wishforsnow

Been working from home since April 2nd, but still been going in once a week for a couple of hours for stuff I can't do from home. No face to face with consumers just telephone contact. Pretty much everyone including me were given laptops so we can connect remotely to EMR system and email. Glad I live in town with good broadband. 

19 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

I was checking and current snow depths in the upper peninsula, and snow is for the most part gone except in the higher elevations.   And those same elevations will jackpot this storm.

Pretty much gone here in Hancock except for bigger piles from plowing, blowing snow, or scooped off roofs. Twin Lakes on the other hand still has quite of bit but there is some bare ground showing where it isn't shaded by trees. My fathers driveway is pretty much melted off except in front of the garage and that is pure ice. 

I am estimating 15 inches here in Hancock, mi. I took the snow scoop yesterday and removed 3 inches yesterday at 1 pm then did nothing until this morning. It was at the top of my snow boot  in the driveway so that is 12 inches. The road grader really nailed me. I had to break the wall of  snow up with a shovel before I could blow it. I got the driveway open to get the vehicle in and out but need to do some more out there but I am out of gas. Have to run to the station to get some gas. 

Snowing heavy here in Hancock,mi. I can't even see Houghton or even the houses down the the street from me. Glad I get the next two days off for News Years. The city hasn't plowed the street around my house all day. They usually will plow a path in the street but they aren't doing crap. 

2 hours ago, weatherbo said:

Got more ice than snow here last night.  Trees are drooping really bad.  Looks like another crippling storm- AFD mentions the possibility of several hours of 2-3" of snow per hour in the morning into afternoon tomorrow.  Got a generator after a few days without power earlier this month....bring it

I seen over 900 UPPCO customers without power in southern Keweenaw County. No issues with power here in the Houghton-Hancock Metroplex. I wish I had a generator but I do have two Kerosene wick heathers that put out 23000 but a piece. So I can use them to stay warm if power goes out. 

Just got done moving the heavy wet snow out of my drive while it was raining. Got three inches. Can't use the blower on it due to the very heavy wet nature of it. It is windy as hell. If it was colder it would be a major blizzard here. The rain and snow melt is going to cause major ponding on the streets. If I wanted this I can move back to the Des Moines area. 

Looking like it is going to do like it did last December. We got snow in November then it warmed up in December and the time Christmas came around I had bare spots in the yard where the snow melted away. Generally should be buried under three feet of snow by Christmas. Then mid January the cold came back and the lake effect was kicked into high gear through March. 

Glad I was off from work due to expecting family coming up from Ohio. I talked to them Tuesday telling them to forget it due to they would be stuck sitting in Chicago when the flight was cancelled which it was due to the snow up here. It was pretty brutal here yesterday. Now I will be spending the day digging out before the next one this weekend. 

Solid A. Good 300 inch winter. 

Finally got my driveway done. Fine time to come down with the flu. Fever and the whole nine yards.Was feeling little better to accomplish this task this morning. 

Two neighbors out blowing snow. Heck with it. I am going to wait until the wind goes down tomorrow. They can stick it where I work. I will be in when I am in. Notice my one furnace vent getting covered. Luckily I have a window over it and was able to stick a shovel out the window to get it cleared. Keep going to get around making the pipe higher. I caught some kind of bug. Very weak and tired today don't really want to climb the bank of snow to get back there.

Marquette NWS reported up to 36 inches of snow from the Porkies to Twin Lakes. My parent's live out in Twin Lakes and can confirm this. Healthy convergance off of the increasing shirking open water on the big lake. Only about 5 inches here in Hancock. The convergence spread over to Baraga/L'anse where they reported a foot and they are right on the lake shore. I was wondering why they closed school there when there wasn't even any advisory out at the time of the cancellation. 

1 hour ago, dilly84 said:

I'd assume Michigan 

Yes Michigan.

Snowing very heavy here in Hancock. I can't hardly see the house down the street from me. Luckily, I went in earlier to work so I could get the hell out of there before the storm hit. Every nut and their uncle is in town for Tech winter carnival so there is a lot more traffic and more people to get me in a jam. 

Been getting 2-3 inches per day. The flakes are real small but the snow is heavy when the snow scoop gets full of it. It is like scooping corn starch. The main highway is like a Hockey rink. Probably could skate on it. One false move driving you are in Dire Straits. Luckily, not very many people driving around you have to watch out for. 

Michigan Tech is closed tomorrow. They very rarely close.  

Heavy snow and blowing snow here in Houghton-Hancock Metroplex. 

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On 12/7/2018 at 10:07 AM, SchaumburgStormer said:

ZZZZZZZZ

 

...yawn

You got that right. Boring here too in the Keweenaw. Just low clouds, no wind, no snow. Just have the few inches on the ground from earlier lake effect event. 

A big yawn pattern here in the Keweenaw. Don't even have any wind. Only had dusting of Lake effect the last few days after having a melt with the warmer temps and rain Saturday. 

Looks like two feet of snow Hancock. Just by looking how much is on the front deck. 

Picked up more the last 30 minutes. Trough must be moving through. 

Portage Lift Bridge cam

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Still just getting little tiny flakes here in Hancock. No wind at all by just looking at the tree branches around my house. Guess it is the calm before the storm. 

Snowed on and off all yesterday but never stuck until later in the day it started to when the temp final dropped to freezing. It stuck better overnight. The streets are white this morning. NWS just issued a warning storm warning from 10 pm tonight through Saturday morning. Good thing I got the snow tires on. I seen the tire shop near my house had a booming business yesterday. 

Keweenaw-Northern Houghton-
Including the cities of Copper Harbor, Houghton, and Hancock
327 AM EST Thu Nov 8 2018

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 9 to 14
  inches expected. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.

* WHERE...Keweenaw and Northern Houghton Counties.

* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 7 AM EST Saturday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel could be very difficult. Areas of
  blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The
  hazardous conditions could impact the Friday morning and
  evening commutes.