locomutt what is it now; "Armchair Superintendent"?
what is it now; "Armchair Superintendent"?
.....How about computer slave observant.
Quentin
Good evening everyone, had a really good week back this week. Mom is away fro the weekend on an Amayus Walk, so looks like just me my dad and the rest of you. Cool outside today only 47*. I got my 3 week reports back and i made the A B Honoroll again! Have a good evening everybody!
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Modelcarlocomutt what is it now; "Armchair Superintendent"? .....How about computer slave observant.
That makes sense, since we ALL do a lot of Web Cam watching.
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
bubbajustinGood evening everyone, had a really good week back this week. Mom is away fro the weekend on an Amayus Walk, so looks like just me my dad and the rest of you. Cool outside today only 47*. I got my 3 week reports back and i made the A B Honoroll again! Have a good evening everybody!
Justin, CONGRATS on the Good Grades, again!!
Hope you and your Dad have a good weekend with Mom away.
Mookie and CW have volunteered to keep their eyes on you all!
Thanks for the congrats everybody! I just got done watching the latest installment of the Ultamate RAilroading DVD series. Really good! I liked to see the SD45T-2's and SD40T-2's.
Well, I finally made it back home. Soooooo glad to be home, too! I've got our Friday Fish Fry ready, and on the warmer bar.
FISH:
1. Cod, 2. Haddock; 3. Halibut; 4. Perch; 5. Salmon patties; 6. Jumbo butterfly shrimp, or, if you prefer, there's also the popcorn shrimp; 7. Scallops
SIDE DISHES:
1. Baked beans; 2. Corn on the cob; 3. Fries; 4. Hush puppies; 5. cole slaw; 6. Breaded fried mushrooms; 7. Cornbread
DESSERTS:
1. Chocolate cake; 2. Yellow cake w/caramel icing; 3. Yellow cake w/chocolate icing; 4. Apple, cherry, and peach pies; 5. Pecan pie.
I hope everyone had a good day, and everyone have a very good evening.
From:
Your cook who is very, very tired tonight
T'was a beautiful day here today for a change, so Joanie and I went for a joyride tonight. First we drove through a neighborhood that we want to move to someday, then I headed down along the UP transcon to see what was happening. I was pleasantly surprised to catch four trains in the space of about 15 minutes- three eastbounds, the first was a fairly short stacker on Track 2 with 2+2 distributed power, followed by a much longer stack train on the same track with the same power setup, followed on Track 1 by a looooong mixed manifest with just two units up front. Then, while departing towards the east, I met and passed a westbound stacker on Track 2 (the first two must've crossed over near Bertram), this time with a 3+1 power configuration. Not bad for a quick dose of railfanning!
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Brian any trip into town requires us to get a quick look at FC to see if something is coming.My friend was able to go home tonight after his operation.Matt also got his grade card today too.Still needs to work on his neatness but other than that hes doing great.Tommorow its our turn to clean our church and then we are going to help my buddy with his chores.(no lifting doctors orders).i made some popcorn if someone wants any.Time for bed.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
JoeKohBrian any trip into town requires us to get a quick look at FC to see if something is coming.My friend was able to go home tonight after his operation.Matt also got his grade card today too.Still needs to work on his neatness but other than that hes doing great.Tommorow its our turn to clean our church and then we are going to help my buddy with his chores.(no lifting doctors orders).i made some popcorn if someone wants any.Time for bed. stay safe joe
Joe, Very Glad to hear that your friend is doing okay, and also that Matt
seems to be doing well in school. Popcorn sounds great, I will take a bowl, please.
Probably; mainly for Willy; but today is the 35th anniversary of the April 3rd
1974 Super Tornadic outbreak. Louisville was hard hit; Brandenburg, Ky.
(about 35-40miles S.W. of us) was very hard hit with about 33 people killed.
Xenia, Oh. was almost wiped off the face of the earth, (as was Brandenburg)
I don't have all the details in front of me right now; but believe they found chairs
from Freedom Hall here in Louisville in the wreckage in Xenia.
I remember that day very well, I made it home from work, and then spent
the next 4 days on active duty with the Ky. National Guard.
Modelcar MookieQ - on trip to grocery store yesterday, we saw.....Robins, lots of robins, more forsythia, crocus, jonquils, grape hyacinths, starts of tulips and......magnolia buds. Probably will never go beyond the bud stage, J....I just looked up the elevation for Lincoln, Ne., and find you are just about 251' highter then we are here....{our airport figure of 937'}. Doubt that minor difference should make the difference between you folks getting 4" of snow and we...snow flurries {at best}....Suppose the natural and normal weather flow patterns come into play and really take those weather systems north of us more so than right at us......Guess we'll have to pose that question to Willy.
