Snow, Rain, Sleet, Freezing Rain? What say ye?

Post by E_ » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:37 am

What are you all seeing today?

At my home when I left around 6:50 AM there was around 6 -7" and when I got in Lexington around 7:45 AM it was about 2" with a thick layer of ice on it.

FasterThanYou · Post by **FasterThanYou** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:44 am

Yep, further North you get the worse it is. Here at the lake it's just rain and 34 degrees. The roads have some slush here and there but the grass, trees, and everything else is covered with ice. I sure hope we don't lose power lines like we did in 2003 during the ice storm when I lived in Lexington.

Dolphin · Post by **Dolphin** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:04 am

I well remember that ice storm in 03, It was like a different world in the Lake region compared to Lexington. That is when we decided we were in the right Weather zone. We made a trip up I75 to Ohio a few days after the storm and the trees were still Iced over, broken over and it looked like a winter wonder land.

crwky · Post by **crwky** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:15 am

E_HILLMAN wrote:What are you all seeing today?

At my home when I left around 6:50 AM there was around 6 -7"

I hope you're talking about snow

(you just never know with this guy) I may need to bring my little girl to play in it. We just have ice here no white stuff at all.

FasterThanYou · Post by **FasterThanYou** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:17 am

Dolphin wrote:I well remember that ice storm in 03, It was like a different world in the Lake region compared to Lexington.

I was working on a project in Somerset at the time and staying at our condo about 3 nights a week. I was one of the very lucky few that never lost power at my house in Lexington. You could drive up I-75 and as soon as you crossed the KY river it was like being in a different world. The ice just seemed to stop right there.

Pac22 · Post by **Pac22** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:42 pm

We got ice, then snow, then more ice. I'd say about 3-4' total. Driving in town is ok but the roads out by my house are as bad as I've ever seen them. Broke out the Jeep and I'm having a blast driving around in it.

$parechange · Post by **$parechange** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:35 pm

QUIT DRIVEN AROUND AND GO TOP WORK!

Pac22 · Post by **Pac22** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:43 pm

Spare Change wrote:QUIT DRIVEN AROUND AND GO TOP WORK!

Work is overrated on days like today.

FasterThanYou · Post by **FasterThanYou** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:09 pm

You'll likely be VERY busy in the next few days. Take the time when you can.

Pac22 · Post by **Pac22** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:33 pm

That's quite possible. But according to the police scanner, not too many are hitting anything, just sliding off the roads or getting stuck. Can't get going fast enough to do any damage.

Post by E_ » Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:43 pm

crwky wrote:
E_HILLMAN wrote:What are you all seeing today?

At my home when I left around 6:50 AM there was around 6 -7"
I hope you're talking about snow (you just never know with this guy) I may need to bring my little girl to play in it. We just have ice here no white stuff at all.

there is a nice hill in front of my mom and Dad's house. I love 4 wheelers in the snow!

DMS · Post by **DMS** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:48 am

FasterThanYou wrote:
Dolphin wrote:I well remember that ice storm in 03, It was like a different world in the Lake region compared to Lexington.
You could drive up I-75 and as soon as you crossed the KY river it was like being in a different world.

It IS a different world up there. We had a light skimming of ice yesterday morning, but melted through out the day while heavy rains poured ALLDAY. Raining hard right now. SNOW? Yea right. Aint gonna happen here, prove me wrong (I say hoping for a blizzard). The biggest snowfall my teenager has ever seen didnt even cover her boot laces.

Post by E_ » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:53 am

I did not get any pics on the 26th of the snow while it was still fluffy and deep. Here is a link to some crappy cell phone shots.
http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j173/ ... 29%202009/

THis was toward Lexington on Newtown Pike. THe snow was packed down by the freezing rain yesterday afternoon.

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KYCanuck · Post by **KYCanuck** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:54 am

Well, it is a REAL mess here in Northern KY (Hebron). We got about 6 inches of snow at our house over night Monday, yesterday it actually started to get a lot better late in the morning but then it started freezing rain and sleet and didn't stop until about a half hour ago this morning. (8:00 AM) Now we are getting real heavy snow on top of the half inch or so of Ice we have!!!

I don't even know how I am going to get the ice off my truck! My wife stayed at the hotel she works at last night and right now it looks like she is going to have to stay another night! I took a couple of pics and I will try to post them.

Post by E_ » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:56 am

See how the snow looks glassy... More snow on the way this afternoon... I think around 3" in Lex and 4+ up my way coming today.

Those trees in the above pic from yesterday afternoon now have a .5" covering on them all around and they left MANY limbs in my path.

