Welcome to sibera.... err New Jersey
 

23 inches on the ground and still counting......

Street hasnt even been plowed. Wish us luck getting us to work tomorrow.

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i think it's the most snow we've got in 20 yrs and it ain't over yet...

I have some cheap waterfront land for sell...
 

here in Florida.:D :D :D ;)

Virginia...
 

Same thing here in Virginia! My Coupe is going nowhere fast!
About 2 ft of snow...
KenP

Ah-h-h-h - looks like normal winter weather here in Manitoba Canada. I have a 12.5HP 33" wide Craftsman snowblower that will do that driveway in 10 minutes tops!! A good day to have a kettle of homemade beans simmering on the woodstove while sipping a hot chocolate in an easy chair looking out the picture window!The only thing you are missing is the 6 point buck standing out there looking in the window at you.

Yeah.... well i got lucky
 

My snowthrower broke about 3 winters ago, and the last couple winters, we just havent needed it...so of course here comes today, and all I had was a couple dingy snow shovels.

Murphy's Law right...

So thank god my neighbor realized my peril and brought his 18" thrower over... we did it in about 25 mins for the driveway... I have about 200 ft of sidewalk, which took another 20 mins or so.

Then it took me 1.5 times that to get the three additional inches that fell with the aforementioned dingy shovels.

Now the street still hasnt been plowed, and I theoretically have to leave for work in 13 hours, so we shall see how that goes.

Im feeling a chill coming on from being outside all day lol....im thinking sick day, but we'll see. Im not in the mood to dig out the wall in front of my driveway that im sure the plow has left. I guess 11 grand in property taxes doesnt buy you reasonably prompt plowing... Oh well.

Welcome to new jersey


George -

Estimate 28" in Falls Church VA. But I have a 17 year-old son who wanted to get out to see his girlfriend. The ultimate snowblower!

South Siberia NJ
 

This sux ....I'm really tired of all this snow. Took me 4 hours to dig out a 60 ft driveway. We got 21". It snowed for 30 straight hours over the last two days.
:eek: :mad:

Hey look on the bright side
 

I just saw on the news that some of the storm has spun around, and we are going to get guess what.... Even more snow....

At this point its just adding insult to injury....

Oh Well, maybe work tomorrow wont be an issue after all.

George

What's the big deal folks. We have had 26 days in a row with snow here in Buffalo. We don't look at it and talk about it. Like a fine car with problems, we deal with it.

Godd luck and remember snow is for kids of any age. Make the best of it.

Here is the big deal
 

And i've said this time and time again.

These areas are not prepared in any way shape or form for a snowfall of this magnatude....

My street still isnt plowed... I can't get a car out, and I really doubt if it will be plowed till tomorrow. I spent some time in Toronto, near your city and yes there was plenty of snow, but they were on the ball with it.

This area, a storm of this magnatude just shuts anything and everything down. I still remember the bizzard of 1996 - we were stuck here for a week.

That just doesnt happen in areas that get a lot of snow. I remember in Toronto it was routine to see 4-5 ft of snow on lawns etc, but the roads were perfectly clear... Not the case here. 21 dead already due to the storm, and I'm sure it will climb as morons head back to the road, without any clue how to drive in this weather, or any preparation to deal with it. Summer tires - All season at best - People do not even know what a tire chain is around here.

Oh well sorry for the ranting -

George

I know what ur saying. I grew up in CLE, OH ( lake effect anybody? LOL ) and spent plenty of fun wkends skiing in western NY and even up in Quebec. I can deal with it but like George says, this area isn't used to, or prepared, for this kind of wallop.

I have to tell you tho that I like living in the mid-atlantic area alot better in that the sun actually shines on a fairly regular basis compared to CLE, Buffalo, Detroit etc. You can go for weeks without seeing the sun out there. I don't miss that at all. It's depressing.

artpb - I spent most of my life in Rochester, and 7 years going to school in Buffalo, and all I can say is that I'm so glad I don't have to deal with that weather anymore! One thing I've realized after moving to DC is that, certainly, you can deal with it in places like Buffalo, but they could down her also if there weren't so many people. Just picture Main Street Buffalo, packed with cars at 8am on a weekday morning after/during a huge snow fall. No one can move, the plows can't get through, and everyone is just stuck. That is what it's like down here because the population is so huge and so many people are on the road.

