What is your weather like ... today

[CountryEscape]

Be very careful, Colleen!!! You are a very dedicated worker, to brave the foot of snow, knowing more is coming. I hope they appreciate you! I have only missed one day of work before because of ice, and the office was closed by the State, so I didn't have to go anyhow! I have a 4WD pickup too, good tires, only drive it with the horse trailer or in the winter for the most part, so the tires stay very good condition, lots of traction, but that doesn't help even in the ice. Stay safe!

 

[rebelangel_3733]

I personally would rather have the snow than the cold front that will be moving in our area tmrw. Suppose to be almost 60 here again today then bam tmrw into the single digits at night and low 20's/teens for the day highs to come for the rest of the week. Pond had ice on it last week now is open again...not for long...brrrr

 

[sissy]

By friday the 70's and then we will be getting the cold front coming through .I have gone through more sets of tires here than ever before .They dry rot .In 11 years 2 sets for the explorer and 2 sets for the sport trac .

 

[koiguy1969]

 

[j.w]

Sun feels nice on my shoulder sitting here in my computer room facing a south window but heck it's only 30F out there and high will be 36F. Down to 17F tonight....................and my silly hubby is out there on his daily bike ride. He wanted to wear the woolly ear covers under his helmet but the helmet would not fit so he chose to freeze his ears and keep his brains :biggrinangelA:
No snow here but am enjoying all you guys pix that have the lovely stuff

 

[JohnHuff]

36F and bright and sunny! No sign of snow yet... though my son's friends said it had snowed up the hill last night.
j.w., maybe your husband can consider getting this or something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Under-Armour-...TF8&qid=1386099306&sr=1-5&keywords=face+cover
It's thin and can easily fit under a bike helmet. I know that I can't ride outside without one.
My ears have been frozen before and they've never been the same since.

 

[j.w]

Thanks John I shall show that to him and see what he thinks. Does it pull easily away from your mouth so you don't have to take it off when talking? He wears glasses but looks like that would not be an issue.

 

[JohnHuff]

Thanks John I shall show that to him and see what he thinks. Does it pull easily away from your mouth so you don't have to take it off when talking? He wears glasses but looks like that would not be an issue.

It's very thin and you can pull it away from your mouth.
I'd probably advise getting it from the store rather than online because I bought a large and it was still tight for me, so it's something he should try on before buying.

 

[sissy]

38 years ago my mom in law made this for each daughter for christmas and I still have mine .Fallon on Thanksgiving waiting for her turkey

 

[MitchM]

I forgot someone has to go get the mail, so I had to get out and plow the driveway today.....so here's some pictures of what the storm left behind.

We live at the end of a dead end road, here's looking down the road from our driveway entrance.
The snowplow hasn't come by yet. Hopefully they'll be by in the next couple of days.



This is part of our driveway that I am plowing.



Truck and car.



House and greenhouse.

 

[sissy]

well at least if you need ice for muscle pain you have plenty of it :cheerful:

 

[callingcolleen1]

The sheer HORROR of it all!!! "Martha Stewart has gone to the DOGS!! new clothing line for dogs now available at PetSmart!!

Poppy is mad and won't go outside to play in her new outfit, she sniffed the air and that was enough for her!!

Weather for cast has changed, jnow it is going to snow for days but the real cold now coming tomorrow. Right now we are at 5 degrees, and snowing yet some more. Tomorrow supposed to get down to -22 Fahrenheit. No end to the cold weather for the next foreseeable future for casts.... Need to made a tea and go hang new winter lights and a new outside standing deer!!

Massive snow piles all over town now...

 

[sissy]

poppy looks pissed off at you for that / :cheerful:

 

[CountryEscape]

Wow, such gorgeous snow pics folks! I love them. Mitch, you truly have a winter wonderland there in the mountains where you live. On a dead end road, you sure don't have to worry about getting out too soon after a big snow, but seems that's just perfectly fine with you and your wife. Snuggle in front of a nice warm fire and enjoy the scenery! Colleen, kudos to you for making it in to work.
OK, seems many of us are in for this cold front that is going to turn our lives upside down, temperaturewise anyhow! 60's today ... 60 degrees for goodness sake! OK, I wanted warmer than 20, but 60 is a little overkill. LOL If it would just even out and stay put, like maybe 50 and 30's? But, nope, we like many of the rest of you are going to experience yet one more day of warm, (66 tomorrow!!!) then bottom dropping out, temps dropping over 40 degrees in 24 hours, and another 10 degrees the next 24 hours! I live just south of Interstate 70, which tends to track weather systems west to east. This next storm is supposed to deposit rain, then snow, then sleet and freezing rain, then more snow all in about 36 hours time, starting Thurs. afternoon, or so they are saying today. Tomorrow, it may all change. So, looks like my beloved Charger will get to go for a ride again tomorrow, but not on Thursday, won't take a chance of sliding around on any snow or ice. The truck will come out of hibernation on Thursday morning, and I'll be getting 4 new sand bags put in the bed for added weight.
Be safe, everyone!

 

[CountryEscape]

This is what they are showing for our area in the next couple of days. Yikes!!! I sure hope this is false, and someone made this up, but I fear it's true. Usually 1/2" of ice is disastrous! I think those are predictions of snow, but ice is going to come in the mix, either before, during or after ... or all of the above.

If you can see Illinois on the left, then Indiana, then Ohio, I'm in IL, and Effingham, where I work, is on the top edge of the blue strip, pretty much in the middle of IL west to east. I'm about halfway from Effingham west toward Vandalia and then south 7 miles, and that's me, right in the top edge of the blue strip. Not good. Fishy is in southern IN, so she gets to share the ice with me! Yuck yuck yuck. Sand bags or not, my truck is not going to be out when the ice hits. I'll head home if I'm at work. No job is worth risking my life over. I have animals that depend on me, too, so can't just think of me. And, I'm getting too old to enjoy sliding around on the ice. :blueflower: