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The Guild 12-06-2003 Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Posted on 12/06/2003 7:29:58 AM PST by BigWaveBetty

Bob Evans, dressed as an old world Santa Claus, makes his way across a slick, snow covered parking lot Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, at the Maryland Christmas Show in Frederick, Md. at the Great Frederick Fair Grounds. The first real winter storm of the season swept up the East Coast on Friday, clogging roads with a daunting mixture of snow, sleet and slush. (AP Photo/Timothy Jacobsen)

People walk down a snow covered sidewalk on New York's Fifth Avenue, December 5, 2003. The New York area is expected to get up to eight inches of snow in the next two days. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen

Craig Dickerson, right, of Laurel, Md., uses branches to make arms on a snowman with his son CJ, 8. and jake, 2, after 4 inches of snow and sleet fell early Friday, Dec. 5, 2003. Heavy snow is predicted due to a second system working its way up the east coast. (AP Photo/ Matt Houston)

Second Day of Storm to Deal Heavier Blow

Northeast this season was threatening near whiteout conditions from New Jersey to Maine on Saturday after burying Pittsburgh under 7 inches of snow, delaying flights from Boston to Washington, D.C., and creating hazardous driving conditions blamed for at least five deaths.

As much as 2 feet of snow was forecast for Massachusetts by the end of the weekend, and northern Pennsylvania was bracing for as much as 20 inches.

"We're hoping the forecasters are wrong, but if they're not, we're trusting that people will be staying home with their families and off the road so we can get our job done," said Anna Farneski, spokeswoman for the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

Drivers on Friday braved slick highways, and commuters shuffled along frozen sidewalks as they tried to make their way home through the wind and snow. In New York City, traffic slowed to a crawl.

"The salt is here, the trucks are ready, the chains are on, and New York is prepared for the assault," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday.

The storm was blamed for at least five traffic deaths, including the 74-year-old driver of a van that collided with a school bus in Pennsylvania. None of the three dozen children on the bus was hurt. Two people were killed in Virginia and two in New Jersey.

More than 80 fender-benders were reported on the New Jersey Turnpike, where the speed limit was reduced from 65 mph to 35 mph because of dangerous conditions.

The storm brought several inches of snow to Virginia and Maryland on Friday, and road crews were preparing for a second onslaught with flurries overnight expected to turn to heavy snow. Four to 8 inches was expected in the Baltimore region.

Dave Martin, a National Weather Service (news - web sites) Meteorologist in State College, Pa., said the two-day storm was dumping a large but not overwhelming amount of snow on an area stretching from the Carolinas to New England.

"What's unique is the fairly big accumulation, but what's making it relatively easy is that it's over two days," Martin said Saturday.

Forecasters predicted accumulations of up to 20 inches in northern Pennsylvania, up to 15 inches in New Jersey, and 12 to 18 inches in New York City and its suburbs by the end of the weekend.

Flights were delayed or canceled early Saturday at Logan International Airport in Boston, where wind gusts were at 35 mph, an airport spokesman said. Cancellations and delays also were expected Saturday at New York's La Guardia and John F. Kennedy airports and New Jersey's Newark Liberty International, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

About 100 flights were canceled at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, and some flights were delayed at Washington Dulles International Airport.

While the storm disrupted or postponed outdoor plans — including Frederick, Md.'s downtown Kris Kringle parade, which was delayed for a week — some people embraced the seasonal weather.

"We're loving it," said Tana Graham, visiting New York City from Jackson, Miss. "It's putting us in the Christmas spirit."

Others were dismayed at the prospect of digging out. Sucie Stevenson looked dejected while inspecting a shovel she had just bought at a home and garden center in Orleans, Mass.

"I love storms, but I don't like shoveling," Stevenson said.

Many schoolchildren got an early start to their weekend when dozens of schools closed early on Friday. Some high school students got a lucky break when several schools canceled Saturday's scheduled Scholastic Aptitude Tests.


