Full Circle- Back to where I started (almost)

[DMiller]

So far had a 5", a 12" and a few minor 2-4" snows here, mostly wet heavy pack in snows so far. A few dustings are typical but the ice storms have been all TOO plentiful, third one since October last.

 

[kshansen]

So far had a 5", a 12" and a few minor 2-4" snows here, mostly wet heavy pack in snows so far. A few dustings are typical but the ice storms have been all TOO plentiful, third one since October last.

We might be getting one of those ice storms today! I'll take two feet of snow over a 1/4 inch of ice any day! Snowblower won't touch ice.

 

[Crummy]

Well, woke up this am and it's turned to rain. Heavy rain. Should be a sloppy mess out there now.
Saw on the news that the grocery stores had given up trying to re-stock and were just closing. Two things they couldn't keep in stock- eggs & onions. Onions? People here are weird.

 

[kshansen]

Well, woke up this am and it's turned to rain. Heavy rain. Should be a sloppy mess out there now.
Saw on the news that the grocery stores had given up trying to re-stock and were just closing. Two things they couldn't keep in stock- eggs & onions. Onions? People here are weird.

Onions? I could understand if they said beer and pizza but onions? I mean I like onion on my pizza but one large onion would due several pizzas!

 

[TVA]

Well, woke up this am and it's turned to rain. Heavy rain. Should be a sloppy mess out there now.
Saw on the news that the grocery stores had given up trying to re-stock and were just closing. Two things they couldn't keep in stock- eggs & onions. Onions? People here are weird.

Onions? How far are you from Prosser or Walla-Walla?

 

[Crummy]

Roasted onions and fried eggs, just like grandma used to make. MmmmMmmmm

 

[Crummy]

Onions? How far are you from Prosser or Walla-Walla?

300 miles or so.

 

[Crummy]

The day before this all started mom asked(?) me if I would go the store and get cat food. Of course you are out of cat food. So I hit the place just after they open the next day at 0700. Madhouse! Hit the liquor aisle first, priories man. I'm the only one there! Chaos all around, carts loaded with....well onions and eggs I guess. Not one person in the liquor aisle-----

Long story made short- Russian boat crew days late picking up survey crew; why were you late? "Big storm. Clothes wet. Drink Vodka. Vodka gone sleep.....wake up clothes dry storm gone."

 

[TVA]

The day before this all started mom asked(?) me if I would go the store and get cat food. Of course you are out of cat food. So I hit the place just after they open the next day at 0700. Madhouse! Hit the liquor aisle first, priories man. I'm the only one there! Chaos all around, carts loaded with....well onions and eggs I guess. Not one person in the liquor aisle-----

Long story made short- Russian boat crew days late picking up survey crew; why were you late? "Big storm. Clothes wet. Drink Vodka. Vodka gone sleep.....wake up clothes dry storm gone."

Well we have your weather down here on Gulf Coast! 64 and drizzling! I love it!!!
When I lived there, a lot of people complained about weather, like my uncle said “we have only two seasons! 9 months of non stop drizzle, and 3 months of scorching heat! I loved it though! People who complained about rain all the time - don’t know what a rain is! Rain here washes out bridge that was finished two weeks ago!!!

 

[MarshallPowerGen]

Wife was joking last night that we'll probably be seeing a lot of houses back up for sale come spring (just like every real winter). I said more likely there are real estate folks in Phoenix currently smiling about the jump in inquiries the last week.

Seems like all the coastal folks flooding in love the idea of winter, but get pretty fed up by day 3 when they realize the shovel doesn't get put away for months on end, and Vans aren't good winter shoes.

 

[TVA]

Wife was joking last night that we'll probably be seeing a lot of houses back up for sale come spring (just like every real winter). I said more likely there are real estate folks in Phoenix currently smiling about the jump in inquiries the last week.

Seems like all the coastal folks flooding in love the idea of winter, but get pretty fed up by day 3 when they realize the shovel doesn't get put away for months on end, and Vans aren't good winter shoes.

Well I had a dream to build m a cabin somewhere around Flat Head Lake for retirement! It’s not happening now! Seattleites like beautyfull places too! I don’t have that kind of money!

 

[kenh]

The locals here still joke about the mass exodus from here after the winter of 1995.
Caravans headed back to the PRK. (peop[les Repuplik of Kali).
I have only been here 11 yrs, "come on Snow!
Probably chain up to plow, ice under the snow.

 

[Crummy]

Wife was joking last night that we'll probably be seeing a lot of houses back up for sale come spring

I hope so. I'll even trade for a house here on the coast.

 

[MarshallPowerGen]

Well I had a dream to build m a cabin somewhere around Flat Head Lake for retirement! It’s not happening now! Seattleites like beautyfull places too! I don’t have that kind of money!

You and everyone else. I've worked around almost every inch of Flathead, and I don't think there's an empty lot left!

Local folks getting priced out of Spokane, CdA and Sandpoint (and Boise) are heading East (along with the folks from CA. OR & Seattle that chased them off). Same flood of folks in Bozeman, Kalispell, Whitefish and Missoula driving up housing and rental prices to insane levels. Even the Mormons aren't scaring people off from SE Idaho at this point. Interesting times indeed.

Still plenty of housing in Cut Bank and Miles City though.

 

[DMiller]

Road from Cd'A to Sand Point is one dangerous mess, Uncle refused to drive very far on it. We did go up on Lake Pend Oreille to Bayview and Farragut Park where He and my Dad spent a considerable time at Farragut Naval Base WWII. Uncs Third wife has folks in Missoula.

 

[TVA]

Ah! Screw it than!!! Wind River Canyon - here I come!!! I hope Injuns will not be against it!!!

 

[DMiller]

Sis In law in CO was all skittish as to snow and bad roads, turned out was her Pot smoking did her driver license in!! She DID finally get a clean check and her license back, she will have to re-test on her next renewal and be found clean or lose her license Again.

 

[MarshallPowerGen]

Road from Cd'A to Sand Point is one dangerous mess, Uncle refused to drive very far on it.

I did that commute for almost 5 years when we had shop work or I needed to resupply on parts. Wish I'd had a dashcam then; saw more wrecks, rollovers, near misses and dead critters every day than I'd seen in years previous. It is a dangerous stretch of road for almost half the year.

Shop was next to a body shop. One day had a total come in missing the roof, and looking like a massacre. Turns out a couple was cruising up the highway when a moose walked out. Couple ducked in time, but moose tore the roof off the car, and the roof tore the guts out of the moose, right into the car. Can't imagine what they were thinking when they opened their eyes.

Ah! Screw it than!!! Wind River Canyon - here I come!!! I hope Injuns will not be against it!!!

If they're as friendly as the folks in Browning, Crow Agency or Colville, it's been nice knowing ya!

 

[DMiller]

Well crap, knew not to but looked to Accuweather, on schedule to get 3-6 inches snow Friday-Sunday coming.

 

[kenh]

Accuweather ain't. We were scheduled for 4-8 inches, right at 2.5 ft. on the ground now.
Flakes still crashing down.