Pic Of The Day

LaRea

I was outside this morning knocking show off some of the smaller ornamental trees ... dogwoods, redbuds and a Japanese maple.  About every 30 seconds, I'd hear another branch and tree coming down.  This is bad.  

aero3113

Not good @LaRea , good luck! I think we’re just going to get a dusting later today.

randy56

Wash my boat yesterday, it was 83

LaRea

@randy56 -- Weather is here.  Wish you were beautiful.  

rasbury

Looks like some in your area are getting hammered @LaRea or was that you posting trees commin down? Crazy weather...

LaRea

Yes, that was me.  We lost two big trees and a bunch of big limbs. It'll be a couple weeks before we can get a tree company to deal with it, because they are all dealing with bigger problems.  

Our power was out for 9 hours in freezing weather.  I have a big 5kw generator ... even the simple act of moving the generator from the shed to the house was a chore in 12" of dense snow.  We were prepared to spend the night without power ... banked a big fire in the fireplace, and had a space heater going in the bedroom.  Then the power came back on around 10PM.

And of course, there were traffic nightmares because people are not smart about driving.

Dream_Inn

So, we got the same dump of snow that LaRea got.  Just the one mile drive out of my neighborhood had 8 different trees across the road.  Luckily I had the day off yesterday so I got spend it using my "manly" tools.  Chainsaw, pole saw, shovels, snow blowers, & generator.  We were without power for over 12 hours, but unlike LaRea (LOL), I had my generator ready to roll and had the fireplace going at 5am before our power went out (would've been the night before but it was 65 degrees, crazy!). Luckily power came back on around 9:30 last night.  Family room was a toasty 74 degrees with it 24 degrees outside at the time (was 17 this morning).  Yesterday between my son & I, we got to do 4 driveways (all gratis, cause that is what neighbors are for!), cleared our cul de sac and wide tire paths for 200 yards down our street.  Also cut a couple trees enough to get thru road and shoveled out my daughter's car after she went off edge of road and got stuck trying to go around a tree.  Another neighbor had his Kubota out and plowed thru our entire neighborhood (almost 3 miles of roads).  He was definitely having fun!  I know this is the norm for the northern people on this forum (I used to live in NE Ohio, so it was normal there), but for this area we only get it every now and then.  & this one was really wet and sticking to everything that it could take down.  I already have about 10 cords of wood, which for me is about 3 years worth of burning.  So, I'm going to try not to do much wood cutting.

LaRea

This snow was perfect for taking down trees and power lines.  The stuff was as dense and sticky as oatmeal, and we won't get much melting until tomorrow.  Here's a shot of a cross-country skier going down my street.  You can see how much snow is on the trees. 

rasbury

and yet it is beautiful to look at....from central Florida!

Handymans342

Nice boat!!!!

rasbury

what boat? LOL....all I see is snow!

Handymans342

Dream_Inn

Handymans342 said:

Very True.  But, my geothermal doesn't require much electricity and my backup fireplace insert (which I'm using quite a bit) doesn't need any except to run the blower.

Aqua_Aura

I get my power from hydroelectric 😁. So that's how I'm warm. 

J3ff

New addition at my local hang out spot. Just showed up..

rasbury

Is it going to sink when the tide comes up? Never got that one..

J3ff

Oh it's already sunk a few times in the last few days..

Here's today's pic of the day.. bay side..

J3ff

Or there's this picture from today as well . 

J3ff

Or this one, also taken today  ...

Handymans342

J3ff said:

Or this one, also taken today  ...

Ok you send the same pic all the time. Get a life

J3ff

Handymans342 said:

J3ff said:

Or this one, also taken today  ...

Ok you send the same pic all the time. Get a life

Was taken today old man. Boomer yourself off over there :P

Handymans342

Why don't you swim in that water? Oh I guess it's too cold. Climate change?

GMSLITHO

ha ha climate change I just posted that 

J3ff

Handymans342 said:

Why don't you swim in that water? Oh I guess it's too cold. Climate change?

Went for a swim, was great, the water down here is almost never colder than the warmest water in the NE. :P Then hit a hot tub to wash off the salt water. 

Dream_Inn

J3ff said:

Handymans342 said:

J3ff said:

Or this one, also taken today  ...

Ok you send the same pic all the time. Get a life

Was taken today old man. Boomer yourself off over there :P

Oh, anyone remember baby boomer?  I think he was from TN.  I sure miss some of the old RBOers.

rasbury

My outing yesterday..

rasbury

How about tikihut? He was awesome helping me get into my boat....he just poof disappeared with no comment.. 

Handymans342

rasbury said:

My outing yesterday..

You giving AOC a ride @rasbury?? Hahahahaha

aero3113

rasbury

Handymans342 said:

rasbury said:

My outing yesterday..

You giving AOC a ride @rasbury?? Hahahahaha

No, not a big van of hers but it would be gas or ****, she is pretty hot!