Shout out from chilly Western Oregon. We were hit with freezing rain this morning. The sheet of ice that is covering the roads is now being covered by snow. It is deceptively beautiful and slick as snot. How is your weather? What has global warming done for your area?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: treat island judit
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:02 pm
Good morning! Yes, we're
Good morning! Yes, we're dealing with the same thing, biggest snowflakes ever covering ice, will be followed by ice. So beautiful, so treacherous. Arghhhh!
(see Western Oregon weather thread) - other tales from west of you, and a picture from Eugene.
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on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:07 pm
I am such a rube. I can't
I am such a rube. I can't even remember how to post a picture, it been a few years.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: steve driscoll burphly
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:10 pm
blizzard conditions right now
blizzard conditions right now on cape cod...beef stew in the crockpot....looking at 12-18 inches
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: steve driscoll burphly
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:11 pm
looking at 12-18 inches..
looking at 12-18 inches...that would be snow
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: treat island judit
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:11 pm
It's a new set up; look in
It's a new set up; look in Techie Talk folder or in the Formatting folder on the left. There's a colorful little icon in the Message box to use for posting pics - check it out.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Kimmer copelaki
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:16 pm
We will be doing the beef
We will be doing the beef stew crockpot gig tomorrow. I just got back from working in Bend, OR. 2 feet of snow, temps in the single digits, and the snow kept falling. Absolutely beautiful, but it made my bones ache. ❄
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on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:17 pm
Thank you Judit!
Thank you Judit!
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on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:23 pm
Scene from OR SR 20
Scene from OR SR 20
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on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:25 pm
Oregon beauty
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ParadiseWaits Dise
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:26 pm
Sorry to hear there's a
Sorry to hear there's a blizzard on the Cape. Dear friends are burying the mother of their infant grandchild in P-town today. I hope everyone that needs to can still get there :(
RIP Amanda
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on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:26 pm
Gorgeous pics, K.
Gorgeous pics, K.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: showglow skadhi
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:28 pm
big roads are fine here in
big roads are fine here in charm city ~ but the little ones are just like oregon... inch-ish of snow on top of ice... yay?!?
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on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:30 pm
oh gawd dise... :-( {{{{{{{
oh gawd dise... :-( {{{{{{{{amanda}}}}}}}
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ParadiseWaits Dise
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:35 pm
Thank you (((Skadhi))) I'm
Thank you (((Skadhi))) I'm still in shock, they were posting adorable photos of the baby over xmas and Amanda suddenly passed early New Year's day. She was just 25 and had started building a family with my friend's son. He's understandably crushed. I don't know her personally, but I know the baby's young father and his parents very well and my heart goes out to them. This blizzard is only going to make the day harder for them all :(
It's dumping rain here now, my big plan for the day is to watch a movie and stay warm.
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on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 03:45 pm
Stay safe and cozy, everyone.
Stay safe and cozy, everyone.
Sorry about that sad loss, Dise.
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on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 05:03 pm
Disaster narrowly avoided.
Disaster narrowly avoided.
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on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 05:13 pm
I highly recommend Dark Sky
I highly recommend Dark Sky app - provides weather alerts that are surprisingly accurate.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Patrick H. phil_er_up
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 05:35 pm
Yesterday morning...
Yesterday morning...14 inches of new snow!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sideshow Bob drkstrjry
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 08:04 pm
2" yesterday morning, 6" more
2" yesterday morning, 6" more falling now, need to clear driveway tomorrow as the oil man is due early in the week. Cat got treed by neighbor's dogs just before yesterday's snowfall, was 60'+ up there meowing away but just got himself down & back in the house now, no worse for wear (4th time he's been treed so he should have it figured out by now).
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on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 08:48 pm
But the beer is so delightful
But the beer is so delightful.
And awesome pic copelaki.
Looks like it's from The Shining.
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on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 09:23 pm
Cat in the tree:
Cat in the tree:
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sideshow Bob drkstrjry
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 09:27 pm
Another view from the front
Another view from the front of the house, the pine tree in front is something like 25 - 30' tall, for perspective:
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: comic book colors on a violin river... Cumberlyn
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 09:36 pm
awwwwwwww, Chance...:( Glad
awwwwwwww, Chance...:( Glad he finally figured it out, poor baby !!

