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Final Approach
I just saw the latest weather forecast and almost could not believe it. We've been nearly paralyzed by an 8 inch snowfall on New Year's Day. The city and county snow removal has been completely AWOL, the only clearing that's been done on the roads is by the cars themselves. No plows except on the side streets in one or two communities, and no salt at all. My car windows are squeaky clean, for the first time in January in years. At the airport, the parking lot was unplowed until late Thursday. My hangar ramp was buried in 18-inch drifts and in order to clear them, I had to plead with a snow removal driver to come and clear it all out. In the process, of course he packed some of it down so that now I cannot get the plane out without help. Urea is useless in these temperatures and sand doesn't provide enough traction... besides, the packed snow provides an upward slope that I just can't pull the bird up by myself.
Now they're forecasting another 6 to 12 inches between Saturday night and Monday morning. Please say it isn't so. I think I'm just going to give up on flying until all this melts.
Now they're forecasting another 6 to 12 inches between Saturday night and Monday morning. Please say it isn't so. I think I'm just going to give up on flying until all this melts.