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To: Timeout
Not just that,, but in addition, I think he's applying a womp to the Clintons. Fox & Friends is taking phone calls from the public on the topic "Why is Al Gore backing Howard Dean?"
81 posted on 12/09/2003 3:29:39 AM PST by Iowa Granny
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To: Iowa Granny; Timeout
Gore's endorsement of Dean: slap in the face of his Clintonista handlers?
82 posted on 12/09/2003 5:37:13 AM PST by mountaineer
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To: mountaineer
Are you watching algore?! Look at his hair! He's Hitler!
83 posted on 12/09/2003 5:43:27 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
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To: BigWaveBetty
Thanks for the report, I already had an upset stomach this morning.:)
84 posted on 12/09/2003 5:47:32 AM PST by pubmom
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To: pubmom
You think your stomach is upset, imagine how Joey Lieberman's feels today. *erp*
85 posted on 12/09/2003 5:50:48 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
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To: BigWaveBetty
Joe should know there is no loyalty among thieves.
86 posted on 12/09/2003 5:53:11 AM PST by pubmom
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To: BigWaveBetty
I just turned on the TV to hear Don Imus say the same thing about Fat Albert, hey hey hey!
87 posted on 12/09/2003 5:53:11 AM PST by mountaineer
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Just kidding, right?: The manager of Al Gore's 2000 losing presidential campaign, Donna Brazile, remains a loyal Democrat. But that didn't stop her from harpooning her party's presidential candidates at the Winter Gridiron Dinner at the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia: "John Kerry really wanted to be here. Unfortunately, he fired his schedule ... both of his drivers quit ... and his wife thinks this place is a slum. She does, however, encourage you to enjoy the ketchup." Brazile added: "Howard Dean would like to be here but this is the night he attends anger-management class ... John Edwards wanted to be here, but the ambulance he was chasing took a wrong turn." Daily News

Yuck, it's just not pretty when Dems try to be funny.

88 posted on 12/09/2003 6:01:41 AM PST by mountaineer
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To: Timeout; BigWaveBetty; pubmom; Iowa Granny; All
Sen. Joe Lieberman said Tuesday he was caught "completely off-guard" by the revelation that former Vice President Al Gore was endorsing Lieberman rival Howard Dean for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"I was surprised," Lieberman acknowledged in a nationally broadcast interview, but he said, "I'm more determined than ever to fight for what I believe is right for my party and my country."

Asked on NBC's "Today " program about whether he felt betrayed by Gore, who chose him as his 2000 campaign running mate, Lieberman said, "I'm not going to talk about Al Gore's sense of loyalty this morning." rest of story

89 posted on 12/09/2003 6:07:33 AM PST by mountaineer
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To: mountaineer
"I'm not going to talk about Al Gore's sense of loyalty this morning."

That's going to leave a mark but who could find it in all that blubber?

90 posted on 12/09/2003 6:39:05 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
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To: pubmom
Joe should know there is no loyalty among thieves.

You give thieves a bad name. :-)

91 posted on 12/09/2003 6:43:51 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
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Like I said on the phone last nite Howie, coordinated outfits look super great!

92 posted on 12/09/2003 7:28:14 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
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To: BigWaveBetty
The matching ensembles must be a metrosexual thing.
93 posted on 12/09/2003 8:35:27 AM PST by mountaineer
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To: BigWaveBetty
Look at his hair! He's Hitler!

I thought he looked more like George McFly in Back to the Future with that greasy strand of hair falling down across his eyes. Ewwww!

94 posted on 12/09/2003 9:00:29 AM PST by Timeout
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To: Timeout
Al Gore is George McFly. (Oh Tipper, my density has brought me to you). The question is whether Bill Clinton or Howard Dean is his Biff.
95 posted on 12/09/2003 10:03:40 AM PST by mountaineer
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To: mountaineer
HILLARY is his Biff! LOL!
96 posted on 12/09/2003 10:47:32 AM PST by Timeout
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To: mountaineer
DING DING DING!!! News Alert from Gossip Central!!!

Gwynneth got married last weekend in a California hotel room. She is now honeymooning in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
97 posted on 12/09/2003 10:53:54 AM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs (I have a plan. I need a dead monkey, empty liquor bottles and a vacuum cleaner.)
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To: Timeout
Algore 2000...2003

Teach your children that hate, resentment, loyalty to only to yourself and just plain stupidity have serious consequences in the later years.

98 posted on 12/09/2003 12:18:11 PM PST by BigWaveBetty
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To: BigWaveBetty; Timeout
Thanks for the wonderful Christmas Card.

Cheers, everyone.
99 posted on 12/09/2003 12:38:45 PM PST by lodwick ( Wake up, America)
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To: lodwick
How are things? You've been in my prayers.
100 posted on 12/09/2003 12:58:38 PM PST by mountaineer
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