Hmmmm...lot of snivelin' going on up there.
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Well here comes the floods snow level goin up to 5000 feet today with heavy rain to wash all the low level snow away oh joy fortunately I live up on a plateau if we flood think Noahs ark for everybody else
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windthrown
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2 feet of snow will do that. I actually bought chains, 'cause a level 3 chain control in Orygone means you have to carry chains, even with 4WD and snow tires. Level 4 and all vehicles have to be chained up, regardless. I got them from a guy on CL just before round two of the snow insanity hit here. Diamond chains. I will probably have to use them for Ski Patrol at some point this winter up on the mountain anyway. But having to actually put chains on? Shudder. Having to put them on all 4 tires would be even more abysmal (is that a word?).
There is still a foot of snow on the ground here. Heavy wet icy stuff. Rather, that is, 6 inches of snow, a half inch of solid ice, and then 6 inches of corn snow on top of that. The ice storms here were far more damaging than the snow. Freezing rain at 22 degrees. Anything that stuff hits turns to ice. My truck was buried in a drift about 3-4 feet deep, and I had to dig it out a few days ago. There are so many trees down around here you have to weave through them on the roads to get anywhere. Then there are the man-hole cover potholes that are nasty on things like tie-rods and springs. 4 inch drop from the compacted snow level. And the ice ruts that you have to cross at intersections. And all the stuck cars. My brother's boss' car was tagged in a parking lot as the other cars in the lot all sort of 'drained' into the low side slipping on the ice right after the night of freezing rain. It was like a pool table lifted and all the balls roll to the low end in super slow motion. Spin, crunch, slide, bumb, spin, crunch, bump, rebound, crunch.
It sux all around. Maybe another 3 days before this stuff melts off, after it warms up. I am thinking of escaping south to California for a week and let this snow crap all go away. In the meantime? Sux sux sux. Took me 1-1/2 hour to get to my brother's place in Hillsboro. That's 15 miles, most of it freeway. However, in this kind of snow, the freeways turn into parking lots. Also many major routes were closed for days. Truckers were all backed up on I-84 and finally allowed to roll through. PDX was a disaster.
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windthrown
361 Junkie
Oy fork! Its gonna be '96 all over again!
Trinity Honoria
Senior Member
No cheap shots here...Just funnin'...
As long as ya don't start drivin' railroad spikes into trees and chainin' yourself to them...
Gary
your silence had me concerned you'd think "Now that PNW GTG doesn't sound like much fun with a loud mouth blue hair hippie hanging around..."... i'm really very likeable... well, kinda <grin>...
never done the railroad spike thing, but have chained myself to earth-moving equipment-- that was back east and not related to logging...
Trinity Honoria
Senior Member
i am so glad you are out of reach... today is Day 10 of my "held captive by snow." My poor little vibe has so much snow on it, it's profile looks like an econoline van. Chains wouldn't help, as the car is so low...
and yesterday we lost power for 5-6 hours... i am getting a bit testy about all this.
Bob, next time you start whining to me about sumthing, i'll sure give you the grief as you are just not being very sensitive on THIS subject... payback will be very fulfilling!!!
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GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
your silence had me concerned you'd think "Now that PNW GTG doesn't sound like much fun with a loud mouth blue hair hippie hanging around..."... i'm really very likeable... well, kinda <grin>...
never done the railroad spike thing, but have chained myself to earth-moving equipment-- that was back east and not related to logging...
I was out of town for the Holidays...
Will there be a "Hippies use side entrance" sign posted at the GTG... LMAO...
Again... just funnin'...
Anyhoo... hope all the water comin' down the Skagit don't wash Camano and Whidbey Islands away... in 1992 during the floods Decetion Pass was clogged with a huge log jam from the Skagit river...
Gary
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MNTAINGAL23
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I'd charge money because we all know from the ones that come up here in their Caddy SUVs that all Collyfonians are rich.
The Subaru made it UP the road to the gathering yesterday, it was going DOWN the hill that got a little exciting. The Subie wanted to go sideways, I did not so it was me whipping the steering wheel back and forth and uttering some unoriginal language which the Used Dog is unable to tattle about. Not only that, but trees were partially out in the county road, a deer, a dog and a pedestrian had to be dodged. Boy, those non threatening grades sure look steep when they have snow and ice on them. I think snow increases the grade of the hill. Maybe double.
Funny how some people don't get the idea to all get to one side of the road as you are trying to get by them.
We have a gal in the neighborhood with two kids that likes to spread everyone out as you try to pass by hoping not to slip and hit one of them.
We had 4 wheelers out on the main road last night all spread out pulling someone on a board as we slipped by.
Andy, we know what you are talking about with the drifts as a few of our neighbors have gotten stuck in them right in front of our house.
We got 10 feet from our drive way the other night and got stuck in one.
