11-26-2014, 01:45 PM
Good stuff Vllad. Thanks for sharing.
I remember back in 1978 in Northern Il, we had a winter where it snowed, then broke cold temp records, rinse and repeat several times. At one point we had 3 feet of snow on the ground that was mostly all powder. We would have days where there was a blue sky, and the wind would pick up and cause white outs. Route 31 near McHenry IL would get 4 to 8 foot drifts over the highway, just from the wind.
So they brought out the off road gravel pit equipment. We are talking equipment with wheels 1.5 stories high with buckets wide enough to fit 2 cars nose to nose. They picked up all the snow on 31, in this drift area and created a mountain of snow in the middle of the farm fields.
As spring came and the mountain started to melt, something shinny and red was in the snow. It was 2 sets of taillights from stranded cars sticking out about 15 feet up in the mountain. Just a caught up in the shoveling...
Glad you and Vanna are ok. Hopefully you will be good with the melt.
I remember back in 1978 in Northern Il, we had a winter where it snowed, then broke cold temp records, rinse and repeat several times. At one point we had 3 feet of snow on the ground that was mostly all powder. We would have days where there was a blue sky, and the wind would pick up and cause white outs. Route 31 near McHenry IL would get 4 to 8 foot drifts over the highway, just from the wind.
So they brought out the off road gravel pit equipment. We are talking equipment with wheels 1.5 stories high with buckets wide enough to fit 2 cars nose to nose. They picked up all the snow on 31, in this drift area and created a mountain of snow in the middle of the farm fields.
As spring came and the mountain started to melt, something shinny and red was in the snow. It was 2 sets of taillights from stranded cars sticking out about 15 feet up in the mountain. Just a caught up in the shoveling...
Glad you and Vanna are ok. Hopefully you will be good with the melt.
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