Snow from Ohio

mdallensr · #1 02-15-2007, 11:41 AM

We're back at work, but the kids are still out of school today. The native Ohioans are comparing this storm to the blizzard of '78. It was a lot of wind and a lot of snow, but we didn't get any damage from snow or ice build -up. I don't have one limb down in my yard, since the wind kept the fine, dry snow from piling up on the trees and power lines. For that, I am thankful. I thought I was going to make it through the winter without using my snow thrower, so I hadn't mounted it on my garden tractor. I had to get that done Tuesday morning, at about 10 degrees, in my unheated storage shed. It was worth the effort; we'd still be buried without it. Here's some pics. There's deck under the snow in the first 2 pics. The snow up against the windows in the third pic is about 4 feet deep. You can barely see the backhoe working in our parking lot at work in the 4th pic. The drift outside our cafeteria at work in the 5th pic is 5 feet deep. It just a winter wonderland!

Marci MN · #2 02-15-2007, 12:20 PM

Beautiful pictures! Those used to be our winters.. havent seen that kind of snow in quite a few years now. Can you imagine that much snow in our mile long driveway?

Tom H · #3 02-15-2007, 04:49 PM

mdallenser, From the photos you posted, I will take a guess and say you life in NW Ohio. I am in central Ohio, and we did not have the wind as much as you all did. We had some where around 15 to 18 inches of snow. South of us had 4 to 8 inches of snow then rain - freezing rain. Power lines and trees down. The top 3 inches of our snow was frozen from sleet and rain. It was really weird! 24 degrees and raining/sleeting. And damn that stuff is heavy. Had to use a pointed shovel to break it up to remove it from the drive way. There isn't a part of me that doesn' hurt. Even my hair hurts. I cannot even fathom the amount of snow in up state New York..Tom H

mdallensr · #4 02-15-2007, 05:00 PM

The wind was wicked. I think I got a little frostbite on my face when I got my snowblower near the road where the wind wasn't obstructed. But, we didn't lose power and I don't have a huge clean-up chore waiting for me when all this melts. And yes, I live near Sandusky, just a few miles from Lake Erie

We had ice on top of a foot of snow 7-8 years ago, and the critters couldn't get through the ice crust to forage for food. The rabbits and deer ruined a lot of trees and bushes by eating the bark off, 1-2 feet from the ground.

Mark N. Akers · #5 02-15-2007, 07:03 PM

I was up in the mid-west during the storm of 78,and I don't want to have to go through anything like that again,y'all will be in our prayers that you keep the power on.

Hisart · #6 02-16-2007, 08:29 AM

It wasn't even close to the storm back in `78{?}!

We had so much snow that it was over a foot thick on the front porch, which is three feet off the ground, and went out and up {the front yard slopes downward two feet over the twenty feet to the curb.}. At the curb it was nearly TEN feet high! My dad had to call off work and spent the day shoveling out the driveway. He drove down to the store and got some extra groceries and right after he pulled back into the drive the city plow came by and filled in the end of the drive ... FIVE foot deep! He went back at it right after supper.

We spent the day diving off the porch rail {Yes Ott closed the schools that ONE day

} and making tunnels everywhere! I remember how deep it was 'cause out at the sidewalk we could stand up without breaking through, I wasn't yet a six footer then {`78?}.

decoycarve · #7 02-16-2007, 06:21 PM

Of all weeks to be in Ohio I Drove up from Baltimore on Monday to take a programing Course Near the Cleveland Airport. I was staying at a different Hotel than the course was held at. I was booked at the Holiday Inn At Snow Road and the Course Was at the Holiday Inn at West 150th Street. It was two miles between the two hotels. Tuesday afternoon I decided to go back and check out of the Snow Road Location and Check in to the West 150th Location. It took 3.5 hours to go 4 miles. Compared to Baltimore They do clear the roads faster and more effectivly than they do down here. Hi-lite of the trip was Cheddar-Beer Soup And the Sausage Gravy and Biscuits at Sommers Restaurant this morning. Didn'T get to meet up with any Ohio Carvers but left plenty of wood chips up there. What are all the comercials on TV up there about Somekind of Emerald Worm in firewood spreading to trees?

Goody

mdallensr · #8 02-16-2007, 06:29 PM

decoycarve, you can sure pick your weeks to travel. My son missed 3 days of high school this week, and they're now over the limit of 5 snow days. They have to make up now, probably at the end of school. We cancelled three shifts at our plant, and some folks still didn't come back to work when we restarted. At least we didn't have any serious damage. Come back for the decoy show in March; we'll conjure up another blizzard. Mike

RobK · #9 02-16-2007, 10:43 PM

The emerald borer infests the ash trees. It's invading Ohio from Michigan. No cure. Trees have to be destroyed. It's like the chestnut blight. That's why the TV ads re not moving wood around. Sorry we didn't get together -- You couldn't have made it to my house anyway.

RichOhio · #10 02-17-2007, 07:44 AM

I have the same pics just different house. My deck and snow drifts are piled high. Got all the way home from work and got stuck in my own driveway pulling in. How do you view all this snow? Fun, Hate it, looks pretty but wouldn't want to visit, Why would anyone want to live there, or a challenge? Once you get it under control (i.e. I dig out my driveway and the roads get plowed I can sit back and admire God's Beauty).