Happy Happy Joy Joy (NOT!)

It sounds like they've remove the ice from our local storm warning at any rate. Of course, without the ice, we'll have more snow! They now say 7 to 10 inches are likely by late Friday evening. (The Aerie is just to the southeast of Mansfield at an elevation of 2100 feet. Snow amounts increase with elevation. We still have quite a bit on the ground while the valley has seen most of the fields melt clear.)

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SOME FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...RIGHT AROUND
SUNRISE. THE SNOW WILL GET HEAVY AS THE DAY CONTINUES ON FRIDAY.
THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND JUST
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...BUT IT WILL STAY MAINLY SNOW IN THE
MOUNTAINS NORTH AND EAST OF WILLIAMSPORT.

EXPECT BETWEEN 7 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY LATE EVENING FRIDAY IN
MANSFIELD AND LAPORTE. EXPECT LOWER SNOW TOTALS IN AND NEAR
WILLIAMSPORT...SUNBURY AND BLOOMSBURG...AS A LONGER PERIOD OF SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR THERE. HOWEVER...ICE ACCRETIONS WILL
BE RIGHT AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN THOSE MORE-SOUTHERN
LOCATIONS.

(Emphasis added.)

Those yobs in State College want snow sooo badly they moan and groan that they will only be getting an inch or two followed by some sleet. They can come up here and do some shoveling and/or walk behind the snow thrower for an hour.

Hey, at least I'll get to try out my new modified V-tail snowshoes. My Alaskan snow shoes (long, narrow with a sizable tail) are up in the Bolt Hole. Those are made of wood and rawhide. I was going to get a pair made by the same company (Faber) up in Canada but the wooden modified V-tail cost nearly twice what a similar pair from Sportsman's Guide in aluminum and plastic cost me and they didn't have metal cleats to assist going up and down steep, icy terrain--an important consideration here on my sloping property. Maybe next time I'll get the pretty ones.