Weather Service Predicting Coastal Storm

[maineguy8888]

We have a dusting in Caribou, and it's snowing very lightly.

[inthetrees]

And here I thought this storm was gonna be all rain. Got about 4-5" so far, thinking gonna end up with 6-9". I managed to heard a bunch of leafs off the driveway this am at 6 before it was covered.

[Three Wolves In Snow]

Well, just came in from shoveling the first level. I did at least learn that from last year. I don't have a snow blower, I have to do it all by hand, and last year, I waited until it was done...that just made things harder.

I let the dogs out in the yard and they once again acted as if I gave them the best present they've ever received. I love how they think I gave that to them.

Anyway, now I will be able to open the front screen door and not be trapped...a lesson I've learned...ahem...and got the way to my car shoveled out. I know I'll have to do it again, of course, but it's better to shovel three inches at a time than seven or more, all at once. And yes, it's heavy snow...even that three inches was a pain.

I did find out I do have enough to feed the pets today so I do not need to go to the store today. Whew! Good thing because the guy who plows the driveway for us hasn't come yet...not that I thought he would. And I could probably still make it out, but, why bother when everything will be done by the time I have a break from work tomorrow afternoon.

That is, of course, if I still have electricity. Since I've been inside, the lights have flickered twice...I need both the power and the internet to stay on...or I guess I get another day off...not that I want that because I need to earn that money.

Got bright for a second there and told myself, after the first flicker, why don't you charge that Kindle while you have power, just in case you lose it? At least I'll have something to do if power does go out.

So, in the Bangor area, (I'm outside of Bangor but close enough), it's about 3 inches, working on 4, possibly 5 by now. I do see that I'm not the only one who thought they needed to be out and about...while I was shoveling, I saw plenty of people driving on that road.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

It is howling out there. We have about 6 inches down and it's supposed to last another 12 hours or so. Visibility is very low. This is what my grandmother used to call a "wretched mess". It is very heavy and wet. The lights keep blinking. Many people will lose power. Right now it is coming down at more than an inch per hour.

[atrixwolfe]

Well Looks like i'm spending the night in bangor tonight rather than heading home to portland. Looks like 8" already on the railing outside, I'm currently near Broadway. Went out earlier to to store on Union, pretty messy and pretty slippery. I also was not prepared, I thought 3" at the most...didn't even put my snow brush in the car.....argh.

[Tenebrae]

Does it seem strange that I'm looking forward to preparing for big snowstorms like this? I wonder how much I'll enjoy it when I can't open my theoretical tea shop for the day because of the weather...not that people would likely be out and about if I can't make it myself.
I grew up on a farm in Missouri in the middle of nowhere. My mother was always very survival-minded and quite prepared. At any given time, she had at least a month's worth of groceries in cans and jars. Even now in her condo in the city, she has jugs of water stashed both in her unit and downstairs in the "basement" storage.
We always had oil hurricane lamps on hand, candles, matches, and constantly rotated batteries for flashlights.
We had "normal" central air for heat (propane I think - there was a big silver pill-shaped tank I used to play on as a child), as well as a fully stocked woodshed outside and a fully stocked firewood rack inside next to the cast iron wood burning stove.

I sorta feel my mom has prepared me for Maine winters...although I am VERY connected now with my cell phones and Internet gaming and forums. I wonder how I'll fare...Shall I expect to be snowed in for days? Without power for weeks? How far off the beaten path dare I cast my net while looking for a place to call home when I "retire" in a few years?

-T.

[221B]

We lost power for almost 36 hours starting Sunday at 2:30pm on the St George peninsula. It came on again last night at 9:00pm. Our cable just came back a couple hours ago.
All in all, we had about 10" of snowfall, and lost 3 nice trees that toppled over because they hadn't lost their leaves yet. The combination of the heavy, wet snow and high winds just did them in.

[inthetrees]

Originally Posted by 221B

We lost power for almost 36 hours starting Sunday at 2:30pm on the St George peninsula. It came on again last night at 9:00pm. Our cable just came back a couple hours ago.
All in all, we had about 10" of snowfall, and lost 3 nice trees that toppled over because they hadn't lost their leaves yet. The combination of the heavy, wet snow and high winds just did them in.

Lost it for about 48 hours here. Just came back on around 2. Didnt lose any trees in the yard, but I bet some in the woods for sure. I had just gone out to get more gas for the generator and to get water from the spring in Hope when the wife sent me a text saying the power was back on.

This was the only storm since living here I didnt prepare for. We had plenty of food and water for few days, however I didnt have enough gas for the generator and had to go out each day for more, luckily the gas station had power yesterday am.

Normally I fill up a 18 gallon Rubbermaid tote or two with water in the bathtub to flush the toilet....
If the stopper works well in the bathtub a tote isnt needed, but ours isnt a good seal and the water would just slowly leak out. Luckily had extra drinking water.

We ended up with about 5" on most of the driveway, with drifts up to 9". Got a decent amount of sleet mixed in with snow towards the end.

[slyfox2]

Lost it for 43 hours here.

First two years we were here we never lost power. Then Hydro changed its name to Emera and we've lost power for as long as 42 hours now 3 times.

I guess its time to call the electrician to come over and make a connection so we can connect our generator. We've not done it up to now. We don't have enough power to run the whole house, but we should be able to get power to run the well pump, the septic pump, the refrigerator and maybe a few lights in an emergency. Having to melt with our Maytag propane cooking stove so we could flush toilets was definitely a pain. We had plenty of heat. I'd never run the wood stove without the fan, but found that it heated the house as well with the fan as without it.

Would have like to watch television.