Blizzard

**Lowell** · December-12-10, 05:03 PM

It is snowing slush here and the winds are gusting and howling. Going out tonight? Stay home by the fire.

I hope you are all safe and warm!

I wonder how the Silverdome is holding up?

**Ray1936** · December-12-10, 05:06 PM

"A blizzard is the inside of a buzzard." -- Stan Laurel

**Bobl** · December-12-10, 05:34 PM

It's December. It snows.
But that was the wettest, heaviest stuff I ever shoveled!
Be careful, people, and stay out of the emergency room...

**Jimaz** · December-12-10, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by Lowell

I wonder how the Silverdome is holding up?

You must have seen the story about the Metrodome collapse in Minneapolis. Yeah, it looks like pretty heavy snow too.

The Weather Channel kept changing their accumulation forecast as this storm approached. I guess that's because it's harder to predict with a rain/snow mix.

**downtown_racine** · December-12-10, 05:52 PM

Nothing like a good winter storm. We did not get the much accumulation here but we got the winds and cold. Lake Michigan is really churning.

**sumas** · December-12-10, 06:05 PM

Hand shoveled earlier and salted too. Nasty heavy wet stuff. Tomorrow will crank up the snow blower. Hired a fellow forumer to make sure it fired up and had fresh gas, oil etc. a few weeks back. Glad I did. Happy too I have salt on hand.

Didn't used to be this organized but with age comes wisdom and /or heart attacks.

**Zacha341** · December-13-10, 06:10 AM

I hear that, due to physical issues I've not shoved snow in 20 years. My neighbor does it, or we pay to have it done with snow blowers etc. They are saying already 4 local deaths attributed to shoveling snow. Be careful everyone....

Originally Posted by sumas

Hand shoveled earlier and salted too. Nasty heavy wet stuff. Tomorrow will crank up the snow blower. Hired a fellow forumer to make sure it fired up and had fresh gas, oil etc. a few weeks back. Glad I did. Happy too I have salt on hand.

Didn't used to be this organized but with age comes wisdom and /or heart attacks.

**English** · December-12-10, 06:11 PM

Stay safe, everyone! All that heavy, wet snow is now freezing over and is becoming a sheet of ice on the roads.

DetroitDad · December-12-10, 08:19 PM

Yeah, this isn't good snow. This, this is slush. Be careful driving. The GAR Building looks like a snow globe ice castle.

http://campusmartiuschronicle.blogsp...e-castles.html

**Zacha341** · December-13-10, 06:15 AM

What a beautiful building amidst the snow.......

Originally Posted by DetroitDad

Yeah, this isn't good snow. This, this is slush. Be careful driving. The GAR Building looks like a snow globe ice castle.

http://campusmartiuschronicle.blogsp...e-castles.html

**ja!mz** · December-13-10, 06:28 AM

Just finished here with the snowblower, about 3 inches in Warren, but very heavy snow, dont use a shovel if you can avoid it..

DetroitDad · December-13-10, 08:39 AM

I just had to pop back in before work to mention...

Do you know what works great in the snow?

That's right! Light rail works great in the snow! But we don't have that yet, so wish me luck, because I have to go drive up Woodward Avenue across a sheet of ice.

**gazhekwe** · December-12-10, 08:35 PM

It's pretty though.

**Jared9903** · December-12-10, 08:44 PM

crashed my grand prix into a telephone pole. snow can go to hell.

**Danny** · December-13-10, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by Jared9903

crashed my grand prix into a telephone pole. snow can go to hell.

If you're born the raised in Michigan, you're going to face winter regardless. I like cold winters, It cools me down and rest all day. I can't wait for another La Nina Blizzard to bring 3 feet of snow That way I can hibernate.

**Zacha341** · December-13-10, 11:12 AM

I detest winter, but I am very good at driving in the snow, if I can stay away from the kooks and those who can't drive properly [[too slow or too fast).

It's all about pacing yourself, using the steering and brake properly, staying relaxed and not going driving too fast or TOO slow [[which is just as dangerous)... I also use my overdrive functions and when I was driving a stick it was a breeze as I never got stuck... it is what it is, Michigan and snow....

Originally Posted by Danny

If you're born the raised in Michigan, you're going to face winter regardless. I like cold winters, It cools me down and rest all day. I can't wait for another La Nina Blizzard to bring 3 feet of snow That way I can hibernate.

**Sandhouse** · December-13-10, 03:47 PM

Yup, trolley cars work good in snow, until ice coats the overhead wire and immobilizes the car; or dry, powdery snow gets sucked into the traction-motor blowers and shorts the whole thing out. Or ice fills the flangeways at a road corssing and sends the car off the track. Street railways used to run cars continually all night long to prevent these problems from accumulating during storms.

In days gone by, trolley lines used rotary-broom snow sweepers to keep the lines clear. Winter was a pain on electric street railways, just like everywhere else.

DetroitDad · December-13-10, 10:49 PM

Sorry, I accidently deleted that video somehow... I'm not sure why that always seems to happen when I post a you tube video?

There is undoubtedly snow maintenance, but it seems to me like it's a breeze when compared to a typical freeway.

Originally Posted by Sandhouse

Yup, trolley cars work good in snow, until ice coats the overhead wire and immobilizes the car; or dry, powdery snow gets sucked into the traction-motor blowers and shorts the whole thing out. Or ice fills the flangeways at a road corssing and sends the car off the track. Street railways used to run cars continually all night long to prevent these problems from accumulating during storms.

In days gone by, trolley lines used rotary-broom snow sweepers to keep the lines clear. Winter was a pain on electric street railways, just like everywhere else.

**mikefmich** · December-12-10, 08:45 PM

How much y'all get in Detroit?

My snow shoveling days are over......it literally about killed my dad, and I'm only 6 yrs younger than he was then.

**Zacha341** · December-13-10, 06:12 AM

Mine too, they ended early in my life. I live in a shared dwelling and we pay to have it done with snow blowers....

Originally Posted by mikefmich

How much y'all get in Detroit?

My snow shoveling days are over......it literally about killed my dad, and I'm only 6 yrs younger than he was then.

**douglasm** · December-12-10, 09:31 PM

Mine too. We got about 8" of wet stuff last night here [[Central WA). I went back and forth in the drive, flattening it out with the pickup.

**Magnatomicflux** · December-12-10, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by douglasm

Mine too. We got about 8" of wet stuff last night here [[Central WA). I went back and forth in the drive, flattening it out with the pickup.

Atta boy!

**econ expat** · December-12-10, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by douglasm

Mine too. We got about 8" of wet stuff last night here [[Central WA). I went back and forth in the drive, flattening it out with the pickup.

That's how I 'plow' my drive, too.
One time, I had a street parking space. Did the same back and forth to pack it down after a snowfall. 2 neighbors came to help push me out, thought I was stuck!