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Here we go again....................

Shorty2U — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:33:07 GMT

Here we go again. The weather forecast is out for where I live in PA. Heavy snow starting late Wednesday night into Thursday over night (ending wee hours of Fri morning). Predicted amounts where I am are up to a foot and probably MORE than a foot. (And more snow Sunday)

To top it my husband has to work (I feel like taking his car keys. I know that sounds controlling but IMO his work should close as they are saying do not travel). Try telling his job that! So I will sit here alone worrying about him. Last storm they NEVER plowed, and my husband had to stop and literally shovel at places to get home.

And our snow blower blew 4 storms ago. He called for service but they are backed up for MONTHS. So they told him what to do. He changed spark plugs and worked on it and it starts up and shuts right off. He is going to empty the gas tonight and put clean gas in and clean the carburetor. I told him 2 weeks ago to buy a new one because he has severe asthma and cant shovel "if its deep". And I cant shovel at all with my back issues. But nope he didn't go get one. So I hope he can fix our other one.

Lastly they are running out of salt here due to all of the storms so they basically only clean main highways and snow emergency routes.

I know wah stop my whining but Im not the only one. All my friends AND my grown kids who used to love snow, now hate snow too.

Well we cannot control the weather, BUT I pray to God everyone will be safe and there wont be power outages. There are still some people without power from the last storm here in PA and the Governor declared a state of emergency the last storm.

If you are in the path of the storm too, please be safe.

Think SPRING! :-)

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Jessa9 — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:37:22 GMT

I live in Pa too Shorty2U, luckily me and my husband are retired. I feel bad for people who have to go out to work in it everyday. That darn groundhop!!! Spring is right around the corner but I'm not sure which one. Hang in there!!

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ShowMe — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:40:05 GMT

Oh Shorty......I heard this on the weather channel earlier today.

Heck, I ordered one of those snow brooms for the car last week. And for the first time I have ever seen it on any of my order status.....it commented on problems because of the weather conditions. But, fortunately it arrived a little bit ago. Still out in the front hall.....need to get it in so I can see it. And then get busy cleaning off my car after 2 different snowfalls here.

Will definitely be ready for spring this year.

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ShowMe — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:42:10 GMT

Some of the areas here in St. Louis are getting low on their salt supply too, and they are guarding it very closely....... They do use a beetjuice mixture to pretreat the roads and highways, but when it gets rain before it snows, it disappears pretty quickly.....

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Yuban3 — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:42:32 GMT

I remember reading a joke about a guy and snow.

The joke starts off with the guy loving the beauty of falling snow.

As it continues to snow, he grows less and less fond of it, until at the end, he is so sick of seeing snow, that he fears for his sanity, if he see one more snow flake.

I feel for everybody who had to deal with all of that bad weather.

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AngusandBuddhasMom — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:43:19 GMT

We are supposed to get between 14-22 inches by me.We will see I am working from home. I feel bad for my DD who is in Banking and for who the heck knows why, they keep the banks open. I don't get it. They should just say state of emergency unless you are essential ie cops ect stay home. Bankers in the scheme of things not essential.

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Topaz Gem — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:45:00 GMT

After it leaves your area, the storm is heading up the coast to New England. We're expecting ice, rain, and snow. I wish it were just snow, but with ice and rain, it's going to be dangerous. We've been lucky here and haven't had to deal with ice yet. I guess we can't escape it forever.

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JustJazzmom — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:00:54 GMT

On 2/11/2014 Yuban3 said:
I remember reading a joke about a guy and snow.

The joke starts off with the guy loving the beauty of falling snow.

As it continues to snow, he grows less and less fond of it, until at the end, he is so sick of seeing snow, that he fears for his sanity, if he see one more snow flake.

I feel for everybody who had to deal with all of that bad weather.

Google Diary of a snow shoveler....

The webbie is not letting me post the diary!!

