Snow on the Gulf Coast

Carl

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The radar yesterday morning showed snow out in the Gulf of Mexico south to LA, AL & FL. Crazy.
Dauphin Island got over 6", some places in downtown Mobile had 10", bottom photo is from my staff members house in Mobile.
Hope those of you that are hunting get a good push of ducks to finish the season!
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Eric Patterson said:
Clinton John

You might want to check on your friend. Looks like he froze to death.
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Lol. That's his oldest child my nephew lol.

Probably the first time he has ever seen snow.

I want to say and I'm not sure if correct have to do some Google fuu. But I believe this storm set a new snow and temp record for that part of the state. I grew up in that town and so did my parents and my dad said he has never seen 13 inches of snow there before. He said when he was a young man, the river froze over hard and thick enough a few times for people to walk on but never an snow amounts like this.
 
This snowfall broke records all over south Alabama, some of which had stood since late 1890s.
And tomorrow morning will break most low temperature records for this day.
Crazy weather pattern, my brother in PA is complaining they dont have enough snow to get out the snowmobiles. But the lakes have plenty of ice for fishing.
 
Carl said:
This snowfall broke records all over south Alabama, some of which had stood since late 1890s.
And tomorrow morning will break most low temperature records for this day.
Crazy weather pattern, my brother in PA is complaining they dont have enough snow to get out the snowmobiles. But the lakes have plenty of ice for fishing.
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Your brother in PA is not the only one complaining about lack of snow. There's more snow in NOLA than at our house in Greenville, ME. The lakeside thermometer did hit -21 F this morning, so we got that going for us.
 
We livin' it up here in western NY. Plenty of snow, ice for those that ice fish, and Cold. As it should be. How folks can live without the 4 seasons to enjoy I cannot understand but I guess someone has to do it. They brought in a frontend loader and dump trucks to clean up the parking lot at the town hall this morning so vehicles can park. They don't mess around here they are snow professionals. Maple Syrup folks will do good this year. Downside will be the ice jams on the streams and rivers that will come along later and alter the terrain the way nature does.
 
Crazy! That is more snow than I've seen all winter in total here in South Dakota. Drier than a popcorn fart here. It was mighty cold, but no snow.
 
Well, I got roughly an inch or so of ice.

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And lost power in the wee hours of the morning as the storm blew through. Finally got it back just before the sun went down. While I have cold weather gear, I was still dreading a night in the 20s with a drafty house and a single space heater. Love our linemen here!!!!

I would have preferred the large amounts of snow vs the ice that had trees snapping and dropping all through the night. Made for a long night. Miraculously, my house and trucks survived even though we had lots of sound thumps to the roof.

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But the dogs had a good time playing in the cold. Too bad the roads were icy...and my trucks frozen shut (no i don't have auto start) ...would gave been a good day to look for woodcock and woodducks.

What melted yesterday refroze and I woke to 23 here in sunny FL.

Who knew I could have frozen adventures in FL....several firsts....first time I couldn't open the trucks because of ice, first time hearing thunder in a snow/ice storm, first time lying awake at night listening to the eerie sounds of trees snapping and thudding under the weight of ice...all in FL!
 
Dani said:
Well, I got roughly an inch or so of ice.

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And lost power in the wee hours of the morning as the storm blew through. Finally got it back just before the sun went down. While I have cold weather gear, I was still dreading a night in the 20s with a drafty house and a single space heater. Love our linemen here!!!!

I would have preferred the large amounts of snow vs the ice that had trees snapping and dropping all through the night. Made for a long night. Miraculously, my house and trucks survived even though we had lots of sound thumps to the roof.

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But the dogs had a good time playing in the cold. Too bad the roads were icy...and my trucks frozen shut (no i don't have auto start) ...would gave been a good day to look for woodcock and woodducks.

What melted yesterday refroze and I woke to 23 here in sunny FL.

Who knew I could have frozen adventures in FL....several firsts....first time I couldn't open the trucks because of ice, first time hearing thunder in a snow/ice storm, first time lying awake at night listening to the eerie sounds of trees snapping and thudding under the weight of ice...all in FL!
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Rub down door gaskets with silicone or even cooking oil. Doors won,t freeze shut then. My 2013 Sierra Pickup does it quickly without the lubricant. Not something you,ll normally worry about for sure in your area but you never know.
 
Dani said:
Well, I got roughly an inch or so of ice.

I would have preferred the large amounts of snow vs the ice that had trees snapping and dropping all through the night. Made for a long night. Miraculously, my house and trucks survived even though we had lots of sound thumps to the roof.
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That was actually the first thing I thought about when I saw you guys got snow. Lucky for you guys, it seems to be mostly conifers and smaller deciduous broad-leafs. About a decade ago we had a freak large snow storm here in NJ in early October with all the leaves still on the trees. It was the stuff of nightmares. About half way into the storm, it was a nonstop chorus of "crack,crack....BOOM." I personally witnessed about a dozen large oaks come down. People were killed, homes destroyed, power out for weeks. Even up here in the MA/NE we are not immune to those freak, out of season or completely out of character storms.

Glad everyone made it through that down your way.
 
Jay K said:
That was actually the first thing I thought about when I saw you guys got snow. Lucky for you guys, it seems to be mostly conifers and smaller deciduous broad-leafs. About a decade ago we had a freak large snow storm here in NJ in early October with all the leaves still on the trees. It was the stuff of nightmares. About half way into the storm, it was a nonstop chorus of "crack,crack....BOOM." I personally witnessed about a dozen large oaks come down. People were killed, homes destroyed, power out for weeks. Even up here in the MA/NE we are not immune to those freak, out of season or completely out of character storms.

Glad everyone made it through that down your way.
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I lost several pines in an ice storm that hit my NJ house. Sad to watch them go one after another My son lost trees at his house outside of Richmond
 
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