Sparky-Watts
Banned
Yeah, that's right. After a strangely mild and dry winter, we're in for a snowstorm today and tonight. We've gone all winter with only two snows and no rain or other moisture of any kind, had days upon days of temps in the 60's, 70's, and 80's, and now they want us to deal with snow and sleet?:shock: I don't think so!! First day of spring and we're getting walloped. That sux. So, anyhow, our company also does snow removal for several businesses and homeowners around Wichita, so we mobilized last night and loaded up tons of salt, sand, shovels, blowers, and spreaders. We're the largest privately owned commercial snow removal business in Sedgwick County, and the 3rd largest in the state. I loaded 500lbs of ice melt into my van last night, and my back is telling me about it this morning. The bossman wanted me to bring the van home with me and park the YJ at the shop so I could go straight to the jobsite should it hit early. I'm not thrilled about driving a '98 Chevy 3/4 ton van with a Vortec 350 in the snow and ice, but I really didn't have a choice. It's not supposed to hit until late this morning anyway. They're predicting anywhere between 2 and 10 inches (we're right on the boundary between the 2-5" and the 4-10" area), starting out with freezing rain, sleet, then snow. It's supposed to snow through Tuesday morning with north winds gusting up to 30 mph causing drifting and near-whiteout conditions throughout the day and night. That means we'll be out late tonight then very early again tomorrow morning. I know, you Northerners don't think that's much snow, but believe me, people in Wichita can't drive when it sprinkles, much less when there's snow or ice on the roads. They see a single snowflake and before you know it cars are flipping all over the interstate!!:lol:
As for right now, we've had just over an inch of rain the past few days, which is good for the drought conditions, although a bit late for some of the wheat. I don't know if the bossman is going to have us come in at our regular 7 am starting time, or wait till the snow starts flying, since we'll be out so late tonight. Of course, I usually leave at 5:45 to get there on time, so calling him before I leave is out of the question.....he lives close enough to the shop that he can (and does) sleep in till 6:45am!
I was ready for winter back in December.....now I'm ready for spring. All the fruit trees have already blossomed, the grass is greening up, flowers are coming up, and we have several hundred irrigation systems running that are in danger of freezing up again, and we don't have the time or the manpower to winterize them all again. We're going to do our best to set as many as we can to run for a minute every hour or so to keep them from freezing when the temps drop to an expected 15 degrees Tuesday. Hoo, boy......I ain't looking forward to this!! Guess I better get in the shower.....maybe I'll slip on the soap and knock myself unconscious. I got out of the one and only other snow removal job back in December when I got run over by the VW......
As for right now, we've had just over an inch of rain the past few days, which is good for the drought conditions, although a bit late for some of the wheat. I don't know if the bossman is going to have us come in at our regular 7 am starting time, or wait till the snow starts flying, since we'll be out so late tonight. Of course, I usually leave at 5:45 to get there on time, so calling him before I leave is out of the question.....he lives close enough to the shop that he can (and does) sleep in till 6:45am!
I was ready for winter back in December.....now I'm ready for spring. All the fruit trees have already blossomed, the grass is greening up, flowers are coming up, and we have several hundred irrigation systems running that are in danger of freezing up again, and we don't have the time or the manpower to winterize them all again. We're going to do our best to set as many as we can to run for a minute every hour or so to keep them from freezing when the temps drop to an expected 15 degrees Tuesday. Hoo, boy......I ain't looking forward to this!! Guess I better get in the shower.....maybe I'll slip on the soap and knock myself unconscious. I got out of the one and only other snow removal job back in December when I got run over by the VW......
