TZUTC: -0500
MSGID: 639.canada@1:2320/105 2c02173d
REPLY: 634.canada@1:2320/105 2bff7d8a
PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 202 GCC 12.2.0
TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 2024 23:04 GCC 12.2.0
BBSID: CAPCITY2
CHRS: ASCII 1
RM>> I guess to earn being called a Blizzard requires higher winds.

MP>I had forgotten that but, yes, I am pretty sure that is correct.

Yes, you think of that from watching TV shows about people fighting their
way through blowing snow, usually in old Westerns, but I don't think the
wind displayed in those was quite as high as we got here, and we've
definitely had some windy snowstorms that the weather apps just referred
to as Blowing Snow or Whiteout conditions. I've had that driving to or
from town a few times this winter. About half my 50 mile trip is on a
major 4 lane highway with a 110 kph (68 mph?) speed limit, and there
are people who try to drive at near that full speed when you can't see
20 feet in front of you and the roads are slippery enough your car can
wander back and forth without you moving the steering wheel..

RM>> The drifts by my car were almost shovel breaking hard right down
  >> to the ground.

MP>Wild that those drifts got so hard.  Was there any melting and refreezing
  >involved?

No, not that day. It stayed down around 3 to 5f that whole day.
Snow just packs harder when the wind speed is higher, especially when
it's good and cold.

It was much nicer today, only a few degrees below freezing without too
much wind compared to yesterday when I  drove into town to get my shopping
done and then home and trudging along through 10 inches of snow carrying
it 250 feet to the house over rough ground, 3 trips to get it all there.

I spent quite a while today and yesterday digging a path through 10 to 24
inch snow to most of the places on the property I need to walk every day.
That was over about 350 feet. I have maybe another 125 feet to do but less
than half of that needs to be done quickly. The rest of it is just out
to my car and I won't be driving anywhere for possibly as much as another
2 weeks so there's no big hurry there..

The real shock this year is the wild changes in temperature up and down
in a short time, like this week Friday will have a high of 32f and a low
that night of -4f, a high of 8f the next day, then back up to 27f the
next day. But what I started to say was we've had a number of days this
year with a daytime high at or slightly above freezing and then dropping
to -4f or so overnight. The worst part is those fast changes are always
accompanied by high winds to move the systems in and out and it's harder
to heat the house and get around in the wind than in colder temperatures.

The guy that plows out the road here said to me the other day that this
is the worst year for large and drifting snowfalls that he's seen in
at least 5 years. I picked a great year to try wintering here again.  B)

---
 * SLMR Rob  * So... You say you sell life insurance Mr. Cthulhu?
 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)
SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/305 153/7715 154/110 218/700 226/30
SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 114 275 300 307 317 426 428 470 664 700 705
SEEN-BY: 291/111 292/854 320/219 322/757 396/45 460/58 712/848 902/26
SEEN-BY: 2320/0 105 5020/400 5075/35
PATH: 2320/105 229/426