<p>They’ve downgraded my snow totals to 3-5" and just snow showers tonight. I maybe have an inch here right now. The less the better. 
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<p>We’ve got 2-3" of snow, and it’s sleeting now. It should turn back to all snow before it ends. DH picked up S2 at the train station and said the highways were just wet. He has to go back tonight to pick up S1 at the bus station (same place in Hartford). Hopefully that trip goes as smoothly.</p>
<p>My driveway only has about an inch on it and the plow guy is suppose to come tomorrow morning. I’m going to be infinitely pi**ed if it doesn’t snow more since his plowing for $80 is going to be a total waste. It doesn’t look to me like it is going to snow anymore - just some light drizzle or sleet right now.</p>
<p>5" officially at the Albany airport. I think there is about 3" on the ground at my house. It’s very heavy though. The branches on my maple tree, which still has leaves, are all sagging - as are the branches on the birch tree and that has no leaves. H was driving home and ran across a huge tree which fell into the road a block down from us. </p>
<p>As I expected, I just got plowed with 1 inch on the driveway.</p>
<p>It stopped here too. We got about 6 inches total. Lots less than the 12-15 inches they were carrying on about earlier. DH just drove down the drive…we will clear it in the morning. </p>
<p>Only issue was a tree across our road…DH parked a few houses away, walked home, changed clothes and called another neighbor with a chain saw. They cut up the tree and moved it.</p>
<p>But nicely…a young man pulled into our road and helped them move the tree. When done, he turned around and drive away. So nice! We have no idea who he was!</p>
<p>Of course, now that I was plowed, it’s snowing again so I’ll get charged $160 for < 5 inches of snow. I’ve got to unload this house and get one that has a reasonable driveway.</p>
<p>And on a related note….</p>
<p>Stuck Russian Plane Gets a Push, Possibly Symbolic, From Passengers</p>
<p><a href=“Stuck Russian Plane Gets a Push, Possibly Symbolic, From Passengers - The New York Times”>Stuck Russian Plane Gets a Push, Possibly Symbolic, From Passengers - The New York Times;
<p>Fingers crossed for all CC travelers this holiday season. Kiddo landed safely, no snow, no hassles. Even pick up at the airport was fine. </p>
<p>@DocT, I feel your pain. Does your plowing service offer you a choice at the beginning of the season between paying by the plow or for the entire season upfront? We’ve done it both ways, and it hurts less to pay by the season if the guy shows up when there’s only an inch on the driveway. But you can really overpay in case it’s a light snow year.</p>
<p>After getting tired of dealing with the plowing service, dh decided he’d get a nice snow blower and do it himself a few years ago. That sucks, too.</p>
<p>H is just going to let snow on driveway melt this time. Not deep enough to hamper getting in and out of driveway and it’s heart attack snow, so. </p>
<p>DocT…when we had a snow guy, our deal was that he plowed every four inches. It was sort of essential in bigger storms, but kept him away when we only got an inch.</p>
<p>Our drive will get done this morning. There is about 8 inches on the deck and grass, but only about 5 or 6 on the driveway because the first few inches melted as they hit the asphalt…and that is not a bad thing!</p>
<p>I measured…my previous six inch post was wrongo!</p>
<p>DocT, you definitely need a new snow guy! Rather than a service that charges by the inch (I have had that, and it’s annoying/expensive) I use someone who does it on his own–kind of a down-on-his-luck guy who needs the money and is my go-to for all kinds of odd jobs. He charges $20/hour and the longest it has ever taken him, with a LOT of snow, is two hours.</p>
<p>Two hours? We have a huge driveway, and it doesn’t take me (and I’m slow) that long to do it with a snowblower. The plow guys take about 15 minutes. Around here, they charge by the clearing…not by the hour. </p>
<p>Two hours is the exception, not the rule. We have no sidewalk on our side of the street (yay!) and the driveway is fairly long, but not awful. My guy also clears a path on the back deck for the dogs. Now that I think about it it has only ever taken that long when his snowblower is broken or the snow is especially wet and heavy–but that is unusual where we live. Usually it’s nice and fluffy. :)</p>
<p>Sally…if the guy is using a snowblower, I totally understand. Around here, folks driveways get done with plow trucks…and only walkways get the snowblower treatment. Maybe that is the difference!</p>
<p>Gorgeous drive to Mid-coast Maine. The roads were clear, little traffic. All the trees were heavily sugar coated in snow. Very Yankee Magazine. Best to all.</p>
<p>Our friends arrived safely from NM, with layovers. They said their area hasn’t yet been affected by the storms, nor were the planes they were scheduled to fly. </p>