Posted on 01/22/2007 10:29:12 AM PST by SandRat
SIERRA VISTA -- Fort Huachuca officials announced that all personnel including DA civilians and contractors have been sent home this morning due to the inclement weather.
Only mission essential personnel and residents will be allowed access to the installation. All non-mission essential personnel who may already be on the fort have been released. Officials advise caution when traveling on the installation due to icy conditions.
The fort's dining facilities are operating on a normal schedule for now, but the situation may be update. In other related news, Interstate 10 remains open but there are numerous icy spots east of Tucson. Motorists should expect winter driving conditions with sporadic delays and lane closures.
State Route 70 and State Route 191 are closed due to snow and ice.These highways are in the Safford area.
Interstate 10 in New Mexico remains closed in both directions.
For the most current information on the highway conditions please call 511 and follow the prompts for I-10 east of Tucson.
A heavy snow warning remains in effect through 5 p.m. today, according to the National Weather Service.
Schools in Bisbee, Tombstone and Palominas closed because of the snow and the road conditions it created, according to the school districts Web sites.
Sierra Vista schools went on as normal.
Highway 90 between Sierra Vista and Bisbee was closed overnight because of snow and ice on the roadway, but reopened this morning, according to the ADOT Web site www.az511.com. The weather service forecast for today includes continued snow and moisture through the morning, tapering off as the day progress. The weather was being created by a "strong and cold winter storm" system that was over central Arizona and moving south toward northern Mexico, the weather service reported. As part of the area forecast, possible snow accumulations of 1 to 4 inches were expected in the lower elevations. In higher elevations, such as the Huachuca Mountains, 4 to 8 inches of snow was expected. For road condition information, call 511 or log onto www.az511.com
....looks like a good time to bring the next drug shipment through....
Wish my employer would send me home. I could use some time off. :)
I 25 North from Las Cruces is also closed.
Sandrat,
First of all Happy Birthday!!!! Second, I am going to wait until I hear President Bush's State of the Union Speech and if he says that their is global warming than perhaps I might believe it...sarc.
Ah yes, more problems caused by global warming. I guess it's time to sell the snowmobiles. ;o)
Sounds like classic Gore effect to me
There was a post somewhere around here about "The Gore Effect". The gist of "The Gore Effect" is that at times when manbearpig goes out and about speaking about "global warming" some places he has spoken at have had some of their lowest temps. in recent memory.
yeah, check out the effects of Global Warming back in 1936...
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pub/data/special/maxtemps.pdf
And the minimums:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pub/data/special/mintemps.pdf
The "Gobal Warming" theory has been fixed.
It's now "Climate change". That takes care of any problems with the theory.
Thank you for the Birthday wish.
Think he did make it PHX and it snowed there too.
Yeah, he does have a CHILLING EFFECT on the audience.
I think the shepard pictured on your reply is a relative of my dog. Same markings ,color and the whole bit. Also is an Sierra Vista resident.
ah,... I see PC Speak.
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