Winter 2016 (Bend, Redmond, La Pine: shop, moving, pine)

[BendLocal]

Received some snow accumulation on Monday night and Tuesday. A chilly start for Wednesday at 3 degrees.

[Snownut]

Had 4 this morning at my place.. had an appointment in La Pine and car temp gauge went to -4 on the drive there and that was after 9am...

Looks like a few more inches of snow tomorrow morning and perhaps ending as ice of light rain??

More good snows in the mountains !!

[BendLocal]

This morning is heavy snowfall and 13 degrees.

[Snownut]

Looks like this one will certainly exceed the 3 - 5 " forecast.. sure is beautiful out there !

[BendLocal]

Beautiful yes but the roads are getting slick. Wouldn't be so bad if everyone had snow tires.

[Snownut]

Originally Posted by BendLocal

Beautiful yes but the roads are getting slick. Wouldn't be so bad if everyone had snow tires.

Agree and please drove appropriate speeds. I was nearly creamed by a teenage boy in a Toyota pickup on Tuesday. I was coming north below Deschutes Brewery he was going way to fast on the turn and slid sideways into my lane. Thankfully I was watching and managed to stop before he crashed into me. The round a bouts and intersections are bad and getting worse.

[BendLocal]

The round-a-bouts are a mess in this weather.

[Thom52]

And it might be changing to freezing rain this afternoon. That will really make the roads ugly.

Remember....just because people are going fast and acting like a nicely polished icy road is dry pavement, doesn't mean they are getting away with it. I personally prefer to go a bit slower and get to my destination a couple minutes later, than playing bumper cars. Its not like anything is a long drive around here anyway.

I have already seen one flipped and rolled macho 4WD drive truck, even before the snow hit town, when I was coming back from snowshoeing at the sno-parks. Apparently people like to come back from Bachelor at 70+mph. I was doing 60mph and had a backup behind me, even with pulling over whenever I could. But hey, only the curves were icy on that day. You would think the two cops looking over the road edge at the totalled truck with a smashed in roof and its windows all popped out, would have slowed down traffic.

[oregonwoodsmoke]

I just came in from removing snow from the eaves with the roof rake. I somehow disregarded my annual advice to have a snow shovel ready well before the first snow. I know I own at least three snow shovels and can't find a single one. My front porch looks like the approach to Santa's workshop.

My mailbox has already been wiped out by a driver going too fast around the curve on the snow. It happens at least three times every winter. I don't even plant the mailbox, it is just propped up in a cinder block. No point in digging a hole for a mail box post 3-4 times every year.

My studded tires are in the back of my car. I haven't had any luck finding a place that has time to put them on the car. The tire places are slammed. My son usually does it, but he was sent out of town for his work.

[Coniferian]

Looks like about 6" so far here in Redmond. Plows are working the main streets and ignoring the residential, as usual. Should get above freezing today, so that will help.