Snow!...Arrrgh! (pics)

[jonny_redhorse]

Double ARRRRRGH! ....Just got in a few minutes ago from shoveling(4:30 am) ....to my garage first!....had to force my back door open about 20" to get my belly outside....that wasn't easy ....that was drifted to about 20"(filled in from last night)...then got into the garage and opened the big door....Jeezaws!...another 20"-30" drift! got that shoveled but not sure what I'm going to do after I get to the street!they haven't plowed yet!...alleys have drifts....more snow then we recieved all winter in just 2 days!.....not sure how much snow we actually recieved but it's got to be in the 20" plus range!..

[Iambjm]

 Originally Posted By: jonny_redhorse

Double ARRRRRGH! ....Just got in a few minutes ago from shoveling(4:30 am) ....to my garage first!....had to force my back door open about 20" to get my belly outside....that wasn't easy ....that was drifted to about 20"(filled in from last night)...then got into the garage and opened the big door....Jeezaws!...another 20"-30" drift! got that shoveled but not sure what I'm going to do after I get to the street!they haven't plowed yet!...alleys have drifts....more snow then we recieved all winter in just 2 days!.....not sure how much snow we actually recieved but it's got to be in the 20" plus range!..

Last time I measured was at 10pm last night and it was around 25-26" and still snowing. I am 18 miles NE of Grand Rapids. I think I will stay in the house till June.

[upnorth]

I have taken the snoblower to the driveway twice and shoveled it 3 times and it is still snowing. We have 4' drift hanging off the roof over the deck.

I sometimes wonder about those of us that tough out this kinda weather to live up here.

I am looking at the radar and where it was moving west to east...it now moving east to west back on top of us.

[yakfisher]

At least the snow and cold keep the riff-raff out. Besides I'm hoping for some strong flows along the north shore to fake out the steelies and salmon.

[Iambjm]

Finally made it out the door to take some Pics. As you can see it is still overcast and snowing very litely.

That big white lump is my Ford Escape

This is the ramp and deck

This is the hubby's truck stuck at the end of the driveway

Barb

[Lisa Almquist]

OMG Barb, that's alot of snow!! I think we better get up to the cabin and make sure everything's ok up there. This week's forecast isn't so sunny or warm either. Mother Nature sure has you in a neck hold this year! It's still misting here also.

We have a lot of slushy ice

And all the trees are heavy and droopy

[mountaindew]

Wow! Man, You people have pounded hard!

Hang in there!! Summer's coming..

[Royce Aardahl]

YOWZER! I just heard 32 inches by Virginia.

[tacklejunkie]

 Originally Posted By: Blaze

Honestly, putting up with late season snowfalls is a small price to pay to live in God's Country. I think it adds to the essence of being in a less populated, more "back to nature" region of the state. You guys get to enjoy the outdoors more, IMO, than most of us in the southern part of the state because it's right at your fingertips.

Easy for me to say - I found some tulips popping up in our flowerbed today!

I can go grouse hunting by just driving a few little

miles down the road and have all the forests i want

[finnbay]

Took a few yesterday after getting done with plowing.

The wife suggested that maybe we should take advantage of the snow and go snowmobiling. Problem is, you gotta find the machines first! That's them sitting next to the garage!

Middle of the yard. Got 8 more inches after this photo was taken.

[Steve Foss]

Here's one my wife took while I was working to unbury the 4Runner. I like snow as much as the next northerner, but I was REALLY looking forward to taking some nice spring pictures in the next couple of weeks.

[Nate McVey]

Holy cow everyone! We got nothing but rain in Duluth/Two Harbors/Brule..........(that's where I was for the weekend anyway).....that should at least help bring the water levels up and take a bite out of the drought right? Positive thoughts everyone

[jonny_redhorse]

Jeezaws!...come back from work an hour ago and the city of Hibbing still hasn't plowed my alley!...WOT! ....I even had to shovel the alley to get back into my garage!.....listening to the scanner and half of Hibbing's equipment is broke....lol!....2 graders snapped the wing plows....mo board fell off .....etc etc ....I think the city of Hibbing needs newer equipment....wot!...raise my taxes! ....here's my garage with a ton of snow on the roof!...good thing I built a 60 lb. snow load(per square foot) into the roof... glad this freakin storm has passed!

[Dbl]

Man o man you guys really got hammered! Holy cow! I won't even tell you where I am. But I am wearing sandals!

[Pikeslayer]

That ford dosnt look like it will be Escapeing anytime soon!! LOL!!!

[Bandit]

OK, I will quit whining about the few inches we got. I really feel bad for you people.

[fishinJohn]

A beat up 4Runner for the man with all the nice gear? I guess that's how it's done. Enjoy the snow by thinking of mosquitos and 90 degree heat.

[Steve Foss]

fishinJohn, you hit the nail on the head. Can't afford a car payment AND good gear, and my photography can't tell what vehicle I'm driving, so . . . .

[MN Shutterbug]

 Originally Posted By: stfcatfish

Can't afford a car payment AND good gear, and my photography can't tell what vehicle I'm driving, so . . . .

I'll bet your clients can't either.

[jonny_redhorse]

tired of anything "white".....and more may be coming this weekend......."triple Arrrrgh!"......I need a "fix" of something green so here's a image to boost my morale ....

side note: last year on April 14th,I was fishing redhorse suckers on the St.Louis river at the Forbes dam....don't think that will be happening this year!

[MN Shutterbug]

Nice cone Jonny, but what in the world would anyone want with suckers?

[finnbay]

Smoked sucker is great! My mom also used to can it with tomato sauce and some spices and called it "mock salmon". Having grown up in the backwoods and not knowing any difference, it tasted like salmon! Kind of like Pat McManus in "The Miracle of the Fish Plate".

[Redstormy]

That second shot really shows how deep it was.

We are getting another round tonight here in

the west. Sunday we had about 20" and we are

supposed to get 12" to 18" again tonight and tomorrow.

Never saw a April like this in my life.

Red

[Steve Foss]

The last April I saw like this was in Grand Forks in 1997. We had one final blizzard hit even as the Red River came up over its banks. Well, that was an INTERESTING spring.

[kwiggy]

catfish... I would gladly shovel 24 inches of snow to live in Ely! I know that doesn't help when you are buried, but... watching idiots sitting in their cars in the ditch along the freeway gets tiresome too. Unless of course one just passed you and you get a chance to wave at them as you drive by... that can be fun!