Dang its cold

[rock]

I was hoping the sun would come out today. I just looked out the window and its snowing . What the...........I wanted to do a hunt today. Might go anyway. Weird weather this yr. Over a 100 in the summer and 0-60 in the winter.

 

[quito]

This was cold



and this is a little snow

 

[NC field hunter]

A bone-chilling 83 degrees and sunny here today

You better wrap up, as my grandma used to tell us kids. You will get the whooping cough! I feel bad for you Gator, all that nasty sunshine. Let me play my violin for you, you poor thing. (As tears flow from my eyes) I'll send you a snow ball if it will keep you from feeling like an outcast!



Lol! You lucky Son of a biscuit eater! The only thing I like about snow is finding a nice pile of yellow snow in the woods! Yum yum! If you journey into the woods far enough, you may come across a couple of chocolate chips for your yellow snow! Lol

 

[GatorBoy]

Haha ... You should see the roads here.. It looks like 1/3 of the United States has managed to squeeze themselves into this state

 

[NC field hunter]

Haha ... You should see the roads here.. It looks like 1/3 of the United States has managed to squeeze themselves into this state

I hate snow!! Some people love it because they get days off of work and time to stay home with their kids. They do fun stuff like drink enough beer to spell their full name in the snow and post it on Facebook. You know, making the best of what's around. Lol! I have none of that. The show must go on for me. Driving to work is a task due to all of the wrecks. Us southern folk for the most part are pretty slow. We think things through, we say our thoughts slowly so that we don't have to repeat ourselves. We are pretty rational, well rounded people with the ability to most any and every thing. The one thing that we absolutely can't do is drive in snow. The snow may be soooo small that a micrometer is used to measure it's depth. Still, southern people will have mass pile ups on the roads. The fact that drinking and driving is legal on snow covered roads doesn't help matters but still! What I'm saying.... Gator, if I were like most around here and could have snow days off, I'd be in FL. my self at present. 83 degrees beats the heck out of tearing my truck all to heck while kicking doughnuts on Main Street! Please.... No feeding snow birds!!

 

[Jon Stewart]

Larson and Quito: those southern boys don't have a clue as to what cold is. You guys need to come north for a few days and the you will be glad to go back to a couple of inches of snow and a little ice, LOL. Grandkids haven't been to school in 4 days. Heck, I had to teach ,my wife how to use the John Deere snow thrower today as I am going to the rock show in Tucson for 5 days!!!!!

 

[GatorBoy]

I spent 5 years in Vermont you guys can keep that mess

 

[rock]

It wouldnt be bad if the state and county had lived up to their claims of using our tax dollars to buy machines to help remove and treat the roads for snow issues. I havent seen anything come by my home all day long. I guess they were blowing smoke as usual. If we had items to help cope with the snow that would help but nobody sells that stuff here. So yeah we aint prepared for it even 2 inches is a disaster here. It sure was a boring day doing nothing.

 

[NC field hunter]

It wouldnt be bad if the state and county had lived up to their claims of using our tax dollars to buy machines to help remove and treat the roads for snow issues. I havent seen anything come by my home all day long. I guess they were blowing smoke as usual. If we had items to help cope with the snow that would help but nobody sells that stuff here. So yeah we aint prepared for it even 2 inches is a disaster here. It sure was a boring day doing nothing.

Im totally opposite of you on this subject Rock. I wish they would let the snow be. They cover the roads in brine, the snow melts, temps drop at night and black ice patches are all over. Once the temp drops so low, salt helps freeze the ice. Salt is used in the freezing of ice cream for goodness sake. If they would let the snow be, driving wouldn't be bad. The plows pack snow then the tracks that were cut are lost. Down here, (well... Up here to you Rock) they plow 3 days after the snow is gone creating moon craters in the road. NC was once known for nice highways. I've noticed in recent years that NC has probably the worst roads of all surrounding states. West VA. Is pretty bad, the Pennsylvania turn pike is probably the closest thing to a dirt road that I've ever gone over 80mph on. Other than those two. NC has the worst roads.

 

[rock]

I wouldnt know about the salt thing but sounds interesting. I was wondering what happened to the "Global Warming" they were warning us about? I was so bored today I was even looking at artifacts on e-bay today, lol.

 

[curious kat]

....sorry you've been "house bound"...yes odd weather for down your way, keep warm rock...

 

[rock]

I have to admit the electric bill is allot lower in the winter than in the summer.

