Posted on 01/05/2005 8:29:29 AM PST by 1LongTimeLurker
Looks like you folks could get some snow up your way, FYI. ;-)
Don't forget the toilet paper, for criminey.
Bummer that they couldn't even think up a clever name like "Aztec Express" for the third storm system.
I think today is the one year anniversary of that three-day snow and ice storm that closed everything down. I couldn't get out of my driveway because of the ice.
My husband had to drive to Portland that night, so he took the 4-wheel drive vehicle. It took him nearly five hours to go 150 miles. Scary, scary, scary.
It's not though. Watch and see where these three storms finally merge to become one. ;^)
Nope......Summer and fall are the only decent times in the midwest.
That is a pretty map! I'm in the Blue Zone in southern Wisconsin. 10" coming...about 3" on the ground already. Yippee! I can get out the snowmobile for the first time in FIVE YEARS!
"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine." ~ Anthony J. D'Angelo
"Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather." ~ Dale Evans Rogers
"It is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather; they are in haste to tell each other, what each must already know, that it is hot or cold, bright or cloudy, windy or calm." ~ Samuel Johnson, 1758
There's supposedly a scientific basis for wind chill. The 'official' wind chill table was updated just a couple years ago to be more accurate. There's no arguing the fact that, if you expose bare skin to X degrees with wind averaging Y MPH, it'll take the same amount of time for frostbite to occur as if it had been Z degrees with no wind. The only argument is with the numbers. The phenomenon is real.
If you've ever had frostbite, you know it's serious business. Don't make me post pictures. :-)
How 'bout naming it Paris Hilton?
{{{Look innocent}}}
Oh NOOOOOOOOO . . . WEATHER AGAIN? Why does it keep happening? Why are we always having to deal with this? When is somebody going to do something about WEATHER? I'm sure we can open a Congressional Committee or convene a UN Emergency Panel or something. Something should be done and we should spare no expense to make sure that the plan is carried out.
I'm glad you like it. Someone ought to get some pleasure from it. For your sake I hope the snow isn't followed by drenching rains followed by freezing temps. That was last weeks gift to snowmobilers and commuters alike. : )
Maine seems to be safe though!
She, a normally kind gentle soul mentioned slaughtering the damned seals barking all night outside her hotel room. She relocated to some dump motel closer to the mill, but without those damn seals barking all night! Night and day were irrelevant, as she couldn't identify the sun or moon for the full time she was there. Nothing but fog, mist, rain, and ice all 24/7.
Sounds like a drainage and/or ground-cover problem. Depends on what you're doing and where you're doing it, I guess.
Nope......Summer and fall are the only decent times in the midwest.
To each his own. Frankly, a big part of the year-round joy of living here is the relatively low (riff-raff-)population density. ;O)
If Paris Hilton were a storm, she'd be an immature nor'easter, with itty bitty little waves and a nasty smell at low tide.
Wind chill, heat index - stop the insanity!
Here in CR, snow's falling and the wind is blowing. We're under a Winter Storm Warning until tomorrow morning. We had about 3" overnight and maybe another 3" so far this morning. Forecast is for heavier snow tonight; predicted totals seem to be running from 10" to 14" by the time it's finished.
When you include the farmers, that applies pretty much for the nation as a whole. It may even be less, since farmers are less than 1% of the population. Where I grew up out in West Texas, most family farms were 2 to 4 square miles in size, even bigger for those with big families, like all those german catholic farmers in St. Lawrence, Wall, Rowena, Olfen, and Miles.
LOL! Good point.
It's too bad she couldn't have been here the past couple of days. Cold, but bright sunshine.
Awfully smoky, though. Something must be on fire to the north.
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