No big snow

[altivo]

It did snow, just not as much as they said it would. We got somewhere between four and five inches of new powder here at the farm. At work, there was somewhat less, maybe three inches. Instead of continuing with heavy snow all day and into the night, things had pretty much dropped back to light flurries by noon time. Sorta disappointing, really. No

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[equusmaximus]

We got about an extra five or six inches of snow over the last few days, nowhere near the severe dumping that we've been hearing about in other places. With the high winds and bitter cold that we did get, the lack of more snow is fine with me. As it is, the winds have blown the snow into drifts more than 2' deep, and getting to my shop is a trek that makes me ponder the idea of getting some snowshoes!

I'm familiar with the RubberMaid cart that you describe. I'd like to get one of those someday, but we've been making do with a regular wheel-barrow. That is, up until the snow got too deep to move it about easily. What we're using now is a combination of a "calf-sled" (literally, a sled for moving new-born calves in out of the snow and into a warm barn) and a large muck-bucket. The sled moves the bucket easily, and then we just keep piling it up. (We really need to get a small manure-spreader next season!) Given enough time, even miniature horses can create quite a pile. ;)

[altivo]

We got another three inches overnight. It's really piling up here.

We were looking for another cart like the one we have last spring and couldn't find one. I don't know whether they quit making them or our local retailers just aren't carrying them any more. Ours is getting pretty shaky after ten years of use. We had to replace the axle once because it wore all the way through and broke. Now the wheels are getting wobbly and the body has a big crack where the handle attaches. But I still think it's a good design and better than a conventional wheelbarrow. It has served us well for a long and hard time.

[merik]

*chuckle* I've always enjoyed how the South deals with the threat of snow. The forecast here on the southeastern coast of North Carolina is for a 40% chance of rain possibly mixed with snow after midnight tonight, with little or no snow accumulation. However, just this threat of bad weather made most school districts in the area decide several hours before school ended today to delay the start of school on Friday by 2 hours :-P Granted, there is a possibility for black ice forming in spots if it does indeed precipitate, but I'm just amused at school superintendants jumping the gun by activating snow delay plans 12+ hours in advance of the start of bad weather, if any should actually get here.

[altivo]

Schools here often wait until the last possible moment to announce a closing. It appears that they wait for someone else to make the first move, and then an avalanche of closing notices appears all at once.

[merik]

*nods* That's what I'm used to seeing back in New York - everyone waits to see who flinches first, then everyone jumps on the bandwagon. Here, though, just the word "snow" in the forecast seems to make people in authority rush to press the panic button far, far too early :-P

By the way, the schools here had a delayed start for no good reason, as I figured they would. Light rain did fall overnight, but temperatures overnight went up into the low 40s instead of falling into the low 30s as was forecast. So, had the school folks waited until 6 AM or so, they would have seen that the rain was over, temperatures were 10+ degrees above freezing, and there was no reason to screw up the days of school kids and their parents...

[avon_deer]

Sounds like you're having as much fun as we are. :D

I only use a single wheeled barrow, but it IS harder to keep upright sometimes. The heavy loads must be the reason.

[altivo]

Heavy loads definitely make a single wheel harder to keep balanced.

Yeah, I guess we're having fun now. It dropped another three inches on us after I posted this.

[avon_deer]

Did you see the sat photo of the UK that I posted?

[altivo]

Yes, but without a comparison photo of what it would "normally" look like, I couldn't tell for sure what I was seeing.