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The boy in DC sent me a pic of his parking lot this morning with snow covering the cars, then the daughter unit had to respond with her parking lot in Greensboro NC snow covering the cars too. Neither place can handle it. We only got rain here at the house, some of it was trying to turn to "wintry mix" but that was mostly just a bit north, lot of icing. My wife left yesterday morning to go to work at like 5:30 or something, the bridges off the island were closed due to icing (we have no capacity to spread any sand or salt) so she came back home. They opened them later in the day after it warmed up a little bit so she went in, but the big bridge from Charleston to Mt. Unpleasant is still closed as ice has formed on the cables and as it melts it falls off and bombs cars. 2 weeks ago 3 or 4 cars got windshields blown out by falling ice.
I feel like I am back in Boston again, it is about 32F-34F, damp and rainy, bordering on the "wintry" mix but it is supposed to be near 60F tomorrow so will wait until then.
--R On 2/13/14 3:08 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
Its been snowing pretty good all day here in central New England. Yesterday the national weather service was calling for 8-14 inches. This morning they upped us to 10-18. Just before lunch I rebuilt the starter/generator for my Cub Cadet which has the plow on it. The engine has been starting really hard lately and the starter was getting pokey, I'd have to smack it with a hammer to get it to work sometimes. One bearing was a little crusty and the brushes were worn down pretty good. Back in place it still seems pokey but the battery is taking a full amp, I wonder if its been only charging occasionally which could cause slow cranking. Then I took a couple snowmobiles for a spin, I was a little worried they'd frozen to the ground what with last week's storm when I was gone. Both started good and got loose with little trouble. Hard riding right now because its snowing so hard, visibility is poor and its windy. I also needed my heavy long underwear, I'd worn my light pair as I wanted to be able to move. As usual we're prepared, 4 gallons of kerosene, 2 gallons of Coleman fuel, 2 gallons of straight gas, 2 gallons of propane in 1# cans, just under 1 cord of wood left, plenty of food. We could be off grid for 3-4 days with no serious disruption at which point I'd have to start tapping the Ranger for gas and pull some diesel out of the cars. Plenty of diesel, the Jetta is full, 190D half full, 240D full... Maybe I'll light the Aladdin lamp Fred gave me for some wintertime ambiance. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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