If we get even one snow flake people go crazy,thay are still cutting there grass.

Bob

LOL! When it snows here they REALLY go crazy - they try to drive, and they suck as drivers when the streets are dry.

And I thought it was Sleepless in Seattle

Seth

The FREEWAYS are at a stand still and there's nothing but Ice with a temp.of 23 at 6:00 PM and expected to last all week.
Fire in the fire place and the Generator ready to go. all is well on the western front.
I agree with your drivers discripton,Here to.
May need to get the T Snowmobile out.

Bob

I just got the call, 6:30 PM, that the Fife School District is closed tomorrow. With only one snow plow in the county, it has a lot of area to cover. (just kidding)

Hang in there, Bob!

Thankfully, ours melts off pretty quickly so the bozo drivers can return to the wet streets they are more accustomed to.

Seth

And that storm is headed my way. I would LIKE to say, "at least we get enough snow here to be a little used to it", but the truth is that half the people that have lived here most their lives STILL can't drive in it. We were already without (PG&E) power for over 30 hours this past storm. Am I worried? No. I have a small generator and tire chains and know how to use them.
Drive carefully, W2

It is 14 degrees C (57 F) up here right now. Something just isn't right - we should have SNOW by now.....

My brother is in Renton Wa....they are jealous of our 81f today, will dip into the fifties Friday for the Auburn - Alabama game. Brrrrrrr......
Bob

Just drove from Maltby to Sumner WA. Should have taken one hour plus---5 hour trip!! j

Just got back from checking on a little contract job at 8:45p @21F. I-5 was 30-40mph with a semi jack-knifed at our exit#68. Napavine Schools 2 hours late tomorrow with instructions to listen to the radio in the A.M.
We have about 4" of the white stuff....
First trip for the new truck in the snow...did fine. The back-up sensors iced up and kept giving an error, other than that it felt kinda good to have a truck with bun warmers!
I do believe Lizzy is quite comfortable in the garage for now!

Was headed to Chehalis, may do a U TURN in the morning and head home! Testing my new Michelins!

Jim Young
Sent you a pm
Floyd

Dusting of snow in Portland Oregon.

The snow level got down to 3,500 feet here the other night. We had 42F at our house, a mile from an ocean of some size.

View north on another day from my upstairs office, with 4:1 zoom. The observatory at Mt. Wilson is at 5,600 feet in the crotch at the left.

rdr

So Cal drivers crash a lot when the first big rain lifts the oil that's accumulated on the freeways during the dry months. Here where we occasionally have snow, the first snowfall brings a lot of sliding into ditches by people who forgot how to drive in it since the last winter.

Ts are good snow cars.
The playing field is more even...NOBODY can stop!

Bob:

I agree wholeheartedly. 19 degrees out and the T fired right up - no hesitation. My first time in the snow with that car it I thought it handled quite well.

It took me three and a half hours to get from the ferry terminal on Bainbridge Island to my home (about 15 miles) last night. That last cup of coffee at work was not my friend

Be_Zero_Be

We have had quite a bit of rain in October and November, more than most fall months. The fire danger is down. I am happy about that. I have lived in Southern California 74 years, and there is snow in the mountains almost every year. I have only seen snow at sea level about 3 times in my life, and only once where it got about a foot deep. Very rare here.
Norm

Thanks Floyd,
Heading for PeEll shortly, just west of Chehalis. Hope im home by midnight!

Around here (South Carolina) at the first snow flake, milk and bread completely disapear from grocers shelves within an hour or two. Its crazy.

I've lived here all my life(49 years) and have never seen snow stay on the ground for more than three days.

I am unable to understand the urgency to stock up on milk and bread just for being snowed in for a whole hour and a half.

I guess snow makes some people crave milk sandwiches

It snowed here once. My kids thought it was pretty neat. This is the one time of year I can stay outside and work for long periods without heat exhaustion. And the best time of year for driving those old cars that don't have air conditioning.

You guys in the cold northwest, stay safe.

That's funny Michael. Evidently the "Milk sandwiches" are craved where I live too. Here in the frozen north country, when we have a snow storm, the toilet paper isle is always empty. That seems to be a common phobia as well. I suppose people don't want to revert back to using Bud's corn cobs, (a little tough on the plumbing).

Here are a couple more pics playing in the snow.
I guess I have to do it in two posts.

Another

Hey Paul,
That road from Chehalis to Pe Ell and on to Raymond is my favorite road of all.
We take it every time we're headed to the ocean or down the coast.
Pretty scenery, not much traffic, you don't have to hurry...just a nice 50 mile drive!
Thanks for reminding me.
Bob

We took a family photo in the snow. Nice, sunny day, though the roads were a bit slick.