 

[larson1951]

Larson and Quito: those southern boys don't have a clue as to what cold is. You guys need to come north for a few days and the you will be glad to go back to a couple of inches of snow and a little ice, LOL. Grandkids haven't been to school in 4 days. Heck, I had to teach ,my wife how to use the John Deere snow thrower today as I am going to the rock show in Tucson for 5 days!!!!!

thanks jon +1

 

[Jon Stewart]

NC field hunter is right. There has to be the right mix with salt and sand to put down on the roadways. All salt just melts the snow/ice so it can make more ice which in some cases is worse. This is where black ice comes from.

All joking aside, we just say it is what it is and deal with the weather. Been dealing with it for over 60 years. The bad part is that some of my northern friends are paying $5.80 a gallon for propane. Last month it was just over $2.00 a gallon. The suppliers have a 100 gallon limit on deliveries.

 

[rock]

Wow thats a big increase Jon.
Well I had a dream that when I woke up all the snow had melted so I looked out the window this morning. Its still there. Dang I was hoping to go do a hunt. I dont think I could stand living up north where it snows all winter long.

 

[larson1951]

thanks jon +1

yeppers lookie here

 

[Charl]

Interesting watching the crazy gridlock in Atlanta. In the Blizzard of 78, Rt. 95 in RI became a parking lot because 3 feet of snow fell. Took over a week to clear the interstates. Amazing that a mere 2 1/2" of snow would do the same in the South. Ice is tough, but unless your tires are bald, 2 1/2" of snow should not stop any vehicle. Guess it was the volume of traffic all at once.

 

[NC field hunter]

yeppers lookie here <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=937660"/>

Larson,I was telling my uncle about the weather that you guys are having. He replies, "I do not doubt that for one second"! He goes on to tell me the story about the time he visited North Dakota for a hunting trip. I can't remember just what he was hunting, does pheasant sound correct? Any way, it was winter, probably early winter because they were camping out. He said they walked in the blistering cold all day. He swore it was the coldest he had ever been in his life. All day walking with wind blowing and little luck hunting, he said he couldn't wait to get back to the camp site for a drink of Canadian Mist whiskey. He said that was the only thing he could think of that would warm him up. ( he must get cold dang near every evening around 5:00) he swears that when they got back to the camp, he got his bottle.....and his whiskey was frozen. I figured his wife may have diluted that bottle but he says the seal wasn't broken. Larson, I can trust you for the truth! Is he pulling my leg? Does it really get cold enough to freeze liquor in North Dakota? I always thought he fabricated the story for laughs. ??

 

[rock]

I have to admit my tires arent the best. I dont have 4 wheel drive either. I live on top a hill and we walked to the bottom to see if I might be able to get my truck to the top but the road was solid ice all the way. The sun is shinning today maybe it will melt it cause I have to work tomorrow. Its a mess there is about 5 cars stuck at the bottom of the hill. I was told they put salt down on the main roads but not in my neighborhood.

 

[NC field hunter]

I have to admit my tires arent the best. I dont have 4 wheel drive either. I live on top a hill and we walked to the bottom to see if I might be able to get my truck to the top but the road was solid ice all the way. The sun is shinning today maybe it will melt it cause I have to work tomorrow. Its a mess there is about 5 cars stuck at the bottom of the hill. I was told they put salt down on the main roads but not in my neighborhood.

Rock, my truck is 4x4 but it's still light in the back end. It'll fish tail.....that is if I didn't have 5,000 lbs of rocks in the back of it. Being an artifact collector with a nasty accumulation of geofacts has that one up side. Maybe if you added weight to the back of your truck she would catch traction. Just an idea. Sorry that happened to you. Good luck!

 

[larson1951]

Larson,I was telling my uncle about the weather that you guys are having. He replies, "I do not doubt that for one second"! He goes on to tell me the story about the time he visited North Dakota for a hunting trip. I can't remember just what he was hunting, does pheasant sound correct? Any way, it was winter, probably early winter because they were camping out. He said they walked in the blistering cold all day. He swore it was the coldest he had ever been in his life. All day walking with wind blowing and little luck hunting, he said he couldn't wait to get back to the camp site for a drink of Canadian Mist whiskey. He said that was the only thing he could think of that would warm him up. ( he must get cold dang near every evening around 5:00) he swears that when they got back to the camp, he got his bottle.....and his whiskey was frozen. I figured his wife may have diluted that bottle but he says the seal wasn't broken. Larson, I can trust you for the truth! Is he pulling my leg? Does it really get cold enough to freeze liquor in North Dakota? I always thought he fabricated the story for laughs. ??

ok rusty

NO, whiskey don't freeze here..... maybe he was just spicing up the story a bit
ND is world class hunting for pheasant but if it is cold the pheasants are gonna be buried in heavy cover.............
.........and even a hunting dog will miss them