7 inches of snow and more to come

[mattgirl]

Here in my little part of the world we don't normally get much in the way of snow and the temps don't normally get as low as they have been this winter. 7 degrees this morning and is supposed to be -3 tonight. The feel like temps are much lower than that. BRRRRRRRRR. Growing up around here we had winters like this and even colder but haven't seen anything like this for at least 20 years. The last snow we had of any really measurable amount was back in 1990. It didn't stop until it had dumped 16 inches on us. We normally get more ice/freezing rain than actual snow. I think I prefer the snow we are getting now. At least this dry snow doesn't break tree limbs and bring down power lines as bad as wet heavy snow or freezing rain.

The snow started yesterday morning, drifted down most of the day and through the night. Woke up to snow still drifting down this morning. It has just about stopped for now but left behind at least 7 inches. The weather folks tell is we will get more and maybe even MUCH more. YAY!!!!! Enough to make snow ice cream

 

[Basil]

Here in my little part of the world we don't normally get much in the way of snow and the temps don't normally get as low as they have been this winter. 7 degrees this morning and is supposed to be -3 tonight. The feel like temps are much lower than that. BRRRRRRRRR. Growing up around here we had winters like this and even colder but haven't seen anything like this for at least 20 years. The last snow we had of any really measurable amount was back in 1990. It didn't stop until it had dumped 16 inches on us. We normally get more ice/freezing rain than actual snow. I think I prefer the snow we are getting now. At least this dry snow doesn't break tree limbs and bring down power lines as bad as wet heavy snow or freezing rain.

The snow started yesterday morning, drifted down most of the day and through the night. Woke up to snow still drifting down this morning. It has just about stopped for now but left behind at least 7 inches. The weather folks tell is we will get more and maybe even MUCH more. YAY!!!!! Enough to make snow ice cream

I think we on the east coast are getting that storm later this week. Or a different one.....who knows lol!
And it’s been a looooong time since I’ve made snow ice cream!

 

[86 ssinit]

Grin and bear it! Hope you don’t get more! Do you have a generator? We got around 12” last week in one shot and 6-7” in the next. I’m looking at 3’ drifts in my backyard. dogs love it . But we havnt had this much snow in a few years now.

 

[OiFisho]

Here in my little part of the world we don't normally get much in the way of snow and the temps don't normally get as low as they have been this winter. 7 degrees this morning and is supposed to be -3 tonight. The feel like temps are much lower than that. BRRRRRRRRR. Growing up around here we had winters like this and even colder but haven't seen anything like this for at least 20 years. The last snow we had of any really measurable amount was back in 1990. It didn't stop until it had dumped 16 inches on us. We normally get more ice/freezing rain than actual snow. I think I prefer the snow we are getting now. At least this dry snow doesn't break tree limbs and bring down power lines as bad as wet heavy snow or freezing rain.

The snow started yesterday morning, drifted down most of the day and through the night. Woke up to snow still drifting down this morning. It has just about stopped for now but left behind at least 7 inches. The weather folks tell is we will get more and maybe even MUCH more. YAY!!!!! Enough to make snow ice cream

I never get more than 2 inches of snow in the winter! This year I got 9 and more yet to come!

 

[mattgirl]

Grin and bear it! Hope you don’t get more! Do you have a generator? We got around 12” last week in one shot and 6-7” in the next. I’m looking at 3’ drifts in my backyard.View attachment 766297dogs love it . But we havnt had this much snow in a few years now.

Thankfully yes, we do have a generator. I knew y'all were getting quite a bit of it up in your neck of the woods long before it got down to us.

I think we on the east coast are getting that storm later this week. Or a different one.....who knows lol!
And it’s been a looooong time since I’ve made snow ice cream!

I've got all the ingredients to make it. I just have to have hubby bring some snow in for it. Thankfully I don't have to go out in it so I can just stay inside and enjoy the beauty of it while it is still fresh and clean.

