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Power back on after storm.......a few photos...

Post by TimMAz6 » Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:52 am

Power went out Friday night at 9pm.......power returned today (Sunday at 8:15am). Yesterday's high temperature was in the mid 20'sF and last night was cold -2.9F near snow and +0.9F five feet above snow line. The house temp dropped to 51F....the warmest compared to relatives and neighbors who's houses dropped to 30'sF and 40'sF.

A few snow photos.

When I opened up my garage door.
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Western red cedars didn't like all the snow.
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Yucca gloriosa 'Tenn' buried.....it 'was' 6 feet tall.
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Citrumelo protection:
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Yucca elata:
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Several broken branches on Southern Magnolia EB:
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Aucuba japonica...not too bad:
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Western red cedars:
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Eucalyptus debe.
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Another view of Southern Magnolia EB:
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Washingtonia filifera protection:
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Eucalyptus debe close up:
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Araucaria araucana is GONE:
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Araucaria araucana being dug out:
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Araucaria araucana being dug out:
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Araucaria araucana being dug out:
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Low last night near snow:
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Low last night 5 feet above snow line:
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Temperature probe set up:
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At least snow is like a fridge:
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Gas grill worked.....not bad grub!
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My Wife's sister's house had 2 large pines fall over....they popped up her fence:
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My Wife's grandmother's driveway shows how much snow we got......not many drifts in her drive:
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Post by hardyjim » Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:06 am

GREAT PICS TIM!

Glad it's over for you now and that your house didn't get any colder.....

That is really something for sure-I hate to say it but the way the pattern
is shaping up you guys may be primed for another big storm sometime in
the next week or 2-I think lot of people don't realize how much snow may have actually
fallen as it tends to pack down while its falling-quite a pasting ehh?


Would love to see you document how soon* it melts too!
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Post by Henoh_Croatia » Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:13 am

That's a lot of snow. A month ago we were also hit by heavy snowfall.
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Post by canadianplant » Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:21 am

Wow Tim..... Think of this, I used to get snowfalls like that every winter, sometimes 2 or 3 times!

How cold did things get in the protection without the power?
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Post by lucky1 » Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:30 am

Thanks for all the great pics Tim.

Snow plastered against house siding shows how wet and heavy it was.
We had one like that...the weight nearly tore eavestroughs off the house.

Glad you folks made it through OK.
Hey, your dinner looks like all my meals... :lol: :lol:

Since you freed the Auracaria, will you be freeing up the yuccas and eucs too? (gently?)

Hope Bill's GH made it...

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Post by andym » Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:42 am

Tim... I hope all that snow hasn't caused too much damage to your plants The piddly amounts I get still cause a lot of weight damage on my plants.
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Post by Beny » Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:45 am

Wow Tim...great pics...lot of snow in one day, now you see what s look our winter here near Montreal. That s look what i see every morning when i get up from mid-december to mid-march :wink:

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Post by DesertZone » Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:39 pm

Man...that's bad. Just glad to know your ok! :D

To bad we all can't head south for the winters. :x

PS I hope your plants and trees come back, or are ok. :cry:
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Post by Paul Ont » Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:54 am

Looks like you got it a little worse than we did. We probably ended up with ~30cm or so. Some of it will disappear today, hope this is the last major winter storm of the season, though I do appreciate the quiet and the chance for a snow day.

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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:24 am

Nice ans scary... Love your full of snow yard but sorry for the people got two picea trees fallen!
won't be freeing the plants buried. They might have some damage. How soon you predict the snow will be disappearing?
Take care!

