<p>We had our front gutter replaced last fall. So glad. With the age of the house, it had sunken a bit at the middle and water collected there. Not so expensive. It is warm enough here to go coatless. 42. Windows open.</p>
<p>I drove with the car window down a bit. It was sunny and around 45! Of course, now they are telling us we may get freezing rain tonight. Ugh. And I heard last night on the news that the Polar Vortex is going to rear it’s ugly head next week! </p>
<p>We have a snow rake. It helps, but we’ve still got some ice dams. Recently we were skiing out in Park City. I noticed that some of the buildings had heating coils along their gutters. I think we’re going to try that next. Hopefully we won’t burn the house down. </p>
<p>The thing about the coils is that it will melt the ice and the water has to go somewhere. We have those at work, and it results in all the sidewalks around the building being covered in a sheet of ice-- so not a good thing to put over the patio or the porch, or anywhere you need to walk unless you are VERY diligent about salt. You also don’t want the water to run off and sit up against your foundation and end up in your basement. They work great if you don’t have either of those issues.</p>
<p>I am not sure what to do about the ice dam or how concerned about it to be. My parents just ignore theirs, maybe once every 10 years they get really nasty water damage… it seems to me it should be dealt with, do I need to rush in and call a roofer every time this happens? Is there a way to take care of it myself without damaging the roof? We have a one story so the roof is pretty easily accessible… and the snow’s so deep I think I could fall off and not get hurt. :P</p>
<p>Want a do-it-yourself fix for ice dams?</p>
<ol>
<li>Get as much of the snow on and around the dam cleared as possible. A snow rake works well but anything that allows you to pull down the snow will do.
2.Fill the leg of an old pair of pantyhose with ice melt, the kind you’d use on your sidewalk.</li>
<li>Tie the end.
4.Throw the icemelt filled hose up onto the ice dam so that the end hangs off and the pantyhose leg lies vertically on the dam. The icemelt will help to melt a channel through the ice, allowing the trapped water to escape.</li>
</ol>
<p>Of course if you already have water pouring through your ceiling it’s too late for the above system. At that point you just need someone willing to stand on your roof and hack at the ice.</p>
<p>70 in St. Louis. Snow has melted earlier this week. Low and behold there is a tornado warning and winds gusting to 60 mph. Back to the 30s this weekend. This is when it gets dangerous with hot and cold fronts colliding.</p>
<p>In my corner of NW IN, it is currently 47. We are under both a dense fog advisory until 8, and a high wind warning until tomorrow afternoon, and snow predicted over night.</p>
<p>It’s all too crazy.</p>
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<p>I thought this was hilarious- traffic reporter does a parody of “Let it Go” from Frozen called “Just Don’t Go”</p>
<p>Fifty degrees yesterday, 5-10 inches tonight. It’s the middle of March.</p>
<p>I know, right??? Hopefully we will not get the snow here in NJ, but we’re supposed to have a steep drop in temperatures (like 40 degrees) in the next day or so. I really don’t recall temps in the teens in the middle of March. Ever.</p>
<p>I think our little corridor is supposed to get hit the hardest. IIRC, Detroit has gotten the most snow of any major city this year. What’s another half foot?</p>
<p>In Central NY we are supposed to get 3 to 6 inches, or 12 to 24 inches depending on if frozen rain is involved. Thursday’s forecast is 11 degrees and very windy. One of these weeks we might have warmer than average temperatures.</p>
<p>And then articles like this come out: <a href=“Globe had fourth warmest January on record”>http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/02/20/global-climate-report-january-noaa/5642715/</a></p>
<p>and pictures like this: <a href=“http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/service/global/map-percentile-mntp/201401.gif”>http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/service/global/map-percentile-mntp/201401.gif</a></p>
<p>… and I realize I wonder why the earth hates us -.- lol</p>
<p>The “weather” is supposed to go north of her. BUT the forecasters say the storm forecast is “evolving” and is not stable. I vote for higher temps, and rain.</p>
<p>Revised forecast here is rain tonight and then turning to heavy snow tomorrow morning with thunderstorms and 30 MPH wind gusts. 5 to 8 inches expected. We don’t usually have thunderstorms with snow so anything can happen. I bet there will be no school. </p>
<p>It’s 60 here now…snow is melting…it is nice. I do NOT want more snow tomorrow.</p>
<p>My forecast in eastern NY has changed from 9" of snow to rain and 1"-3" of wet snow tomorrow night. Not bad, considering what might have been. Today is so beautiful and feels like spring out. </p>
<p>Its been very wet here, H took off this weekend to go skiing but the snow was so sloppy, he decided against it.
The rivers are a mess.</p>
<p>I walked the long way to class instead of taking the bus. It was glorious. </p>
<p>78 degrees and sunny here in Hilton Head today! So glad I’m not at home.</p>