I got this keeping me warm, sprinkled with my homemade Candy Cane dust...yummm !
Stay warm and dry all ~
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Racketinmyhead Racketinmyhead
on Sunday, January 8, 2017 – 11:46 am
Nice highway pictures
Nice highway pictures
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High Surfdead
on Sunday, January 8, 2017 – 12:31 pm
Progress - the first number
Progress - the first number on the temp. readout is now a 3!
Haven't seen that for more than a week.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Racketinmyhead Racketinmyhead
on Sunday, January 8, 2017 – 01:10 pm
What's up with the weather
What's up with the weather channel naming storms? Helena? Iris? Lol Is this new or have I not been paying attention?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Racketinmyhead Racketinmyhead
on Sunday, January 8, 2017 – 01:14 pm
Here is a bunch of webcams.
Some mammoth, eastern sierra, mono county webcams
http://mammothsnowman.com/mammoth-mountain-web-cams/
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough Disco Stu
on Sunday, January 8, 2017 – 01:25 pm
23 some degrees here now, but
23 some degrees here now, but sunny and breezy.
They say High 24, low 8 today & tonight. Tomorrow it's High 27 low 15. The single-digit and teen temps are where you have to be really careful about the pipe-freeze. Also vehicles and small-engine equipment experience many problems. I'm afraid to fire up my log-splitter, as the chill temps are what caused the hydraulic pump to seize back when.
What a chore to replace that sucker !!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Racketinmyhead Racketinmyhead
on Sunday, January 8, 2017 – 01:26 pm
Twitter is going wild with
Twitter is going wild with pictures. #caflood #castorm
https://twitter.com/caltransdist3/status/818132538023518208
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Racketinmyhead Racketinmyhead
on Sunday, January 8, 2017 – 01:32 pm
Yosemite twitter is good also
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on Monday, January 9, 2017 – 01:26 am
Driving this morning near Mt
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Highnote Stringtwang
on Monday, January 9, 2017 – 08:38 am
Woke up to 90mph winds at
Woke up to 90mph winds at about 4am.
Been howling about 50mph since.
At least it's melting all the snow.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Patrick H. phil_er_up
on Monday, January 9, 2017 – 09:51 am
The wind is blasting again
The wind is blasting again today!!!
On Christmas we had 90 MPH gusts with very high sustained winds. It blew one of my awning off and went out to fix it with the wife. When we come back in - my wife is in back of me and I thought she had the screen door and a very large gust of wind came at the second and blew the screen door out. Took out the screws. Took an hour to repair the screen door so it would close and had to put anchors in the wall to reattach the door. As soon as I finish we hear a loud crack in the back yard. Go to back window and a part of my fence came down. Took out about a third of it from those sustained winds.
We come inside after looking at the damaged fence and the internet and TV go out and lights start flickering. Then lights go out across the street though our lights stay on. A Christmas I will not forget.
Hopefully not a repeat today...power on so far though had some flickering...
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on Monday, January 9, 2017 – 11:51 am
stay warm
stay warm
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: I rang a silent bell China-Rider
on Monday, January 9, 2017 – 12:09 pm
I saw that an ancient tree
I saw that an ancient tree that had a tunnel carved through it has fallen.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High Surfdead
on Monday, January 9, 2017 – 12:55 pm
Hmm. Was supposed to be in
Hmm. Was supposed to be in the 40s today with rain.
However, it is 32 and snowing.. Still have several inches of ice and snow left on the ground from last week's storm. Neighborhood google group has rumors of a plow - I'll believe it when I see/hear it. Also reports from folks who tried to drive out but failed.
I was really hoping we could get out again before the next predicted snow on Tues. night.
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on Monday, January 9, 2017 – 01:07 pm
36˚ here, Surfdead, with
36˚ here, Surfdead, with occasional rain. It's a melting mess, schools are still closed. I hope you reach warmer temps today. Predicted snow here Tuesday night through Wednesday night...
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on Monday, January 9, 2017 – 01:41 pm
Now it's 39˚ here - any
Now it's 39˚ here - any better at your place, Surfdead?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough Disco Stu
on Monday, January 9, 2017 – 02:47 pm
The only solution to the iced
The only solution to the iced road w/ snow on top is a set of studded snow tires. You can run them in OR from Halloween through April Fools. Of course, they require an extra set of wheels and some storage space in garage or shed, but those and 4-wheel drive got me around safely during Winter conditions. The regular BF Goodrich all-terrain tires had not enough traction, even though they are rated for snow.