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Post by Cameron_z6a_N.S. » Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:45 pm

Nice shots, Tim! I didn't take any in my area, as I was too busy shoveling :lol:

The Halifax area ended up with around 1.5' (45 cm) or so, but luckily it wasn't the heavy, wet snow that much of the NE US received. Still, it's piled up everywhere! This winter has been pure hell for me.
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Post by TimMAz6 » Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:42 pm

the snow was melting fast today................temps in the 40's F and 1/2" of rain. Now all the snow will be a block of ice. :cry:

I'm not sure how cold it got inside the protection............the Yuccas probably saw less than 5F.......the palms hopefully didn't get below 10F? The Cycad was small enough that it was below the snow so that should be OK. The Citrumelo likely saw below 5F too...........cold!

I didn't speak to Bill yet on the phone but he texted me that his house did not loose power. :D
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Post by lucky1 » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:02 pm

didn't speak to Bill yet on the phone but he texted me that his house did not loose power.
thank goodness the GH would have heat.
Thanks for the news, Tim.

Winter's almost over, Cameron. :D

And Igor's cold again :x

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Post by marceli » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:34 am

That's some HEAVY snowfall, Tim! Looks like Arctic :shock: Glad everyone's ok, cause huge amounts of wet snow can be dangerous.
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Post by sidpook » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:58 am

Great pics, Tim. I hate all that hard work of shoveling and digging stuff out. Lucky your power went back on so quickly. That was us 2 years ago here in Jersey, UGH! Never want to see that again. Spring is a month aaway!!!! Woohoo!
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Post by hardyjim » Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:14 am

Hopefully it wasn't that bad Tim-usually when we get a huge snowfall(or any decent one)
the palm huts stay around freezing because of all the snow-maybe the case there too-hope so...
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Post by TimMAz6 » Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:36 am

the hardy Citrumelo still looks OK as of this morning.......no notable decline. Funny thing is my Eucalyptus debe's look much worse now. :cry:
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Post by lucky1 » Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:35 am

Eucalyptus debe's look much worse now. icon_cry.gif
Sorry to hear that, Tim, I know how you favored those.
There's still hope they'll bounce back with a stronger warmer February sun.

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Post by TimMAz6 » Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:03 pm

hopefully the E. debe's stems will be OK............I don't mind if the leaves are damaged................only time will tell. :wink:
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Post by TimMAz6 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:19 pm

Hey Jim,

here's an update to the snow melt.........it's been 10 days and today was hot.....hitting upper 40'sF.......some rain too. The snow is melting fast now. Left side of photo gets more shade.........the right side is my warmest microclimate against the 6 foot tall wood fence.

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Post by lucky1 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:41 pm

You must be anxious to open things up in a week or so.
Can't blame you there.

Nice neat protection.
That magnolia at right has gotten huge.

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Post by hardyjim » Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:47 pm

Really amazing to see that kind of melting in so little time!

Thanks for the update.
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Post by TimMAz6 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:23 pm

the power of sun and rain! :lol:

In another few months we'll be complaining about mowing the lawn. :wink:
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Post by sidpook » Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:45 am

Looks great. I'll never complain about having to do anything outside, even mowing the lawn.
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Post by lucky1 » Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:34 am

never complain about having to do anything outside,
Me neither, Mike.

I'm just looking forward to getting rid of heavy winter jackets and boots and gloves.
It'll feel like I lost 40 pounds.

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Post by sidpook » Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:46 am

lucky1 wrote:
never complain about having to do anything outside,
Me neither, Mike.

I'm just looking forward to getting rid of heavy winter jackets and boots and gloves.
It'll feel like I lost 40 pounds.

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I still refuse to wear anything but gym shorts at home......
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Post by lucky1 » Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:49 am

It's a gender thingy...and a better furnace than women. :lol:
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Post by hardyjim » Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:40 am

Looks like winter will be stubborn to leave here....maybe 4-8"
of snow tomorrow and not much warming anytime soon...
We may have to pay the price for all the warm weather those fart
bags to the south have had-cold has to pass through here to get them. :?
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Post by lucky1 » Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:26 am

those fart bags to the south have had-cold has to pass through here to get them.
:lol:
and the fart bags up north where the arctic blasts originate. :roll:
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