Posted January 17, 201213 yr Owner I finally got my first snow here in Idaho... Its been dry all this time. Even the ski resorts are hurting with only 25" at the summit 7K feet...
January 17, 201213 yr It is the same out east. The Ski resorts are just now getting some decent snow. I have not seen enough out here i tenn to even stay around more than a day.
January 17, 201213 yr Its strange. Last year we had it snow 3 times in a row. Each time just about shutting the whole town down. People here dont know how to drive in the snow.
January 17, 201213 yr Author Owner From NOAA... http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=IDZ011&warncounty=IDC003&firewxzone=IDZ401&local_place1=18+Miles+NNW+Brundage+Mountain+ID&product1=Winter+Storm+Warning ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * SNOW AMOUNTS..10 TO 20 INCHES BELOW 4000 FEET AND 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE 5500 FEET. * SNOW LEVELS...VALLEY FLOORS INITIALLY...RISING TO 4000 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND 5000 FEET THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH IN WIDER BASINS AND VALLEYS... SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH ON HIGHER MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH PASSAGE OF A WARM FRONT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON ALL AREA ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AND IN THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. I'm all set I've got plenty of food... Generator is all wired in and fueled up... Got internet and the web site to work on... Let it blow...
January 18, 201213 yr Author Owner It's here... Wow! There is about 1 foot of snow and it still falling... :stuned:Pics taken at 9:32pm 01/17/2012
January 18, 201213 yr Author Owner Good Morning all... I've got to do some digging... 8:10am 01/18/2012Front Porch...Front PorchLooking toward the RV..Toward the guest houseBack DeckBack Deck.Still coming down...
January 18, 201213 yr Author Owner Here is the plan for the morning... I got to dig my way down to the other house to get my ATV out to ride over next door to barrow the neighbors ATV and plow his yard then then mine... Daylight is here but the the visablity is moderate to low right now maybe 1 mile. Last night the power flickers and tripped all the yard floods on so I had to dig my way down to the guest house and shut off the breaker in the panel last night. That' sucks when you in flip flops and shorts at 10pm at night...:duh:Not to mention I got to careful push the snow off the RV too...I'll see about getting out the video camera later...
January 18, 201213 yr You know in NC when we do have to deal with snow like you have, we usually change out of our flip flops and shorts for tennis shoes, sweat pants and a fifth bourbon.
January 18, 201213 yr Author Owner You know in NC when we do have to deal with snow like you have, we usually change out of our flip flops and shorts for tennis shoes, sweat pants and a fifth bourbon. Can I move in? Update...
January 18, 201213 yr I'm still trying to talk my wife into us moving into your guest house.. :)she's a snow bunny.. sorta. She loves it, but doesn't get out in it.
January 18, 201213 yr Author Owner Hope the four wheeler has a big bucket on it. Actually its a 5 foot wide plow blade... Not bad...Control the up and down with a electric winch and the angle you need to hop off and unlock and swing the blade. Left to right 45*, 30*, 0, 30*, or 45*... Old vid but funny... http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQRpzvSgQcY
January 19, 201213 yr Yea, buddy. You're getting just as much as I'am up North from you. Getting a lot of tone outs in the county for people wrecking cause of the white stuff.
January 19, 201213 yr Author Owner I should grab my scanner out of the other pickup and listen to the chaos here in the canyon... Actually people are good out here. While I was out plowing the yard I seen traffic driving slowly (25-35 MPH) roughly being cautious. But now see the logging truck they are just flat humping tail to get to the mill. They get paid by the load and the local cops know they speed to make the money. But other than then our weather now shifted to the rain now... It 37*F as of right now and raining... Smokey Boulder highway cam... http://lb.511.idaho.gov/idlb/cameras/camera.jsf?id=27&view=state&text=m&textOnly=false Here is the Idaho 511 page... http://511.idaho.gov/
January 19, 201213 yr Can I move in? Update... [ATTACH=CONFIG]3453[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]3454[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]3455[/ATTACH] bring it on. Mom might miss ya though. or you can bring her and my mother-in-law would have some company.
I finally got my first snow here in Idaho... Its been dry all this time. Even the ski resorts are hurting with only 25" at the summit 7K feet...