 

[StarGirl]

Welcome to Michigan y'all.. ....lol

 

[Dechi]

Around here we’re used to snow and cold (more than 4 feet of snow at the moment and -13F and below the last few days).

What’s really annoying is the rain we’ve been having for many years now during winter. It creates very dangerous driving conditions on the road and more people breaking bones when walking outside. It also causes more water infiltrations in homes, and overflowing rivers. People lose their homes because of it.

The climate is really changing, and not for the best...

 

[mattgirl]

Welcome to Michigan y'all.. ....lol

The weather folks are predicting we will get more each day through Thursday. My daffodils had already started blooming. Now they are covered in snow. Thankfully something like this doesn't affect them. Once the snow melts they will just continue to bloom.

Around here we’re used to snow and cold (more than 4 feet of snow at the moment and -13F and below the last few days).

What’s really annoying is the rain we’ve been having for many years now during winter. It creates very dangerous driving conditions on the road and more people breaking bones when walking outside. It also causes more water infiltrations in homes, and overflowing rivers. People lose their homes because of it.

The climate is really changing, and not for the best...

We too have been getting more rain than we used to. 'Specially Spring rains. Makes it difficult to get the garden ready for planting but I don't want to go there. I would like to keep this thread lighthearted if at all possible.

If we really look we can see the good in all things but that may just be my rose colored glasses fooling me.

 

[BigManAquatics]

My usual parking spot at work is covered by a snow pile taller than my truck and it is -7 at noon, only 2 degrees away from or high temp of the day lol!! Supposed to be about -24 in the morning when i leave for work again. No need to look at a feels like temp at this point!

 

[mattgirl]

My usual parking spot at work is covered by a snow pile taller than my truck and it is -7 at noon, only 2 degrees away from or high temp of the day lol!! Supposed to be about -24 in the morning when i leave for work again. No need to look at a feels like temp at this point!

Oh my goodness. I can only imagine how hard these conditions are on folks that actually have to get out in it. I feel very fortunate not to have to. That is one thing to look forward to and one of the perks of retirement

 

[ghostdawg]

I woke this morning to 0 degrees and should get a high of around 8 degrees. Oh and expecting between 6-8 inches of snow. This is normal for my area but we haven't had it this bad for quite some time!

 

[faydout]

-13F and below the last few days

We hit -14F overnight last night, but we're supposed to be rebounding starting today with a high of 25 (yesterday we got to 1F). After the last while, that seems like t-shirt and flip flop weather.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Oh my goodness. I can only imagine how hard these conditions are on folks that actually have to get out in it. I feel very fortunate not to have to. That is one thing to look forward to and one of the perks of retirement

Most of the snow we have had on the ground for 3 weeks. Today is like day 10 in a row of under 20 degrees. But, next week we are supposed to get back in the 30s during the day and 20s at night...which seems like worlds apart from the last week plus

 

[taj13]

My son is in Little Rock. He said they had snow. I'm jealous, because we usually DO have snow here in NC, and all we've had is cold rain.
By the way, I love visiting Arkansas. It's beautiful, and the people are so friendly.

 

[Kribensis27]

Today, we have a high of 0 and a low of -17. Last night, the low was around -25. We planted some new perennials last year, I hope at least some make it through.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Winter in Holland too

 

[mattgirl]

Today, we have a high of 0 and a low of -17. Last night, the low was around -25. We planted some new perennials last year, I hope at least some make it through.

I suspect I will have to buy fresh elephant ear bulbs this year but thankfully a lot of the perennial bulbs weather temps like that alright. If the perennials you planted aren't bulb plants they may be affected but only time will tell. I know things like daffodils, tulips, crocus, asian/stargazer lilies and hyacinths can handle it. Day lilies and irises have tubers instead of a bulb but they also come through these temps just fine.

Winter in Holland too

Yes it is and it is beautiful.

 

[StarGirl]

Winter in Holland too

Is that a river or creek they are skating on? Thats pretty cool!

