Snow in late April

CRUZTAKER

CRUZTAKER

Found what I'm looking for...
Last year it was hail storms in spring.

This year its snow to start with.

The weatherman is claiming a possibility of up to 10" in our area. Not cool.
We covered all the tulips, hyacinths, and several other early bloomers in an attempt to save them. The peone are all at about 14-16" already, and we have a hundred or so......they're on their own. God help them.

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So far the large flakes aren't really sticking too much, but if this keeps up over night and into tomorrow, it's gonna get ugly.

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More here later
 
Barry....sorry to see your early spring planting get pushed around like that. Have stopped for the night at a hotel in northwestern Tennessee, temp here is in thirties!!! Was driving from Ft. Lauderdale to Cleveland in the MM....heard about the snow up your way with more probably on the way so decided to veer off in a northwestly direction and go up to Chicago instead first. Weather predictions from my friends in the windy city say cold-windy-possibly freezing rain for Sunday-Monday. Probably drive over to Cleveland from Chicago when weather improves... don't want to chance any road salt on the silver Merc. Hope your annuals aren't damaged.
 
Utter davastation.....:cry:

I need to go out and shake all the smaller trees, while dodging giant falling trees.

The neighborhood sounds like a war zone. Shotgun sounds echoing from all over as monterous trees tumble over from the weight of the snow. There is no end in sight as we expect six more inches through today and tonight.

The cats are growling from the ominous sounds, and I can hear the neighbors dogs all the way up here freaking out.

I am praying nothing hits the house, and more so, the 60' cherries bordering the barn. They are starting to come down this morning.

I'll post damage pics when I get the balls to bundle up, enter the war zone, and go shake trees that are literally laying over onto the ground from the weight of the snow.

The latest pic...14 hours from the last:
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I live about 12-15 miles due north of Barry, right on the lakeshore. The lake is keeping the temps just warm enough to have falling snow, but no accumulation here. Go a few miles inland, and you've got what Barry has, go into the high terrain of the snowbelt, and there's even more.

Hope your yard dosen't take too much of a beating Barry.

-Mat
 
Not too bad here

Up here in the Motor City it`s nasty but nothing like your getting.The snows not sticking and you have to go half way up the state before the inchs start adding up.Lowell up in Saginaw is digging out the snow blower one more time most likely :(
 
Oh yeah...we're Aviating today.

I am gonna have to take the next day or two off work. The mess is much bigger than I thought, and stuff continues to fall.

The first victim outside every one of my flowering cherries and crab apples that snapped their tops off....the Vic. Our beloved beaterVic sustained a pretty decent hit.

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Most of the peonies have broken off, likely they will not flower this year. The crab apple trees were in full bloom, so the weight of the loaded flowers with 6" of wet snow was more than they could handle. I caught the gazeebo just in time. The fabric cover was stretched to its limit. I used the roof rake to clear it before it collapsed.

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A big azzed 100'er just fell!!!!! Uprooted the damn thing. I'll post a pic once my cloths dry out. This one is freekin' huge!
 
War Zone

If it wasn't for the pics, I'd be inclined to think yuo were BSing. Sorry to here 'bout the devstation to you once beautiful yard.
 
Wow Barry you got hit pretty hard, falling good here about 2 inches.You guys got power ?Just think I was out at your place last weekend with the Marauder and doing a burnout.This weather BLOWS:mad2: Hope you dont get any more severe damage!
 
Snow in April.

Not that bad in Saginaw. 3 inches of the white stuff on the lawn. The pavement is wet, melts on contact. Perhaps the 20 to 30 mph winds earlier saved us from fallen limbs and or fallen trees. Best wishes Barry.
 
just to let you know some of the white stuff made it down to northeast Tennessee. Thank goodness nothing like you have. Ours was melted by late afternoon. We do have a hard freeze warning for tonight. Best of luck with the clean up.
 
CRUZTAKER said:
Oh yeah...we're Aviating today.

I am gonna have to take the next day or two off work. The mess is much bigger than I thought, and stuff continues to fall.

The first victim outside every one of my flowering cherries and crab apples that snapped their tops off....the Vic. Our beloved beaterVic sustained a pretty decent hit.

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Most of the peonies have broken off, likely they will not flower this year. The crab apple trees were in full bloom, so the weight of the loaded flowers with 6" of wet snow was more than they could handle. I caught the gazeebo just in time. The fabric cover was stretched to its limit. I used the roof rake to clear it before it collapsed.

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A big azzed 100'er just fell!!!!! Uprooted the damn thing. I'll post a pic once my cloths dry out. This one is freekin' huge!
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Sorry to see the mess, damn snownami's, and after all the nice weather we had.
 
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