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Re: Winter 2016-17
Originally Posted by Tootlepootle
(Post 12122416)
It was crazy and beautiful up here today!
Originally Posted by Snowy560
(Post 12122433)
But couldn't get up get up the hill on the way home today. It took 3 tries to leave one bus stop. Several cars got stuck I assume without winter tyres. Daughter works on one of the mountains so husband retrieved her as we do have winter tyres. Then we had a power cut for several hours. It's just come back on. Luckily we managed to heat up dinner just before we lost power.
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Re: Winter 2016-17
Originally Posted by Tootlepootle
(Post 12122416)
It was crazy and beautiful up here today!
Originally Posted by Snowy560
(Post 12122433)
But couldn't get up get up the hill on the way home today. It took 3 tries to leave one bus stop. Several cars got stuck I assume without winter tyres. Daughter works on one of the mountains so husband retrieved her as we do have winter tyres. Then we had a power cut for several hours. It's just come back on. Luckily we managed to heat up dinner just before we lost power.
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Re: Winter 2016-17
Originally Posted by Danny B
(Post 12122268)
Montreal "First Snow" of the year creates back to back accidents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfDZixZFzms We had double their snowfall yesterday and there were only 95 reported collisions by teatime. <prays for Sears to get a move on and deliver the snow blower> |
Re: Winter 2016-17
The driver of the car at the front must just keep saying "FFS!" More like 'criss de calice de tabarnak d'ostie de sacrament'...it's Quebec after all. He's Canadian, so he immediately got out and apologised to everyone. https://anachips.files.wordpress.com..._o_1203746.jpg |
Re: Winter 2016-17
Originally Posted by Danny B
(Post 12122400)
Excuse my ignorance, but what is the purpose of that snow fence?
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Re: Winter 2016-17
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12122694)
The fence is in a gap in a line of trees, 100' downwind of the fence/line of trees is the driveway. The idea of the fence is to cause a lift in the flow of air such that the snow is carried over the driveway and drops on the other side. It did work well in previous years, until the fence took flight or, one year, the snow piled up higher than the fence. It's common to see such fences set back from roads here, on the windward side. There's also a subsidy to plant lines of trees but you have to live a long time to see the benefit of planting.
We had our first snow over the weekend. With temps hovering around zero elevation was everything to how much snow you got. Half a mile down the road and 100ft lower and there was nothing, while we had several inches. Having only got back from a business trip to Europe a day or so earlier I was ill prepared - no snowtires on, plow for the quad lying under a pile of snow n the garden, snowblower needing a new shearbolt. My excuse was that it was +17C when I left 10 days earlier! I'm a bit better prepared now. |
Re: Winter 2016-17
Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat
(Post 12122719)
It took me a while to understand the physics of snow fences. I attempted to use one alongside the drive and at the back of the house where the furnace flue gets buried but they were way to close to the places I was trying to avoid having snow build up so in effect I made the problem worse!
Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat
(Post 12122719)
We had our first snow over the weekend. With temps hovering around zero elevation was everything to how much snow you got. Half a mile down the road and 100ft lower and there was nothing, while we had several inches. Having only got back from a business trip to Europe a day or so earlier I was ill prepared - no snowtires on, plow for the quad lying under a pile of snow n the garden, snowblower needing a new shearbolt. My excuse was that it was +17C when I left 10 days earlier! I'm a bit better prepared now.
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Re: Winter 2016-17
Aaarh! Had about half an inch of snow on mid Vancouver island last night. It is quite crisp and crunchy this morning with blue skies and bright sunshine - seems a lot more like Alberta than coastal BC.
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Re: Winter 2016-17
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12122694)
The fence is in a gap in a line of trees, 100' downwind of the fence/line of trees is the driveway. The idea of the fence is to cause a lift in the flow of air such that the snow is carried over the driveway and drops on the other side. It did work well in previous years, until the fence took flight or, one year, the snow piled up higher than the fence. It's common to see such fences set back from roads here, on the windward side. There's also a subsidy to plant lines of trees but you have to live a long time to see the benefit of planting.
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Re: Winter 2016-17
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12122694)
The fence is in a gap in a line of trees, 100' downwind of the fence/line of trees is the driveway. The idea of the fence is to cause a lift in the flow of air such that the snow is carried over the driveway and drops on the other side. It did work well in previous years, until the fence took flight or, one year, the snow piled up higher than the fence. It's common to see such fences set back from roads here, on the windward side. There's also a subsidy to plant lines of trees but you have to live a long time to see the benefit of planting.
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Re: Winter 2016-17
Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 12122957)
Can't you just sling some 45-degree braces at the back?
First proper winter day yesterday. We came out of the riding barn to five or six inches of new snow. It was still falling hard so it was one of those drives when you can't see anything forward and depend on distance from the telephone poles at the side to know where the road is. Luckily, in the country, it's not likely that anyone will be coming the other way so there's no need for the level of precision involved in picking one side of the road or the other. Any "not ditch" path will do. Forgot to tilt the wipers forward when parking so it was a blind and wriggly drive this morning, peering out of the few spots the wipers did clear. Lots of clonking and juddering above 60mph too, like having wheels out of balance. Just ice, of course, but irksome. |
Re: Winter 2016-17
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12125280)
Now that we've put up the wooden posts, and concreted them in, I hope that won't be necessary. Braces are hard to attach to T posts, maybe you can buy ones with braces attached but I haven't seen them.
First proper winter day yesterday. We came out of the riding barn to five or six inches of new snow. It was still falling hard so it was one of those drives when you can't see anything forward and depend on distance from the telephone poles at the side to know where the road is. Luckily, in the country, it's not likely that anyone will be coming the other way so there's no need for the level of precision involved in picking one side of the road or the other. Any "not ditch" path will do. Forgot to tilt the wipers forward when parking so it was a blind and wriggly drive this morning, peering out of the few spots the wipers did clear. Lots of clonking and juddering above 60mph too, like having wheels out of balance. Just ice, of course, but irksome. Very icy this morning. I have to go to the corner store later. It will be a good opportunity to see if my new boots work. If you don't hear from me this afternoon, they don't work. |
Re: Winter 2016-17
Finally getting snow... Up to 15cm they say. Warms up tomorrow, so the rain will be returning.
Downside doctor called in sick due to the snow, so appointment was cancelled. |
Re: Winter 2016-17
It's "only" -7C & sunny here today, although there's a fearful wind coming off the lake.
We only have ~10 cm of snow, but that's our 2nd ~10cm... A couple of the ski hills are open. |
Re: Winter 2016-17
Originally Posted by Shirtback
(Post 12125440)
It's "only" -7C & sunny here today, although there's a fearful wind coming off the lake.
We only have ~10 cm of snow, but that's our 2nd ~10cm... A couple of the ski hills are open. |
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