It's snowing down in Dixie...

[Ace-Garageguy]

...but it seems folks have finally learned something, and most of them stayed home this morning.

 

[Renegade]

Started a light snow last night. As of now, cars and roofs still have snow. News said last time we had snow was in 2009. Seems right. I remember that one as it was a little more snow than this time.

[HomerS]

My former Director texted me a pic this morning of 'flurries' from Birmingham, AL.  I asked her not to send it this way!

I'm suppose to go to Columbus OH tomorrow for the funeral of a friend/former co-worker but may have to bail as the meteorologist around here told Noah it would just sprinkle with the sun coming out in the afternoon

[espo]

My Wife and I had planed to be in San Antonio the week to visit the River Walk. Her work just didn't allow us the time off at this time. I got up this morning and turned on the TV News. First picture on screen when they're talking about the weather is a picture of the Alamo which is just across the street from where we stay on the River Walk and it's SNOWING !  What Thaa ??  Glad now we staid home.    

[oldnslow]

Yep , ya'll can keep the white stuff up north , don't have any use for it down here . 

 

[Snake45]

27 minutes ago, oldnslow said:

Yep , ya'll can keep the white stuff up north , don't have any use for it down here . 

 

Deal. I'll take your snow, and you can have all my hurricanes.

[10thumbs]

What a pleasant looking old house, I like that. 

Being from the south,  I still get a kick out of 1st snow, here in Germany.  Got it last weekend, big time.  Gone now, but coming back this weekend.

Yes, stay at home if you can, and enjoy the season.

[Ace-Garageguy]

The snow / ice load is starting to take limbs and trees down now. End of my road is blocked, and a bunch of large limbs are down all over the lot.

A couple of friends have called on their cells to tell me their power is down too.

So...glad I got all my tanks of propane for the backup heaters and cooker. Plenty of ammo, all is well.   

[Ace-Garageguy]

Power's down across the street, and I can hear the standby generator for a nearby cell tower running. I've heard a couple more large limbs go, so it's probably just a matter of time til I'm in the dark. Radar looks like we'll be getting snow most of the rest of the night. Probably time to break out a couple of wool sweaters and the sleeping bag. Think I'll make a pot of coffee while I still have power too. Can always heat it up on a gas burner.

G' night all.   

...and this is REALLY funny. 

I just got an email from the local power provider informing customers that the online and phone power-outage reporting services are down. 

Preparedness is job one.  

Edited December 9, 2017 by Ace-Garageguy

[Can-Con]

Where do you live Bill?  

We don't even have any snow here in my part of Canada. But by the end of January it'll look something like this.

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

Where do you live Bill?  

We don't even have any snow here in my part of Canada. But by the end of January it'll look something like this...

Man, that's beautiful. I spent a lot of time in Canada as a kid, and really loved it up there.

I'm about 15 miles north of Atlanta, and 1" here will bring the city to its knees. Ought to be closed for about a week if this keeps up.

There's been a narrow band of snow over my little town since this AM, moving north-east, and it's moved south enough to take in the city too.

They're probably calling it Snowpocalypse '17 or something.   

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/weekend-update-buford-calloway/n45830?snl=1

 

[Can-Con]

3 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Man, that's beautiful. I spent a lot of time in Canada as a kid, and really loved it up there.

I'm about 15 miles north of Atlanta, and 1" here will bring the city to its knees. Ought to be closed for about a week if this keeps up.

There's been a narrow band of snow over my little town since this AM, moving north-east, and it's moved south enough to take in the city too.

They're probably calling it Snowpocalypse '17 or something.   

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/weekend-update-buford-calloway/n45830?snl=1

 

I feel for ya Bill. When I was a kid, we lived on the west coast, Vancouver Island , for a while. Worst winter they had was that year, they had 4" of snow. Shut everything down for days. LOL So an inch can be bad if your not used to it.

Here on the Maritimes, we don't even bother cleaning the car off for that amount.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

4 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

Here on the Maritimes, we don't even bother cleaning the car off for that amount.  

Yeah. I'm a transplanted Yankee. I always get a kick out of the disaster effect a little snow has here. Up north, we'd put the winter tires on in October, and keep the chains hanging close to the front of the garage. Little towns had plows and sand trucks. Not many folks had 4WD, but somehow we all seemed to get just about everywhere we needed to go. Things would slow down a little if we got a foot or more.

The Maritimes, huh? I spent many a blissful summer in Nova Scotia. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

...and now the National Weather Service forecast link is down.  

[TarheelRick]

The snow started here in the foothills of North Carolina around noon.  Earlier this morning when we parked our school buses the supervisor told us the School Superintendent emailed that schools would not be shutting down early.  Around 12:15 I got a call from my supervisor telling me school was letting out at 1:30.  It has been coming down most of the afternoon and is still falling lightly, we will probably accumulate around 3-4 inches.

