you're right Clint. A lot of snow falls between 2 & 8 inches.we may have a day here today though where we don't get anything. Finally. I believe it's been over 10 days of snow everyday. Here comes the arctic blast and more snow in the next few days. some localities may hit that -20 or lower mark

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wow, when ever i think i might like to retire up there, winters like that remind me "maybe Florida ain't so bad"

Retire up there BUT be a snow bird Jan to the middle of March would be the best of both worlds!
In a little bit I'll be going out to remove the "coating" of snow from the driveway AGAIN!

-5 at 7 am... Did a an extensive clean up all around the house last night. All I can say is wow. Heavy stuff too. as Clint mentioned earlier a lot of our snow has been synoptic not leak effect therefore it is very thick. Going to make for some long-lasting snowpack. Town workers we're out digging the fire hydrants out this morning. Here we goWhitney arctic blast.

Lucky, having worked on fire sprinklers, fire mains and hydrants since I was as young as 14, I do know and understand the liability and catastrophe that comes along with maintenance of such appurtenances that most folks unknowingly rely on. You should be hollaring at your local jurisdiction rather than the plow guy. Municipalities are corely responsible for marking, maintaining, keeping clear and flushing of fire hydrants. It is a crying shame that such an instance like the one you explained can happen in an urban/suburban area. Maybe its due to our governing bodies too concerned with enforcing a police state rather than true ideological safety.

What's funny is when I was driving home from work yesterday I thought it was poor governing in my locality to see all of the hydrants burried... It was quite ironic to see them being dug out this morning. Granted, some of these water mains in these parts are not even a year old. Hats off to My local dpw for attempting to stay ahead of the game for the honest public's safety!!!

Clint, I was telling my wife last night "I bet lake effect is gonna come in with this cold front"... Boy did it... I took the back way from Cicero up to rt. 54 and across to 3... Wow!!! Couldn't see a thing but it beat the heck out of crawling on 11... I'd say you got the worst of it this time. I've got about 8 inches and it appears to be winding down for me. You were the heart if the band

Hahhh!!! Weve gotten 6 inches in an hour a few times this year :-)

Its the consistent snow that's killing us. We finally go one day with out snow and then a foot to foot plus pounder in a matter of hours.. If you remember clint, 07 was almost no snow til february

Hear my roof is piled high and needs shoveling- will be up this weekend but gotta hire the job out to a younger healthier soul.

Its been a long time... But it looks like town pool is in line for a complete ice closure in the next few days. Any open water left is completely ice dammed!

Charlie black hole has 8" of ice mostly and 4" where the current is. Although I haven't checked...Based on knowledge through the years I'd assume dsr is closed up solid to the wall pool and only sporadically open to the black. If the town pool closes Up that's a big one. In my 25 years experience I believe its happened once or twice. Before I started coming there was always a pic up in the salmon river sport shop of a year that it was completely locked... I believe early 80's

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Charlie black hole has 8" of ice mostly and 4" where the current is. Although I haven't checked...Based on knowledge through the years I'd assume dsr is closed up solid to the wall pool and only sporadically open to the black. If the town pool closes Up that's a big one. In my 25 years experience I believe its happened once or twice. Before I started coming there was always a pic up in the salmon river sport shop of a year that it was completely locked... I believe early 80's

One year we walked all the way into the north sportsman only to find it completely solid ..
Jack, while I like the cold and may have been more rambunctious in my youth, I have NO desire to stand in or near moving water right now.
Even with the snow and butch of a drag, I will be sitting in my shanty fishing with the heater going sat & sun..

Hey Db , 8" on the black ? Shoot I can drive my atv out there , set up my shanty, put a few tip ups out and jig for steelhead . Now you got me thinking .. Lol

Shane drilled a few holes at the black hole wanting to jig up a steel. Trouble is there was five foot of slush under

This is from Sat., just before the storm started. The Hudson River and the southern 'dacks. At least this year has been good for shoeing. 

tuna you are right pre water regulating days it used to ice up a lot more I'm sure but would probably blow out just as quick in an instant. My time is 1990 and on... things definitely changed in the nineties. Trevor still waiting to hear back will let you know.

Killer photos Charlie .. Glad you & Nanc are enjoying the winter carnival :) Thanks for sharing. Look forward to the trout adventure ..