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Three car garage. My wife's car goes in, the rest is devoted to my daughter's car and storage. My stuff sits outside.
I am south of Denver just a bit. At 6700 feet of altitude. The snow here is light and powdery, not like November snow in the Twin Cities. Easy shoveling but it does blow and drift. Sort of like a January blizzard in the Twin Cities.
Looked at the map. It appears it is the same system they are predicting to hit here. They are saying it will be light fluffy snow, but I find that hard to believe unless the temperature drops big time before it hits.
ah, no big deal. it will be 73 tomorrow and 90 on Thursday.
Indeed. We always get relief from winter down here. Not like the Twin Cities where once it sets in , it is set in for months. Here, after most storms we get several days of sunny, mild, even pleasant weather all winter long.
What about all the leaves I never got around to raking?
Really depends on the size of the driveway and if you have a snowblower, and if it is heavy wet snow, or light dry snow.
I think this distinction is what's kind of lost on me. I've heard of "wet snow" and "dry snow", but don't really grok just quite how it affects shoveling. I guess if it's dry enough, you really can just blow it away.
People here can't do ice on the road. Thankfully, it happens pretty rarely. But when it does happen ... everyone just tries driving like normal and wonders why they're sliding all over the place, unable to tailgate and stop short, etc.
Big difference between the wet snow and the dry fluffy stuff. Think of 1 cubic foot of sand/mud vs 1 cubic foot of leaves. You can sometimes just push or sweep the light fluffy stuff. You have to lift and throw the wet stuff. Shoveling the wet stuff is a workout and people die from heart attacks shoveling every year. My driveway isn't quite big enough to justify a snow blower, but it would be really nice a couple of times a year.
And to be fair, the roads are not designed for freezing temps. Northern roads use cloverleafs to keep the concrete on the ground to take advantage of ground warmth.
well, typically employers don't give a single #### about how you get it done... you're expected to be on time.
Wisconsin born boys like me just deal with it. I am essential personnel so I come in no mater what. currently my driveway is pretty short, maybe 35 feet by 30 feet. took me a half hour or so this morning to clear it. as a kid our driveway was several hundred yards long. By hand it took hours to clear with us three boys working hard. If the adults had pity on us Grandpa might put a plow on one of the tractors and clear it but they mostly liked to see us spend some of our youthful energy outside doing something productive as opposed to destructive, so that was few and far between.
Trying to break it up and shovel as it comes down makes a huge difference if you have to do it by hand. Awfully tough if it’s snowing overnight though.
Wet snow is around 10 times heavier than dry powdery snow. Growing up in Wisconsin it was often wet and heavy. Here in Colorado almost never wet and heavy.
You are a good Dad. Good Dads do not let their wives and daughters cars get cold and buried, that is our small burden to deal with.
I heard it was not suppose to get over Monument hill, but this event seems to want to defy forecasting, a bit.
Yes, she is a junior there. Molecular biology major with a chemistry and math minor. She gets the brains from my wife that's for sure.Osaurus said:
The "snow is pretty!" thing is big around here. It snowed in New Orleans 0.5" on Christmas Day 2004 and maybe a little less than that on December 11, 2008. Not quite enough snow to totally cover a front lawn ... could still see sprigs of green sticking out. But enough snow for people to "hand shovel" enough snow off their grass & cars to make foot-high snowmenNavin Johnson said:
Ya, dry snow is almost like that decorative snow you put in display cases. You can move it around just by blowing on it. Your shovel is heavier than the snow itself when shoveling.WDIK2 said:Big difference between the wet snow and the dry fluffy stuff. Think of 1 cubic foot of sand/mud vs 1 cubic foot of leaves. You can sometimes just push or sweep the light fluffy stuff. You have to lift and throw the wet stuff. Shoveling the wet stuff is a workout and people die from heart attacks shoveling every year. My driveway isn't quite big enough to justify a snow blower, but it would be really nice a couple of times a year.
The wet snow makes better snowballs and snowmen though.
The first couple of snows I'm usually right out there getting everything cleaned off. Later in the season I'm more, "meh, I can drive over it with the Jeep."
You, sir, are a masochist. This is the first winter I have a working snowblower and I'm almost excited to use it. Almost, but not really. It will be better than shoveling (though I have a longer than average driveway, and half of it is a 45 degree slope, so it is a pain in the butt).Ditkaless Wonders said:
I have owned a snow blower. When one owns a snow blower one's wife feels you should clear the driveway of that nice older couple down the block, and also for that single mother across the street even though she is suspicious you may harbor desires in that regard. It does not lessen your work as it increases your obligation to your fellow man. you become a neighborhood resource. Like having a pick up truck makes you a target for requests to help move stuff. Same deal.
Maybe true in places where snow is less than a burden. Around here, when I'm in my driveway shoveling, I am listening to the dozen snowblowers all around me. Even the old retired couple across the street has one. The old guy comes out, does his driveway, and is back inside before I feel like I've even made a dent.
Yep. I got my dad a snow blower a few years ago and he clears off a bunch of neighbors' driveways. But I think he really enjoys it, plus they only get enough snow to need it once or twice a year (TN). But yeah, we thought it would reduce his work and it definitely did not.
