Welcome from the UP of Michigan

SMFCPACFP · 02-11-2012, 02:59 AM

I don't live too far from the City of Marquette about 900' above the city and Lake Superior in Sands Township. We get a lot of lake effect snow from Lake Superior. As the temperature has been getting warmer over time here, the lake effect snow has increased because there is less ice on the big lake, and more open water for the north wind to draw water up from the lake. We get between 10 and 30' of snow each year.

Snowblowing is my favorite winter activity now that I am retired, especially since I do it with a heated tractor with a front blower. I live on a dead end road in the boondocks so I don't have to worry about traffic while snowblowing. My favorite time to snowblow is at night in blizzardy conditions. If the snow blows back on my driveway, I get to blow it a second time!! My driveway is about 600 by 20 feet, so a walk behind was not an option.

Wayne195 · 02-11-2012, 07:37 AM

Welcome to the forum; we're glad you found us and joined!

Enjoy your time here!

**bwdbrn1** · 02-11-2012, 08:50 AM

Could you throw some of it down to Thompson Township?

**HCBPH** · 02-11-2012, 12:14 PM

Welcome to the forum.

That looks like here last winter after the first snow. This year it's more like you'd see at Miami Beach, you can send a little of that this way so we can try out some equipment

detdrbuzzard · 02-11-2012, 06:32 PM

thanks for letting a little snow trickle down to the detroit area

theoldwizard1 · 02-16-2012, 11:22 AM

The UP is where the REAL snow is !

How much have you guys had this year ?

Down in SE MI. this is the winter that wasn't ! Supposed to be above 40F (again) today.

SMFCPACFP · 02-20-2012, 05:09 AM

We have had 102" so far. I have 15" of rock hard snow on the ground here. Each day lately it has got in the mid 30's for a while so some slight melting has been going on.

detdrbuzzard · 02-20-2012, 07:10 AM

no snowblowing here, there are rocks on the ground, i'm already doing spring cleaning

SMFCPACFP · 02-21-2012, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by detdrbuzzard

no snowblowing here, there are rocks on the ground, i'm already doing spring cleaning

Where is here? I am not good with L & L if that is what your location means.

We have learned here that what looks like an early spring can snap back to winter quickly.

detdrbuzzard · 02-21-2012, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by SMFCPACFP

Where is here? I am not good with L & L if that is what your location means.

We have learned here that what looks like an early spring can snap back to winter quickly.

it does, L/ L/ A. im down in the lower half of the state near detroit. the L / L / A is for metro airport