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Winter Slam


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Well ... Old Man Winter has delivered a punch to my area. It's rare to see such an occurrence, but when it does happen you never quite know what the end result will be. I heard a cracking sound after mid-nite and thought a tree limb broke under the weight of heavy wet snow. Stepped on out and found a 60' Eucalyptus urnigera down. Lucky it landed right where I wanted it to. (3' concrete retaining wall for reference)

The thaw is on and looks like my chainsaw is in for a workout when the weather picks up. How did others fair in the latest PNW blast?.

Cheers, Barrie.

 

 

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I watched a couple videos last night of a youtuber @ Salt Spring Island (BananaJSSI) and how it snowed unexpectedly in the Island since 4am. Began as a snowstorm then it just kept snowing. 6"+ worth. Looking at SSI's weather it went down to 21F in certain areas. And just like your tree, he had two Euchs toppled by the "wet snow" as well. 

 

 

 

 

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5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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The temps here stayed at or just below the freeze point. I'm fairly close in proximity to Banana Joe. Our problem is the rare snow and it's thick heavy density. It's murder to shovel. I once shoveled a foot of wet snow off a 42' x 14' deck and estimated the snow weighed 10,000 lbs.

 

Cheers, Barrie.

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22 hours ago, GottmitAlex said:

I watched a couple videos last night of a youtuber @ Salt Spring Island (BananaJSSI) and how it snowed unexpectedly in the Island since 4am. Began as a snowstorm then it just kept snowing. 6"+ worth. Looking at SSI's weather it went down to 21F in certain areas. And just like your tree, he had two Euchs toppled by the "wet snow" as well. 

 

 

 

 

I saw Banana JSSI's videos he posted too, the snow has been giving him trouble as well.

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Just an ugly winter with lots of marginal palms dead or on the verge of dying. Thought I'd never see this icicles on a palm lol 

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Relief is on the way for you guys up north. It might start out today as snow but will change over to rain later in fact down here after midnight it will be in the low 50’s so it will warm up for you Canucks too! 

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On 2/8/2017, 12:53:15, Palm crazy said:

Relief is on the way for you guys up north. It might start out today as snow but will change over to rain later in fact down here after midnight it will be in the low 50’s so it will warm up for you Canucks too! 

Hopefully it doesn't re freeze. :blink:

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19 hours ago, PalmTreeDude said:

Hopefully it doesn't re freeze. :blink:

No freeze here, just warmer rain. I keep forgetting that Canada is more northern than me and has colder daytime highs this time of year. In my neck of the woods the average high has already gone up from 43F to 50F. March is when the nighttime temps start to go up every week. It has snow twice this year once in December 4” which last two days and once in February 4” that lasted three days. Low this winter has been for me 21F. I’ve been planting hardy plants in the ground this month, mostly ferns and bamboo and butterfly bushes. Two more weeks and things start to spring back to life. 

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