Here in the Boston area (North Shore) it is good to put a shovel INSIDE the house next to a door that opens inwards. Ever try to push a Storm door against a wall of snow?
The blizzard of 1978 was a perfect example. Run the shovel into the top two inches and then try to throw it as far away as possible. Repeat. You can get out of the cellar a few feet at a time. Then you have to find your car under those drifts. A wooden broom works beautifully. Poke the wooden handle into the snow until you get a metal sound. Get the shovel and start a little path back to the cellar. Grab a beer and a sandwich and about an hour of sleep and then get the wife and kids outside to help!
Spend the next 3 days snowbound. Share your beer, cash and cigarettes with the neighbors. No ATM’s. Banks closed all week.
No plows could push away 3-4 foot drifts like that. But a tank could! Yup, a M60 tank without the gun comes down the hill that night with rubber tracks that chew up the asphalt just a bit. No need to wake up the wife. She is bouncing with you as the tank shakes the house. But a path was made and the street opened that next day for cars with good snow tires.
noahproblem almost 11 years ago
And just what are you going to do when you detect it – shovel it out?
blunebottle almost 11 years ago
Wouldn’t work for mine….it’s plastic.
Bob. almost 11 years ago
With snow that deep a shovel won’t do you much good
MrsSnape almost 11 years ago
So glad I live in SoCal!
gilmccarthy almost 11 years ago
Here in the Boston area (North Shore) it is good to put a shovel INSIDE the house next to a door that opens inwards. Ever try to push a Storm door against a wall of snow?
The blizzard of 1978 was a perfect example. Run the shovel into the top two inches and then try to throw it as far away as possible. Repeat. You can get out of the cellar a few feet at a time. Then you have to find your car under those drifts. A wooden broom works beautifully. Poke the wooden handle into the snow until you get a metal sound. Get the shovel and start a little path back to the cellar. Grab a beer and a sandwich and about an hour of sleep and then get the wife and kids outside to help!
Spend the next 3 days snowbound. Share your beer, cash and cigarettes with the neighbors. No ATM’s. Banks closed all week.
No plows could push away 3-4 foot drifts like that. But a tank could! Yup, a M60 tank without the gun comes down the hill that night with rubber tracks that chew up the asphalt just a bit. No need to wake up the wife. She is bouncing with you as the tank shakes the house. But a path was made and the street opened that next day for cars with good snow tires.
That’s how you deal with the snow and the shovel.