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Joe Walsh

12-19-2009, 09:10 AM

Bluerauder

12-19-2009, 09:31 AM

Just a shout out to my fellow CAMmers!

What's everyone doing today?......besides being stuck in their house?

Check out the accumulation predictions on this weather site:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/#accum_map

16 - 24" of Blizzard!

BTW: I was born in central New York, then lived in Connecticut, before moving to Maryland a lonnng time ago (1972)...so I LOVE SNOW!!!!
I think Northern Virginia is headed toward 24". I estimate that we have 12"-14" already. I have been outside about once an hour to do some shovelling since 6 AM and can't keep up with it. Just a path to the street along the driveway. Still coming down very heavily at about 2" per hour. If this keeps up until 8 PM tonight, tomorrow will be a work day in the driveway.

So far so good on the new HVAC system that went in on Wednesday. :up: It is working great.

DOOM

12-19-2009, 09:45 AM

Come do my driveway charlie. :D

Joe Walsh

12-19-2009, 10:30 AM

I just shoveled my front porch and a path to the street...I'm guess-timating 11" so far.
It's hard to tell because the wind is blowing hard and there are lots of drifts!

Joe Walsh

12-19-2009, 01:14 PM

Here are a few pictures that I shot earlier today:

Marauder buried under snow...at least it has a car cover.

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/JoeJWalsh/IMG_0890.jpg

Bird Feeder on back porch is popular.

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/JoeJWalsh/IMG_0888.jpg

Waiting for their turn at the feeder and heated bird bath.

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/JoeJWalsh/IMG_0885.jpg

Glockafella

12-19-2009, 02:00 PM

Dayyum!!!!!!

Blown3.8

12-19-2009, 05:20 PM

No stuck at home for me. The diesel excursion does great! I built an igloo for the girls and have been drivin around with a tow strap pullin people outta the deep stuff they like to drive into.
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/blown38/DSC07740.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/blown38/DSC07742.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/blown38/DSC07751.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/blown38/DSC07753.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/blown38/DSC07771.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/blown38/DSC07774.jpg

MyTMerc

12-19-2009, 05:24 PM

We had about 10-12 inches of heavy wet snow mixed with frozen rain/ice. I've been inside drywalling the living room renovation. Had one of the grandkids try to shovel my 150 foot driveway (Christmas shopping money). Very good effort but I'll be out there tomorrow ;)

MyTMerc

12-19-2009, 05:27 PM

jonroe

12-19-2009, 05:34 PM

I haven't measured but looks like 18-20 inches here in Herndon, VA. My Tbird is under a cover parked in the street and has disappeared. You cannot see any of the cover anymore and the drifts on the sides are up to the windows. The MM is sitting in the driveway undisturbed so far.

Blown3.8

12-19-2009, 05:44 PM

The accumulation on the Marauder is just as high as the excursion.
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/blown38/DSC07779.jpg

There's a Bird or 2 under there somewhere.
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/blown38/DSC07780.jpg

Accumulation on the deck rail, not sure exactly how much we got cause I can't find the tape measure.
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/blown38/DSC07776.jpg

Blown3.8

12-19-2009, 05:46 PM

We had a few trees come down to in the housing development too.

Bigdogjim

12-19-2009, 05:47 PM

Thanks all you CAM'ers for taking the bullitt on this one we are only getting about 8-12 in Central New Jersy:)

Good job gang :up:

BizTerp

12-19-2009, 06:22 PM

The Marauder is safely tucked away in the garage today. We had around 18-20" here in Perry Hall. I shoveled the driveway and steps to the house, but its all in vain. Totally snowed in again! Only time I left the house was to do some donuts in the WRX. Funny driving around in the Subaru and only seeing another Subaru, Hummer, Ford F150, and snow plows on the road. Hope everyone is staying off the roads unless you have some serious AWD. Be safe this weekend!

D

DEFYANT

12-19-2009, 07:00 PM

Snow machine still at full blast here in Rising Sun MD. I snow blowered the place twice so far. Just keeps coming.

MM03MOK

12-19-2009, 07:16 PM

We're still waiting on Cape Cod. Not a drop, yet the radar has shown precipitation since this morning. Blackbird got her car cover on this afternoon. First time wearing it and it fits nicely and looks loverly.

Checked again....a few flakes are floating down.

Bigdogjim

12-19-2009, 10:16 PM

Checked again....a few flakes are floating down.

And that's how it all starts...:lol:

Ms. Denmark

12-20-2009, 07:35 AM

We skated past this one! Thought the heaviest snow would happen over night but woke up to pretty much what we had at midnight.....about 4-5 inches on the ground, and nothing more coming down. The roads are clear, and i hope enough sticks around to give us a white Christmas!
How did the rest of you guys make out?

Bigdogjim

12-20-2009, 07:53 AM

About 12" here in Mercer County:) Light power snowblower had no issues:up:

Joe Walsh

12-20-2009, 08:40 AM

I am about 3 miles south of BWI airport and they reported 21".

Bluerauder

12-20-2009, 01:39 PM

I am about 3 miles south of BWI airport and they reported 21".
Yeah, about 20" for me. Took 9 hours of shovelling to open up the driveway to the street. Now to deal with the ice. I am done for today. :D

jflave

12-20-2009, 02:03 PM

24" IN Medford, tops in NJ, can't believe i liked snow not to long ago. My back hurts, time to relax. :sleepy:

Bigdogjim

12-20-2009, 06:26 PM

Well the big dig out is over:) Now to enjoy the ice for the next few days till we get rain on Christmass:mad: And then we'll have to deal with all the water:mad: :mad:

jabird56

12-21-2009, 09:35 PM

Well we had 25" here outside of Waldorf. Of course I didn't see any of it until I got home from Omaha last night. Had no problems getting back into Reagan National or driving home last night. Since the federal government "inside the beltway" had off today, my commute up to the BWI area was a breeze.

The wife just hibernated on Saturday and Sunday, making pound cake and Christmas cookies. Our neighbor plowed our driveway a couple times throughout Saturday and Sunday, so I had minimal snow removal this evening.

The MM has been resting comfortably in the heated garage.

Joe Walsh

12-22-2009, 08:31 AM

Now I can say that my Marauder is great at "drifting"...

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/JoeJWalsh/IMG_0892.jpg

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/JoeJWalsh/IMG_0909.jpg

Let the digging begin!

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/JoeJWalsh/IMG_0899.jpg

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/JoeJWalsh/IMG_0900.jpg

Dug out Marianne's car!

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/JoeJWalsh/IMG_0902.jpg

How to lighten your Marauder by 300 lbs in 15 minutes!

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/JoeJWalsh/IMG_0907.jpg

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/JoeJWalsh/IMG_0929.jpg

Did I mention that my back hurts??

Bluerauder

12-22-2009, 08:53 AM

Did I mention that my back hurts??
Wait til you start working on that 3 foot ridge the plow pushed up at the end of your driveway. Got mine while it was not frozen over yet. This time I put the wife AND my daughter to work. :o Chivalry only goes so far. I figure 12 inches is the limit. :rofl: