***Official 2025 Weather Thread***

Great, now the tv at the hotel went down. It's satellite but the guide works, and I can flip through channels and I'll get the little info window indicating the show, but no picture
 
Because it’s supposed to get colder. If you wait, you have mostly ice. If you do now, not as much ice.
Especially the ends of driveways after your street is plowed. I had just finished cleaning my 3rd driveway when the plow went by. That was some wet heavy crap!! If I had waited until morning it could have a solid mass of ice! I also cleared the end of two other neighbors driveways.
 
Especially the ends of driveways after your street is plowed. I had just finished cleaning my 3rd driveway when the plow went by. That was some wet heavy crap!! If I had waited until morning it could have a solid mass of ice! I also cleared the end of two other neighbors driveways.
I go to the next level and clear a few widths in the street next to the curb. Sounds silly but when the plow comes by it makes it real easy, sometimes not even necessary to clear out the end of driveway.
 
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I go to the next level and clear a few widths in the street next to the curb. Sounds silly but when the plow comes by it makes it real easy, sometimes not even necessary to clear out the end of driveway. the

I do the same. I figure I'm going to be moving that snow one way or the other, may as well move it now before it gets turned into a solid pile in my driveway later.
 
I go to the next level and clear a few widths in the street next to the curb. Sounds silly but when the plow comes by it makes it real easy, sometimes not even necessary to clear out the end of driveway. the
Me too! And our mail person lives next door. He loves the mailboxes cleared to the curb. I go 3 houses down the street and blow it to the other side of the street! No one lives on the other side its a park. With no parking or driveways.
 
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Just plowed the driveway, the snow really accumulated during the game. As of now 8ish inches

I ran in to Newton to get some spray paint for a race project I'm working on and the roads were ok, but I was the only one on them lol.
 
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I go to the next level and clear a few widths in the street next to the curb. Sounds silly but when the plow comes by it makes it real easy, sometimes not even necessary to clear out the end of driveway. the
I used to do that and I swear, they would back up to get a better load to fill my driveway
 
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I go to the next level and clear a few widths in the street next to the curb. Sounds silly but when the plow comes by it makes it real easy, sometimes not even necessary to clear out the end of driveway. the
I started doing this a few years ago as well, it is more work on the front end but makes a big difference when the street plows come through. Saves a ton of work in the end.
 
Help me to understand, why are people out clearing snow now? Looks like there is at least another hour or so of snow here. I don't get it.

Because I have trouble getting traction with my 4 wheeler (yes I have chains on the tires) when it's deep heavy snow. So I try to plow early and then again when it's done.
 
Me too! And our mail person lives next door. He loves the mailboxes cleared to the curb. I go 3 houses down the street and blow it to the other side of the street! No one lives on the other side its a park. With no parking or driveways.
As the son of a rural mail carrier I thank you.
 
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Just plowed the driveway, the snow really accumulated during the game. As of now 8ish inches

I ran in to Newton to get some spray paint for a race project I'm working on and the roads were ok, but I was the only one on them lol.
We had an unexpected trip to urgent care in DSM, 65/69 from Warren County was basically one lane and slow going, went no faster than 35 mph both ways.
 
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so.....the over in hour assumption was way off. It's accumulated another 2" or so since I said that, and we are standing at about 13" with it still snowing.
 
Made a beer run and picked up something to microwave in my hotel room. It was pretty miserable out there an hour ago. Right now it has really let up as there isn't any new snow on my truck. Hopefully it stays that way.
This has ... "and buying an in room movie" written all over it.
 
Tow ban on I 80. Travel not advised on I80 from approximately Des Moines to Iowa City, especially around Newton and Grinnell.