NO, NO, NO SNOW HERE IN VA YET..... Do NOT want it or need it at this time. We have had a couple of snows as a freak storm... in Oct... and it was a huge problem. There are still leaves on the trees, a snow at this time would take trees down, limbs and such with all the leaves on the trees. VDOT is getting the fall work done on the roads so that they can better take care of the roads during the winter... getting the ditching done and things like that so that if there is alot of snow/rain/sleet/ crappy weather... there is places for the run off along the sides of the roads... the contractors are not equipped or even in some areas all needed contractors are not hired...
None of the VDOT residencies have any salt or brine or the grit used on the roads...they are in no way ready for snow... and in the counties to the east of the blue ridge mountains...they are less prepared for any real bad snow because they don't get much most of the years either... I remember, and
@Mini Horses can confirm. that there were some he//acious snows in the eastern counties...Hampton Roads areas comes to mind.... and they were totally ill equipped to handle it due to not having much snow on a regular basis either...in fact that they don't have the plows to do more than token plowing..... my DS went with the big snowblower and spent 36 straight hours trying to get major roads opened up due to the speed and severity... and no one else capable of running that machine over that way. He taught a guy on the fly that was pretty equipment savvy to run it so he could get some sleep.... and I held down the fort here with feeding along with 2 friends that ran the skid loader to feed silage in the barn...
Sure, it will mean more hours, so more income for the contractors... but it would be a real nightmare this soon. Around here, many farmers contract their tractors and get them equipped with plows and all to deal with the back roads here... and they are in NO WAY ready for that around here...
NO, we do not need snow before Thanksgiving... hunting season mostly done, leaves off the trees, all the equipment ready for the weather changes....
The general predictions is it will be a hard winter... we are trying to get prepared at the farm... but we have alot of NORMAL fall chores/jobs that need to be completed. VDOT is making preparations for a harder winter than the last few have been.
PLEASE keep the snow in Alaska, and even some of it in the NORMAL early snow areas in places like WY and CO and such... as it is normal for those areas to get earlier snows...
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