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Luv2Decorate — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:08:50 GMT

I feel your pain. We have a yorkie and we have to shovel a path for him so he can go potty. The snow in our backyard is chest deep! I'm not kidding. The piles are so high at the front of our home, I cannot see our front door from the road and our lot is relatively flat. We've been getting a ton of lake effect snow and it's never ending. I can't wait until Spring. It's going to be a long time before all of this melts. I bet we still have snow piles through April. There is no way this is going to go away soon. Ugh... Add 3 teenage drivers to the mix, yikes! I need a glass of wine

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sweetpea53 — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:14:37 GMT

Our weather lady said this morning that she went to Erie to pick up her parents. Just to give them a break from all of the snow. She said they have had 106 inches so far. I'm in NVa.

Now, we're to get this one...6-9,,9-12 who knows.

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Preds — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:16:11 GMT

On 2/11/2014 Luv2Decorate said:
I feel your pain. We have a yorkie and we have to shovel a path for him so he can go potty. The snow in our backyard is chest deep! I'm not kidding. The piles are so high at the front of our home, I cannot see our front door from the road and our lot is relatively flat. We've been getting a ton of lake effect snow and it's never ending. I can't wait until Spring. It's going to be a long time before all of this melts. I bet we still have snow piles through April. There is no way this is going to go away soon. Ugh... Add 3 teenage drivers to the mix, yikes! I need a glass of wine

Three teenage drivers ..... honey, you need a bottle of wine!

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muttmom — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:18:44 GMT

If it makes you feel better, a good part of the country will be hit by that same storm.

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Qwackertoo — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:26:28 GMT

Shorty . . . you might want to mention to your husband . . . in regards to the snowblower, lawn mower/tractor and weed eaters . . . it is best to buy good OLD gasoline without the ethanol IF you have a county coop or something nearby as the other stuff especially gums up small engines. This was told to me by one of the nuclear engineers at our last HOA meeting and I figure he knows much more about small engines than I do or that I ever want to know. We had bought a new generator for emergencies back in June for husbands Father's Day/Birthday gift and he gave this advice to us . . . so for what it is worth. While too late for this storm, plus it missed us by a couple of miles, but still schools are closed today, hit half missed half of the county . . . but plan to get a couple of 5 or 10 gallon containers and get stocked up on ethanol free gasoline for our various small engines.

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Qwackertoo — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:27:43 GMT

On 2/11/2014 Predsfan said:
On 2/11/2014 Luv2Decorate said:
I feel your pain. We have a yorkie and we have to shovel a path for him so he can go potty. The snow in our backyard is chest deep! I'm not kidding. The piles are so high at the front of our home, I cannot see our front door from the road and our lot is relatively flat. We've been getting a ton of lake effect snow and it's never ending. I can't wait until Spring. It's going to be a long time before all of this melts. I bet we still have snow piles through April. There is no way this is going to go away soon. Ugh... Add 3 teenage drivers to the mix, yikes! I need a glass of wine

Three teenage drivers ..... honey, you need a bottle of wine!

I'd second the full bottle of wine with 3 teenage drivers and wintry roads~!

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Kachina624 — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:08:15 GMT

I feel for you all and just wish you could send some of your bounty West. We've had temps way above normal since January first, and virtually no moisture. It's supposed to be near 70 this week-end and that just not right for February. Trees are starting to bud, pollen count is up and I'm already sneezing.

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Financialgrl — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:12:21 GMT

I'm in the track myself. I got gas for the car and just a few items at store; tomorrow need gas for generator and snow blower. Hoping they are WROOONNNGGGG!

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sweetpea53 — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:12:41 GMT

3 teenage drivers? Nope, couldn't do that...I'd run away from home WITH the bottle of wine Poor thing!!

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rondell — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:15:03 GMT

I'm praying for everyone, everywhere, who will be having more storms, to be safe and warm.

I wish this all of this horrible weather would end, and soon.

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circles — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:51:12 GMT

there are still so many people without power from the last snow...I hope they get it restored before getting hit again....we were lucky to not suffer any outage...hope that luck continues..

I wish all of you a safe time during this next storm....

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muttmom — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:53:07 GMT

On 2/11/2014 Caravaggio said:
We are supposed to get between 14-22 inches by me.We will see I am working from home. I feel bad for my DD who is in Banking and for who the heck knows why, they keep the banks open. I don't get it. They should just say state of emergency unless you are essential ie cops ect stay home. Bankers in the scheme of things not essential.

Don't you live in NJ?