***OFFICIAL 2026 WEATHER THREAD***
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Schools are late starting to your east. Some ice on the southern parts. No snow outside.
Roughly 2" or so in Marion. WEAK school closure. 2 hour delay, fine. Now I gotta deal with these kids all day.
I was out getting the cars cleaned off this morning at around 5 and I swear we had about 8” in Des Moines by Methodist hospital.
My car is in the gray lot at the airport. Can’t wait to clean that frozen cement off in a few days.
I parked in the garage even though work will only reimburse for the blue lot. I’m feeling good about my decision.
Message this guy??? Maybe he/she can help? Sounds like they were pretty busy this morning at the Methodist Hospital. Or did I read it wrong?
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I was out getting the cars cleaned off this morning at around 5 and I swear we had about 8” in Des Moines by Methodist hospital.
If you're shoveling, PLEASE be careful. This snow is wicked heavy on the bottom. Not worth having a heart attack.
Just got finished blowing the snow here in N. Ames, I would guess we have 9 to 10 inches on the ground. The wind really caused some drifting last night. On our sidewalk up to the house there were places with no snow and others with a 1.5 drift.
Overall took about an hour, snow blower went right through the snow, our neighbor to the west was out there struggling again with his single stage electric blower so I did his walk. I told him, you need a bigger snowblower for our snow and he agreed.
Overall took about an hour, snow blower went right through the snow, our neighbor to the west was out there struggling again with his single stage electric blower so I did his walk. I told him, you need a bigger snowblower for our snow and he agreed.
Cleared the first 3-4" of wet stuff in WDM around 8 last night. Had to go get the MIL from the airport at 11:30 last night, so I cleared around another 2" of much lighter stuff at 11. Snowplow went by during that time, so I was able to get that moved before it froze. Small amount of touch up this morning before heading off to work. The amount of people struggling this morning to clear snow made me glad I tackled in it stages.
I have the same situation with our neighbor. The challenge is it seems like I need my two stage snow blower only a couple times a year, so I can see why a lot of folks try to get by on a smaller one (and a nice neighbor who owns a larger one).
you get different pairs of shoes depending on what you are doing/activity level. why not get both depending on snow type/level.
It's easier to store shoes then even a small single stage. I mean I have a bulky old 2 stage currently and have thought of that for lighter snows, but also don't have the additional room to store one currently either, the mower and blower swap the garage/shed spots.
The snow plow just came through and filled back in the driveway, so back out I went, and the neighbor who was out there before I was, was back out at it. He still had a good 10 by 10 pack of snow in his drive that had not been cleaned. When I got the snow the city plowed in cleaned up I went over and finished up his drive. What took me 5 minutes would have taken him an hour. A electric single stage blower just does not cut it with as much snow as we got up here in Ames last night. A few inches they are great, but with piles of snow like last night, he had to break it up with a scoop to then blow it off. I really felt sorry for the guy, he kept saying in broken English he had to get to work and couldn't get their car out. Really nice couple and the wife makes a mean Rum Cake last Thanksgiving, better than we tried in the Bahamas.
