The Coffee House

[waday]

No, no, no, Wade you have to use bread and milk! geez get with the program.

Smoke it's pretty when it's like that. But I'm not ready for real snow, we just went from summer to winter in a day Sunday and I'm never cold but I'm cold!

Hmm. Well, I could stop by the supermarket, buy some bread, milk, and maple syrup. Then, tomorrow morning, make some french toast?

Come to think of it, I guess I'd have to buy eggs, too? I wonder if I'm out of fabric softener, as well?

Better go to the store.

 

[smoke665]

Wait a minute, Smoke you're down south and east, how are you getting all that snow?? I thought this system is coming from the north. You're doing it backasswards!

Yup, last time I checked, Alabama was in the south. LOL Had a warm front coming in from the gulf that was "loaded" with moisture, met up with cold front moving down from the north.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Glad we could help and send some cold air. I don't want it back.

 

[smoke665]

Bridges, overpasses and secondary roads starting to get slick. On the news, several roads are being officially closed. Bad thing in the south, "EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU CAN DRIVE ON IT" if a road is designated as being closed, your auto insurance will not pay in the event of claim.

 

[waday]

Bridges, overpasses and secondary roads starting to get slick. On the news, several roads are being officially closed. Bad thing in the south, "EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU CAN DRIVE ON IT" if a road is designated as being closed, your auto insurance will not pay in the event of claim.

Serious question that may sound funny... how many plows/salt trucks do you have in Alabama or in your county?

 

[smoke665]

Thankful I made a batch of Gluehwein last night, won't be long until we're all snug and warm in front of the fire with a warm cup, and Christmas music on through out the house. Course you can't have snow if Alabama in December without playing our home town boys



Christmas in Dixie Y'all!!!

 

[tirediron]

Bridges, overpasses and secondary roads starting to get slick. On the news, several roads are being officially closed. Bad thing in the south, "EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU CAN DRIVE ON IT" if a road is designated as being closed, your auto insurance will not pay in the event of claim.

Serious question that may sound funny... how many plows/salt trucks do you have in Alabama or in your county?

What's the square root of '0'?

 

[smoke665]

Bridges, overpasses and secondary roads starting to get slick. On the news, several roads are being officially closed. Bad thing in the south, "EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU CAN DRIVE ON IT" if a road is designated as being closed, your auto insurance will not pay in the event of claim.

Serious question that may sound funny... how many plows/salt trucks do you have in Alabama or in your county?

No plows, and a couple of spreader trucks. Alabama follows the "God Rule". What "God Puts Down, God Takes Away"

 

[JonA_CT]

Compared to CT which operates a fleet of 600 plus plow trucks during a storm, and that’s just for state routes. I think our little 7 sq mile city has 6 trucks.

 

[smoke665]

And still falling

 

[waday]

Bridges, overpasses and secondary roads starting to get slick. On the news, several roads are being officially closed. Bad thing in the south, "EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU CAN DRIVE ON IT" if a road is designated as being closed, your auto insurance will not pay in the event of claim.

Serious question that may sound funny... how many plows/salt trucks do you have in Alabama or in your county?

No plows, and a couple of spreader trucks. Alabama follows the "God Rule". What "God Puts Down, God Takes Away"

Interesting.

My old apartment building's spreader truck was the owners beat up little pickup truck. He didn't follow the god rule, he followed the "hit it and see if it works" rule. He'd spread salt by:

1. Back little pick up truck to furthest spot in parking lot.
2. Drive a foot and stop;
3. Get out and look at the spreader, see it not working, hit it until it worked and spread salt at his feet;
4. Get back in truck, drive a foot until spreader stopped;
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until finished.

Luckily for him, the parking lot was small enough that it only took him an hour or so.

 

[JonA_CT]

I got both kids to sleep, and now I’m watching Top Chef re-runs and drinking some ginger tea. I should try to get a nap in.

 

[smoke665]

Okay, it can stop now. The pines are pretty all covered with snow, but unfortunately they don't hold up well to the weight. News reports coming in of power outages as those snow covered limbs fall on power lines. After the blizzard of 93, AP vowed to never get caught with their pants down again on maintaining right of ways. Here in the rural areas, if a blade of grass grows taller than a foot they wack it off if it's in their right of way. In town the residents raise a stink if they trim all the limbs off one side of a tree that encroaches in the right of way, so they go easier on them.

 

[waday]

In town the residents raise a stink if they trim all the limbs off one side of a tree

There's something special about a V-shaped tree, no?

Example: http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/treesandpowerlines/images/Trees and wires.jpg

 

[SquarePeg36 7]

Compared to CT which operates a fleet of 600 plus plow trucks during a storm, and that’s just for state routes. I think our little 7 sq mile city has 6 trucks.

We even have a sidewalk plow. It got stuck the year we got 7 feet of snow and they had to bring in a bigger truck to dig it out.

In town the residents raise a stink if they trim all the limbs off one side of a tree

There's something special about a V-shaped tree, no?

Example: http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/treesandpowerlines/images/Trees and wires.jpg

We have a few of those! So terrible looking.