14 inches of new snow in my driveway in Cuyahoga county...snowed all day yesterday

[Demsrule86]

all the while the weather people cheerfully informed me the storm was over. Now today the weather on my phone says 80 % of something...they don't have a snow pic but it is 5 degrees F with a high of around 10 degrees F...it sure as hell isn't going to rain! At least the snowblower is fixed so in a bit, I will do my driveway and my neighbors driveway...it has been snowing since Wednesday!!!!

[EYESORE 9001]

1. I'm doing battle with a snow plow guy later today

He moved snow from the church parking lot to the street in front of my house. The street. It’s piled up 5 feet high in front of my house. In. The. Street. Taking up half the passable width of the street. If he’d covered so much as an inch of access from my driveway to the street, there’d be fighting in the street. I think I’ll sic the city on him. Fat lot of good it’ll probably do.

[Demsrule86]

4. I live in a cul-de-sac...our snowplow guy who lives in the neighborhood is pushing it out and

down the street where there is a giant snow pile. I would be ready to fight your snow plow guy too...what a jerk.

[Emile]

2. 6 weeks to SPRING!

[Demsrule86]

3. Thank you...so there is hope...I feel like it is snowmageddon.

[Emile]

5. Same here too. I have a small John Deere

tractor with a bucket loader and it would have taken a good part of a day to plow out my long driveway. The farmer down the road with his huge tractor plowed me out in 10 to 15 minutes. I was so happy he came by and helped me out.

[True Blue American]

6. 7 to 8 inches here

In Southwest Ohio. Neighbor plowed, then came back after the snow plow hit. A former Fireman, great guy. He beat my lawn care guy!

Lebanon has 3 inches of ice, a mess, maybe one inch of snow.

[Demsrule86]

10. Wow, this storm has affected such a large area...Akron which is a half an hour from me had

so much ice before the snow came....we were all snow.

[Demsrule86]

9. That was very nice...ours is a smallish double thrower...it works pretty well but in this snow...

it will take more than an hour to clear out the driveway.

[wnylib]

18. Means nothing here in western NY.

When winter starts late here, like it did this year, it stays through April, occasionally even May.

I expect to see the beginning of spring around April 30. Snow right through to then. We might reach temps in the 60s around June 1 this year.

[Backseat Driver]

20. Snow belt areas, for sure. Made ghostly snow prints on Halloween and Easter Snow bunnies in April!

/eom

[wnylib]

22. It's more due to a shift in weather patterns

than to being in a snow belt.

During a normal fall and winter the leaves started turning colors in late September and peaked in color by mid October. By the end of October, it was cold, windy, and very occasionally we had light snow that melted on contact with the ground.

Late October winds blew the trees bare. Snow came any time after November 1. Sometimes there was a thaw at Christmas, but usually we had snow. The last snowfall worth measuring came in mid March and then was gone.

Around 2008 a pattern started. Leaves did not start to turn until mid to late October. Temps in October stayed in the mid 70s. Leaves stayed on the trees into December. If it snowed at Christmas, it was gone in a day or two. Kept snowing into April and sometimes May.

Some years have been different, but the new pattern is frequent enough that we know that late winter is not a mild winter, just a delayed one.

[Vinca]

7. Isn't that one of the northern counties near Lake Erie? I remember driving back

from my dad's house in Mansfield decades ago and hit some of the lake effect snow on my way towards the NY Thruway east. That stuff gets measured in feet not inches. In southern NH we got ice and a little snow. We lost power for most of the morning and lots of tree limbs came down along our road. Not the worst storm we've had by a long shot, but annoying.

[Demsrule86]

8. Yep, that is us...we are in Bedford and get more lake effect than places closer to the lake

which I don't understand. I am told the Lake finally froze and this is not the lake effect but I don't know...it sure feels like lake effect. we have had snow every day since Wednesday. We got a ton last night after we were breathlessly assured the 'storm was over.' HA!

[Vinca]

11. Cheer up. Spring's going to come someday.

[True Blue American]

12. Yeah, right!:)

It is to be warmer next week. 30’s, I think!

I think we could all use a group hug, but on another note when the CNBC guys are so happy over the revised jobs report we can still be happy!

[Demsrule86]

14. That is true...on all fronts. Spring will come again and the jobs report was amazing...I loved

seeing how sad Fox types were on the news. I was surprised that Chris Hayes was playing up a bad jobs number but then after his behavior in the primaries, I shouldn't be.

[Demsrule86]

13. One can only hope...although snow is predicted for next week also...we have only a

day or so above 32...mostly in the single digits.

[wnylib]

21. I can explain why you are getting

more snow than the lakefront.

I am from Erie originally. Lived 5 years west of Cleveland in Westlake.

