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All Things Considered => General Discussion--Non food Related => Topic started by: ZCZ on April 14, 2018, 02:19:57 PM

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Post by: ZCZ on April 14, 2018, 02:19:57 PM
What I was seeing 2 weeks ago at the CA Citrus State Historic Park in Riverside. San Gabriel Mountains in the distance.  We were out visiting our daughters and grandkids.

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Post by: ZCZ on April 14, 2018, 02:23:41 PM
What I am seeing today in balmy beautiful MN. on this fine April 14, 2018.

Out the back window.

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Full blown blizzard today. Supposed to get a foot or more. Farmers won’t be in the fields for a while. Buy corn.

Z
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Post by: leppolite on April 14, 2018, 02:27:57 PM
Looks the same out my windows now...my yard was almost snow free yesterday!
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Post by: Bentley on April 14, 2018, 03:59:43 PM
Yeah, but you cant use a Toboggan in Riverside on April 14th either...just saying...It is 80° and windy here today, so I do not feel ya!    :pig:
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Post by: Ross77 on April 14, 2018, 04:20:52 PM
I've got the same view.  I'm starting to question why I live in MN....
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Post by: MN-Smoker on April 14, 2018, 04:31:15 PM
I've got the same view.  I'm starting to question why I live in MN....

Our kids are in school, otherwise we would move.
I'm pretty convinced of it at this point.
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Post by: MN-Smoker on April 14, 2018, 04:31:51 PM
Tomorrow I'm doing a butt on the firecraft, snow or no snow.
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Post by: ZCZ on April 14, 2018, 05:12:00 PM
Supposed to end late tomorrow

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Post by: ZCZ on April 14, 2018, 05:53:27 PM
They are saying 16-24” in some areas by the time we are done.
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Post by: Ross77 on April 14, 2018, 05:58:22 PM
Still going strong here. Over a foot so far.
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Post by: Kristin Meredith on April 14, 2018, 06:15:20 PM
But is it a dry snow Al? ;)
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Post by: MN-Smoker on April 14, 2018, 08:31:27 PM
But is it a dry snow Al? ;)

No.  It's wet and heavy stuff.
I just got done snow blowing the driveway and had to do a double pass with the snowblower on low speed.
Thick, heavy, wet, icy xxxx.

It's a bear.
March and April snow is always wet and heavy.
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Post by: ZCZ on April 14, 2018, 08:34:46 PM
Our patio table this AM

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Just now

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Pro is holding up. Will have to take the back off & see if the wind packed snow into the fans through the louvers. Happened once before.

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I’m told we have more measurable snow coming Wed. Can’t wait.
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Post by: cjs180 on April 14, 2018, 09:14:30 PM
Getting pounded in central WI as well.
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Post by: Plant175 on April 14, 2018, 11:15:51 PM
Getting pounded in central WI as well.

Like some 30” in areas north of you. Lucky I’m in California on business I don’t want to come back to see that .
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Post by: Bobitis on April 15, 2018, 02:01:57 AM
Gorebal warming at its finest.  ::)

Nuttin but rain here in the PNW. Much like any other 9 months of the year...
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Post by: Ross77 on April 15, 2018, 08:30:01 AM
Day 2.
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Post by: Bar-B-Lew on April 15, 2018, 09:07:45 AM
Just lots of rain down here in MS on my visit.  Hopefully, all that stuff is gone before I fly back to Chicago on Monday and back home to PA on Thursday.
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Post by: Bentley on April 15, 2018, 09:57:23 AM
For you all that have lived there a long time...So how unusual for this much this time of year?  Once every 25 years, 10, 5?
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Post by: Ross77 on April 15, 2018, 10:08:51 AM
It’s rare. In 1984 we had a big storm. Big enough that it ripped a hole in the Metrodome.

They are calling this one historic.
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Post by: Bentley on April 15, 2018, 10:10:07 AM
Was that...that long ago, I remember it, did not think it was that long ago!
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Post by: silverbullet on April 15, 2018, 10:20:54 AM
Yesterday morning I had so much heavy snow on the cover of the hot tub I was surprised it didn't collapse. Never seen so much! Not so bad today but still snowing & will continue for another 15 hrs. Looking at 30 inches or more. They even cancelled Church here in Central Wisconsin! Can't ever remember the last time that happened.
I even ran my small Honda Generator just in case I needed it. It would at least run my Pellet stove & the TV!  :D

High on top my gratitude list today is a good working snowblower & A hot tub cover that didn't collapse
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Post by: jstrand on April 15, 2018, 10:25:15 AM
Was that...that long ago, I remember it, did not think it was that long ago!

You're probably thinking about 2010 when it collapsed and what caught on camera. It has actually deflated 4 or 5 times. But the 1983 was in April and from snow.
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Post by: ZCZ on April 15, 2018, 11:48:27 AM
Yesterday morning I had so much heavy snow on the cover of the hot tub I was surprised it didn't collapse. Never seen so much! Not so bad today but still snowing & will continue for another 15 hrs. Looking at 30 inches or more. They even cancelled Church here in Central Wisconsin! Can't ever remember the last time that happened.
I even ran my small Honda Generator just in case I needed it. It would at least run my Pellet stove & the TV!  :D

High on top my gratitude list today is a good working snowblower & A hot tub cover that didn't collapse

You are getting it WAY WORSE than we got. Keep us posted.

