MarkO

There's been talk of widening 93 through Concord to 3/4 lanes. I believe it's still in the design phase. Supposedly it won't be finished until the mid 2030's. All the bridges will have to be replaced, and the existing highway runs immediately adjacent to the Merrimack River. It looks like I'll be doing a lot more driving at night. It's gonna suck.

I got the same exact total 3.38" Sunday, 0.84" today.

That does seem a bit high, but I guess if you can slide the goal posts between the maximum 60 days of precip, it seems at least plausable.

NOAA precip totals for various storm events (this one is for Dracut).

3.38" yesterday, another 0.40" so far in the bucket today in Lowell. Heard a report of 10.8" in Cranston, RI.

3.00" In the bucket in Lowell

April 14, 2018 redux

Sad news. I heard it had to do with the Natick commuter rail accident as well. God bless her family.

Given the car shortage, more than I thought, but the same '22 model is about 20% more than I what paid 3 years ago.

Spoke to my neighbor that owns one, me the other, supposedly they're near the end of life. If one of those lands on my house, it'll be crushed. I'm guessing the weight about 20k#'s each, whereas the Norway spruce is probably around 2-3k#'s.

Could have been worse. When my daughter said "the huge pine tree just landed on your truck" I thought it was one of these two.

Bent the roll cage on both sides, doors need to be replaced, dented hood, rear fender, windshield is whack, frame might be bent. I really hope it's toast. The body shop said 3-4 months of work. I get $25/day rental coverage for a month.

to my house, truck, wallet or liver? Or all of the above. Working on second 3 finger pour of Makers Mark.

70' Norway Spruce took out my railing and likely totaled my truck. Happened at 8:29.57 this AM according to the ring doorbell. I was sleeping in my basement. Neither me, nor my daughter heard it, but I woke up at 8:30. Coincidence?

Great day at Bretton Woods. Cream cheese, woods were great.

Snow's used to open up for season pass holders (before my first season pass), but I've AT'd it before. It faces southwest. Someone told me it was the "original" ski area at Waterville. Anyway, glad you enjoyed your day. We usually hit the White Peaks express most of the day, but after years of skiing the same trails off it, it gets boring, so I find myself going over to Green Peak, or even laps up the tee bar to the top. I noticed there was only one trail closed that day, Tangent, my favorite. Old school, no snow making and from it you can hit Preston's Path (under the old double that hasn't run in years), or periphery. Next year they upgrade White Peaks with a 6 pack lift, and supposedly in a few years they're supposed to expand terrain east of Green Peak and will have a gondola connecting the village to the mountain. The one thing I don't care about for Waterville is most of the trails face northeast, so they really don't get much sun until mid/late February, but I guess that probably helps with snow retention.

Looks to be about 2"

Nice! Check out Tangent to Preston's Path, and Governor's Run. And if you have some time, check out our little mountain, Campton Mountain. Only about 3 or 4 minutes from 49. It's not open during the week, but we're planning on expanding our snow making over this summer so that maybe we can open up a couple days during the week.

9.5" and still snowing lightly. What an epic day of skiing. No actual measurements, but seemed to be 15-18" at Waterville.

woke to about 4", looks like the sleet/snow line is about 10-15 miles south of me., 30.7

back to sn 50/50. 31.9

90% ip, snow. 31.6. Radar showing sleet.

feel like l'm straddling the line about 25% snow, 31.7. How does one define sleet? Warmer layer above me seems likely.

back to mostly snow. 31.8

Made me get out off the couch. Nailed it. About 50/50 right now.