MookieQ - on trip to grocery store yesterday, we saw.....Robins, lots of robins, more forsythia, crocus, jonquils, grape hyacinths, starts of tulips and......magnolia buds. Probably will never go beyond the bud stage,
J....I just looked up the elevation for Lincoln, Ne., and find you are just about 251' highter then we are here....{our airport figure of 937'}. Doubt that minor difference should make the difference between you folks getting 4" of snow and we...snow flurries {at best}....Suppose the natural and normal weather flow patterns come into play and really take those weather systems north of us more so than right at us......Guess we'll have to pose that question to Willy.
Quentin,
One big reason that we have more of a tendency to get March and early April snow is that storm systems are often at their strongest point as they move across our area. If a strong area of low pressure tracks about over Kansas City, then northwest winds on the backside of the low pull cold air down from the north and this changes the rain to snow, presuming that the storm is strong enough to pull down enough cold air. It gets harder to do this the later in the year we get, but big snows can still occur in Nebraska and Iowa as late as the middle of April. Once storms get to your area, they have weakened too much to pull down cold air, their isn't any cold air available, or they simply miss you. I'm sure there are other factors as well, but those are the ones that stand out the most. And speaking of snow, it looks like Omaha still has 4 to 8 inches on the way, maybe less down south in Lincoln for Mookie.
I'm looking forward to the weather symposium tomorrow. Some of the more notable presentations will be by Joe Schaefer, head of the Storm Prediction Center, and by Barb Mayes, from the Omaha National Weather Service office.
The best part of the day will be seeing Mookie and the Driver!
Locomutt,
I believe that more F5 tornadoes occurred on the day of the Super Outbreak than during any other single severe weather outbreak before or after that date. A very sad day indeed.
Willy
Good Saturday morning, everyone. We have a current temp of 44 degrees this morning, supposed to get to 68 today, with plenty of sunshine. (Guess that means I better have my sunglasses with me today!)
Coffee, juices, hot chocolate and hot water for tea are ready. On the warmer bar this morning: bagels, bear claws, cinnamon rolls, turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, buttermilk pancakes w/plenty of real maple syrup, or you can have some blueberry or strawberry syrup.
It's going to be a very busy day around here: a free tree give-away for the upcoming Earth Day celebration, the baby shower for me, and the flea market for Walt & Sarah. I'll be with them to check out the trees, then I'll grab a eastbound bus, and go on to the baby shower.
Everyone enjoy your big breakfast I've fixed for you, and have a very enjoyable day today. See you all back in here tonight for our pizza fest, probably around 7 p.m. EDT.
cherokee womanthe baby shower for me
I had no idea. Congratulations! 47 degrees before sunrise in Carolina. Thanks for the big breakfast and have a great day
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)
A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
Good Morning
Mutt I remember that day as well.We were looking at the "green sky"out our back door then our big sister pulled us down into the basement.We waited until our parents came home before we came out.Cw thanks for breakfast.Time to go clean.
Willy2 Quentin, One big reason that we have more of a tendency to get March and early April snow is that storm systems are often at their strongest point as they move across our area. If a strong area of low pressure tracks about over Kansas City, then northwest winds on the backside of the low pull cold air down from the north and this changes the rain to snow, presuming that the storm is strong enough to pull down enough cold air. It gets harder to do this the later in the year we get, but big snows can still occur in Nebraska and Iowa as late as the middle of April. Once storms get to your area, they have weakened too much to pull down cold air, their isn't any cold air available, or they simply miss you. I'm sure there are other factors as well, but those are the ones that stand out the most. And speaking of snow, it looks like Omaha still has 4 to 8 inches on the way, maybe less down south in Lincoln for Mookie. I'm looking forward to the weather symposium tomorrow. Some of the more notable presentations will be by Joe Schaefer, head of the Storm Prediction Center, and by Barb Mayes, from the Omaha National Weather Service office. The best part of the day will be seeing Mookie and the Driver!
.....Willy:
Thanks for the weather input....and best wishes on your visits today.
I must report a little cooler morning than some of you folks have....34 here at about 7:30. But bright sunshine is in store for us today. Have a very light coating of frost on the grass. Later, today....that grass will be mowed.
Good morning.
Snow is predicted for the region where I live, and while it has not yet begun to snow here in the Sioux Falls area, the weather forecasters have been saying we could get anywhere from four to eight inches by tomorrow morning. Right now the temp here is 35, and I don't think it will get much warmer than that.
