Let it snow, let it snow

We’re having a slow moving winter storm over the next few days that will dump from six inches to two feet in Central New York.

The good news is that the kids are still on winter break and we’re heading into a weekend.

It amuses me that every time it snows in Central New York the media whips it into Snopocalypse, Snowmageddan, The Storm of the Century, etc…

Take care, you know what to do! 😉🤭😂
 
With the City and all the Weathermen / Ladies tend to throw a psycho fit when Ice / snow is the prediction.
Think of it - 6 lanes going one way, maybe 60 / 80 MPH and the mayhem. Yep, it's only a bad dream too !
Everything pretty much closes down. There were reports of people taking 1/2 hour or more to get from the
gas pumps back onto the plowed salted streets one morning 2 winters ago.

Think of it, F250's with new snowplows and salt spreaders on the roads.
 
I want 1 inch of snow from 6 PM Dec, 24th, and gone by 11 AM, the 25th. Otherwise, I could do without the 'wonders of a snowy winter'. As I get older, the term "snowbird" doesn't sound so bad. For me, snow is great for about 1 hour, then it's just a hassle.
Bah humbug!!!!🥶
 
I’m waiting for “its “ arrival. Supposedly 7”-8” between 4M and 7 AM.

my hope is that it is all snow and not freezing rain. Freezing rain will mean I have to shut the horses out of the main pasture. We don’t have winter maintenance on our road so that also means if you go down the huge hill, you might not get back up the huge hill. Plus, there is a hairpin turn right at the top of the hill that the new FedEx driver missed the other day on the dry roads and almost ended up in the cow pasture several hundred feet down below. 🤠🤠

I did all my errands Wednesday, I will sit back and watch from afar🤠🤠
 
It is snowing here in northern Alabama right now, too. We are supposed to get several inches, and this will effectively shut the whole area down. No one here knows how to drive in snow, some try to do it anyway, and end up sliding off the icy roads, and most people know enough to just stay home if they are able to do that.
Being from north Idaho, I am used to the snow, but I would be totally happy not to have it any more. At least here, it arrives in inches and not feet, and stays for days and not months.
 
@Happyflowerlady I am originally from the OH/PA border so I’m right in there with you except I didn’t get the feet of snow that you got in Idaho. When I was young, it was get your butt to work or get fired no matter what the roads were like.

This morning it was very pleasant at the barn. Zero wind, a nice falling snow, spicy horses😇😇. They have heated water tubs that will need filled in a few hours. I hayed them up really good but they decided to head out to pasture for awhile, lol.

I only have about two inches of snow and it’s not falling as heavy as it was.

i am now watching the Nashville news. Every major route is flagged in yellow on the traffic map because there is an accident of some sort. People have slid off the roads, semi’s overturned, even though TDOT has been out for several days, salting and brining the roads. That said, I will take my old rear wheel drives any day to plow through snow and slide over ice. I once slid in the ditch in my ‘76 Buick Electra, on the way to work, I kept the gas steady, drove right back out and was on time for work. Can’t do that with these front wheel drives.
 
From the standpoint of a relaxing life, snow can seem a mixed blessing. The physical effort involved in shoveling or scooping it is good, though too much snow at a time can make that a chore. As we have a small acreage, we do have a snowblower here... but only in the last six years.

This year there's only been two accumulations of a foot of snow (each time) on our property, and above freezing temperatures allowed that to melt down to just six inches where we haven't remove it. We have a retired railbed stretching through much of our valley, but the snow on it hasn't remained firm enough for a good skiing track to be set. I'll be grateful for more normal winter conditions when I can get out on the skis.

Also we're well aware that a good depth of snow up high in our mountain ridges is crucial for minimizing the danger of forest wildfires. And snow blanketing the lower elevations is also important for keeping the region's natural vegetation alive. Plus, snowmelt keeps our wells and creek-sourced household water adequate through summer.
 

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