Winter is here in Kansas !

[knighthawk]

[Dennis Hemingway]

Brrrrrr, That looks COLD!!!!!

Dennis:D

[55 Fargo]

Okay Larry, I did see on the US national weather service that southern Kansas and Northern Texas had snow. But lets get this straight, its supposed to be called "Winter In Manitoba". hehehehehe, ah you know hwat Larry, why don't you have winter this year instead of us, there is no real snow here at all, just a bit here and there, less than whats in your picture.

[55 Fargo]

Oh BTW, nice farm you have there, the landscape looks identical to around here, except were 1000 miles north of you.

[knighthawk]

thanks about the farm... the barn is the 100 year old horse barn I fixed up, After jacking and straightening the main part, I tore down and rebiult the right half, then a new roof on it all. It is now my 'car barn' ....with a wood stove !

[knighthawk]

How a bout if we call it ( thread) 'Manitoba winter in Kansas' ? West Texas may get a FOOT of snow tonite !

[Normspeed]

Good Gawd, winter is here. Time to break out the black shorts.

[BobT-47P15]

We had a little dusting of snow Friday morning. Not quite as much as in the Kansas picture.

[55 Fargo]

Bob, that what we ahve also here in Southern Manitoba, we got a little more overnight.......Fred

[55 Fargo]

Hi all, temp is currently 24 in the Winnipeg area, high of 30 today, the 95th CFL Grey Cup (Canadas Superbowl), will be played in Toronto, Winnipeg Blue Bombers versus The Saskatchewan Roughriders (aka Banjo pickers). 500 miles north of here at Thompson Manitoba temp is -25 farenheit.

[Plymouthy Adams]

I pulled out of Don C's house Saturday afternoon..got to the main road..it starts sleeting a bit..and I had Monteagle to cross..thankfully it cleared up..and that snow does look cold and the mention of the wood stove does sound a bit tolerable

[55 Fargo]

Winter is definately here in Southern Manitoba, it's -12 f as I write this, it is

-5 in Ed's town (Twin Cities), 33 in Norms Coupeville (Milwaukee area), and 30 In Bob T's in Joplin. Winter is definately on its way for you more southerly US boys.....................Brrrrrrrrrrr

[Young Ed]

Ya it was a chilly walk into work today! I must admit being caught a little off guard and not having a hat and gloves ready to wear this morning!

[PatS....]

Temp right now at 9:00am is 9f on the way to a forecasted balmy 17f (I don't think it will get that warm today)

http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/71877.html

Our version of a very light overnight dusting looking out the window facing south to the neighbors house:

And the forlorn 50 DeSoto parts car in my backyard to the right of the motorhome:

[Normspeed]

Winter is definately here in Southern Manitoba, it's -12 f as I write this, it is

-5 in Ed's town (Twin Cities), 33 in Norms Coupeville (Milwaukee area), and 30 In Bob T's in Joplin. Winter is definately on its way for you more southerly US boys.....................Brrrrrrrrrrr

Wow Fred, good thing you're in Southern Manitoba, not up north where it gets cold!

[Mr. Belvedere]

Yes, even in the land of eternal sunshine we are not immune from the white stuff. A pic of my street a couple winters ago. Notice the snow lepord I happen to catch stalking around my back yard!

[Plymouthy Adams]

someone in my area has a similar animal running loose..say where he sat his filthy nasty behind on top my Chrysler while I was gone..just remember..it is the other white meat..

[Norm's Coupe]

Yes, even in the land of eternal sunshine we are not immune from the white stuff. A pic of my street a couple winters ago. Notice the snow lepord I happen to catch stalking around my back yard!

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:D No offense, but that's not what we call snow. To us, that's just a little dust.

[Mr. Belvedere]

Yea, but the pic you see of the street is after the plows came thru for the third time, so don't be decieved we had 3"+ drifts!

[Normspeed]

Snow leopard seems to be enjoying it.

[Merle Coggins]

Yea, but the pic you see of the street is after the plows came thru for the third time, so don't be decieved we had 3"+ drifts!

OK, now take one of those tally marks off from behind that 3 and your closer to what we can get. 3" is bearly enough to fire up the snow blower.

[Norm's Coupe]

Yea, but the pic you see of the street is after the plows came thru for the third time, so don't be decieved we had 3"+ drifts!

:D Again, no offense, but we don't count 3 inch drifts. I've had 6 & 7 foot drifts in my driveway before. Snow plows don't put the plow down to the street until we get at least 4 inches. Anything smaller than that, they just put ice melter on.

[Merle Coggins]

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And that's why all of our older vehicles look like swiss cheese.

[Plymouthy Adams]

My brother in law in Ohio says they spray some sort of de-icing chemical now that eats cars faster than a woman can go through a savings account...especially hard on brake lines he says..I think he has replaced a few sets now and has accepted the fact that he needs to do that every few years if he keeps the car and for the most part he does..

[Merle Coggins]

Here they use Calcium Cloride. (same stuff used in hydro-inflated tractor tires) It is sprayed in liquid form and has a much lower freezing point than the salt (Sodium Cloride) that has desolved into the ice/snow. A lot of our municipal salt trucks are rigged up with a tank of that stuff that sprays out over the salt as it's spread.

As Norm stated, they tend to try to melt it all away instead of plowing it unless it starts getting heavier. (then they do both) It's depressing to see the roads a couple days after a snow storm. There won't be a trace of snow showing, except along the sholders edge, but the road surface it whiter than the snow covered ground from all of the salt.