Here on Cape Cod last weeks storm was misery ...  a mess of heavy snow with a midnight period of rain that promptly froze. I should have been out at before I went to bed with the roof rake. As it was I got up to ice dams. Unlike the inland areas this storm was just rain. Took care of the ice on the roof. Inland I gather it is a mess.
Sending wishes for continuing electricity service to all salads under the storm.

Western NY got rain/freezing rain/sleet mix--and not much of that.
Now, last night and today: yeah, it's winter finally. Plow Guy is earning his money and doing right by the downstairs neighbor (who's paying his bill). I was out getting the car area (something he can't get at very easily) and he came by a second time, saw where I was clearing it back further and set about getting that side of the driveway closer to the stakes. I still spent a bit more than 1.5 hr shoveling. Had this nice little skim of frozen ice from the freezing rain of last night to make it nice and heavy. Got my exercise for the day.
Assorted forecasters say there's a line up of 5 storm to wade through this week. We shall see.

Last edited by Griffinmoon (2/16/2021 3:36 pm)

Yesterday, my friend was helping his neighbor get his pickup truck out of the snow, and they used a piece of plywood under the drive wheels for some traction.  He thought he was clear, but when the guy gunned the engine, the plywood shot back and hit my friend's right leg below the knee.  It broke both bones.  He's scheduled for surgery in about an hour and fifteen minutes.  I went up to see him at the hospital, it's about 35 miles away.  He's in good spirits, but unfortunately, he's going to be off work for a couple of weeks before he's allowed to do even office work.  He's a field surveyor, and happens to be the lead surveyor for the company's branch here in town.  He's also got something like 40 cats to care for, but his sister is taking care of feeding them.  I volunteered to do litterbox duty. 

Last edited by joekc6nlx (2/17/2021 3:20 pm)

*Owch!!* for joe nadi's friend. Most unfortunate. Hope all turns out well there.
The shingle idea sounds like a good one: keep enough to string along each other and one would have a traction path to climb out on. Western NY gets plowed to death in relatively short order. Seven feet in 4 hrs tends to slow us down a bit, but sensible people (and there are a few) stay off the bleeding roads when that happens. Kitty litter (even used bot sifted and dried it's good) is nice but not for really deep snow/slop.

I've never had any problem with staining with my shingles when they have been in the trunk of the car. Just have some sort of cover as the surface is really rough. It will take out the bottom of a paper grocery bag very quickly  - as I found out the hard way.