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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #25 on: December 09, 2009, 08:01:34 AM »
Quote from: Carl on December 09, 2009, 06:19:39 AM
In less then 12 hours we are now predicted to get 3-6 inches (already have the 3).
Anyone that thinks we can guess the weather or climate 50 years down the line is just simply insane and easy to understand why data is fudged and the original destroyed.

I went out to clean off my wife's car, and mine, around 4:30, and there was about 2" on both cars.  Went back out around 7, to put The Heiress into the car, and there was another 4" to 5" on the car.  Took me 20 minutes to get to the day care place, which was open only because the owner got stuck trying to get there to close it at 5:30 AM.  Got on I-87, and I got up to 7 mph twice.  That was as fast as I got.  I called in from the Northway, telling my supervisor (who had a 4 or 5 mile drive) that I wasn't going to make it.  Today is NYS payuday, and the weather is another argument for my wife to have Direct Deposit.  Day care will close at 3 PM, and I'll get The Heiress long before then.
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #26 on: December 09, 2009, 08:05:19 AM »
Holy schnikeys!  24 on my way in, and way colder with WCF.  Thank the Lord above, no precip here.  Otherwise, I wouldn't go in, and would be required to use my holiday I already have scheduled for Christmas Eve. 

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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #27 on: December 09, 2009, 08:21:39 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on December 09, 2009, 08:01:34 AM
I went out to clean off my wife's car, and mine, around 4:30, and there was about 2" on both cars.  Went back out around 7, to put The Heiress into the car, and there was another 4" to 5" on the car.  Took me 20 minutes to get to the day care place, which was open only because the owner got stuck trying to get there to close it at 5:30 AM.  Got on I-87, and I got up to 7 mph twice.  That was as fast as I got.  I called in from the Northway, telling my supervisor (who had a 4 or 5 mile drive) that I wasn't going to make it.  Today is NYS payuday, and the weather is another argument for my wife to have Direct Deposit.  Day care will close at 3 PM, and I'll get The Heiress long before then.

The roads here were virtually untouched as well,4wd truck and still didn`t feel comfortable at 40 mph.
Guess the state is too bankrupt to plow...so much for one of the few things you get for your tax dollars.
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #28 on: December 09, 2009, 08:23:12 AM »
Quote from: Mr Mannn on December 09, 2009, 05:21:58 AM
Blizzard and white out conditions from last night till 6PM tonight. 8-15 foot snow drifts. 14 inches of snow dumped on the city of Des Moines. Every road is ice/snow packed. Accidents galore. --My phone keeps dying...it will work and then cut out (winds affecting satellite dishes). Same with my cable.
Likely I will get a snow day today.

But I thought yankee's could drive in snow ???????? At least that's what they all tell me.

Funny one. A few years back we had a bad snow here....that's about 12".... :rotf:
Anyway, I was the first person on the highway that morning, not a track anywhere. I got near town where the road widens to 4 lanes and there was a 4-wheel drive SUV in the median headed the other way...stuck. I stopped and asked if I could. ....sure he said. I got my log chain out, hooked it to my 2-wheel drive pickup. He was going on and on about 2-wheel drives couldn't go in this wet stuff blah-blah-blah.... then I mentioned that my pickup was only 2-wheel drive...."Well then, you know how to drive." Then he went into a rage about how southerners couldn't drive in snow like yankee's....explained how some dumb hick had run him off the road blah-blah-blah.
While he was yapping away I looked down the road where I had come from and there one set of tracks in the snow....I looked up the road where he had come from and there was one set of tracks....... :rotf:.....I looked him in the eye and he knew he had been owned. I said, "Apparently they can't fly very well either.".....along with a lot of other BS. :rotf:

He didn't say much after that. He seemed to be glad to get on his red faced way.


 
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #29 on: December 09, 2009, 09:11:06 AM »
Very cold here. WCF at -2 (F) when I got up at 0700.
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #30 on: December 09, 2009, 10:02:37 AM »
We had a high this morning around 4a.m. of 34, now it's 24 with a wind chill of 6, winds gusting to 35.

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...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS...

MUCH COLDER AIR HAS BEEN SPREADING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. AREAS WEST OF I-39 AND HIGHWAY 51 WERE BELOW FREEZING...AND EASTERN ILLINOIS WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.

DUE TO THIS RAPID COOLDOWN...WET ROADWAYS FROM THE RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT HAVE BEGUN TO FREEZE. THIS HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE ALSO CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH KEEPING VEHICLES UNDER CONTROL.

IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

Slick roads like this seem to produce more wrecks than snow around here.
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #31 on: December 09, 2009, 10:16:44 AM »
I woke up this morning to a balmy -15 outside.  By the time I got to work it was down to -18, and an hour after sunrise, it was -20.  It's now a toasty -13.

Al Gore can suck the salt from my sweaty nutsack.
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #32 on: December 09, 2009, 11:41:02 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on December 09, 2009, 10:16:44 AM
Al Gore can suck the salt from my sweaty nutsack.