There is a ridge that extends from southwestern NY through Erie County, PA, and into Cuyahoga County. The ridge causes moist air to rise and dump snow on it. The highest amounts of snow fall on that ridge unless there is a shift in weather patterns.

When I lived in Westlake, we drove to Erie and then to western NY to visit my family and my husband's family for the holidays. Westlake would be cold, but with barely a dusting of snow. By the time we reached the eastern suburbs the snow was coming down.

As we got closer to Ashtabula we encountered whiteouts. My parents lived in a suburb south of Erie, closer to the ridge. They had a few feet of snow on the ground. In western NY, at my in-laws house on a rural road, we could barely see the road.

Going back home to Westlake was just the reverse. Near blizzard conditions when we started out, but no snow on the ground when we reached Westlake.

In the summer, the worst storms in Cuyahoga County rose and passed over us while the eastern and southeastern Cleveland suburbs were getting tornado watches and warnings.

It's that ridge, for which Ridge Road (In Parma, I think) was named. In Erie County PA they call that area Summit Township. In western NY it is called normal conditions. If we're not getting dumped on by the ridge, we're getting it from being on the eastern end of Lake Erie.

[Demsrule86]

16. Anytime I keep power, I feel OK...losing power is just the worst. We have looked into a

generator to run our furnace and such, but they are very expensive. We may put gas logs in the fireplace with a blower...maybe a pellet stove. Our house is a bungalow and on one level...it was billed as a ranch but as soon as I saw it, I knew it was a bungalow...and I found the bungalow window in the attic, a previous owner covered it with the vinyl siding. we will open it up in the spring and take off the metal overhang from the porch which I don't know even what it is called...

[Marthe48]

15. I grew up in Broadview Hts

I rememeber being dressed like Ralphie in Christmas Story, and walking to our school bus stop in knee deep snow.

I was up there in January 2018, staying with my friend, and we got that 16" snowfall. I feel for you! Stay warm

[zeusdogmom]

17. Beautiful blue sky and sun today here in central Ohio (a rarity)

Piles of also beautiful white snow everywhere. Yes it can be a pain to deal with. But you have to admit it is really pretty

Not sure of the official amount of snow but it comes up to Zeus Dog’s belly in the back yard. Big long legged black lab so there is a fair amount. I started to shovel my driveway yesterday, realized it was going to take me a good long time so I swallowed my 74 year old woman pride and texted the neighborhood kid doing snow removal. He and his dad who runs the snow blower, had my good size driveway and sidewalks cleared in about 15 minutes. Smart decision plus it supports the local kid economy.

Kudos to the city crews - roads are in good shape. Our tax dollars at work.

Hope everyone is safe, warm, and perhaps has a pot of soup simmering away on the stove.

[Backseat Driver]

19. LOL, I remember many past winter days in the East Side snow belt of Cuyahoga/Lake County!

There was the night in the early '70s when the roof blew off and damaged the ceiling of our friends apartment down the hall. What a scary, noisy night that was...We all lived in a brand new complex next to the county airport. On a summer's day, we could see the storms come in on Lake Erie from our balconies. The day after that winter storm, DH and various other neighbors helped a guy determined to get out of the under-building garage. Alas, against advice, he gunned it and landed packed-axle drive-train deep in the unplowed parking lot - took all that day to release that car from winter's frozen grip...The driver was a lot embarrassed, but success was the order of the day! SMH

Our little family had a Christmas Eve ritual of feeding the ducks in the Metro park off SOM Center Rd, so off we went only to find out the mall we passed by that usually helped out Santa until 6PM on Christmas Eve had closed early due to driving conditions at 2PM - That year, Santa's sleigh was a bit short on last minute gifts, and my daughter lost her mitten to a greedy Canadian goose.

I recall being stuck on the freeway one Sunday on our way to church. When the plow could not make it up the entry ramp on the eastern suburban outskirts of the Shore Drive in Euclid, we waited patiently, and invited the trucker who had relayed our dilemma via his CB network of buddies to sit in our warm car and share the thermos of hot coffee we had packed before leaving home just in case the wipers got iced or we got stuck in a bank of snow.

That's why I've decided to make Grandma's baked creamy rice pudding today. Perhaps it will be finished by the time you're done with the blowing/shoveling; one bakes it low and slow. If you'll allow, I'll dedicate the pudding to you, Demsrule86. LOL, I survived the '77-'78 Blizzard without power, and even the ghost of Dick Goddard would thank you on air for being kind and doing the neighbor's drive! I hope you won't forget to also feed the birds. LOL - East Ninth Street Pier back then was an awesome winter trip back that now belongs to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, so head inside and put on some golden oldies

[Backseat Driver]

24. Tada! The rice pudding with dried cherries dedicated in your honor

for all that hard work has finished baking - Your virtual serving is ready - Want whipped cream on top?

[SharonClark]

23. Thank goodness for snowblowers.