We're getting buried!

**Kanati** · 16th February 15, 09:40 AM

We are getting ice and sleet in Nashville. So far it is about a inch. I would much rather have 12 inches of snow. It is making a sizzling sound as it hits the ground. If we get another inch of ice we could start loosing power.

I went yesterday and picked up 15 gal of fuel for the generators. Worst case we can retreat to the camper and have all the comforts of home.

The biggest challenge is keeping my wife from running out a playing in the yard. She is a southern girl and anything frozen falling from the sky is a treat for her. The lunatic wants to move to Boston.

**uncle remus** · 17th February 15, 12:24 AM

Kanati I don't think that is so weird. I'm from South Dakota originally. I used to do biathlon with my friends in winter. we also used to snowmobile and snowshoe. it was a lot of fun and you really didn't notice the cold when you were active in the outdoors.

**Liam** · 19th February 15, 07:20 PM

With the weather the East coast of Canada and the U.S. are having, I almost feel guilty telling you that it was +10 deg C today here in Calgary. All of our snow has gone as well. Great weather for a kilt - just about like Summer in Scotland, but no rain or midges. Alas I know we will have more snow and cold weather before Spring.

**Stitchwiz** · 19th February 15, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by Liam

With the weather the East coast of Canada and the U.S. are having, I almost feel guilty telling you that it was +10 deg C today here in Calgary. All of our snow has gone as well. Great weather for a kilt - just about like Summer in Scotland, but no rain or midges. Alas I know we will have more snow and cold weather before Spring.

I suggest a trade, Liam. I will send you some snow that has been stored at -26C overnight last night (up from -36C a few nights ago) to help keep you acclimatized for the snow you have coming, and you send me your lovely warm +10C weather to melt our snow. I think that's a good trade...don't you?

Just trying to be helpful...

**Liam** · 19th February 15, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by Stitchwiz

I suggest a trade, Liam. I will send you some snow that has been stored at -26C overnight last night (up from -36C a few nights ago) to help keep you acclimatized for the snow you have coming, and you send me your lovely warm +10C weather to melt our snow. I think that's a good trade...don't you?

Just trying to be helpful...

Well, um, I'll give it some thought!

**Andrew Breecher** · 23rd February 15, 11:39 AM

Here's a picture of what it looked like after I cleared 4 feet of snow off my roof. The base level of snow is again 3-4 feet, which makes it - let's say - "interesting" to wear a kilt when your feet sink down all the way. I'm not sure when I'll be able to see out of those windows.

**Liam** · 23rd February 15, 12:54 PM

Wow! Better watch out for flooding when the snow starts to melt.

**Andrew Breecher** · 23rd February 15, 01:11 PM

It's a dry field stone foundation with a dirt floor basement, so flooding is normal (the house was built in 1738).

**Jack Daw** · 23rd February 15, 01:33 PM

How do you empty out a pet in that sorta weather?

**Andrew Breecher** · 23rd February 15, 01:50 PM

We shovel out a small section of the dog yard. However, there's a five-foot pile of snow next to a six-foot fence, so it's possible for the dogs to climb to freedom.

Exercising them is done in long paths that we've snowblown out of the section of driveway we're not using.