 

[GT4494]

OMG...  Run to the store and buy all the Bread, Milk and Eggs you can put your hands on....  or that's what they say.  

[Foxer]

I love to see a little whiteness down south ... looked like it was even south of Houston!

Here in the Berkshires there hasn't been a flake, but the snow tires went on the GTI today!

[Classicgas]

Enjoy Bill. I got a friend in Canton Georgia, says he has 10" so far. That's a average snowfall here.

[Joe Handley]

Looks about like it did here in Chicago this morning, Bill.  Our first snowfall of the season that actually stuck!  My supervisor  had gotten an email that we were going to be closing what branch offices we have in your area for the day because of it too.

[Rob Hall]

May be getting our first snowfall that sticks here in the Cleveland south suburbs tonight.  Had a light dusting in November, and they have had some Lake Effect snow up the coast east of here this week, but nothing yet in my area...

Edited December 9, 2017 by Rob Hall

[High octane]

19 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Yeah. I'm a transplanted Yankee. I always get a kick out of the disaster effect a little snow has here. Up north, we'd put the winter tires on in October, and keep the chains hanging close to the front of the garage. Little towns had plows and sand trucks. Not many folks had 4WD, but somehow we all seemed to get just about everywhere we needed to go. Things would slow down a little if we got a foot or more.

The Maritimes, huh? I spent many a blissful summer in Nova Scotia. 

Nova Scotia is beautiful as my better half and I spent 10 days there this past October.

[Can-Con]

2 hours ago, High octane said:

Nova Scotia is beautiful as my better half and I spent 10 days there this past October.

Being a New Brunswicker, I just love hearing how beautiful Nova Scotia is. 

 

[High octane]

6 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

Being a New Brunswicker, I just love hearing how beautiful Nova Scotia is. 

 

It was beautiful as we took a motor coach tour (Caravan) and saw lots of sites in Nova Scotia. We went with another couple and there were 'bout 50 people on the motor coach. We were hoping to see more "fall colors" than we did, however it's hard to determine exactly when the colors would be at their peak.

Back in 2013 we did a Caravan Fall Colors tour of the New England states and we hit it right on the mark. The colors were fabulous and the weather was great. I guess timing is everything.

[Can-Con]

17 minutes ago, High octane said:

It was beautiful as we took a motor coach tour (Caravan) and saw lots of sites in Nova Scotia. We went with another couple and there were 'bout 50 people on the motor coach. We were hoping to see more "fall colors" than we did, however it's hard to determine exactly when the colors would be at their peak.

Back in 2013 we did a Caravan Fall Colors tour of the New England states and we hit it right on the mark. The colors were fabulous and the weather was great. I guess timing is everything.

I was being sarcastic Nick.

That bus tour went right through my province, which,BTW, is pretty well identical to NS [except for the lack of murders of course LOL ]  ,, you probably went right through my town for that matter.  

So, yea, New Brunswickers love to hear how "lovely" NS is as you drive right through our front yard to get there. 

BTW Nick, not just ragging on you, EVERYBODY does it. 

Edited December 10, 2017 by Can-Con

[Ace-Garageguy]

The power went out about 8:30PM Friday night, after flickering several times. Heard a big crashing and then 'thump' up the street, followed by darkness. A huge old oak split right down the middle from the snow load, which was apparently made worse because the tree hadn't lost all its leaves yet (wet, sticky snow, about a foot of it here). When it went, it took out the feeder line to several transformers, including mine.

Lotsa crashes and thumps the rest of the night, and one good sized limb fell on my south wall / roof, taking out the lines from the transformer to the house as well. Spent most of Saturday clearing the mess (with handsaws, as my chainsaw is down at the shop; good place for it) so the power company guys could get in. Boarded up the windows too.

Lost a section of privacy fence, and another large limb that would have flattened the cab of my truck fell on the driveway where I usually park it, and another big one took out half of one of the little dogwoods when it fell. Otherwise, not much damage but a lot more limbs that need to be cleared.

Sun came out Saturday, and it was beautiful here in a way you just never see in the South. Everything white and clean, heavily snow-laden trees, deep crystal blue skies. Most of the main roads were melted clear by afternoon, but everything froze solid that night, and the Sunday AM black-ice was particularly treacherous for the natives. 

It got pretty chilly in here, 42 F last night, as I don't run the propane burners while I'm sleeping. Kinda fun cooking on one propane burner though, making cowboy coffee, etc.

Power was restored by about 7 PM Sunday night, internet came back up sometime after I went to bed.

Hope anyone else in the path of this little storm escaped with as minimal real damage as I did..