3 hours ago, Bob Scott said:

I grieve for your trunk-mount antennas, Bill. 

And what's up with snow in "Hot" Springs, anyway??!!

Thanks Bob. This was a storm that was far worse than even predicted. I heard on the news this morning that this was so rare that the last storm of this magnitude took place in 1870!

Maybe use a push-broom or borrow Bob's snow rake he used on his roof??

1 minute ago, charliearon said:

Maybe use a push-broom or borrow Bob's snow rake he used on his roof??

If it hadn't frozen solid, using a broom might have been possible. I could barely scrape even a small area using my hands as a "rake!" This was a very "wet" snow, not the light and fluffy stuff, darn it all... 🥶

A light weight shovel may work!  This was my only car experience in the snow.  Serene Lakes,Near Royal
Gorge cross country ski area near Lake Tahoe.  Sister and Brother-in-Law's cabin/house.  This was 
an extremely small snow fall!  I have seen it up to the 2nd story windows!

 

I worked in the control tower at Hot Springs (the spa) back in the late seventies before the FAA closed it after the strike. It was non radar approach control and could get very challenging during the horse racing season.  I do remember a good snow storm or two.

This mourning I stepped outside to see the little dusting we had in upstate South Carolina and could only feel another dose of gratefulness to be retired. Reminiscing about when I was working and had to make the decision between venturing out on slick roads risking accident or incident or calling in. The problem there is no-one wants to be the only one to wuzz out and not come in😂 Retirement is fine.

4 hours ago, birdguy said:

I will just say, "Look around."

Again, this is recency bias.  I invite you to take a "look around":

The Arkansas Great Blizzard of 1899 - https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/state-pride/arkansas/ar-great-blizzard-1899

Arkansas's Biggest Winter Storms - https://hallmarktimes.com/arkansas-biggest-winter-storms-in-history/

 - Many of these are well before the 1970s.  Also, there are no records dating from before the late 1800s, so who knows what the weather was there for thousands of years before that.

Dave

4 hours ago, n4gix said:

the new deck for the wheelchair ramp my landlady is having built as a precaution for the ever nearer future.

A word of caution. Make absolutely sure the ramp is covered in something that's non-slip when it's wet. Rubber isn't good enough. Mine is currently topped by something that looks like astroturf. Falls are no joke.

Of course, nothing is non-slip in snow and ice.

My current wheelchair, which thankfully I don't need very often, is a cheapo "drive" model from the VA. The wheels will happily slip on the wet concrete ramp at the VA even when locked.

Hook

3 minutes ago, LHookins said:

A word of caution. Make absolutely sure the ramp is covered in something that's non-slip when it's wet. Rubber isn't good enough. Mine is currently topped by something that looks like astroturf. Falls are no joke.

I'll make certain to emphasize that to the son in law of the landlady who's engineering this project. It's far wider than I was imagining, so much so that another foot of width would allow my car to climb up the ramp! Not that I'd have tried it anyway... 😂

Oh, I've already "baptized" the new deck by falling on my left bun when stepping up. It's my own fault for trying to carry my groceries in two hands! My left butt cheek is still a bit sore. 🤪

2 hours ago, dave2013 said:

Again, this is recency bias.  I invite you to take a "look around":

I know where you are coming from, Dave, and choose not to argue with you.  I have credentials in weather forecasting and have some university studies in climatology.  But I will not debate with anyone who is politically biased and motivated.

Noel

13 hours ago, Paul Deluca said:

Thanks Charlie  Surgery #2 is scheduled for the 20th   you are right  what a difference.

Asked to describe the major benefit of having cataract surgery, the best I can do is to compare B&W television versus color television. Colors are more vibrant and crisper, not faded and washed out.

I don't have to use the zoom feature on my screen as much. The color of things in general is great. I have problems with walking.[balance] I'll bear with it.  The 20th is getting close.

15 hours ago, birdguy said:

I have credentials in weather forecasting and have some university studies in climatology.  But I will not debate with anyone who is politically biased and motivated.

I'm not interested in a debate, either.  What I stated has nothing to do with political bias or motivations.  I simply referenced *facts*.

Your credentials as an Air Force Weather Forecaster 1)does not make you a meteorologist, and 2)doesn't make you any more qualified to make pronouncements about climate than anyone else.

Believe what you want to believe - you've got plenty of like-minded people in New Mexico nowadays who share your ideology, although I doubt that Roswell has become like Santa Fe - yet.

Dave

19 hours ago, dave2013 said:

Also, there are no records dating from before the late 1800s, so who knows what the weather was there for thousands of years before that.

I can tell you what the weather was like thousands of years ago, most of North America was under a mile of ice, and when that ice melted we were left with a brand new landscape that included the formation of the Great Lakes, and a much shortened and smoothed out Appalachian Mountains as the ice grinded them down to what we see today. Prior to that they looked like the Rocky Mountains with volcanic activity, and the theory is the volcanic activity in the Appalaichan Mountains was what caused the Ice Age

One thing about Snow; it's all about the Moisture content. fluffy powder like snow that you can sweep away easily is much less prone to cause damage as compared to moisture laden 'Sierra Cement' which, as it accumulates, solidifies and becomes much heavier, crushing and snapping anything in its wake... car ports, branches and limbs, etc.

Here in Denver we got about 3" of light snow earlier this Week; I swept the sidewalk as it was coming down and underneath the sidewalk was completely dry. Not like the snow we got in November, which was wet and sloppy.

Edited January 12, 20251 yr by ViperPilot

I got a closer look at the antennas on the trunk lip, and it appears that the ATAS 120 and the dual-band antennas managed to survive as both their mounts allowed them to fold flat against the trunk.

I still can't get into the driver's door so I can start the engine and allow it to warm up. I'm very glad that I was able to winterize the car's cooling system last week!