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Feb 1, 2026 | 09:10 AM

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Feb 2, 2026 | 05:32 AM

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Too dark to see yet, but it is expected to be sunny here this morning. I won't be putting the shovel away it appears.

Feb 2, 2026 | 06:08 AM

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Warmest day at -7c we’ve seen here in a while this morning. Must mean snow is coming…

Feb 2, 2026 | 09:39 AM

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We had a warm day like that two days ago for a start and almost got up to 0°, was - 4° here yesterday and it snowed all day .I'll be shovelling again very shortly..

Feb 2, 2026 | 07:20 PM

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Snowed all day here again. Someone told me today the Sault got 10’ in December. I need a backhoe.

Feb 2, 2026 | 07:35 PM

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Most I've ever seen here is 5 feet and that was way too much..

Feb 2, 2026 | 07:49 PM

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I forget how much there was in 1995, but it was an incredible amount, all at once. I remember standing on the piles in the front yards in the Sault, your feet were level with the roof tops. The place was buried.

Feb 2, 2026 | 07:53 PM

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How many roofs cave in in your area, can't imagine the weight the buildings have to take..

Feb 2, 2026 | 08:00 PM

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Between the 2 feet of snow, the cloudy skies and more snow, if he seen his shadow it must have been a sun lamp

Feb 2, 2026 | 08:15 PM

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There’s a few, usually one or two every year in the news John. I always worry about my barn, but seems to hold up every year.

Hey wolfcoln, I forgot to look, what did Punxsutawney Phil say this year?

Feb 2, 2026 | 08:18 PM

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Punxsutawney Phil made his prognostication from Gobbler's **** on Feb. 2, 2026. Phil saw his shadow and says six more weeks of winter

Feb 2, 2026 | 08:30 PM

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Them damn gophers lie like the weatherman...lol

Feb 2, 2026 | 08:42 PM

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Doesn’t surprise me.. more like 12 weeks here.. snowing again all day today, same for tomorrow from the looks of it.

Feb 2, 2026 | 09:00 PM

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Most of the days this week has snow in the forecast..

Feb 3, 2026 | 05:18 AM

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Looking like the Great Lakes have quite a bit of ice. Forecast has a warm spell coming up, but Superior is close to 50% ice covered, and Huron at 72%.

https://www.mlive.com/weather/2026/0...cold-snap.html

picture from yesterday.

Last edited by JJF20; Feb 3, 2026 at 05:21 AM.