Link to snowfall totals here in MN

https://www.weather.gov/mpx/snowfall
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Post by: Bobitis on April 15, 2018, 12:29:47 PM
In my 61+ years here in the Puget Sound region, the latest snow I can recall was a long time ago (decades) when it snowed on Moms B-day. April 23'd. We are currently at 120% (and climbing) of the average snowpack for the year. Yet, our city/county/state 'leaders' want to tax us to eliminate climate change.

I'm curious if all the folks in Mini Soda would benefit if the folks in WA sent them $1.00 each. Would that help yer conditions? Or just buy half a dozen pencils to write on yer calendar about the weather...


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Post by: pmillen on April 15, 2018, 01:29:01 PM
Omaha—three inches or so thru' the night.  Wind still blowing hard.  It's December 115th!

Actually, the theory is that global warming is putting more moisture in the atmosphere, it moves around and falls as snow or rain.  Remember that Dennis Quaid Ice Age movie, The Day After Tomorrow?  It was based on a global warming book, The Coming Global Superstorm, by Whitley Streiber and Art Bell.  The premise is that greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, are to blame for heating the Earth's surface and compensating cooling must occur in the upper atmosphere.
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Post by: Bentley on April 15, 2018, 01:32:45 PM
Yes, the North Atlantic sea had increased by like 5°, which would be major and that in turn I believe make the super cells that blanketed the globe...
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Post by: Gringo on April 15, 2018, 02:05:31 PM
Yeah, Mother Nature has been pounding us.  Here is my Memphis Pro on the deck.  And it's STILL snowing here....in APRIL!
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Post by: Bobitis on April 15, 2018, 02:50:09 PM
Omaha—three inches or so thru' the night.  Wind still blowing hard.  It's December 115th!

Actually, the theory is that global warming is putting more moisture in the atmosphere, it moves around and falls as snow or rain.  Remember that Dennis Quaid Ice Age movie, The Day After Tomorrow?  It was based on a global warming book, The Coming Global Superstorm, by Whitley Streiber and Art Bell.  The premise is that greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, are to blame for heating the Earth's surface and compensating cooling must occur in the upper atmosphere.

Art Bell?  :rotf:

Love that movie. Thing is... never mind.  I jacked this enough already. Sorry.
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Post by: ZCZ on April 15, 2018, 04:18:16 PM
Omaha—three inches or so thru' the night.  Wind still blowing hard.  It's December 115th!

Actually, the theory is that global warming is putting more moisture in the atmosphere, it moves around and falls as snow or rain.  Remember that Dennis Quaid Ice Age movie, The Day After Tomorrow?  It was based on a global warming book, The Coming Global Superstorm, by Whitley Streiber and Art Bell.  The premise is that greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, are to blame for heating the Earth's surface and compensating cooling must occur in the upper atmosphere.

“Theory” being the operative word.  They fail to take into account sun cycles. And until they are able to get China and India to cut back their efforts mean nothing.
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Post by: Ross77 on April 15, 2018, 05:28:16 PM
Still snowing and now we’re smokin’

Had to dig it out but I’ve got a nice snow bank wind break.
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Post by: Bentley on April 15, 2018, 06:19:14 PM
Now that is some Tractor Snow!
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Post by: MN-Smoker on April 15, 2018, 06:57:19 PM
Did a pork butt in the snow today on the firecraft.
Good results.  Held temp fine with a welding blanket.  Took it off at the end because the blanket was soaked from melted snow so I wasn't sure if that was helping or hurting.


It's unusual for us to get this much snow this late in April.  March is usually our snowiest month, and this is strange that we have this much snow now.
It's wet and heavy stuff.

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Post by: ZCZ on April 15, 2018, 07:16:36 PM
Snow is supposed to end around 2AM. Should not have any trouble getting to work in the morning as the roads are open.

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Post by: Bentley on April 15, 2018, 08:24:46 PM
If you live in the center of Minneapolis, how far would you have to drive your trailered snow mobile to be able to ride?
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Post by: Plant175 on April 15, 2018, 08:27:40 PM
For you all that have lived there a long time...So how unusual for this much this time of year?  Once every 25 years, 10, 5?

I remember pictures when my dad was alive of a 17” storm on his birthday which was April 7th and I never seen anything like that ever again till now. I believe the pictures were from 1965.
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Post by: jstrand on April 15, 2018, 09:09:32 PM
If you live in the center of Minneapolis, how far would you have to drive your trailered snow mobile to be able to ride?

15-20 minutes depending on which direction you went.
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Post by: Ross77 on April 15, 2018, 09:15:46 PM
This is my brother's deck.  He lives about 5 miles north of me.
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Post by: LowSlowJoe on April 17, 2018, 12:46:49 PM
My daughter's school has a trip to Chicago today... that's like a 5 hour drive when the weather is nice.  On my 25 minute drive to work today, there were two big accidents , and when my wife called about a hour later she indicated her drive was even worse.   We barely had any snow, just enough to cause a glaze of ice on the roads after cars drove over it... hopefully my daughter and her class make it to Chicago safely and it's not like absolutely miserable to be there.