April Midwest Blizzard

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It’s the winter that will never end.

Thanks, Bluie5, it's always easier when I share the pain.
I've been on and off the radar, today. The wierd thing about this storm is that it is slow moving and the snow bands are wrapping around the back of the storm.
SD and ND appear to have just the digging and the melting left. It is still just barely snowing, here in Central MN.

The good news is that the plow guy stopped by. The bad news is that he's probably pissed at me for the early AM call, waking him up. I didn't get the typical A grade plow job. Of course, the stuff is so wet that he may be trying to save his truck and plow. Number #1 Son and I shoveled out part of the street drift, early this AM, the Son doing most of the shoveling. My 4 x 4 truck walked right out of the drive, over the 3' of packed white stuff at the street. Mom's car is sitting in the drive for the duration. We are just keeping warm and hoping for some Sun, tomorrow. The trailer is covered with the whole load, the rock shield on the front leaning precariously. Tomorrow, I'll deal with that.

The frustrating part for me was that I was scheduled to take the trailer in for recall work on Friday (day before the big storm). While the previous snow was about 50% gone from areas, my storage lot couldn't get my trailer out for the tow from White Bear to St. Cloud, due to still big snow piles. Dealer was very accommodating, and rescheduled me for the 23rd. Rumour has it that new work (for them) is now being scheduled out to June. Now have about 15+ inches to deal with. Kinda doubt it will melt in time. So may miss many weeks of the season if I have to reschedule again!

I just picked mine up about 2 weeks ago and it hasn’t been out of the driveway yet. Was hoping to take it out before the end of the month but not now.

Slept in my camper last night. Down to 26 degrees. I was testing the electric space heaters. They worked well.

Normally I would be on the road by now….

SE MI got "some ice". How much varied. Further north (Flint, Saginaw) it was 1/2" or more.

Northern areas will have the ice for several days as it it is not supposed to warm up.

drsteve wrote:

travelnutz wrote:
drsteve,

Must be inland and away from Lake Michigan?

South of Lansing. Middle of the mitten.

Our power is out currently.

Wow, your computer's magic smoke is keeping it connected to the internet, and the ISP's connections are up, and everything else is working as normal, without power? That's amazing. :h

Flapper wrote:
The frustrating part for me was that I was scheduled to take the trailer in for recall work on Friday (day before the big storm). While the previous snow was about 50% gone from areas, my storage lot couldn't get my trailer out for the tow from White Bear to St. Cloud, due to still big snow piles. Dealer was very accommodating, and rescheduled me for the 23rd. Rumour has it that new work (for them) is now being scheduled out to June. Now have about 15+ inches to deal with. Kinda doubt it will melt in time. So may miss many weeks of the season if I have to reschedule again!

Any chance the storage lot can get a machine into the lot to make a path for your trailer? The BIL has a large building where he stores various cars, boats, RV's, etc. I know he gets a rush each Spring where a lot of owners want their rig out the door first, he's alnost done complaining after 20 years of those rent payments, though. He loves the classic cars because some guys never even look at their car for years. They just keep paying and the cars are moved to the corners of the shed. Sorry, off on a tangent about storage, there.

What all are you needing for your new Grand Design, just the small odds and ends? Maybe a local handyman could tackle some of the small stuff. Just a thought.

MDKMDK,

Our power never even flickered nor went out. Even though drsteve said his power went out that doesn't mean his laptop, tablet, or cellphone or any backup power item he has was dead too! Nothing MAGIC about it! We and so many others also more than not have a Jet Pack MIFI or a hot spot device or a hot spot on their tablets or a hot spot on their cellphones or ALL 3 like we do plus power cells for recharging any of these items! Then remember that any and all of these devices can also be recharged by a simple 12V DC vehicle or RV battery. Welcome to the present modern today world MDKMDK!

I doubt his ISP is right next door to him and more likely 10 - 20 miles or more away and who says their power also went out there. Then there's also satellite WIFI connections too. We personally could easily go 2 - 3 week+ without any grid power at all and not starting any of our generators nor any of our vehicles and still have total and complete solid and flawless Internet connection!

Might want to re-think your post.

travelnutz wrote:
MDKMDK,

Our power never even flickered nor went out. Even though drsteve said his power went out that doesn't mean his laptop, tablet, or cellphone or any backup power item he has was dead too! Nothing MAGIC about it! We and so many others also more than not have a Jet Pack MIFI or a hot spot device or a hot spot on their tablets or a hot spot on their cellphones or ALL 3 like we do plus power cells for recharging any of these items! Then remember that any and all of these devices can also be recharged by a simple 12V DC vehicle or RV battery. Welcome to the present modern today world MDKMDK!

I doubt his ISP is right next door to him and more likely 10 - 20 miles or more away and who says their power also went out there. Then there's also satellite WIFI connections too. We personally could easily go 2 - 3 week+ without any grid power at all and not starting any of our generators nor any of our vehicles and still have total and complete solid and flawless Internet connection!

Might want to re-think your post.

His post just struck me as funny, the way it was worded. No power, still able to post. Don't get your shorts in a knot over it.

btw, I'm in Canada, not far from "the mitt", but it can be like night and day between our countries technology-wise. When the power goes out here, it often takes down everything, including cell towers and cable networks. I guess if you're connected to the internet via a phone land line, you might have connectivity, until the battery in the laptop dies, but we don't. We use them there new fangled cable ISPs, don't cha know? Satellite internet? Only for the rich and famous over here.
So keep in mind that you live next door to what can be a 3rd world type of country in many respects, and we just don't have all the same luxuries as you lucky Michiganders.:B