 

[Kribensis27]

I suspect I will have to buy fresh elephant ear bulbs this year but thankfully a lot of the perennial bulbs weather temps like that alright. If the perennials you planted aren't bulb plants they may be affected but only time will tell. I know things like daffodils, tulips, crocus, asian/stargazer lilies and hyacinths can handle it. Day lilies and irises have tubers instead of a bulb but they also come through these temps just fine.

Yeah, there are some tuber/bulb plants there, like daylilies, bearded irises, lycoris squamigera (those aren’t supposed to be hardy here, but they survive in our neighbors’ yard), some extra hardy alliums, some peony varieties from the 50’s, daffodils, and asiatic lilies. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of non-tuber/bulb plants. Stuff like salvia nemorosa, lobelia cardinalis, two varieties of nepeta, shasta daisies, ornamental echinacea, and a few others.

We have some shrubs like pjm rhododendrons, quickfire hydrangeas, northern lights azaleas, some forsythias, and some cardinal dogwoods. I wouldn’t be worried about those in other years, but they’re still in their first year.

I’m not worried about the native plants we planted like gaillardia, echinacea purpurea, purple prairie clover, Indian grass, wild columbine, and anise hyssop, though.

 

[Lucy]

Oh shoot! I forgot my daffodils were starting to come up. We've got a good coating of ice outside.

 

[NotSoAggressiveAquatics]

You guys are lucky. Everyone’s talking about all this snow and it’s already back in the high 70’s and low 80’s here

 

[mattgirl]

Oh shoot! I forgot my daffodils were starting to come up. We've got a good coating of ice outside.

Not to worry, your daffodils should be fine. I have seen mine covered in ice with their little blooms frozen to the ground. As soon as the ice melts they stand right back up and act like nothing at all happened.

You guys are lucky. Everyone’s talking about all this snow and it’s already back in the high 70’s and low 80’s here

you are the one I would consider lucky

 

[StarGirl]

You guys are lucky. Everyone’s talking about all this snow and it’s already back in the high 70’s and low 80’s here

Stop bragging already.....

 

[Kribensis27]

Oh shoot! I forgot my daffodils were starting to come up. We've got a good coating of ice outside.

They should do fine. Mine come up way too early every year, and always re-freeze, but they bloom anyway! They don’t care about ice at all.

You guys are lucky. Everyone’s talking about all this snow and it’s already back in the high 70’s and low 80’s here

That sounds way too hot for February! I can’t handle it when it gets up to the 80’s. 60’s to low 70’s are nice though.

 

[fish 321]

Haha. Its a nice toasty 32°F here in Alaska.

 

[NotSoAggressiveAquatics]

Stop bragging already.....

Might sound nice now but it’s not so fun when it’s 110...

 

[StarGirl]

Might sound nice now but it’s not so fun when it’s 110...

Not so fun when it's -15 either....lol

 

[DoubleDutch]

Is that a river or creek they are skating on? Thats pretty cool!

It's a canal around the polder I live in.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Winter in Holland too

I see 2 things in your pictures that we don't have much of lately....unburied plant life and the sun!

 

[mattgirl]

It's a canal around the polder I live in.

My hubby has lived here since he was about 6 years old (he is 71 now). He said it wasn't unusual at all for all the ponds around here to freeze over deep enough to skate on them. That hasn't happen since 1980 or so. That was actually the last time we had a bitterly cold winter. Occasionally they do freeze a tiny bit around the edges but nothing like it used to be. We have gotten spoiled by these mild winters. I guess we have to have something like what's happening now to help us appreciate the not so cold winters we usually have.

 

[BigManAquatics]

My hubby has lived here since he was about 6 years old (he is 71 now). He said it wasn't unusual at all for all the ponds around here to freeze over deep enough to skate on them. That hasn't happen since 1980 or so. That was actually the last time we had a bitterly cold winter. Occasionally they do freeze a tiny bit around the edges but nothing like it used to be. We have gotten spoiled by these mild winters. I guess we have to have something like what's happening now to help us appreciate the not so cold winters we usually have.

