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We Were Suppose To Get 1' to 2' Of Snow....

17 years ago

but we ended up with 5.5" Light fluffy stuff, which is good.....BUT we are suppose to get wind now! Iowa winters, so fun! LOL Here is Dean out with the snow blower this morning! (not a great pic, I couldn't get the front door open so I was getting a fogged up window!)

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sandy_in_ia
Original Author
17 years ago
OKAY...the title was to be 1 INCH to 2 INCHES! I changed it, but apparently you can't use " in the titles???
iowagirl2006
17 years ago
Whooo- I didn't think you had that much more snow than we had! LOL!

We had about the same. But it was more than we expected.

We went to town to see the show last night, and it took me three shots to get up my lane.
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linda_in_iowa
17 years ago
Everyone in Ames is saying we got 6-7". Dean looks so happy in that picture.
joyfulguy
17 years ago
Hi Sandy - and Dean,

I saw a Polk Cty., Iowa licence in the TSC parking lot the other day, sought the guy out. He's a res. of Des Moines (I thought probably so). Sue grew up in Des Moines ... her Mom lived in Ankeny when I was involved ('63 on our return from Korea till '71) and her Dad in Tipton.

I'm of the opinion that I like to leave the shovelling till the snowing is finished.

I know! I know! We have to wash dishes frequently - don't wait till every dish is used!

What's that? One doesn't wait till every dish is used?

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

ole joyful

P.S. It's snowing here, too ... but I have little shovelling to do, as landlord does most of it with his tractor. A sod farmer, this is his off-season ... so he's bound for Mexico on Mon.

Sometimes I have trouble getting out of the back door, as I must push it with the door if more than about 2" deep - and the wind likes to drop it there in front of the door.

The wind whistles through between the porch and the garage at speed - skimmed my new "Merry Christmas" baseball cap off in a trice on Christmas Eve. After dropping packages, went out for a fruitless search, using my new flashlight. Found it in tractor rut on Christmas morning, frozen in, en route to getting a shovel to chop it out, slipped on ice, dropped on my rear in snowbank.

Going to Christmas supper, slipped on glare ice on sidewalk in city, fell heavily ... no hurt for a couple of days ... but back still giving me frequent notification of its dissatisfaction with such dastardly treatment.

It's improving - some. I see the doc on Thursday ... mainly for the recently initiated swelling on my feet. I'm some disgusted with those feet - surely they could've waited a month ... till past my 80th birthday milestone!

o j
tami_ohio
17 years ago
We have at least 10" maybe more, and still snowing. Supposed to stop for tomorrow with forcast of partly cloudy. We'll see!

OJ, we are to old to fall down on anything! I did it on Tues evening when we had freezing rain. I am also still sore. Hope you are feeling better soon, and don't fall anymore!

Tami
cynic
17 years ago
sandy_in_ia, apparently your forecasters and ours got switched in the mail or something. We were supposed to get 5-7" and got about an inch.

However, MY forecast was correct! :D

Now my forecast for tonight: Dark. Lightening by daylight.
glenda_al
17 years ago
AND lots of of rain, after LOTS of rain!

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