Re: [IRCA] off-topic snowfall (was Robert Ross DX)

[neilkaz <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

About 50 cm here 55 km NW of Chicago. Is so drifted is hard to tell. My tennis court net isn't completely covered but close in center. Drifts up to a meter in places and in others maybe 10-15 cm only just depending on the way the winds whipped around my house and buildings. We have a heavy duty snowblower here and the top of its mouth is maybe 65 cm above ground and in places the snow in the driveway is above that. My side street has not seen the township plow once so far. Hwy 59 to my east is plowed, however. The only reason I could get out to the highway is that my neighbor's friend has a plow on his pickup and plowed down to his parents place maybe 50m west of my driveway. The three houses further down the street nearer the dead end are simply out of luck if they want to go anywhere, but no one is supposed to be driving around anyhow, unless a plow or police or emergency.

73 KAZ


-----Original Message-----
>From: Saul DX <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Feb 2, 2011 7:55 AM
>To: am@xxxxxxxxxxx, Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [IRCA] off-topic snowfall (was Robert Ross DX)
>
>Forcasters almost uniformly called for 25-30 cm snow here. The Weather 
>Network now reports "Widespread total snowfall amounts of 15 to 20 
>centimetres are likely by the time the storm ends by this evening."
>
>We'll only know for sure after this is over. But if the forecasts overstated 
>the amount of snow for at least much of southern Ontario, I think the effect 
>on driving and such has probably (judging from looking outside and listening 
>to the news) been the same as it would be with the additional 10 cm...
>
>I'm only sorry I had to leave Burnt River site last night. With reports of 
>WBBM being on what would seem like reduced power, that would / might have 
>been fun...
>
>Hope everyone is safe - it seems we've gotten off easy here in Ontario; I 
>know folks elsewhere have had a rough time.
>
>
>From: "Robert S.Ross VA3SW" <va3sw@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>   Well........Nothing of note was heard overnight in spite of the Big
>> Storm!! I was hoping to hear some Daytimers on with Emergency
>> Broadcasts...but none to be found. The first wave of the storm moved
>> through here overnight and dumped a lot of snow.......but I'm not sure
>> where most of it went!!!????? The Driving Wind has blown much of it
>> away!! My Neighbour at the end of the Street must have a hell of big
>> pile of Snow piled up in his yard!! There is still a large Blob of the
>> Storm hovering over Chicago and Michigan...I'm not sure if that's
>> heading this way or what.....but if it does, we'll get another blast of
>> this today........
>
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