Snow in the South -- Check In Here

[3KillerBs]

Central North Carolina, 2-3 inches with mild drifting from the wind.

I *should* be going to work, but we're 3-4 backroads from the one road I can count on being cleared and there is probably black ice under the fluffy stuff.

I will have to go out soon to retrieve frozen waterers and frozen eggs and to open the coops to see if they want to go out or not.

 

[3KillerBs]

How long is your cold snap expected to last?

Just a couple days.

My boss and I just decided that I needn't come in. The main roads are, in her words, "pretty decent" -- but I'm 3 or 4 back roads from the main road and this is my road right now:

 

[3KillerBs]

It would have been nothing if I still lived in the north. But that road would have been plowed, salted, and sanded.

My town actually had a plow truck run off the road and flip last night.

 

[Sally PB]

I won't laugh just like you don't laugh when I say, "Ooooo, it's 88 degrees and sooo hot!"

Unexpected weather sucks. Good luck.

 

[3KillerBs]

I won't laugh just like you don't laugh when I say, "Ooooo, it's 88 degrees and sooo hot!"

Unexpected weather sucks. Good luck.

Just now DH had the hard part -- thawing and refilling the frozen waterers. I hauled them and went back to refill feeders while he dealt with the ice.

 

[Moonbeam Guineas]

The back yard. My horses made "X" marks the spot. I love snow ...been busting up frozen water for years with my horses.

 

[Moonbeam Guineas]

Hey guys, if you have to haul anything through the snow get yourself a fishing sled.. The sled makes everything easier! I haul my waterers, hay bales, feed, tools & supplies!

 

[Chicks in VA]

Central North Carolina, 2-3 inches with mild drifting from the wind.

I *should* be going to work, but we're 3-4 backroads from the one road I can count on being cleared and there is probably black ice under the fluffy stuff.

I will have to go out soon to retrieve frozen waterers and frozen eggs and to open the coops to see if they want to go out or not.

we have had snow for almost 3 weeks right now it is 3-4 inches of solid ice
so its hard to walk anywhere we just slide down everything
I'm just barely in the va blue ridge mountains

 

[3KillerBs]

we have had snow for almost 3 weeks right now it is 3-4 inches of solid ice
so its hard to walk anywhere we just slide down everything
I'm just barely in the va blue ridge mountains

Ice is the worst. It's easier to cope with a foot of snow than an inch of ice.

I live over the river and through the woods . SE Ohio

More like where I grew up -- Pittsburgh, PA -- than where I live now.

When I lived up north this storm would have been nothing, but they don't even have the equipment to take care of the roads down here. I don't own the clothes for it either. My rubber muck boots aren't insulated (and are hot enough as they are when it's 95F out in the summer). I only have fingerless wool gloves and uninsulated leather work gloves.

Hey guys, if you have to haul anything through the snow get yourself a fishing sled.. The sled makes everything easier! I haul my waterers, hay bales, feed, tools & supplies!

That would be a great idea for anyone who has snow regularly (this is a once every 3-5 years occurrence where I am). When I was a kid in western PA I used to drag firewood on my snow wing.

what is a DH? i feel like i should know but im drawing a blank!.

Dear Husband.

I am told that some women have other adjectives that start with "D" but mine is definitely a Dear.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

. I don't own the clothes for it either. My rubber muck boots aren't insulated (and are hot enough as they are when it's 95F out in the summer). I only have fingerless wool gloves and uninsulated leather work gloves.

I am beyond thankful I got me a pair of coveralls before all this insane weather! Tennessee is definitely a hit or miss for weather, much like yours probably.
My gloves are not waterproof at all...just work gloves then some cutesy handmade mittens from a longtime ago over the top!
But they scare the chicks to death so I end up having to take em all off...really bad when they get wet too!
Gonna go look right now for waterproof ones!