Well first of all, holy shit they have to chain the house to the ground? Thats some serious wind. For my area, you go 40 minutes either east or west and you will see some serious lake effect. I was once leaving a client late at night from doing a server OS upgrade, it was 8pm and I was driving my BMW I had retrofitted HID bulbs into and I could not see over the end of the hood the snow was coming down so hard. I drove at about 15 miles per hour on the free way south(and everyone else on the road was going that slow or slower) for 2 hours before I got far enough south to get out of it enough to see.
Thats very interesting people can survive like that I would have figured you'd just be dead. I'd not brave those kind of temperatures without a guide or at least some advice. I almost have a hard time believing a cars heater would work all that well with it that cold. I think our record last year was -11 probably minus 20 with wind chill, so those kind of temperatures are hard core as shit.
I really do want to come see Maine before the the winter comes it sounds like an awesome place to visit.
It's a lovely place and the extreme weather/temperatures are awesome.
Oh, speaking of coming to visit, I got a cool phone call earlier today. Well, sort of... I haven't brought it up with the missus.
Remember the bandmate that spent the summer here and recently returned to Augusta to go back to college? Well, she called me earlier and these are the words she used. "I want to come home." She misses the place.
She might be coming back for an extended visit! Maybe a visit until she finishes college!
It'd be a serious drive, and a dangerous drive in the winter, but she said she wants to do it. I told her that I'd have to see what the missus thought about it. Technically, the missus doesn't get to say no. It's not her house and we are not married. But... She does get a say, 'cause it is her house and I'm pretty fond of her.
So, I may have an interesting update with regards to that soon! I confess, I miss having her around as well. I enjoyed her company during the summer. She's clean, helpful, intelligent, and I've been able to advance her guitar playing ability significantly. She also really, really likes the studio.
I also may have other news, but I'm going to wait to disclose that - I want to see where it goes before discussing it.
Just think, it was just a year ago when my life was pretty much free of drama, excitement, and change! LOL I was still happily retired and hardly obligated to anything...
I would be lying if I said I wasn't enjoying the change of pace. For all my pissing and moaning, I'm actually pretty happy. I just can't let people know, as it'd ruin my curmudgeon image!
Well congratulations! thats awesome I know you were non too fond of her leaving, Make sure she gets a decent pair of snow tires on whatever she drives if your descriptions are accurate she will need them to be safe. If you've never tried them I strongly recommend Bridgstone Blizzak tires if you can't run chains they seem to be the next best thing.
I swear by those things. You can stop on a sheet of ice literally. The one year we had a snow storm they were calling the snowpocalypse. The hospitals all brought in extra generators. I had a 4wd Honda Civic with a creeper gear and I was driving around in 1 and a half feet of snow no problem, in a honda civic! Heck I even pulled a couple small ranger s10 type pickups out of the ditch that day.
We can't have you ruining your image I hear thats important.
On coming to visit, You've convinced its a place worth seeing so I may just make the drive out when I know the next show is happening(Once I figure out which band is yours) and just watch that and explore a bit, As I've said in the past I wouldn't want to be an inconvenience I am reasonably sure if I really wanted to see your mountain I'd be able to find it without bugging you.
We use studded tires in this household. ;-)
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