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[Dannyalcatraz]

So, like a quarter inch?

Slightly more than that, but not much. The problem is that so much of the precipitation was icy. Not a lot of people here with chains (even we don’t have ours anymore).

Looking out my back door, most of the stuff on our porch and driveway has melted, but the downhill alley we’d immediately transition to upon exiting our property would be GREAT for luge or skeleton racing.

Still, not as cold or dangerous as 2021, nor as icy as 2011.

The latter was so icy, we had a 7” layer of ice on our back porch, and maybe 3” on our (inclined) driveway. Plus, the chain on our powered driveway gate was entombed in a 1” thick ice casing, too. That storm nearly destroyed our retained snow-clearing gear from CO & KS. (2021 completed the task.)

 

[prabe]

Slightly more than that, but not much. The problem is that so much of the precipitation was icy. Not a lot of people here with chains (even we don’t have ours anymore).

Looking out my back door, most of the stuff on our porch and driveway has melted, but the downhill alley we’d immediately transition to upon exiting our property would be GREAT for luge or skeleton racing.

Here in the Maryland burbs, we got maybe six inches of snow, and something like two-to-four of sleet on top. At this point, it's all kinda compacted and mostly ice, which makes clearing anything you didn't get on right away ... tricky. Also, what looks like snow is kinda tricky to walk on and takes specific effort to break through.

We cleared the side of the driveway the EV uses, and my wife is going to be able to get to work when she eventually goes back to the office. I don't know when I'm going to be able to drive our other car anywhere.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Here in the Maryland burbs, we got maybe six inches of snow, and something like two-to-four of sleet on top. At this point, it's all kinda compacted and mostly ice, which makes clearing anything you didn't get on right away ... tricky. Also, what looks like snow is kinda tricky to walk on and takes specific effort to break through.

We cleared the side of the driveway the EV uses, and my wife is going to be able to get to work when she eventually goes back to the office. I don't know when I'm going to be able to drive our other car anywhere.

Complicating matters is that my left arm is mostly useless at the moment. I’ve had a nasty deep bruise on my left palm for a few weeks now that causes pain & lack of grip strength in my middle & ring fingers. And today, I pulled a muscle at the bottom of my left shoulder blade.

IOW, I’m pretty much unable to do shoveling of any kind right now.

 

[prabe]

Complicating matters is that my left arm is mostly useless at the moment. I’ve had a nasty deep bruise on my left palm for a few weeks now that causes pain & lack of grip strength in my middle & ring fingers. And today, I pulled a muscle at the bottom of my left shoulder blade.

IOW, I’m pretty much unable to do shoveling of any kind right now.

Ouch. That sounds rough just in general, never mind the specific instance. For an early-fifties mostly-sedentary nerd, I'm OK--This is just a lot, and it probably won't be clear until it melts sometime next week (if the forecast is to be believed).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

As for healthcare, it has taken a nosedive in quality in the last seven or so years.

I have family living in Mexico. They're still able to get decent healthcare faster and more cheaply than I can in the US.

 

[gnarlygninja]

Every time I post outside of this topic I regret it.

 

[MoonSong]

I have family living in Mexico. They're still able to get decent healthcare faster and more cheaply than I can in the US.

In the private sector, yes it is good as long as you can afford it. We can get medical appointments in the drugstore for a few bucks, but something more complicated than a broken bone is going to be pricey. Meanwhile, the public sector faces shortages of medicines, specialists, and hospital beds.

Anecdotally, in my own family we have seen unforgivable delays that caused preventable harm. The sorry state of the national health system is the worst we've had in at least a decade.