Snowmageddon?

[lcoughey]

In my hometown of Fredericton, New Brunswick, they had a snow storm hit yesterday that left 79cm (~31in) of fresh snow on the ground. Needless to say, I don't complain when we get 20cm here.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I'm tired of it...and you, our northern neighbors, get a lot more than I do on the New England coast.
You being at close to 3 feet at ~30 inches, we're barely 20 inches in the past week....but yeah very tired of it. My snow blower is getting quite few hours on it this year.

During the past week the double hit of snow was very wet and heavy, especially last Thursday. As the snowplows went about doing their work on the roads...that snow was so heavy, I'd say 15 maybe 20% of mailboxes got knocked down. Ours did. but this past weekend as you drove around, you'd see a lot of mailboxes keeled over, or partially ripped off of their mounts on the post, if not totally knocked over and sitting back several feet.

 

[Kitten Kong]

30". Holy every thing.

If that was here in the UK we would grind to a major halt. I mean theres even issues with trains when theres leaves on the lines.
Or the wrong type of rain.

Even a couple of inches stops play in most places.

 

[fencepost]

Hah, in the Chicagoland area I think we've gotten less than 20" so far this winter, almost all of it in one dump in early December (excluding areas around the south end of Lake Michigan that can get a lot of lake effect snow). This coming weekend they're predicting temperatures in the 60s.

 

[Diggs]

Being from Wisconsin we're chuckling that other people are enjoying our winters. But, 31" is excessive even by our standards..... Ooof!

 

[lcoughey]

On a positive note, the ski hill operators should have enough snow to stay open will into the middle of June this year.

 

[jzukerman]

Got 28" of snow on Monday and supposedly getting another 8-12" tonight into tomorrow. A town about 20 minutes north of me reportedly got 40" of snow on Monday. I had to shovel through a 6ft snow drift in front of the house to clear the walkway Monday night and yesterday.

 

[GTP]

....meanwhile in Adelaide....reads post whilst wiping sweat from brow....lol

 

[Altster]

As the snowplows went about doing their work on the roads...that snow was so heavy, I'd say 15 maybe 20% of mailboxes got knocked down. Ours did. but this past weekend as you drove around, you'd see a lot of mailboxes keeled over, or partially ripped off of their mounts on the post, if not totally knocked over and sitting back several feet.

Might I suggest you attach a long very bright fibreglass rod to the mailbox that is long (tall) enough to stick well above the snow (put a flag on it as well) and maybe the drivers won't knock it over. Or maybe they will take aim for it. ?!?

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Might I suggest you attach a long very bright fibreglass rod to the mailbox that is long (tall) enough to stick well above the snow (put a flag on it as well) and maybe the drivers won't knock it over. Or maybe they will take aim for it. ?!?

It's not that they run them over, they stay on the road, and my mailbox is properly measured the right distance in from the street, and at the right height. It's the giant "wave" of heavy snow that rolls away from the snow plow blade, that makes for a huge wall of snow being thrown to the right as the trucks drive down the street. That heavy snow being "thrown" to the side can knock objects over when the snow is heavy...such as it was last week...it was like liquid concrete.

 

[Diggs]

It's not that they run them over, they stay on the road, and my mailbox is properly measured the right distance in from the street, and at the right height. It's the giant "wave" of heavy snow that rolls away from the snow plow blade, that makes for a huge wall of snow being thrown to the right as the trucks drive down the street. That heavy snow being "thrown" to the side can knock objects over when the snow is heavy...such as it was last week...it was like liquid concrete.

Most of the country mailboxes are on swings or poles and swing out of the way when that heavy wave of snow hits them.

 

[jzukerman]

Depending your USPS driver, USPS regulations, and the USPS Postmaster you have, they may not deliver mail to those because it requires a two hand operation to hold the mailbox then open the door or close the door. I know it sounds crazy, but they can deny mail delivery for that. I've seen it happen. There's a company here in Maine that makes a mailbox post that has a bearing on it, so it can swing out and then returns to the original position by itself. www.mailswing.com

 

[jzukerman]

Back to the original subject, the 28" of snow we got is half melted. Have had 50F weather for like 5 days in a row. It's great, except the driveway is a mud pit.

 

[ZenTree]

I'm tired of it...and you

This raised an eyebrow until I finished the sentence! Thought someone was having a particularly rough day!

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

This raised an eyebrow until I finished the sentence! Thought someone was having a particularly rough day!

LOL....yeah reading that slowly would lead to an impression of me being extra cranky!