Epic Morning

[m22mike]

Yuck...that Sux, I am not going to complain about the weather here at all, just a bit of "Frozen Sammy Scardino Sunshine" and a few inches of snow today.

Mike

[StealthBird]

Southwestern Suburbs, we were hammered too.

Best of all, woke up this morning to an ice cold house, thermostat showed 59 degrees. Two high efficiency furnaces, both would just turn on for a minute, cycle the fan, and turn off. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

Turns out the vent pipes, which are 2 feet above ground ( sticking out of the side of the house), were covered in snow. So at 7:00, I went through 2 feet of snow, then with a shovel had to dig and dig through a 4 foot drift to find the vent pipes.

These are the pipes, and the drift...



This is the first attempt with the snowblower. Notice the area beyond the end of the driveway, that's the street, not plowed yet.



The backyard/ That's a 4-foot wood fence.

[x Baldwin Motion]

An easy 1/4&quot; plus of solid ice covering the outdoor vehicles this morning while it was raining. The ground was Zamboni fresh and impossible to walk or drive on. Never saw anything like it. Yesterday it was frozen fog, what next??

[Salvatore]

My truck looked like a frozen Niagara Falls. Not much Sammy Scardino Sunshine today Mike. It melted some BUT not enough. Needed to put the chains on the 69 nova to take my wife to work this morning. Did not slap the quarter panels much at all. No big deal really, I could always get Maaco to blow the quarters in.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My truck looked like a frozen Niagara Falls. Not much Sammy Scardino Sunshine today Mike. It melted some BUT not enough. Needed to put the chains on the 69 nova to take my wife to work this morning. Did not slap the quarter panels much at all. No big deal really, I could always get Maaco to blow the quarters in. </div></div>

That's funny right there!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[SS427]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: StealthBird</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Best of all, woke up this morning to an ice cold house, thermostat showed 59 degrees. </div></div>

Too funny and Cumby can verify, the HIGH temp in our house is kept at 58 degrees. At $600-900 per month in Propane you learn to conserve!

Thankfully we were not very busy during the storm. We only had one call for a 2 month old with breathing dificulties. It took over 1/2 hr just to get the ambulance there after commandeering a passing plow truck to lead the way though I was not able to get out of my driveway to help. Took over 1/2 the day to snowblow the 900' driveway only to get to the road and see they had yet to plow our County Road. Tonight at 7:00 PM I finally got out and headed for the shop. Just as I pulled into the parking lot the pager went off for a heart attack across the street at the bar/grill. So much for getting any work done but at least the patient was ok.

[Salvatore]

hey Rick, sounds like your squad is doing a great job too. Hats off to you and your group for your services. We had two of our sons up on Rt. 78 with the Guard for a day/nite watch and wait deal too. All you people are greatly appreciated.