My oldest daughter thought I should be able to get up to Greenwater with the Taurus. I can't even get the car out of the driveway!
i am so glad you are out of reach... today is Day 10 of my "held captive by snow." My poor little vibe has so much snow on it, it's profile looks like an econoline van. Chains wouldn't help, as the car is so low...
and yesterday we lost power for 5-6 hours... i am getting a bit testy about all this.
Bob, next time you start whining to me about sumthing, i'll sure give you the grief as you are just not being very sensitive on THIS subject... payback will be very fulfilling!!!
I don't whine. I might descibe a current unfortunate situation in rather negative terms but that's not whining. That's being, uh, descriptive. Yeah, that's it. Descriptive. But whining? Never.Being snowed in is rough, I agree. When I lived in eastern Washington the road to our place ran North and South. The prevailing winds were East and West. The road would drift closed and we got snowed in every winter. That's the main reason I came back down here. I'll work in the white stuff when I have to but I'll be darned if I'm going to live in it.
So content yourself with schemes of revenge and payback for my insensitivity if that helps you get through the day. Besides...I might like it.
Gee...wizzz Guys, We lived off of the grid for 13 years at a 4500' elevation, worst winter was 5 months being able to get a rig in, mild ones maybe 3-4 weeks or less. Would duel up the rear on a Honda ATC 185 three wheeler and with a couple mile trip in & out on snowshoes we had a trail packed to run it out to the rig.........
until the nest snow.opcorn:
until the nest snow.
opcorn:
Gee...wizzz Guys, We lived off of the grid for 13 years at a 4500' elevation, worst winter was 5 months being able to get a rig in, mild ones maybe 3-4 weeks or less. Would duel up the rear on a Honda ATC 185 three wheeler and with a couple mile trip in & out on snowshoes we had a trail packed to run it out to the rig.........
until the nest snow.
...and it was uphill both ways.
Snow on it? I figured your vibe would have gone through several sets of batteries by now since you're house bound...
Wait... I think you're talking about a different vibe than I am.
They let you guys run studded tires up there?
Ian
Trinity Honoria
Senior Member
Snow on it? I figured your vibe would have gone through several sets of batteries by now since you're house bound...
Wait... I think you're talking about a different vibe than I am.
They let you guys run studded tires up there?
Ian
<ahem> Pontiac VIbe...
this is not the website to discuss those other types of vibes-- at least not by the memos i've gotten
True, no Chevy talk allowed...
Ian
Ian
Snow on it? I figured your vibe would have gone through several sets of batteries by now since you're house bound...
Wait... I think you're talking about a different vibe than I am.
They let you guys run studded tires up there?
Ian
Studded snow tires are allowed on vehicles certain months of the year. Studded snow tires are very seldom seen on vibes unless they're in Alaska where the winters are really tough. Or so I hear, anyway.
MNTAINGAL23
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Even studded snow tires would not get you through the drifts, let alone chains.
We are just enjoying the day with the kids.
I tried to talk the youngest into going out in the snow, hahaha.
When I was a kid you couldn't keep us inside on days like this.
Between shoveling out the neighbors, shoveling off the roof and walking in the snow, Brian and I have spent a lot of time out there.
GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
Gee...wizzz Guys, We lived off of the grid for 13 years at a 4500' elevation, worst winter was 5 months being able to get a rig in, mild ones maybe 3-4 weeks or less. Would duel up the rear on a Honda ATC 185 three wheeler and with a couple mile trip in & out on snowshoes we had a trail packed to run it out to the rig.........
until the nest snow.
LMAO Bob ...and we had to eat dirt... and we were thankful.
Wish I was as tuff...
I'm still figgerin' out who won the duel... the guy or the Honda...
Gary
Nope, same amount each way-fall into town at an elevation of 2,700' in 2 miles with a couple of short 18% grades.
Dang, Maybe you think I'm getting to be one of those old foggies telling of them thar uphill both way stories.
Last comment that struck home like that was made just before this last halloween, fell off the mountain during elk season to pickup a few items and grabbed a couple bags of candy. An older couple in the isle said 'you must have grandkids' :jawdrop: easier to reply 'yes' and go about my bussiness than to explain a hankerin for sweets. ********
A Christmas Story for people having a bad day:
When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys
as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure.
Then Mrs. Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed
Santa even more.
When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.
Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.
Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum.. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drank all the cider and hidden the liquor. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.
Just then the doorbell rang, and irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.
The angel said very cheerfully, 'Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?'
And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.
joatmon
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LMAO Bob ...and we had to eat dirt... and we were thankful.
Wish I was as tuff...
I'm still figgerin' out who won the duel... the guy or the Honda...
Gary
Gary,
Doncha have some super duper secret oil based formula mix ratio thingy that makes lake sno-be-gone™ or some such nonsense?
Just askin',
joat
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