Posted on 12/26/2002 3:00:14 AM PST by Neets
Record breaking Nor'easter hits on Christmas Day...upwards of two feet of snow have been recorded and many airports and major highways were shut down.
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail! [President Bush]
Good morning!! Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
And good women!!...BTW - if anyone has a young son they want to marry off......here's a fine young lady
Take a look at this, 10 years ago, Ted Koppel bought property and made sure that there was a restrictive covenant on adjacent land, to limit the size of his neighbors' homes. Now his lawyers are measuring the size of his neighbors' foundations, and sueing them!
Koppel is just another liberal "donkey excavation" (think about it a moment...it'll come to you!).
We made it last night - about two hours behind plan. All things considered that was not bad (it was snowing so hard in northern New Jersey that at one point the GPS lost its lock on the satellites!).
Looks like we have about 14" on the ground - I haven't been outside yet, but that's what it appears to be.
I now know exactly what it is like to be on the inside of one of those snow globes when someone shakes it.
Several points visibility was near zero as we approached and drove through New York. Made one wrong turn off of the Garden State Pkwy, trying to get Highway 87 north (don't go this way often, but chose it this time because of the weather forecast). Signs were covered, assumed it would be the left exit. Ended up on Highway 87 south. Had to turn around.
Many people forgot Highway 87 south of exit 16 has 30' of legal pavement. Must have been a half dozen or so yayhoos I had to avoid because they kept drifting left.
Wind would add to the confusion. Very strong. Anytime there was a clear shot (when our Thruway travel direction was NNE), much snow was picked up and blown around. White out. Time to hope the SUV keeps going straight based on last visual of snow stakes and reflectors.
Speaking of SUVs - note to the eko-wackos: SUVs and other 4-wheel drive vehicles were about the only ones who were not having great problems last night. Did not see a single one of those in the ditch. Cannot count how many front-wheel drive cars spun out or had difficulty climbing hills.
There was this one car, a Honda, that left the Thruway paved surface to the right. Car was in a foot of snow. These guys were trying to extricate the vehicle with their hands.
Hats off to the emergency crews. Many police and ambulance vehicles out on the Thruway last night trying to get to these people.
As an illustration of visibility: Approaching the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge. On the west side going east there is a toll barrier. The lights on the building, let alone the building itself, did not become visible until you were already in the toll plaza area itself - about 200 feet from the structure. Snow stakes (the orange reflectors placed on the left hand edge of dual-roadway pavement) were often not visible beyond 50 feet). Many portions of the trip north from Spring Valley, NY (that's just after you cross into New York state from New Jersey on the Parkway), was like that.
Looks nice outside this morning. Wouldn't know the chaos of yesterday. Nice blue sky, calm air, and snow on everything.
Hubby and Sarah gave me a 10 piece set of stainless steel cookware.
The horse statue was a hit with Sarah.
The number one present of the day was for the number #1 wage earner and all around nice guy. I bought an arc welder for Hubby. He walked around most of the day with the protective helmet on looking like DarthVader. LOL
My question to all you men out there? What's the excitement over an arc welder? :-)
Happy birthday, Mr. Marple. May your day be a delight.
Good morning, MM.
Wish Mr. M a Happy Birthday from all of us!
Coop ~~~ my hubby, the coffee addict, got a big kick out of a gift I found for him ...... caffeintated soap! Yes, s-o-a-p. It's supposed to help you really get waked up in the morning ..... LOL!
A very valid question/concern. Of course, these liberal DEs (donkey excavations) will assure us that they have "our best interests" at heart when they try to shove their socialist agendas down our collective throats.
And as they'll remind us, we should be happy that we have them looking out for us as "they" know so much better what is best for us...
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