I'll be headed in to work for my other part time employer, Howes Oil Company in a couple hours, and I hope to be going back to work for my other employer Monday morning. I'm losing too much $ by not working.
CW, thanks much for serving breakfast this morning. And I hope the rest of you out there are all having a good day!
Ray ooo ooo ooOOOOOo
grampaw pettibonecherokee womanthe baby shower for me I had no idea. Congratulations! 47 degrees before sunrise in Carolina. Thanks for the big breakfast and have a great day
Thank You Tom, but please don't get your hopes up!!
WE are a bit old for "Newborns" around here, we wish, but.........
certain surgeries have made that impossible.
Willy, Joe, thanks for the comments; I watched a "Fist" come
down from the sky at work , saw it hit Freedom Hall, managed to
get home, (to no electricity) listen to a battery powered radio about
how much damage had been done around this area; and then
receive a phone call telling me to report to Frankfort, Ky. to my
Guard Unit.
Where I lived at that time, was about 2 blocks from the major
damage that Louisville suffered. Thankfully I (we) didn't have
any damage to property at that time.
I just chilled out this morning, just with a slightly different method than a number of motorists not far south of us. For a while the scanner was filled with reports of people off the road (particularly the interstate). Since the temperature at the house never dropped below 35, it must have been freezing rain making black ice on the roads.
Of course, that just means a later start on my projects for the day...
Weather -
I did work in support of NSSL in the early 70's. They were testing that new fangled "Doppler" radar and we were sending up weather balloons. In really crappy weather, of course. The one day we got any serious weather during the six weeks of the project was a holiday, and we had the day off.... I did later acquire an NSSL t-shirt.
I lived through another tornado outbreak - one which lasted for three days spread across the country from Colorado to Massachussets - the 1953 outbreak. It included the last single tornado (an F5) to kill more than 100 people in the United States - in Flint, MI.
An F3 struck the village I lived in, resulting in several injuries, a couple of close calls, and a fair amount of damage. The roof of a grocery store collapsed, narrowly missing the stock clerks inside. A child who was later one of my classmates narrowly escaped injury when his mother tossed him into the coal bin as the house was being twisted around by the winds.
If you know where to look, you can still see evidence of the damage even now. Someplace I have a picture my uncle took of the funnel as it dissipated after taking the roof off the high school.
Being just 2 1/2 at the time, I don't remember a thing...
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Larry, I have never experienced or lived through a tornado, but I was at a church camp in the northern Black Hills of South Dakota when heavy torential rains caused flooding in Rapid City, which sits at the base of the the Black Hills.
On June 9, 1972, strong easterly surface winds pushed moisture laden air against the Black Hills. Nearly stationary thunderstorms developed and dropped up to 15 inches of rain in about six hours along the eastern slopes of the Black Hills. Record flows were reported on tributaries of the Cheyenne River, including Rapid Creek, Boxelder Creek, Battle Creek and Bear Butte Creek. The flood claimed 238 lives and caused $164 million in property damage ($664 million in 2002 dollars). Canyon Lake breached, adding to the wall of water that poured through Rapid City. The flow of water on Rapid Creek was estimated at 10,000 cubic feet per second. Following the flood, approximately 750 acres of land adjacent to Rapid Creek was designated as a floodway.
And I might add that there is a long history of flooding in the Black Hills which goes all the way back to 1878. When Rapid City was wiped out with this flood, I and a number of others who were at Thunderhead Episcopal Church camp in the northern Black Hills would have passed through Rapid City the next morning on our way home, and I remember we had to take an alternate route to avoid Rapid City. This event happened more than 30 years ago, and you can still see tell-tale traces of the damage that resulted if you know where to look.
Ray
I am back from the baby shower. Walked in the door at 6:15, and I hear Walt and Sarah pulling into the parking lot now.
Here's our Saturday Night Pizza Fest menu for tonight:
1. Anchovie; 2. Canadian bacon; 3. Pepperoni/mushroom, sausage; 4. Goetta; 5. Hawaiian; 6. Supreme; 7. Italian sausage calzones.
Hope you all have had a good day, and will have a good evening, also.
Good evening everyone! I went to an actuion with grandpa today, had fun. I heared 2 trains, NB & SB, on the NS and had a camra but couldn't make it to the crossing in time... Oh well I had fun. Supper is really good CW! As usaul. Yah me and Quintion have some really crappy weather headed our way. The clouds are already rolling in bud so you better hunker down! Walt, glad no one was hurt in the storm!
