January Journal/Happy New Year

Dave Y not to start a war but I have never heard of a Face cord being called a NY cord. Being from NY and all. anyone Know the origin?

Good luck tomorrow Van. You are in Our Prayers

Chef,
No war here. take it as a compliment. a measure of wood named after your home state. don't know the origin

I haven't heard any totals in the prediction but they did say we could get freezing rain for up to 12 hrs. That could be major if it comes to be.

It has been freezing rain here in NWPA since about 3:30 this afternoon. things look pretty ugly!

You guys with the freezing rain I feel bad for you folks!!!
That stuff really stinks!
Looks like all snow here, maybe up to 8" worth.

AHHHHHH MAN, it felt so good to be actually working on the arch tonight in the sugarhouse, The Bud came over with a 64 oz Growler of BBC steel rail pale Ale and helped with installing the arch board... I also did some welding work replacing a couple of heat bent angle irons next to the air grates.....

I have been wanting this BAD!!!

So hopefully the weather is not too bad tomorrow night so I'll be working on dry fitting the brick... man I don't think 50 will do it.... may need about 20 more.


I really hope we don't get the ice... the possibility is there for 1/4 - 1/2 inch of ice! we don't need that!! give me snow anyday over Ice!!!

We are now in the middle of freezing rain. Forcast calls for up to 4 hrs more before it switches to all rain this afternoon. School is closed today thru most of central NY. Right here the ice is still not real heavy because the rain is rather light. Hopefully we don't lose power, limbs are sure to come down.
Yesterday I installed a few laterals during my 4 hrs between my morning bus run ending and lunch time and then head back to drive the pm run. I only got 3 done with the snow and climbing the steep hillside. I discovered that stepping on a limb under the snow is REAL slippery and it happened several times, loosing several feet of elevation on occasion. I needed some climbing gear and a younger body. This part sure would have been easier in August if I had been given the permission to go ahead from the landowner. I asked a few times during the summer and he kept wanting to go in to get some firewood. As it stands now I will open up areas for him to get in this next summer but most of the tubing will be able to stay up.

It looks like we might fare pretty well down here with the ice issue. It seems that over night the temps hovered right at freezing and with all the rain that came it down it wasn't able to all freeze. we got about 1/4" so far, no major damage that I could see on my way home from work this morning.

I hope everyone else is doing well and hanging in there.

The count down has started for me, just about 3 weeks to GO-TIME!

Snow and sleet here. About 6 inches so far, with a couple more coming.