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Post by JiminMD on Jan 23, 2016 16:13:08 GMT -8
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Post by JiminMD on Jan 23, 2016 16:13:42 GMT -8
That's me in my seventh hour outside. Time to dig out the fire hydrant.
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Post by JiminMD on Jan 23, 2016 16:45:42 GMT -8
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Post by JiminMD on Jan 23, 2016 16:49:26 GMT -8
![](http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff308/umloth/12572996_10205387515069229_1275864848378636035_n_zpso2qphfpl.jpg) It took me ten minutes to find where the hydrant was buried. ![](http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff308/umloth/12573046_10205387514389212_3843076614366930642_n_zpsjs2grsrz.jpg) 10 more to dig it out. ![](http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff308/umloth/12552638_10207359422237772_5946682956882466475_n_zpsggixmaeg.jpg) Those are Subaru Foresters ![](http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff308/umloth/12552563_10207359847408401_8329714302537328371_n_zps7wbvdyva.jpg) Another neighbor came by to help. He ran the snow thrower while I shoveled. Damn fool wore white in a blizzard but he's a lot of help. ![](http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff308/umloth/12513502_994530760633733_18607535607833575_o_zpslul56uhj.jpg) Headed to help the neighbors ![](http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff308/umloth/12549108_10207359679244197_4398476582038310164_n_zpsrpzpek3n.jpg) I hate wearing a hood. They always hang to low and screw up my vision.
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Post by JiminMD on Jan 23, 2016 16:52:00 GMT -8
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Post by zeke on Jan 23, 2016 17:01:52 GMT -8
Yes, it is. I found myself wearing flannel shirts and light jackets, back when i lived where snow fell. As a younger man, I put out a lot of heat when I was busy working. Surprised there isn't steam rising off your head.
Shoveling snow is very hot work.
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Post by JiminMD on Jan 23, 2016 17:03:19 GMT -8
I actually was steaming. The wind was blowing hard enough that my wife couldn't catch the steam in the picture.
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Post by zeke on Jan 23, 2016 17:26:06 GMT -8
Also, did you try raising the front of the blower by lowering the handle? Sometimes that helps eat the top layer.
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Post by reuben on Jan 23, 2016 17:38:42 GMT -8
You definitely got more over there than we did here (OOC). It's stopped again. I'll check it out again when the sun comes up, but I (hopefully) got through the worst of it today.
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 23, 2016 18:05:57 GMT -8
It's all like looking at some alien world ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by zeke on Jan 23, 2016 18:13:59 GMT -8
Any idea what the temps were during your shovel fest? Above 25*? 20?
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Post by JiminMD on Jan 23, 2016 18:21:30 GMT -8
Also, did you try raising the front of the blower by lowering the handle? Sometimes that helps eat the top layer. I did. That helped some in the initial passes but there was just simply too much snow to keep moving forward. Air temps were between 20-25 all day. Wind kicked up a few times but we didn't get the 35-40mph blasts that some areas did. News reports are now saying this is the biggest single event snowfall since they started keeping records. I hope my basement doesn't flood.
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Post by swimswithtrout on Jan 23, 2016 18:24:54 GMT -8
Awesomely EPIC !!
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Post by JiminMD on Jan 23, 2016 18:28:47 GMT -8
Snowzilla! (Because the weather folks like naming things)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 20:11:16 GMT -8
Thanks for the photos, Jim. I'm more than a little jealous. But I won't even pretend to have the energy you're putting into the project.
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