Bob G
I agree with you on hwy 6 being a senic drive but I bet Paul isn't looking at any scenery tonight! It's a sheet of ice in most places!
White knuckle trip for Paul............
Just came back from Moms ... 15F
Floyd

Thanks again Floyd, daughter is home all is well! timed it perfect before the sun went down.

This time of year bothers me when some not to smart people go up to Mt Hood for a trip in the snow. For the past two years some of them have not come out of the snow---------- a few hundred K have been spent trying to find them, if they were warned that they would be billed that green, could be the thinking cap would be used!

I hope I get to see snow again this year.

This past winter we had a fairly large system pass through and we got about 5 inches from it. The problem here is that it only stays snow for about half a day, then it turns to ice. I was working second shift the night it came through and I remember the roads were slush on the way home and a solid sheet of ice over an inch thick the next morning. It was an interesting drive that day to say the least, but it's always nice to see it since we don't get much around here anymore.

Paul,
Glad you and the daughter are home safe!

Happy Thanksgiving to all...........
Floyd

One of the funniest things I have seen was when we lived in Somerset KY.

They got a dusting of snow and there were cars all over the place - mostly off the road.
The median of Rt 27 looked like a parking lot and once people stopped at a traffic light they were there until the sun came out.
I believe that more tires were worn out in a few hours than all year long due to spinning tires.


At work - The day shift people were all late and the night shift folks didn't dare to leave.
My vehicle was nothing special (Pontiac Bonneville) but I was able to get to work without incident.
People were amazed - looked at my car - and mumbled something about the yankee!

I laughed and said -Ya all might know how to fish but I can drive in the snow!

Did I mention that the summer before I caught a KY bass that was 2 oz under the state record of 7 lb 10 oz?

John Berch,Im sorry to say in retrospect to the Air port scanner rants all corn cobs are on back order!! With a grin-Bud.

Here's what happens when it snows in east Texas. Bozo drivers as Seth mentioned and you find out how boggy your yard can be when it starts to melt. Got my 73 IHC buried and got my dad's old 88 GMC buried. Had my 49 IHC to pull it out. It wouldn't pull out the 73 though. That 392 is pretty heavy. Shame I got a GM product to pull me out, International is the best truck ever. Too bad that prevents me from ever being able to buy a new truck, but I laugh all the way to the bank because the 20 bucks I spent an parts this month saved me $480 over what my uncle pays monthly on his Toyota Tundra. Oh yeah, the T cranked after the usual 3 pulls. 2 choked then it's off, no battery, love that mag. Best car ever.

I went up to the family forest near the town of Eatonville on Monday to do a little cutting and the snow was starting to come down. Woke up Tuedsay morning to find it 12 degrees outside and 14" of snow on the ground! My computer is currently in the shop. I'll try to post some pictures in a couple of days.

Came home early to Gresham, Orygun Tuesday to find a light dusting, but still bitterly cold.

It got above freezing today, so I got out the leaf blower, cleaned out the flower beds and mowed the yard. It is the first time I ever mowed a lawn that had snow on it.

: ^ )

Keith

Glad you got home Keith.

Hey Bob Gruber, what is your technique for doing snow roostertails? Are you in low or high gear?

It was in high with low Ruckstell.
I just crack the throttle and at about 10 or 15 mph turn the wheel.
It was fun at the time but the more I think about it ...it probably wasn't the smartest thing I ever did because of the wood wheels. (sedan has wires)
The PU has some old knobby tires that threw the snow around better than the sedan.

"...it probably wasn't the smartest thing I ever did because of the wood wheels."

If you don't trust your wheels for sliding around in snow, I would get new spokes. Unless you were in danger of hitting a curb, of course.

Here's a test I started. Due to caster, the wheel kept cranking over instead of remaining straight ahead as I pulled the T sideways with another car.



It just occurred to me that a better test would be to pull with the strap attached to the car at the cg. Mebbe I'll work on that.

rdr

My spokes look good. They're not loose...no cracks, etc.
But they're 85 years old!
But I'll tell ya...85 doesn't seem as old as it used to seem!

I am looking out on this:

and regretting I did not buy this:

at Chickasha back in March. Could be real fun to show up on work in a Model T equipped this way - ha ha. At present at least one of the roads out of the village I live in are closed or very difficult to pass because of snowdrifts. Copenhagen Airport have been closed for 1/2 hour this morning too.
Nice that one have a job where I can choose to work from home :-)
But could be cool if I have those skis!
Does anybody know if they where sold and for what price? Just curious....

The snow in Seattle is gone now and we're back to rain.
I'm ready for spring!

Michel

I had a pair of those stolen in Oct. The skies are on the incorrect spindels the name tag should be on the out side. There is a complete set some where in Austria, owner died in the 90's and I haven't been able to locate where they went.