatures in the single digits for 3 days.
Perfect timing. After 230, I'm off until after the new year with nothing to do but mash a new whiskey.
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Deplorable wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:56 am
Bushman wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:31 am They are predicting snow today and the next three days then on Monday they are predicting temperatures in the single digits for 3 days.
Perfect timing. After 230, I'm off until after the new year with nothing to do but mash a new whiskey.
I hear ya! I hope it dumps for days. Started my vacation Monday goes until the 3rd. Sparging my peated whiskey right now. Ahhh….the sweet smell of a mash. I swear I get addicted to that smell.
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Yep. I'll be up early tomorrow grinding grains I put off all week.
21% Rye whiskey mash with T58 yeast to accentuate the spicy rye flavors.
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jedneck wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:39 pm We got 12°f here with sub 0 wind chills. Wood pile is goin down fast. Snow just clipped us. But I am ready for the long beards to thaw out and start hammering. And one of my damn goats kidded two days ago, crazy bitch.
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Just having -15F outside... and having fun, actually. This was the normal winter temperature in my childhood. Now more and more often we face puddles, "snotty" wind and thawed patches with dead grass. So, -20-30C is way much better than icy rains, imo. And lotta snow is not bad, too. The ancestors were sayin that snowy winter is to a big harvest, innit?

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20% chance of snow this coming Monday! :shock:
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We were suppose to have up to 3” but it hasn’t happened yet. Cold spell is due in 3 days.
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Life's rough that side. Here it was 30 c today. :D
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The prediction was snow two days ago but it is coming down hard now so it looks like we will have a white Christmas.
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68 and the hot tub was 103. Nice breeze, too. Vlagavulvin, been there in Jan. You can keep it.
Dancin’, is it true you can hear the sap explode when the temp gets that low?
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Yonder wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:35 pm 68 and the hot tub was 103. Nice breeze, too. Vlagavulvin, been there in Jan. You can keep it.
Dancin’, is it true you can hear the sap explode when the temp gets that low?
Yes. Will usually require a well watered tree and about -40c
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Bushman wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:33 pm The prediction was snow two days ago but it is coming down hard now so it looks like we will have a white Christmas.
No snow yet on the mainland interior at 750 elevation. Currently 35° and light rain at my location. Merry Christmas!
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We are sitting at over 5” and it has slowed down a bit but continues to pick up. Our power has also flickered off and on twice today.
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Well just don't send it over here :roll: I just got out of the hospital and am not up for running the tractor.

It was 45* and partly cloudy all day. :D :D
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Currently have over a foot of snow and it is 19 degrees F and snowing.
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Bushman wrote: Sun Dec 26, 2021 8:57 am Currently have over a foot of snow and it is 19 degrees F and snowing.
Out on the SJ Islands, or north mainland?
28°f here in SE King County we got about 2 inches overnight. Currently not snowing.
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