<p>Either a drain is backed up at the end of my street or a pipe broke, I can’t really tell what, but it’s flooded. This is right where you would stop to turn onto the main road, at the entrance to the subdivision. That will be great tomorrow morning when it’s all iced over… I hope they fix whatever it is.</p>
<p>I think we got 3-4 inches last night maybe? I left to go to the store around 7 when it was just starting, and 20 minutes later when we came out it was coming down in buckets and there was already a half inch at least. I couldn’t get into my car without dumping snow all over the seat because it was coming down so fast! We could barely see all the way home but thankfully very few people were on the road and it was a short drive. This morning it was totally fine, roads clear and dry as a bone. They did good this time, they must have started plowing and salting a lot earlier than they have been lately.</p>
<p>I got home about 4:30. Was able to get on an earlier flight out of Charlotte! Better seat, better boarding zone, and no one in the center seat. No charge to change because my later flight was overbooked, and I was actually doing them a favor by going earlier! </p>
<p>Got home to maybe two new inches of snow…maybe. We aren’t even going to shovel.</p>
<p>One of my Facebook friends who moved up to the Chicago area from the Houston area last summer posted on her Facebook wall today that she heard it takes three consecutive days of temperatures of at least 50° to melt 2-4" of snow. This doesn’t sound right to me. Don’t know where she’s getting her info from!</p>
<p>But it’s the warmer interludes that make the next cold sweep more unbearable. Even under 32, my sidewalks in direct sun start to melt. We got a lot yesterday- at least 5 inches. I don’t care what the official count is, that’s what we shoveled.</p>
<p>Well, we had a day where temperatures reached 66 degrees, and our 4 inches of snow is gone except for the tall piles. Loved the warmth yesterday. Hope it spreads to you all in the northeast. Of course, plenty of water line breaks with these swings in temperature.</p>
<p>What is going to slow down the melting in our neck of the woods is that the snow on the ground has been condensing since early January and is no longer “snow” but solid, packed, frozen snow/ice - fresh snow will melt a lot faster than snow that has settled. I don’t expect to have clear sidewalks or yards for a LONG time - anything that melts is turning to ice within a couple of days - walking doggie this morning was literally like walking on eggs!</p>
<p>Good grief. I have read this recent forecast twice and still don’t get it. Late Wednesday night and continue through early Friday, the muti-faceted storm will bring with it snow, ice, thunderstorms, hail, damaging winds and heavy rain and temperatures in the 40s and 50s that could lead to melting snow and potential flooding, says the National Weather Service. Gads. I have been out hacking at the ice in the street so water will flow. At least it is Sunny today!</p>
<p>^That was my forecast too - but we got a heavy burst of snow instead! Didn’t last that long but I was out and the roads were awful. By the time I was done with my appointment it had stopped and all the snow on the roads was gone. </p>
<p>I would rather it be cold all winter than the up and down. I have had non-stop sinus problems all winter.</p>
<p>I could see the three consecutive days of 50 degrees to be correct, if you are talking about melting ALL of 2-4 inches of snow. If you think about it, when it warms up for a few days there are still patches of snow here and there until it all melts. I don’t think they mean three days until you can see the grass at all, probably until it’s all gone. </p>
<p>We will not see much grass in my neighborhood with three days of 50. I think every front lawn has a few feet of snow piled on it, not to mention the six foot piles along the street.</p>
<p>I guess they are telling people to move the snow away from their foundations in order to prevent water seeping into basements. We have a gabled roof and the snow really slides off in some places. One snow mound was taller than me. H and I just took turns breaking up that huge pile and moving it to a better draining area. </p>
<p>We will not see much grass in my neighborhood with three days of 50. I think every front lawn has a few feet of snow piled on it, not to mention the six foot piles along the street.</p>
<p>We have a big ice dam on the back of the house I just noticed. My mom has water pouring through her living room ceiling. Driving through the neighborhood yesterday I saw some houses that had ice dams all the way around. I was just introduced to a contraption called a “snow rake” to avoid this in the future. I’d never heard of such a thing.</p>