After yesterday's snowfall I was reminiscing about when my brother and I, after a storm, would get in his front wheel drive VW rabbit or Dodge Omni, etc., and play rally-driver out on the streets. Good luck doing that down here. There are just too many people and the streets are too narrow and crowded. I think that's the bottom line why they can't deal with the snow in these areas.

GregS
'84 300D
'90 300CE

All of you have to relax. I worked/commuted to Crystal City for 10 years. I've been stuck there before on many occasions. No big deal.

You missed my point. Stay out of the fray. Pick up a book or surf the net or something. It's at times like this that we put off until tomorrow what we may not be able to do today sanely.

Well, we were closed yesterday due to the weather so I played outside with my kids! We live on a dead-end street with a real steep hill. Perfect!!! So anyway, Tuesday morning I get to work and what do I see. About 200 cars that need to be dug out, cleaned and moved to make way for the snow clearing equipment!!! About thirty of us got to work and we finished in about seven hours. I guess tomorrow I'll actually work on a few cars. I can use the rest!!!

Those of you who can't handle the snow should come and spend a few weeks in the middle of winter up here in Quebec.
A) Don't swet the white stuff, it will eventually go away by itself.
B)Don't shovel the white stuff. There are contractors all around (here) that will dig your driveway for close to nothing (Costs me $250.00 per year) with a ganrantee it will always be opened to the street.
C) Streets are never closed down here because of the snow. Municipalities do not want to give you an excuse not to go to work.
D) Summer tires are for summers. 4 seasons tires are not good in the winter and not better in the summer. Studded winter tires are the best.
E) Try to imagine 3 ft. of snow with a minus 35deg. temperature and blowing wind. That's winter
F) Winter is from early December to mid-April. Plenty of time to get used to it.
G) I have not seen my backyard lawn since early December. it is burried in about 5ft. of snow.The grass has not grown and my lawnmower is hibernating.
H) The pool has 4 ft. of solid ice in it.
G) The ground is frozen to a dept of about 5ft. Solid as concrete.
H) If you want the ultimate winter experience, have a look at (this site)
Have a nice winter.
JackD

Jack D
 

Great - Does that place have parking garage's?

Yes it does Art. It is called ''Blue Sky Moonlit Garage''
JackD

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Haasman

Re: Yeah.... well i got lucky
 

11 GRAND IN TAXES!!!!????
Oh MY GOD! Have we as a Nation forgot that WE FOUGHT A WAR THAT CREATED A COUNTRY because of unfair taxation!!!!!!!!?????

The US has turned into a nation of WIMPS,= weak, inept,malingering, pussys

Hey this is NJ
 

2nd highest cost of living in the country. 2nd highest percent of income paid to taxation. Only second to NYC of course.

Actually I was reading an intresting study the other day. I am a financial analyst and this came across my desk.

Apparently the standard for "affluent lifestyle" is what they call 100,000 / yr dollars in "lifestyle buying power".

They did a study and found out what that equated to in terms of nominal income in various parts of the country.

The results were pretty amazing:

NYC = 223,000 / yr
NJ - 184,000 / yr
San Franscisco bay area 177,000 /yr

So on the high end you need 1.8 to 2.2 times the income to live the same level of lifestyle in these areas.

In the middle suprisingly was Los Angeles at 103,000 / yr

The south east and Southern Mid west was the cheapest.

Jacksonville FL = 79,000 / yr
Dallas TX = 72,000 / yr
Atlanta GA = 68,000 / yr

So amazingly 68,000 a year median income gives you the same lifestyle buying power as 184,000 a year does here.

Economically the country is extremely divided in terms income and cost of living.

I once had a friend who right of college decided to take a job she was offered in Richmond VA for a 32,000 / yr salary. Now at the time I didnt quite understand the whole aforementioned relationship, and I was adamant that she was nuts and was going to starve or live in basically poverty-like conditions. This area really does leave you jaded as far as cost of living.

Take care,
George

Re: Hey this is NJ
 

just what i wanted to hear :(. it's a good time to sell your house in NJ and buy elsewhere where the ratio is 1.0:1 or less ;) .

BTW NJ is now 10's of millions of dollars in the hole for snow removal. another red mark to add to the deficit!

NJ in the hole.... theres a suprise
 

NJ cant manange money to save their lives....

Especially with a democrat in office.

Look at the insurance mess Florio created, and we are still suffering with.... Mc Greevy just raised rates.

Remember Florio's 7% sales tax that Whitman Repealed. - I give it 6 months before it comes back to haunt us....

George