One of my high school buddies who now lives in Milford, Connecticut,
says southern Connecticut might get another blizzard between tomorrow
and Saturday, with up to two feet of snow.

So he's out buying ice.

"ESAD" wrote in message
m...

One of my high school buddies who now lives in Milford, Connecticut,
says southern Connecticut might get another blizzard between tomorrow
and Saturday, with up to two feet of snow.

So he's out buying ice.

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We've become so accustom to blown weather forecasts that there's some
concern that many may not take this developing storm seriously.
It reminds me a bit of the Bizzard of 1978 that basically shut down
this state for well over a week. I remember watching a big state
dump truck trying to push the snow off the road in front of the house
we were living in at the time. It couldn't. They had to bring in a
D8 Caterpillar to clear a path for emergency vehicles only. No one
was allowed to drive, even for a couple of days after the snow ended.

The house we live in now has a very long driveway ... about 1500'
total counting a circle around Mrs. E's horse barn. I bought a
commercial plow for my F-250 that has made short order of snow in the
past four years, but I bought eight "sand tubes" for the bed in
anticipation of this storm. They add 580 lbs of weight over the rear
tires which should help with traction. One problem with a plow, even
with 4 wheel drive, is all the weight is on the front end, so if you
get stuck and need to raise the plow, you're screwed. It's really
the only reason I keep the truck. I bought it new in 2008 and it
only has a little over 18,000 miles on it.

On 2/7/2013 9:19 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"ESAD" wrote in message
m...

One of my high school buddies who now lives in Milford, Connecticut,
says southern Connecticut might get another blizzard between tomorrow
and Saturday, with up to two feet of snow.

So he's out buying ice.

=================================

We've become so accustom to blown weather forecasts that there's some
concern that many may not take this developing storm seriously.
It reminds me a bit of the Bizzard of 1978 that basically shut down this
state for well over a week. I remember watching a big state dump truck
trying to push the snow off the road in front of the house we were
living in at the time. It couldn't. They had to bring in a D8
Caterpillar to clear a path for emergency vehicles only. No one was
allowed to drive, even for a couple of days after the snow ended.

The house we live in now has a very long driveway ... about 1500' total
counting a circle around Mrs. E's horse barn. I bought a commercial
plow for my F-250 that has made short order of snow in the past four
years, but I bought eight "sand tubes" for the bed in anticipation of
this storm. They add 580 lbs of weight over the rear tires which
should help with traction. One problem with a plow, even with 4 wheel
drive, is all the weight is on the front end, so if you get stuck and
need to raise the plow, you're screwed. It's really the only reason
I keep the truck. I bought it new in 2008 and it only has a little
over 18,000 miles on it.



People are dumb sometimes. I just went out and got 30 gallons of gas for
the generator. If I don't use it I will pour it in the cars over the
next week or so...