I don't have any pics of that though since it was pretty dark when I went through there today.

KYCanuck · Post by **KYCanuck** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:03 am

This is our neighbors tall Birch tree!

KYCanuck · Post by **KYCanuck** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:05 am

This is one of the bushes in front of our house.

KYCanuck · Post by **KYCanuck** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:17 am

This was from my front door at 9:00 AM this morning

Post by E_ » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:41 am

Good pics, I never got to get any of the deeper stuff around home since it is dark when I get home and dark when I leave... LOL

KYCanuck · Post by **KYCanuck** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:47 am

I just went outside and we have gotten another 3 inches on top of all the ice in the last hour! Basically I can't get my car out of the garage, I wouldn't get it back in and my truck us covered in about a half inch of ice and 3 inches of snow! I hope my wife took a few changes of clothes to the Hotel she may be there for a couple of days! Seeing as how cold it is going to get this afternoon and tonight we are going to be in a mess for a few days!

$parechange · Post by **$parechange** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:02 am

We have almost 12", I am the only one who made it in. Factory is closed today. Getting ready to head back home, build a fire and play with Dick the Dog.

KYCanuck · Post by **KYCanuck** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:14 am

I'm on a conference call and there is a total of 6 people at our office in Florence and all of them are saying that they reget that decision!!

Right now the snow is coming down at a rate of about 2 inches per hour and has been for the last 2 hours! ARGH!

Post by E_ » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:09 pm

I made it to work and had fun doing it other than a couple trees I had to pull out of the road.

MissSwitzerland · Post by **MissSwitzerland** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:26 pm

We got about 3 inches of snow yesterday followed by 8 hours of freezing rain last night and now we have a total of about 12" of snow on top of that!! This weather is great for the body shop business!!

Pac22 · Post by **Pac22** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:04 pm

MissSwitzerland wrote:We got about 3 inches of snow yesterday followed by 8 hours of freezing rain last night and now we have a total of about 12" of snow on top of that!! This weather is great for the body shop business!!

Shush up. It's terrible for the insurance business.

And we have no power. Just stocked up the fridge too.

KYCanuck · Post by **KYCanuck** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:12 pm

Well ___, we are doing our part to help the Insurance Business, the car is in the garage and the truck is in the driveway and neither has moved since yesterday morning!

Our agent would be so proud of us!

Pac22 · Post by **Pac22** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:27 pm

KYCanuck wrote:Well ___, we are doing our part to help the Insurance Business, the car is in the garage and the truck is in the driveway and neither has moved since yesterday morning!

Our agent would be so proud of us!

I salute you. It's amazing how some think they are getting anywhere in a 2 wheel drive vehicle in these conditions.

Post by E_ » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:33 pm

Hey I stayed in 2wd all the way in today. It was mostly slush this AM.. (in some places several inches of slush but I have enough weight to sink down and get pavement)

Dolphin · Post by **Dolphin** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:02 pm

I am sure they are setting Tobacco some place today

FasterThanYou · Post by **FasterThanYou** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:00 am

We got some quick snow about 10 AM and I sent all my employees home. Bad decision, the roads were fine by 1 PM.

There's a little snow on the grass but not the roads.

Pac22 · Post by **Pac22** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:25 pm

We lost power for about 17hrs but we are back up and running.

Post by E_ » Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:38 pm

Total snow at my place was around 10" with another 3/4" this am of snow.
Total ice around .6"

Looks like more coming mid next week...

$parechange · Post by **$parechange** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:55 pm

HA HA! mines bigger than yours, got 12"

Pac22 · Post by **Pac22** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:37 pm

So do we need to start calling you "12 incher"?

$parechange · Post by **$parechange** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:22 pm

$parechange · Post by **$parechange** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:58 pm

_____ wrote:So do we need to start calling you "12 incher"?

FasterThanYou · Post by **FasterThanYou** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:28 am

_____ wrote:So do we need to start calling you "12 incher"?

That may be the ultimate insult

Pac22 · Post by **Pac22** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:04 am

Yeah maybe I went a little too far with that one.

But I just couldn't resist.

lexcomman · Post by **lexcomman** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:17 pm

Lots of Cleanup at my place.

KYCanuck · Post by **KYCanuck** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:44 am

Good pics Lex, it looks like you got more limb damage than we did, although I don't know why we didn't get more!

Post by E_ » Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:21 pm

LOL, Dang Lex (T) those are just twigs...

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...limbs are bout 10" in diameter on the ends. Had some nice ones on the pool and fence out back. I sawed them up today but left them laying for now. Got a lot to do with Julie's grandmother's visitation tomorrow and funeral Monday.