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Pickles posted Phins area was getting heavy snow

Bretton Woods getting shadowed right now. Started around 8am-ish. Just light snow. I saw Gene posted about having 6 inches already and Pickles posted about heavy snow in Phins area. Will be interesting to watch the evolution play out

Bretton woods is getting shadowed. So far just light snow. It started around 8-815ish this morning

Light snow, temp around 33 degrees

Light snow, temp around 33 degrees

Ski season and sled season about to kick it into overdrive!

Friday, tentative plans with my BFs fam- maybe doing an early dinner and then catching a movie. But...I guess I may not want to be out on the roads, so who knows...right now early dinner is still on. BF has a truck, so that's at least better than my corolla. Gotta wait and see how bad things get. It just may be a good day/evening to just hunker down at home and not risk being out on the roads. Will prob need to go grocery shopping before Friday as well. Gotta get the bread and milk

Looking at all those snow fall maps, the thing I noticed is that sharp cutoff up here. Rt 302 in Twin runs pretty much east/west and then approaching the Notch it oriented more N/S as it runs through Crawford Notch. It is sloped as well. It's a lower elevation right in Twin at the intersection of RT3 and RT302 it is steadily uphill until right before the entrance to Crwford Notch at the AMC Highland Center. The land also narrows as you go from Twin towards the Notch. Essentially RT 302 runs along a narrowing valley. It gets shadowed by the Whites and it also floods with warm air during marginal events (relatively speaking) and that is why there is a sharp cut off in accums. I'm actually wondering what we will get here in Bretton Woods. This depicted track looks like it might bury Phin and RT2 corridor, but could shadow here along RT302.

Well, with the SNE weenies having a melt, I assume Friday looks good for us up here?

Finally, after almost 3 months, my septic tank was replaced today!!! I am so relieved and happy. 3 months of living with a partially collapsed tank and an open hole in the ground, has come to an end. They also found the original cast-iron pipe from the house to the tank had a plastic connector piece that disintegrated and was tangled in a tree root. I had 2 blockages in the past year so now I know why. My 2 propane tanks also sat right over where the bad connector was and a sink hole was starting to develope. I had the tanks moved end of October because they were in the way of where the excavator needed to dig. I can only imagine more of the ground collapsing and my propane tanks falling into the open septic pit... I lucked out big time! Very grateful the winter has started off slow!

Omg, the house would just start popping every night. Some were really loud and intense. The snow would get really dry and squeaky and the inside of your nose would just freeze up instantly

49 degrees, good consistent wind gusts, breaks of sun...had a huge rainbow in the back yard. I'll take any help I can get with the heating bills- last winter up here we had a ridiculous stretch of cold weather- a long string of at least -20 for lows. -30s for lows was common. I think stations up here and north were hitting the -40s at times.

Holy crap, the weather Channel is now offered on Hulu Live Weeeeeeee!!!!!

I'm fine with this docile start to December. My septic tank partially collapsed mid September and I've had a hell of a time finding someone to come replace it. The septic guy had come to pump and was digging up the cover when it collapsed. Poor guy almost went swimming but he managed to jump to stable ground as it gave way. Finally think I've found someone- tentatively this Friday! It will be a relief to finally get this taken care of. (Old steel 750 gal tank- house was built in 65 so I can imagine it's the original tank. The plumbing has been updated in the house, except for the cast iron pipe that runs from the house to the tank. That will be replaced as well. It keeps getting blocked- yay for NH and no septic regulation- Live Free or Die)

It's never too late- I believe I have a picture of you in one of my dresses if you would like to build your account.

Snow squalls today. Had some good wind gusts yesterday afternoon and into the evening. Lots of small tree branch pieces in the roads and my little corolla was getting pushed around while I was out running errands. Power flickered a lot. But all good now. Just cold and breezy with squalls

Wind advisory on effect up here... Yay

Happy Eat a Metric Shit-Ton day!!!

Happy Eat a Metric Shit-Ton Day!

I think she hiked most of the 48 during warm-ish/calm weather. I don't think she had any cold weather hiking experience. She was from MA and would drive up when it fit her schedule and do day hikes and check some peaks off the list. I honestly don't think she realized at all how drastic the weather deteoriates as you go up in elevation. Her family and friends also didn't understand because she had arranged for her mom to drop her off and her dad and best friend to pick her up. That is 3 other people who thought everyrhing would be fine. All around tragic. I had hoped for a better outcome. But I knew they weren't going to find her alive. It was cold and windy and snow-squally at my elevation and the temps and wind just got worse as the day went on. There is a misconception in the flat-lander population that 4000ft is just a big hill, that will get you out of breath but will give you good views- but 4000ft isn't nearly as high as Mt Washington so the weather will be fine.

19, her 20th birthday is today. She was trying to finish the NH 48 before her birthday. Just tragic. She was completely unprepared for the weather conditions. Ugh, I see that all the time. People think they can hike up to the ridge line in khaki shorts, flip-flops, and a 16oz water bottle.

She is still missing

Missing hiker in Franconia Notch. She was dropped off at Lafayette Place Campground to hike Lafayette Haytack and Flume yesterday morning. Her ride went to the meet up parking lot around 4pm. Waited...she never showed, so they called in a missing hiker report. 3 SAR Teams went out last night after dark...no word yet

Missing hiker in Franconia Notch. She was dropped off at Lafayette Place Campground to hike Lafayette Haytack and Flume yesterday morning. Her ride went to the meet up parking lot around 4pm. Waited...she never showed, so they called in a missing hiker report. 3 SAR Teams went out last night after dark...no word yet

I was watching the snow fall while watching football, and I thought to myself- Alex must be loving this I got new flood lights for the outside so I can sit on my couch and watch the snow out my windows