Last winter was super mild for us. I think we had less than 20 days the entire year that temps got below freezing for the highs( none in the 0 degrees or under), so yeah we were a bit spoiled. Now i am officially sick of the next 5 winters already, no matter what they do or don't bring!

 

[tiktaalik]

We're around 16F here in texas, doesn't help that our power keeps going out power has been going out since 2am and went our for 5 hours straight at 9am, definitely has kept me on my toes. my fish are fine though (knocking on wood), I wrapped my tanks like a madwoman.
At least the snow is pretty! I went outside earlier and made a pathetic little snow mound.

 

[mattgirl]

We're around 16F here in texas, doesn't help that our power keeps going out power has been going out since 2am and went our for 5 hours straight at 9am, definitely has kept me on my toes. my fish are fine though (knocking on wood), I wrapped my tanks like a madwoman.
At least the snow is pretty! I went outside earlier and made a pathetic little snow mound.

This little snow mound is just as cute as it can be.
I just finished making my snow ice cream

 

[BigManAquatics]

Even my moms snowman is tired of our cold snap
He lost most of his appendages the last time it was above freezin like 4 years ago....

 

[DoubleDutch]

My hubby has lived here since he was about 6 years old (he is 71 now). He said it wasn't unusual at all for all the ponds around here to freeze over deep enough to skate on them. That hasn't happen since 1980 or so. That was actually the last time we had a bitterly cold winter. Occasionally they do freeze a tiny bit around the edges but nothing like it used to be. We have gotten spoiled by these mild winters. I guess we have to have something like what's happening now to help us appreciate the not so cold winters we usually have.

Skaters on the IJssellake

 

[mattgirl]

Even my moms snowman is tired of our cold snap
He lost most of his appendages the last time it was above freezin like 4 years ago....
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4 years ? Oh my. Poor lil' dude

Skaters on the IJssellake

Is it like this every year? If so it looks like y'all get dumped into the deep freeze each year much like it used to be here.

 

[jinjerJOSH22]

Skaters on the IJssellake

We went Skiing on Saturday on a artificial slope... well it was covered in snow but still... anyway on the way there, just about every canal or lake was covered in skaters, I've never seen anything like it. Though still no elfstedentocht haha.

We actually got to go Skiing in the woods behind where we live, that was quite the experience.... learning there's hills in the Nederlands

 

[DoubleDutch]

We went Skiing on Saturday on a artificial slope... well it was covered in snow but still... anyway on the way there, just about every canal or lake was covered in skaters, I've never seen anything like it. Though still no elfstedentocht haha.

We actually got to go Skiing in the woods behind where we live, that was quite the experience.... learning there's hills in the Nederlands

They only look like hills cause the holes besides them are quite deep hahahah.

 

[Kribensis27]

This little snow mound is just as cute as it can be.
I just finished making my snow ice cream

How is it? We make it every time we get a big new layer of snow

 

[mattgirl]

How is it? We make it every time we get a big new layer of snow

We are gonna get a bowl of here in just a little while. I was waiting until we ate supper and now we are both too full to enjoy any


Edited to add: Oh my goodness, I had forgotten just how cold snow ice cream actually is. I don't know why it is so but snow ice cream is much colder than regular ice cream. It is good though. I don't normally eat ice cream this time of year but it is kinda difficult to make snow ice cream during the summer months

 

[PNWAquatics]

We were supposed to get snow but instead just got a lot of ice. It’s all melted, but we haven’t had power for over 72 hours. Luckily we managed to find a generator to keep tanks running.

 

[mattgirl]

We were supposed to get snow but instead just got a lot of ice. It’s all melted, but we haven’t had power for over 72 hours. Luckily we managed to find a generator to keep tanks running.

