Winter Has Officially Arrived in Deep Creek...

j8064 · Dec 21, 2012

I'm thinkin' ol' man winter must be watching the calendar here in Deep Creek. With the winter solstice occuring today, he went right to work. There's been snow all day, but the wind pretty much blew any accumulation off the roads and roofs. :thumbsup:

Now that it's dark he's getting serious.

A low of 19 tonight with 5" to 9" of snow in the forecast. It's light and fluffy stuff - not the kind Sandy dumped on us (thank gawd!) Hopefully any trees that were gonna come down came down with the Sandy event. :fingerscrossed:

Should look like a winter wonderland by tomorrow morning.

Then let the digging out begin.

BlackBart · Dec 21, 2012

And it's Friday so the working stiffs are mostly off.

I used to work once but I forgot what it was like.

BUFF7MM · Dec 21, 2012

Go easy old man winter, we need to shoot Sunday.

j8064 · Dec 21, 2012

Buff7mm said:
Go easy old man winter, we need to shoot Sunday.

I'm hoping against hope...

ktm rider · Dec 21, 2012

I drove up I-68 from Frostburg to where i work in WV at about 6:30. It took me two hours to get from Frostburg to the Wv line. Usually takes 30 minutes. The traffic was very heavy with holiday travelers who didn't seem to be familiar with Garrett County Winter driving. It was a total gaggle for sure.

At one point I was sitting still for about 10 minutes.
Thank God for Subaru Outbacks and Blizzak winter treads.

Deep Creek Rock · Dec 22, 2012

Yeah Winter has arrived alright. The high winds took out the power in my neighborhood, around 3AM this morning... Here we go again.

boss281 · Dec 22, 2012

Time to get the Mustang club out of the winter doldrums and head up to Wisp for some tubing!

BUFF7MM · Dec 22, 2012

Deep Creek Rock said:
Yeah Winter has arrived alright. The high winds took out the power in my neighborhood, around 3AM this morning... Here we go again.

Lost my power around the same time, but it is back on. As for the snow, still snowing, winds feel like 80MPH, tried to get to the newspaper was like exploring above the arctic circle, 4 to 5 foot drift damn near all the way down the driveway was tough to hike thru. I'm not even going to try to blow it yet, just wasting gas, it would fill back in within an hour.

Deep Creek Rock · Dec 22, 2012

Buff7mm said:
Lost my power around the same time, but it is back on. As for the snow, still snowing, winds feel like 80MPH, tried to get to the newspaper was like exploring above the arctic circle, 4 to 5 foot drift damn near all the way down the driveway was tough to hike thru. I'm not even going to try to blow it yet, just wasting gas, it would fill back in within an hour.

Yeah - in front of my garage, and the end of the driveway is piled high. Im not going to bother to try to clean it until tommorrow morning when hopefully it stops- the winds will just fill it back in no time flat.

That wind is obnoxious. I barely got any sleep last night with all the raquet it was making. The window screens, got stuffed full of snow too.

I see a Potomac Edison pick up truck towards the main public road with lights flashing. Hopefully they get the power back on soon. I took all my frozen foods, and put them out on the deck, so they wont thaw out, and get ruined like when Sandy hit us. My sister, and BIL sent a bunch of Omaha Steaks stuff for Christmas - Id be pissed if that got ruined!

BUFF7MM · Dec 22, 2012

Deep Creek Rock said:
Yeah - in front of my garage, and the end of the driveway is piled high. Im not going to bother to try to clean it until tommorrow morning when hopefully it stops- the winds will just fill it back in no time flat.

That wind is obnoxious. I barely got any sleep last night with all the raquet it was making. The window screens, got stuffed full of snow too.

I see a Potomac Edison pick up truck towards the main public road with lights flashing. Hopefully they get the power back on soon. I took all my frozen foods, and put them out on the deck, so they wont thaw out, and get ruined like when Sandy hit us. My sister, and BIL sent a bunch of Omaha Steaks stuff for Christmas - Id be pissed if that got ruined!

I'm pretty lucky, my power comes from a feed from Frostburg so I don't have as much problem with long outages. I'm already praying for May.

j8064 · Dec 22, 2012

The way to ensure the power stays on is spend a couple of grand for a generator. Once you have that it stays in the garage and the Potomac Edison feed keeps working.

Oh, and I just know there's a driveway under that white stuff somewhere... :sad20:

Deep Creek Rock · Dec 22, 2012

Just got the power back on, and the pellet stove cranked back up. At least it didnt take 8 days like last time.. :sad20:

The front porch got a nice drift of snow (first pic). The road in front of my house is bare from the wind - but the side road, and my driveway got covered pretty good. Cant see the WISP at the moment -the snow clouds keep eclipsing it.

Mooseman · Dec 22, 2012

No snow in Cumberland and the range looks good.

Mdeng · Dec 22, 2012

I just wanted to let everyone know that this one is not my wife's fault. We are staying in the flat lands for Christmas.

Good luck to those out of power.

4570inMD · Dec 22, 2012

At 1335, 25*F and lightly snowing. My driveway and deck averaged about 8" of dry snow that was comparatively easy to remove.

The wind is still blowing and likely to continue based on the weather isobar maps.

Deep Creek Rock · Dec 22, 2012

4570inMD said:
At 1335, 25*F and lightly snowing. My driveway and deck averaged about 8" of dry snow that was comparatively easy to remove.

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The wind is still blowing and likely to continue based on the weather isobar maps.

Man.. dont stand under that roof edge. That will be one cold ordeal if it comes down!

Luckily the snow does not usally build up on the roof of my house- the wind does a pretty good job clearing it off.

Deep Creek Rock · Dec 22, 2012

Mdeng said:
I just wanted to let everyone know that this one is not my wife's fault. We are staying in the flat lands for Christmas.

Good luck to those out of power.

Stop BS'ing us. We know you snuck up here ...

boss281 · Dec 23, 2012

Speaking of generators, I just bought a house in New Windsor (Carroll County) and the power goes off wayyyyy too much! I'm looking at getting an 8000W portable gasoline (Generac) with the requisite kit connecting to house power. Have to wait until spring though as I'm broke from all things "new house"...

BlackBart · Dec 23, 2012

Nothing like going out in a fresh snow, deep breath, unzip pants and writing your name. :thumbsup:

mclugnut · Dec 23, 2012

The weather and wind let up down here in Cresap City today hope you all got a chance to get out.

Winter Has Officially Arrived in Deep Creek...

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