Thought it was going to be slow this afternoon..wrong.Csx had q137 westbound,an eastbound warbonnet lead q 368 and then a northbound coal train.All cleared the diamond in about 15 minutes.We also had csx 7777 lead q 507 southbound on the toledo sub as well.We also had a gentleman that used to work the toledo sub on the B&O.hes getting on in years but I hope his grandson records his stories.Cw thanks for supper.
Evening all.....
Walt and Paula, was about 40 miles south of you Thursday when the line of storms hit the Petro in Glendale, KY. Took two showers that night, one inside, and one outside the building. The last two days have been beautiful, but looks like ugly weather is moving into Wisconsin for tomorrow. Right now, the last thing I need is a 35mph crosswind and the possibility of freezing precip (furniture, anyone?)
Joe, I see the governor of Ohio did something smart, he signed the bill eliminating the 55mph limit for trucks into law. Can't wait till it goes into effect on July 1st, should shave off a half hour or better going through the state. Now, if we can get Illinois to do the same......
Well, think I'll sit in the corner booth and pop in some NCIS shows, my sister got me hooked on that show, had to go out and buy a few seasons on DVD, y'all are welcome to watch..
Randy in Monee, IL
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"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
Randy, hope you didn't get Washed away by some of that rain!
It came down Very Hard for awhile here; think we got about 3/4"
in the rain gauge from that one.
Well, while CW was at the Baby Shower, and after Sarah and I
had left the Flea Market; we detoured past Osborn Yard and
got to see a few things. Business is slow, so there wasn't
a lot in the yard, but did manage to catch this critter laying
over until Mon. Supposed to go from here across the "Old Road"
sub. (ex joint L & N & C & O to Lexington)
Not the best picture in the world, taken with my cell phone camera.
I had an excellent day in Lincoln today. The weather symposium was great. They seem to get their act together better each year. Plus, the director of the whole operation said that they have some very special stuff planned for next year's symposium, since it will be the 10th one.
It was also a pleasure to see Mookie and The Driver again. We had a good meal and lots of good conversation. What more could you ask for? Maybe a few trains. BNSF was not kind today. We didn't see a single train until the drive home when we noted four trains parked on the mainline and another one slowing down to come to a stop behind the first four. One of those unique mysteries of railroading that will go forever unsolved, I suppose.
Good Sunday morning, everyone. The other two members of the household are still sleeping in. I woke up about an hour ago, stiff as can be, from all the activity yesterday.
We have a current temp of 51 degrees, going for a high of about 70, maybe a little bit higher, before the storms come in later on this afternoon, early evening; could be as early as 6 p.m. Tonight, anyone going out will need their umbrella, some of the storms could be severe. Then, tommorow, our 'high will only be about 40, and we have the possibility of snow showers, along with the rain. Sounds more like a late February, early March forecast, doesn't it.
Coffee, juices, hot chocolate and hot water for tea are ready for you all.
On the breakfast menu this morning: doughnuts, muffins and danishes.
My brain's not totally working this morning yet, so does anyone have any requests for me, for Sunday Dinner?!?! I seem to be at a loss for thinking of a menu for today.
Everyone going out to Church and wherever this Palm Sunday morning, take care, so we'll see you all back later this afternoon.
44 degrees here now with bright sunshine....but we'll see what arrives sometime this afternoon. Possible thunderstorms and I suppose some wind.....we'll have to wait to see just how much. Two days of stuff than it's to get nicer again.
Next on the agenda....later this morning get ready for church.
Good morning! CW, thanks for the donuts, rolls and danishes. I think I'll grab a donut while I am in here, it will go well with my coffee. Sioux Falls is now digging out form yesterday's snow storm, and it really came down heavy, with big, big flakes. As near as I can tell, we got three, maybe four inches of the white stuff, and we could still get a lot more of it before the end of the month.
I don't think I'll be going anywhere today, will probably be outside just long enough to get my front deck and sidewalk cleared of the snow. I'm reading a darned good book about the building of the transcontinental railroad, which culminated in the meeting of the Central Pacific and the U.P. at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869, "Nothing Like It In The World" by Stephen Ambrose. I should be able to finish reading it late this afternoon.
Gee Toto - I don't think we are in Nebraska any more. I think we are now in possibly Missouri? After blowing through Colorado for awhile.
2nd day of 40 mph winds. I have to be very nice to the Driver today. We didn't get any snow. We are getting snow - it is just that at 34 degrees, we aren't getting any snow - on the ground. Just wet water. Radar sez the snow split around us - this time it went from north of us to south of us - on either side. Kansas is getting hammered with snow. And you saw Ray's report.
Getting pretty spooky around here!
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