Freak snow!

Adair M

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We get snow, from time to time. But usually not 5 inches!

It’s not that cold, about 34 degrees.

What usually happens is the snow stops, then we get warmer, light rain, that freezes on top of the snow, making a light, fluffy snow into a hard crust on top that can persist for days. Well, to prevent that, I waited until it appeared the snow was about to stop, and blew the snow off with my battery leaf blower.

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I left snow around the pots. It acts as insulation.
 

Warpig

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Still snowing there now? It's funny because I'm down in NC for the weekend again and left plenty of snow behind but there's no sign of it here. I did get to grab a couple of pictures coming through the foothills of West Virginia.

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just.wing.it

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Wow, we had several tordanos yesterday, with snow, rain, hail and wind of course.
One came down and ran a 100 yard path less than half a mile from my house.
Lord kept us safe though.

Trees were the only victims.
 

bwaynef

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Here’s ours a tad north of you. It snowed a good bit more than this but has stopped now.
 

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Ohmy222

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Weird I’m in Marietta and we got snow but none stuck. It was 70 degrees 3-4 days ago. Classic Georgia winter.
 

flor1

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At least five inches in Young Harris and low of 26 tonight
 

bwaynef

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Did you seriously just explain to folks from Georgia what a Yankee is?!?
 

Wilson

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We get snow, from time to time. But usually not 5 inches!

It’s not that cold, about 34 degrees.

What usually happens is the snow stops, then we get warmer, light rain, that freezes on top of the snow, making a light, fluffy snow into a hard crust on top that can persist for days. Well, to prevent that, I waited until it appeared the snow was about to stop, and blew the snow off with my battery leaf blower.

Before:

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After:

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I left snow around the pots. It acts as insulation.

That second photo sure looks awesome! We got hit hard in the Eastern Townships of Québec, a real dangerous Friday drive home.20200207_204801.jpg
 
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