Clapping because you have a generator. Hopefully your power will be back on soon. Thankfully we've not lost our power since we just got dry snow this time. Wet heavy snow or ice usually take down power line around here.

 

[fish 321]

We were supposed to get snow but instead just got a lot of ice. It’s all melted, but we haven’t had power for over 72 hours. Luckily we managed to find a generator to keep tanks running.

Wow I usualy never loose power for more than a hour.

 

[mattgirl]

Wow I usualy never loose power for more than a hour.

The longest we have ever been out of power was 28 days. It was one of the worst ice storms we have ever had. It took down not only power lines but also power poles for at least 100 miles in all directions from us. We lost electricity, water and phones. Thankfully we had a generator and both heated and cooked with natural gas. We were able to get water from a dug well. Without electricity we weren't able to use our drilled well water.

 

[PNWAquatics]

The longest we have ever been out of power was 28 days. It was one of the worst ice storms we have ever had. It took down not only power lines but also power poles for at least 100 miles in all directions from us. We lost electricity, water and phones. Thankfully we had a generator and both heated and cooked with natural gas. We were able to get water from a dug well. Without electricity we weren't able to use our drilled well water.

My power is back. 3.5 days sounds a lot better than 28. Glad you made it through that!

 

[mattgirl]

My power is back. 3.5 days sounds a lot better than 28. Glad you made it through that!

I am happy to hear yours is back on. Thankfully most of the time when we lose ours anymore it is just for a few hours. More snow is predicted for us tonight and most of the day again tomorrow. It started abut an hour ago. Hubby had our walk way cleared off but I see it is covered again.

 

[mattgirl]

We have accumulated at least another 1 1/2 inches and it is still coming down. We may not be as fortunate with this one. This one looks to be a wet snow. The cedar trees are starting to droop pretty significantly. It is also building up on the power lines. Although the power company tries to keep trees away from the power lines it is next to impossible to prevent some from coming down over the lines.

Hubby has the generator ready and we have back up natural gas heat so we are ready for it but I sure hope it doesn't happen.

 

[Kribensis27]

We have accumulated at least another 1 1/2 inches and it is still coming down. We may not be as fortunate with this one. This one looks to be a wet snow. The cedar trees are starting to droop pretty significantly. It is also building up on the power lines. Although the power company tries to keep trees away from the power lines it is next to impossible to prevent some from coming down over the lines.

Hubby has the generator ready and we have back up natural gas heat so we are ready for it but I sure hope it doesn't happen.

Hope your power stays on!

 

[chromedome52]

Apologies to Texas, we exceeded our quota of snow and freezing weather and had to send the rest somewhere!
love, Michigan

To the rest of the country: we hope you are enjoying our free winter weather sample packs! love, Michigan

 

[mattgirl]

Temps are going up, snow is melting. I am actually starting to see some bare ground. I am sure the birds are enjoying themselves now. Thankfully the flock of blackbirds that sheltered here have moved on. I knew we had a lot of Cardinals here but had no idea as to how many there actually are. We also have various finches. Mainly purple and gold finches. All of them on top of bunches of other species of birds have to eat too. I have 3 feeders that each hold a full gallon of seed. We were having to refill them every day. Sure am glad we got a good supply of it before this hit us.

According the the weather reports Spring is supposed to be here next week. I hope and pray all our Texas friends either already have or will soon have their electricity back on. It seems Mississippi got hit with more ice than snow. Lots of buildings caved in from the weight on it. This winter will be remembered for many years to come as one of the worst in a long time for a lot of folks. Mother nature is going to do what she is going to do and all we can do is try to prepare for it and then hold on for the ride.

The only damage here was to my English Ivy. I had it covering 3 sides of our cinder block well house and a couple of our oak trees. The deer found it to be very tasty. They stripped it up as far as they could reach. It had taken me several years to train it to cover the well house. Oh well, If I could do it once I can do it again. I did it for looks, they needed it for survival.