Unless you're pushing the lawnmower!Do we need to get off your lawn too? ;-)
Unless you're pushing the lawnmower!Do we need to get off your lawn too? ;-)
??? I think you misunderstand me. I never said, or would suggest we should be reckless and throw all caution to the wind. Taking absurd risk for no reason is just plain stupid. Like your nephew, I work in Emergency Services. So I fully understand the need to serve whenever and wherever the call for help comes. And at the same time wonder why someone would willingly put them selves at risk.Do we need to get off your lawn too? ;-)
Unless you're pushing the lawnmower! Maybe a snowblower in the driveway!!Unless you're pushing the lawnmower!
Sorry! I live up North. The low here this winter has been 40*F so I still have to cut the grass.Maybe a snowblower in the driveway!!
It's possible the hills and forests contributed to some venturi effect that took a 50 mph gust and sqeezed it between two or over a hill, funneling it through a wide gap in the trees that your house was sitting in. I think 35 knots of wind is a lot. 50 would seem like a serious blow to me. I mean, 50 knots of wind can look like a hurricane, especially if there is snow to pick up and carry around. Funnel that 50 knots between two hills, or over one, their could easily be a local 60 knot wind.We're in the suburbs with hills and forests surrounding us, so it's not like an open landscape where it could even be worse.
Scott the entire state was hit like that albeit at different times. Here in Toms River it accrued about 4:30 PM. Not sure of the wind speed. The local weather called it a winter squall!We just a had a rather bizarre event a few hours ago (maybe between 3 & 4?). Snow was coming down and it was relatively windy and gusty. I'm working in my office and I hear a roaring noise outside. I look out the window and it must have been 60 MPH plus. With snow, it was near total white-out. I've never seen a wind like this in the winter, not even on top of a mountain. It was like one of those summer wind-shear events. It was really intense for about 5 minutes (or less) and gradually diminished. Weather advisories were calling for gusts up to 50 but this seemed like it exceeded by a long shot. We're in the suburbs with hills and forests surrounding us, so it's not like an open landscape where it could even be worse. It seemed like one of those events you read about on Mt. Washington. I'm curious how high the winds were clocked and how widespread this event was.
That explains our daughters text (Family on messages), at 4:01pm yesterday, from Manhattan:We just a had a rather bizarre event a few hours ago (maybe between 3 & 4?). Snow was coming down and it was relatively windy and gusty. I'm working in my office and I hear a roaring noise outside. I look out the window and it must have been 60 MPH plus. With snow, it was near total white-out. I've never seen a wind like this in the winter, not even on top of a mountain. It was like one of those summer wind-shear events. It was really intense for about 5 minutes (or less) and gradually diminished. Weather advisories were calling for gusts up to 50 but this seemed like it exceeded by a long shot. We're in the suburbs with hills and forests surrounding us, so it's not like an open landscape where it could even be worse. It seemed like one of those events you read about on Mt. Washington. I'm curious how high the winds were clocked and how widespread this event was.
I'd give you a "like", but that's not quite the right emotion.I always feel so bad for you all when I read posts like this, then I run my feet through the warm sand and sip my Goombay Smash, ahhhh I’m over it.
So the thumb is the wrong digit. Hey look Groundhog Day coming up. I rooting for six more weeks of winter.I'd give you a "like", but that's not quite the right emotion.
So the thumb is the wrong digit. Hey look Groundhog Day coming up. I rooting for six more weeks of winter.