Oh noooooo, its a 'Polar Vortex'!!!!!.....;)

Heat wave here this morning. -13, 4 deg warmer than yesterday but still put the booties on the dog this morning. 11 days so far of -10 or lower in the morning. Looks like maybe tomorrow we may finally break that colder than -10 in the morning. Actually predicting daytime highs next week in the 30's, yay. Guess I really can't complain, no grass to cut but I do have to plow a path out to the field for the dog to do his thing. Then there is Rusty's post, dang, makes me think like I've got it made here. There is a good thing about here, and it's I don't think we broke 100 last year, in fact, I'm not sure we got above 95 deg.
 
Cuebuddy said:
High country, Colorado. Only had five inches today...felt like a day off.
Most of our neighborhood streets are one lane now. It will take a month for me and a crew of 30 to clean this storm up. 8 Cat loaders, 8 Freightiner plows and one Cat road grader.:p
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Don't feel so bad. Everytime I turn on the TV and it's snowing in the Rockies, I think about you and your crew. I have a list of tough jobs that I want nothing to do with, and yours is near the top.
 
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Rusty in Montana said:
It's warmed up to - 18 below zero here in the Snow Hole in Central Montana , we've had as low as -38 below zero within the last week or so .
The snow birms along most of the roads are close to 6' - 8' tall with 2'+ worth of snow on the flat until it drifts some of our snow drifts were 4' with others 8' don't you just love it !
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Hang in there, Rusty! I'm in South Western MT. Warmer here, we're already up to 5! Supposed to warm up here this weekend and even get above freezing. Looking forward to it!
 
MTfish said:
Hang in there, Rusty! I'm in South Western MT. Warmer here, we're already up to 5! Supposed to warm up here this weekend and even get above freezing. Looking forward to it!
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We've warmed up to a balmy 1 above zero but may reach 15 above at some point in time .
Starting Thursday we may get into the mid 30's or into the mid 40's with scattered snow flurries , yes we need the moisture to soak into the ground slowly .

Fort Peck Lake is more than 25' from being at full pool , I'd like to see it filled to capacity again , not just so I can go fishing in my favorite spots but so many people can once again have recreational activities with there families and friends like we once did when I was a kid .
 
I think you'll win the "crappy weather" contest Rusty, but lots of that is relative. When it gets that cold, nothing wants to work right, including a few of my extremities. I've been out hunting in really cold conditions like yours, where I just walked around in order to stay warm. When it's like that and you stop to pee, it's an ordeal to get past zippers, and layers of long johns, to finally pee. Then, after that, my fingers often don't let me hold the little tab and zip the zipper back up. I typically just leave it. Funny how on the rare occasions you meet someone else out there too, or back where the truck is parked, their zipper is also open.

Went out to re-clear the driveway yesterday after a few days of mixed precipitation. Driveway is about 380 yards, so not a quick job. There's about 6 inches of snow and ice on the ground, so not much, but the issue is that there's a layer of about 3 inches of very hard, crusty, frozen stuff. I can walk on it in most areas, but break through in others. The snow just drifts over that layer. And again, the base underneath all that, is just packed snow/ice all along the driveway. I tried pivoting the plow on my tractor to push the snow to the right, and when I started driving up the driveway, it got under the crust, but the tractor kept getting pushed to the left because of the buildup in front of the plow. I'd go 10 feet forward, then four feet left. That icy base didn't let me have any traction. After being frustrated by this for a bit, I just lifted the plow and drove up and down the driveway with the tractor a couple times, and let the weight of the tractor bust up that crust. It pushed easier after that, but I still had to steer into that side of the road to keep the tractor moving straight. And of course, the direction that seemed most effective at clearing all that from the driveway, is driving into the wind. My face was constantly being blasted with the blowing snow from the plow. Fun, fun, fun.
My other problem now is that there are walls of ice and snow piled on either side of the driveway that are about two feet high, and limit my ability to keep a wide swath cleared between them.
We've been getting winds over the past few days that sound like a train driving past. Gusts to 50mph, and there are branches down all over. The more open areas of the driveway just drift right over, and look like I never touched them.
I'm ready for springtime.
 
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