The Whining Thread

[H 2 H]

Just check my weather station biggest guest was 35 mph and it isn't working now it's on barn never the peek of it and I'm not going out there till the morning

Temp jumped to 42 degrees

And pouring down rain

 

[OlympicYJ]

Our high was 35 today, the low 34. Goodness, now they are saying some nasty gusts of wind for us tomorrow. I gathered up the "just in case the power goes out" gear today. We don' need no stinkin' generator. We got white gas appliances and a battery powered shower.

Hey Olympic YJ, there's a Blizzard Warning for White Pass tomorrow. But I hear you have a Jeep?

I dood have a heep... with almost bald tires. I should be just fine unless they close te pass. Not my first snow rodeo. I spent 9 months in Tramps trompin grounds with mud tires so I think everything'll buff out.

Pretty slick here in Moscow, snowed an warmed up, just got home... yea drinkin beer, BSN, an wathchin tv will make ya get home late lol

I'm planin on leavin early tuesday morning and hoping to hit the pass around noon. Hopefully they'll have it plowed by then; saw on the forecast that they were callin for rain then too...

Wes

 

[paccity]

well that was not to bad. still have pwr and all my fingers and toes. had a 101mph at maryspeak. just sogging now.

 

[slowp]

Noon is always the best time to hit the pass. I think White Pass has a good road crew too.

The barometric pressure now says 28.15 and holding. I can't see any wind yet. The satellite TV is having a hard time staying on for some reason. I woke up to heavy rain, not big wind, and the snow is gone.
Just a wind right now. Nothing bad.

 

[carym2a]

Do I really need to go out in this crap, I wanta go back to bed.

 

[slowp]

Can't go ride a ski lift and ski either. From the White Pass ski report daily e-mail. The base is at 4500 feet and the tippy top is a bit over 6000 foot elevation.

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING!
It's still snowing and blowing (read BLIZZARD)! Unfortunately the power is out and the storm is so ferocious that we have elected to remain closed today to assure the safety of both our guests and our employees. So go ahead and sleep in then wax those boards because tomorrow should be one for the books!

 

[paccity]

the phone has not been ringing , so the damage must not be to bad. i'll head out in a few and see .

 

[Gologit]

Do I really need to go out in this crap, I wanta go back to bed.

Would this be a bad time to brag about being selectively semi-retired and the fact that I'm still running around the house, warm and dry, in my bathrobe and slippers? And don't have to go outside today if I don't want to?

 

[Mastermind]

Would this be a bad time to brag about being selectively semi-retired and the fact that I'm still running around the house, warm and dry, in my bathrobe and slippers? And don't have to go outside today if I don't want to?

I'm still in email answering mode.......drinking coffee and getting ready for breakfast. Yeah, it's a good life. :msp_thumbup:

 

[Gologit]

Culverts

Or where culverts used to be. A friend of mine who's a forester for the We Own It All Timber Company did a little helicopter recon this weekend and he said he lost track of the number of wash-outs, slides, bridge approach collapses and just plain messes.

We're at almost 200% of our normal rainfall and most of it has come in December. That's very rare for the West slope of the Sierras.

I think the back-hoe guys and the big yellow machines are going to be busy this year putting culverts back in, resetting bridges, and cutting new roads. If it ever dries up enough, that is.

Wasn't it just a couple of months ago that I was praying for some rain?

 

[H 2 H]

WOW; wind is something else here (Stanwood) pouring down rain and 42 degrees

The pole the weather station is on outside snapped in too; limbs all over the place in the back yard haven't seen any trees down

 

[OlympicYJ]

The wind is blowin pretty good Here in Moscow. Hopefully it dies out soon!

 

[Sport Faller]

Windy as hell and raining here, snow snow dissapear

 

[slowp]

I just got done winterizing the Tomato. We'll now see if a pineapple express hits and melts all the snow in the high country. It has been snowing pretty good at times here in the low country, but since it then switches to rain, it is not piling up.

The good news is that the tin pants still fit.

 

[OlympicYJ]

I'm paying bills, doing laundry, on here, and looking for free online cruise programs lol Have a lil cruising project for the back forty over break :msp_thumbup:

 

[paccity]

just got back from the coast, a few trees down slushing over the pass and lots of garland on the roads. not to bad. just cold and wet enough to suck working in.

 

[mile9socounty]

The head cheese pulled the fork on us yesterday, then the sun came on in the afternoon. Just got off the phone, he pulled the fork today. Only an inch of snow at my place. Its 752ft above sea level. Wonder what we have at 2800ft at the job sight. Looks like Im updating my appts. to be an oakey poker.

 

[slowp]

Here at the nose bleed elevation of 1000 feet, we have 2 inches of the white death on the ground-- so far.

 

[northmanlogging]

hear at 650' below pilchuck mountain, next to the real pilchuck creek... (I know of 3 but this is the only one that is close to Mt Pilchuck...) we have 1/2 inch only... but give it time. by tonight I should be able to do skidder brodys...

 

[slowp]

Well, I better go out and check the avalanche danger under the metal roof of the shop. Maybe look for the snow shovel.

Whomph.