Judging by his waistline, I'd suspect that Owl Snore has enough of a sodium problem as it is...  :-)
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #33 on: December 09, 2009, 11:45:57 AM »
Damn cold here...negative 17 or something. Had to put a heater in the pump house. Poor chickens, I bring water out to them and it freezes so fast they barely get a drink.

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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #34 on: December 09, 2009, 02:17:03 PM »
I won't brag or sob about the obvious Glow Ball warming I have to endure right now. BUT I do want to bitch about my A/C not working and that it's going to cost me $4500 I don't really have tomorrow to get a new 16 SEER heat pump installed. :bawl:
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #35 on: December 09, 2009, 02:31:36 PM »
Everyone who is in the midwest, be safe and warm. Hope you have plenty of food and TP!
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Re: bad weather thread
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #37 on: December 09, 2009, 06:11:00 PM »
Looks like we got around 10-12 inches of ALGORES so called Global Warming . H e should be the one out there scooping up all this white shit.
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #38 on: December 09, 2009, 07:35:41 PM »
Had an 11am customer meeting and wanted to give myself a LOT of time since I was goofy enough to drive the car instead of the truck (it needs an oil change)... People here forget how to drive in snow in about 32 seconds, so I figured even with the 2"-3" I received here, that people would be stupid. I was correct. Drive took about 1.5 hours...

Customer decided to work from home today.  :rotf: :rotf: :hammer:

Just spent an hour plowing the driveway and making a path to the wood pile. Love the tractor!
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #39 on: December 09, 2009, 09:36:18 PM »
Quote from: Airwolf on December 09, 2009, 06:11:00 PM
Looks like we got around 10-12 inches of ALGORES so called Global Warming . H e should be the one out there scooping up all this white shit.

Did you catch Limbaugh today?  He's determined that big huricanes and tropical storms aren't the only storm systems that need to be named now.  All of the heavy winter storms shall now be named for global warming frauds.  The one currently hitting the northeast/great lakes region is now Winter Storm AlGore.

Me likey how the Great One thinks. :-)
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #40 on: December 09, 2009, 11:24:18 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on December 09, 2009, 10:16:44 AM
I woke up this morning to a balmy -15 outside.  By the time I got to work it was down to -18, and an hour after sunrise, it was -20.  It's now a toasty -13.

Al Gore can suck the salt from my sweaty nutsack.

Ain't no sweat on nobody's nutsack at -20.
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #41 on: December 09, 2009, 11:26:30 PM »
And of course, the moisture content and temperature of the snowfall was just perfect to turn the snow into about the same consistency and weight as wet concrete.

Forget about snowblowing it quickly, too.  My arms are lead right now, but at least the driveway won't turn into a block of ice on me anytime in the near future.
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #42 on: December 10, 2009, 07:44:45 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on December 09, 2009, 11:24:18 PM
Ain't no sweat on nobody's nutsack at -20.

Depends on the size of the bear chasing you...  :cheersmate:
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #43 on: December 11, 2009, 12:21:33 AM »
Yeah, we're freezing down here....





Someone pass the sunscreen...




God, don't you hate obnoxious Floridians.... :evillaugh:
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #44 on: December 11, 2009, 12:37:10 AM »
Quote from: Hawkgirl on December 11, 2009, 12:21:33 AM
Yeah, we're freezing down here....





Someone pass the sunscreen...




God, don't you hate obnoxious Floridians.... :evillaugh:

I think somebody's baby is a sleepy little girl.  She is a cutie, I love her dress!

It has warmed up a bit out here.  40's over night and 50's in the day, and the rain has arrived. 
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #45 on: December 11, 2009, 12:42:23 AM »
That's her bathing suit...It was in the 80's here today...feels like mid 70's tonight.

I'm waiting for some cool weather...maybe January.
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #46 on: December 11, 2009, 01:12:10 AM »
Quote from: SilverOrchid on December 09, 2009, 02:31:36 PM
Everyone who is in the midwest, be safe and warm. Hope you have plenty of food and TP!

No shit.

I will enjoy a three day weekend in the 60's.
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #47 on: December 11, 2009, 04:00:31 AM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on December 11, 2009, 01:12:10 AM
No shit.

I will enjoy a three day weekend in the 60's.

What is this "weekend" you speak of?

Teens this morning, maybe getting into the mid-20's today, but the windchill will probably push that back down near zero again, if not lower.

Oh, and I feel a cold coming on.
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #48 on: December 11, 2009, 04:13:01 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on December 11, 2009, 04:00:31 AM
What is this "weekend" you speak of?

Teens this morning, maybe getting into the mid-20's today, but the windchill will probably push that back down near zero again, if not lower.

Oh, and I feel a cold coming on.

As I type this, the Weather Channel's website says it's 20 here, with a wind chill at 5 above.

The Heiress hates to wear a hat and mittens.  I've been thinking about duct-taping them to her (when we go to day care).
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Re: bad weather thread
« Reply #49 on: December 11, 2009, 05:00:16 AM »
It was a nice chilly 91F here today - presently sitting on 86F (@2100 hours).

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