I can only recall 2 times in my lifetime when we were totally buried in snow and could not move about for a bit. The one I related earlier in I think 1986 and another in March of 1966. We had another in April 1997 but we were in Grand Forks ND that weekend and could not get home. We were supposed to go home on Sunday but did not get there until Tuesday if I recall correctly. In ND it was mostly an ice storm that left the roads covered with close to an inch of ice. Further north in Canada it was snow. We listened to the radio and heard that Winnipeg was buried and the buses had stopped running etc. We thought that when we got home, we would have to leave the Suburban out at the major street and walk in to the house. We were happy to find out that they had already ploughed out our front street and back lane. My mother's car was in our garage and she wanted to go home so we had to dig our way into and out of the garage. The snow was half way up the pedestrian door and hard enough to stand on. I had to crouch down and jump into the garage to get shovels. We could have built igloos of it as we were cutting out chunks of snow when we tried to shovel it away.
The good thing about snow that time of year is that it does not last, even this far north. It was all gone in a few days. Of course that has issues too. The weekend that we were stuck in Grand Forks that I referred to above, was about a week before they were almost totally flooded. The main north south highway was closed for a month or more shortly after we got home. Randy -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 11:16 AM To: Diesel List Subject: Re: [MBZ] PANIC! BAD weather forecast!!!! I've never been snowed in so badly we couldn't get out. There have been cases where normal people shouldn't be out but the idiots will doubtless go out to run the road. When we had the ice storm in '08 my in-laws went riding around to "get more information" and complained that all the utility crews were "in the way". When I suggested maybe my in-laws were the ones in the way they were flabbergasted. I also asked what they thought they needed for information, there had been an ice storm, the power was out and it would be back on when its on, what else do you need to know? BTW snowshoes don't "go bad" the "leather" lacing is raw hide and as long as the mice haven't eaten it it'll be fine with a new coat of varnish or polyurethane. They sell replacement bindings. If you don't want yours send 'em here. I haven't had any since mine were stolen 5 or 6 years ago. Its a low thing to steal a guy's snowshoes... I should check the area pawn shops, they've got my name on them... -Curt _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
