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[mudchicken]

Mooks: Is NeBraSki anything like the picture for Ski Kansas? i.e. a guy in the crouched position on skis in the middle of a field of corn stubble going nowhere fast?????

[CShaveRR]

Well, now our "maybe an inch" has been changed to a Winter Storm Watch, with the possibility of 5-8 inches of wonderful white stuff beginning tomorrow noon.

This will be enough to cause switch and retarder problems at work, and make highways miserable for the commutes both ways for me.

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Mooks: Is NeBraSki anything like the picture for Ski Kansas? i.e. a guy in the crouched position on skis in the middle of a field of corn stubble going nowhere fast?????

Well, that is what it finally ended up looking like, but a few years back - they had a real ski slope up by the Platte River - where the "bluff"s are - NebraSKI - dumb idea, but they did it anyway! Then it quit snowing. They used artificial for awhile, but I think eventually they just turned it back to nature.

Oh - I am here and it is Thursday morning - we did get a dusting overnite and maybe 3-5 today -but we can handle that. This one came more from the 4 corners and Colo - instead of straight from Ed - and come to think of it - there WERE a few feathers on the drive this morning - Total to date about 21-25 inches - depends on where in the city you stand. Front yard is - well over my head and I am taller than Cherokee Woman!

Mook

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

Well, now our "maybe an inch" has been changed to a Winter Storm Watch, with the possibility of 5-8 inches of wonderful white stuff beginning tomorrow noon.

This will be enough to cause switch and retarder problems at work, and make highways miserable for the commutes both ways for me.

There is a little moisture in this one - preceeds the actual snow. But so far, knock, knock - it has been very light. Will increase with daylight, but they downgraded us to 3-5. This is the same source that said it would arrive Wed nit and all day Thursday, too! [banghead]

[rrnut282]

Tell the guy on the tractor pulling him through the stubble to put it in road gear not stump-pulling gear[;)]

[Anonymous]

Hey, guess who?!

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by favorite of Jen

Hey, guess who?!

Sounds like an owl to me. Maybe Mudchicken in disguise. Will add to menu!

Mook

[tree68]

Snow? We don't need no stinkin' snow. We just trek on down to Fulton (NW of Syracuse) and we can get all we'd ever want.

Click on the picture for a more imposing view.

Now, about that pile of snow the plow left in the end of your driveway...

[Mookie]

Gosh - I wish our driveway was that wide! - More to come this weekend, kiddies!

[CShaveRR]

The final tally here was about two inches of nice, shovelable stuff, without the freezing drizzle they had expected to glaze it. As I was afraid of, work was not fun, with certain cars not behaving. I hope things have dried up a bit for me today.

[JoeKoh]

little snow but plenty of ice and fog
hope to see you soon
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

I don't think cowcatchers were really used for catching cows. I think they were just used for snow and debries that laid on the track.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by BentnoseWillie

More or less, yes. Cows, bison, horses...

Nah, I doubt it. Those early American 4-4-2s even went on 40 MPH in some areas of western railroads. Any kind of big animal would probably be dragged inder the locomotive and die instently.

[traingeek087]

I hope mudchicken's not making fun of Nebraska. It may be in the "middle of nowere", but if your talking trainwise we have the largest classifacation yard in the world! And UP triple track main. We haven't had alot of snow for a couple years because were in a drought. - Duh. But we've had over 15 inches in the last 2 weeks. And Mookie, were are you from?