Chains help, but who really wants to fool with those ??
Hope you get to town soon, Mr. Surf.
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on Monday, January 9, 2017 – 03:13 pm
Wow...just read that the
Wow...just read that the Giant Sequoia known as The Tunnel Tree was destroyed in storms? I always wanted to visit that tree (possibly 1,000 years old), and although hpfly ill still make it to the state parks out there someday, the chance to hike up to tunnel tree has sadly ended.
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on Monday, January 9, 2017 – 07:36 pm
Top of Squaw Valley Ski
Top of Squaw Valley Ski Resort had 159 mph wind gusts. With snow falling. That cold from OR finally came our way.
Good Luck Zoners stay safe and warm.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High Surfdead
on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 – 10:11 am
It's been 34 for 24 hrs. now
It's been 34 for 24 hrs. now, so some melting.. We're going for it this morning, with or without chains. More snow tonight.
Yeah, when it gets like this I wish I bought some studded tires. Then I forget about it, until next year.
Actually, haven't needed them for the last five years - no ice to speak of until this year.
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on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 – 10:28 am
Blizzard warning now in
Blizzard warning now in affect.
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on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 – 10:45 am
12 degrees this morning on
12 degrees this morning on eastern long island...
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on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 – 11:21 am
So, it's warming up by me (29
So, it's warming up by me (29 degrees in Jackson, NJ), but I just got a text from my buddy. He said the surfing was good in NY yesterday, re-affirming what I suspected all along. Surfers are a special breed of crazy.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough Disco Stu
on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 – 11:32 am
Yeah,
Yeah,
Jerseyland is supposed to warm up next few days before another few inches of snow Saturday. I'm not crazy about 'Low 15 -- High 25' days because machinery and plumbing fail like that. I've been afraid to run my log splitter last few days because the too-cold temps are what killed the hydraulic pump back when.
Anyway, Hüsky just loves the Arctic weather. It's the joy of his life to lay around in the Snow.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Racketinmyhead Racketinmyhead
on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 – 12:21 pm
Sacramento River weir to be
Sacramento River weir to be opened for the first time in 11 years.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D. Portland_ken
on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 12:16 am
Dumping snow in PDX like I
Dumping snow in PDX like I haven't seen in years. Just saw the flash of a transformer blowing out.
How is it down the valley?
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 12:26 am
Quiet and dry at the moment.
Quiet and dry at the moment. Rain and snow expected through the night, but maybe not.
Stay safe! Have fun.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 01:35 am
Temp. just dropped below
Temp. just dropped below freezing, so the rain just turned to freezing rain.
Luckily we got out today; just needed chains to go down driveway. The rest was no problem,.
Tomorrow looks like another stay-home day.
Looks pretty wild in CA flood-wise. Stay safe everyone.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 01:38 am
Raining here, but temps above
Raining here, but temps above freezing. I think we may get off unscathed.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: CT Equinoxmagick
on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 01:50 am
Snowing heavy in Portland
Snowing heavy in Portland
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D. Portland_ken
on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 01:51 am
Just measured the snow -
Just measured the snow - seven inches and still falling. But its that light, fluffy snow, not the ice that has bedeviled us for the last month. Haven't seen this deep snow in town since 2008.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough Disco Stu
on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 01:55 am
Raining here in Jerseyland,
Raining here in Jerseyland, temps above freezing. That's actually quite nice; I can turn off the cellar heat and the pipes wont freeze.
Methinks rain stops tomorrow, so perhaps I can get some work done.
Frozen outdoor projects are now just wet
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D. Portland_ken
on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 02:01 am
Outside the house just
Outside the house just moments ago - the snow makes a lot of light for 11:00 pm.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough Disco Stu
on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 02:19 am
That is a gorgeous photo of
That is a gorgeous photo of the snow-neighborhood, Mr. Ken. The iced-over shrubberies about 7 o' clock look like frozen Sheep, or Goats.
Thank you for sharing.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 02:40 am
Holy sheet that's a lot of
Holy sheet that's a lot of snow for Portland. I am out of town and missing the fun