NDR-- 15 below and snowing hard

Jeff Reardon

Jeff Reardon

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I'm sure this kind of weather is typical for the Canadians and upper mid-west guys, but it's a first for me. We're in the middle of a major snowstorm with temps well below zero. We're close enough to the coast that we're usually withing 10 degrees of freezing during any winter storms, so this is different.

Cold dry snow is a lot different to drive in. I've got to pull a Uhaul trailer to pick up some furniture tomorrow, so I'm hoping the snow stops and the roads get cleared soon.
 
Jeff,down here in southern NJ,it was about 8 degrees at sunrise,with wind gusts to 30.We got about 6 inches of powder over night.That's enough for me!!Stay safe and warm.
 
I'm sure this kind of weather is typical for the Canadians and upper mid-west guys, but it's a first for me. We're in the middle of a major snowstorm with temps well below zero. We're close enough to the coast that we're usually withing 10 degrees of freezing during any winter storms, so this is different.

Cold dry snow is a lot different to drive in. I've got to pull a Uhaul trailer to pick up some furniture tomorrow, so I'm hoping the snow stops and the roads get cleared soon.
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Good luck on that drive, Jeff. Be careful. Seems like you might be getting some more of the down and dirty weather for next week.
I think I'll go duck hunting tomorrow. Our temps are supposed to get up to 63F. Just right for hunting.
Al
 
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Well, we are at 27 this morning right here on Mobiel Bay, which is cold for the Gulf Coast. North winds at 20-30 mph (gusts to 40) kicked in yesterday, high tide was 2' below predictions, this morning low tide is a full 1' below predicted. All puddles and ditches in our complex are iced over, I have only seen that 3 times since the 5 Rivers Delta Center opened back in 2006.
We are supposed to get down to 19 degrees Tuesday morning and maybe not get above freezing for a high, which happens every 4 to 5 years down here. Its not the cold y'all are dealing with but with the way the older houses are constructed down here, there will be lots of busted water pipes.
Hang in there guys, especially y'all in the upper Midwest, light fires and crank up the electric blankets, you are going to need it.
 
My only hope is that this cold snap knocks back the ticks. We've seen an expansion of ticks northward, and ticks active even into early winter in recent years. At least one new tick-borne disease has been confirmed in Maine this year, and over in New Hampshire they're even citing this a as a possible factor in declining moose populations. Several newspaper articles had folks from Maine Center for Disease Control blaming recent winter that were too mild to kill ticks off.

If this kills some ticks, that might make up for my December heating oil bill and a few lost days of coastal hunting. LOL
 
Expected to be -25 here Sunday - and that is with no wind chill. Went out ice fishing last night and it was cold. Had the heater on high and it could barely keep the cold away. Wife thought I was stupid to fish last night and I think I tend to agree with her this time.

Mark W
 
Roller coaster here as well. Great conditions earlier in the week; dumping of snow & -5 last night and this a.m. Supposed to warm some today; Snow again Sunday, but a huge drop in temps at start of the week. Don't think the sloughs will stay open long.


I just keep checking the radar and the River gauges. When things get right for the River or the fields, I'll go.
 
My only hope is that this cold snap knocks back the ticks. We've seen an expansion of ticks northward, and ticks active even into early winter in recent years. At least one new tick-borne disease has been confirmed in Maine this year, and over in New Hampshire they're even citing this a as a possible factor in declining moose populations. Several newspaper articles had folks from Maine Center for Disease Control blaming recent winter that were too mild to kill ticks off.

If this kills some ticks, that might make up for my December heating oil bill and a few lost days of coastal hunting. LOL
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Jeff, if it is Lyme Disease, the vector is a spirochete bacterium carried in deer tick saliva; quite small (head of pin size) subphylum Chelicerata members-also, found on white footed mice. I suspect common wood ticks are the major vermin that are the focus of your complaints.
 
My only hope is that this cold snap knocks back the ticks. We've seen an expansion of ticks northward, and ticks active even into early winter in recent years. At least one new tick-borne disease has been confirmed in Maine this year, and over in New Hampshire they're even citing this a as a possible factor in declining moose populations. Several newspaper articles had folks from Maine Center for Disease Control blaming recent winter that were too mild to kill ticks off.

If this kills some ticks, that might make up for my December heating oil bill and a few lost days of coastal hunting. LOL
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Jeff, if it is Lyme Disease, the vector is a spirochete bacterium carried in deer tick saliva; quite small (head of pin size) subphylum Chelicerata members-also, found on white footed mice. I suspect common wood ticks are the major vermin that are the focus of your complaints.

We've had Lyme for a long time, though it does seem to be moving farther north and inland. I know lots of people who have had it. The new disease is Powassan virus, which apparently is spread by both deer ticks and woodchuck ticks. The issue for moose is with winter ticks. (I didn't know there was such a thing as a woodchuck tick or a winter tick until this fall/winter.)
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For those that this an occasional/unprecedented event and are in the woods/country more: if you have a couple spring traps for mice now would be a good time to put them out.

I have a couple trapping seasons: 1) when the snow piles high and gets super cold; 2) when the high piled snow melts.

Those little buggers can find a way in when they are motivated, normally stay out of the house....

Governor cancelled school here in MN because of the cold~ for next Monday :)
 
We got two mice in our kitchen just last week--first we've seen since last spring.

Our house had been empty for a year before we moved in. The former owner died and it took the family a while to put it on the market, and the rodents invaded in force.

We got dozens of mice and a single Norway rat in our first month in the place. Only seen a few mice a year since then, and--thank god--no more rats.
 
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