Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Snow notes
First rake-worthy snow of the season. About 5 inches. As usual one of the near neighbors has joined the obsessive raking trend; I don't expect to see more rakers until we get a truly serious snow.
I'm guessing this will be a six-rake winter, somewhere around 60 inches total.
I don't give a fuck if nobody joins the trend. I learned the ice dam lesson in 2009. Not gonna let it happen again. Anyway, raking is good upper-body exercise. It's almost fun.
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Update March 9: My prediction for snow was on the dot. Weather Bureau totals at the airport are now 60.6 inches, with snow probably finished except for an occasional flurry. My prediction for six rakings was low; ended up raking at least 8 times. Got hectic and nearly continuous at one point, lost count. Maybe obsessive, but saved the roof.
First rake-worthy snow of the season. About 5 inches. As usual one of the near neighbors has joined the obsessive raking trend; I don't expect to see more rakers until we get a truly serious snow.
I'm guessing this will be a six-rake winter, somewhere around 60 inches total.
I don't give a fuck if nobody joins the trend. I learned the ice dam lesson in 2009. Not gonna let it happen again. Anyway, raking is good upper-body exercise. It's almost fun.
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Update March 9: My prediction for snow was on the dot. Weather Bureau totals at the airport are now 60.6 inches, with snow probably finished except for an occasional flurry. My prediction for six rakings was low; ended up raking at least 8 times. Got hectic and nearly continuous at one point, lost count. Maybe obsessive, but saved the roof.
Labels: coot-proofing, Heimatkunde
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