When I turned 60 a couple of years ago my kids wanted to know what I wanted for my birthday and at the time I wanted a $1500 lens, but I got a snowblower instead. I tried shoveling with an old lens but found the snowblower to be much more practical for 2 feet of snow. I think they made the right choice.
campy wrote:
When I turned 60 a couple of years ago my kids wanted to know what I wanted for my birthday and at the time I wanted a $1500 lens, but I got a snowblower instead. I tried shoveling with an old lens but found the snowblower to be much more practical for 2 feet of snow. I think they made the right choice.
I'm going to fire mine up soon, snowblower that is. We're about half way through the blizzard(s). The first one came in last night from Toronto and the one we're getting now came from Boston. Thanks campy.
How much snow is equated to 1 inch of rainfall? I have heard that 1 inch of rain was like 1 foot of snow. Not counting drifts, how deep is the snow? Ya'll be safe in the frozen North land.
Sure could have used a snowblower yesterday! Unfortunately everyone in about a 10 or so house radius on the street shovels, rather than blows. I think I spent about an hour digging out the driveway, car, and the 3-foot high berm of snow at the end of the drive thanks to the plow (but at least they plowed promptly this time!).
That said... it was also great day for a walk in the woods:
We had some flurries in the Greater Toronto Arsery yesterday, however, I decided not to bother with the snowblower for barely 15" of snow, it'll all melt soon enough.
PetKal wrote:
We had some flurries in the Greater Toronto Arsery yesterday, however, I decided not to bother with the snowblower for barely 15" of snow, it'll all melt soon enough.
Peter, 'Greater Toronto Arsery' has me smiling; I'd not heard this before but will use it when appropriate going forward. Do I owe you a nickel each time or can I simply say "TM PetKal"?
As for the Army, Rob Ford may want to consult his speed dial list; maybe the phones haven't been updated since Mel Lastman left office...
onegreatcity wrote:
Peter, 'Greater Toronto Arsery' has me smiling; I'd not heard this before but will use it when appropriate going forward. Do I owe you a nickel each time or can I simply say "TM PetKal"?
As for the Army, Rob Ford may want to consult his speed dial list; maybe the phones haven't been updated since Mel Lastman left office...
The other day some Yank asked what GTA meant.....then that new name just popped in my bird brain.
Wobble wrote:
How much snow is equated to 1 inch of rainfall? I have heard that 1 inch of rain was like 1 foot of snow. Not counting drifts, how deep is the snow? Ya'll be safe in the frozen North land.
It depends. Rule of thumb here in Boston area is 1 inch of rain = 10 inches of snow. But last night away from the coast it was 20F, so the moisture content was low and you would get more than 10 inches. Cape Cod stayed close to 32F so their snow was pretty wet.
Here in Saugus, MA we probably got around 24 inches, but in places my drifts are over three feet. And then there are places around the house that are bare.
