What, no thread on WinterStorm 2018? (shop, ice cream, grocery)
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Measured 8.5 inches on the driveway near O'Kelly Chapel Rd near northwest Wake county, near 540 toll. Got tired while shoveling, but it's nice and thick fluffy snow. There's a lot of it! Neighborhood street is pretty much untouched except for some SUVs going around today.
Again, I have to work tomorrow and I know I will be fine if I can make it to highway 55. But I need to get out of the neighborhood, get past Green Level Church Rd, get on O'Kelly Chapel, and then 55. Any tips? I can get out of my driveway since I shoveled it.
I drove all over that area this evening, plows are working overtime, shouldn't be any issues unless the whole world decides to go out tomorrow or you have a RWD vehicle. Hardest problem will be getting off your street and over any plow piles if you have a low clearance vehicle. I had no issues in my 4wd SUV, but it has plenty of ground clearance.
Can I get away with not shoveling? Looks like 50's and 60's are coming. I don't think a ton of snow stuck to my driveway.
Depends on how much you care about your driveway turning into a sheet of ice I guess. It'll warm up tomorrow and Friday briefly but it's going to refreeze. So you'll have some snow melt but it's going to then freeze back over night.
I did a fairly quick pass tonight to get some off and plan to get back out there early tomorrow morning to take as much off as possible. Hoping that when the sun does eventually pop out that the concrete gets a brief bake so there's no moisture sitting there when the freeze happens.
Driveway is a hill so if I can eliminate a slip and slide from happening I'll do whatever. We'll see I guess. It could backfire terribly. :P
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Can I get away with not shoveling? Looks like 50's and 60's are coming. I don't think a ton of snow stuck to my driveway.
It's going to be in the teens tonight with lows in the 20s on Thursday and Friday. This stuff is going to freeze overnight and will only partially melt during the day. If your driveway gets full sun during the day, you may get lucky. Otherwise, I would shovel.
If you listen very carefully....you can hear the sound of thousands of family Spring Break travel plans being cancelled with each additional inch of accumulation!
Not likely. Didn't happen three years ago and won't happen now. In fact, I've yet to make spring break plans till I get my son's baseball schedule, but we ARE going somewhere, regardless of makeup days. Classes were half full at best last time we went through this. If the county can't figure out how to manage snow days and build makeup days/hours into the schedule (something that even Cumberland County has managed) that is their problem.
Not likely. Didn't happen three years ago and won't happen now. In fact, I've yet to make spring break plans till I get my son's baseball schedule, but we ARE going somewhere, regardless of makeup days. Classes were half full at best last time we went through this. If the county can't figure out how to manage snow days and build makeup days/hours into the schedule (something that even Cumberland County has managed) that is their problem.
They added to the end of the year. The last day is now a Monday.
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