good morning
well matt is delayed 2 hrs today.Cw thanks for breakfast.The driveway is cleared and The bird feeders are full.mother nature is going to open the freezer now.We will be hunkered down with our blankets and hot chocolate.Wake me for spring.
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").
Good Frozen Morning!
All the public schools in this area are closed this morning. Our temp here in Sioux Falls is supposed to max out at -7 below 0 this afternoon. Right now we have a temp of -16 below 0 and the wind chill factor leaves us at -35 below 0. I have plenty of coffee and hot chocolate on hand and will not be going anywhere today. We got 5" of snow early yesterday morning, much of it in knee-deep drifts, and it was not fun having to shovel it, but it had to be done. Stay warm, folks!
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cherokee woman Willy, are the universities closed there, also? I would imagine that the employees probably have to go in, at the very least.
The universities have stayed open. Christmas break is still ongoing at most universities here, but designated staff are still required to attend.
Jim - I wish you had told me you were going to be in Omaha. I always enjoy being able to meet another forum member.
Willy
The basic weather system is now passed us.....Yesterday, I'm calling our snowfall here, 5.5". Last night the wind did show up and I have no idea what it might have done to county roads with the powdery, dry snow and drifting.
This morning we had 14 degrees and now it is 23 plus. Bright overcast skies show signs of upcoming inprovements. But it certainly will be extremely cold Sat. and Sun. Perhaps next week we might get above freezing, the first in some time. We've stayed home the last 2 days and left the roads to people who have to move about. We don't.
Our coldest month, seems to be moving right along....a good thing.
So far, my unofficial snow count here is now: 13" for the season.
Quentin
Larry; thank you much for info. I see some engines just puddle slosh and some can really swim for it .
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switch7frg Larry; thank you much for info. I see some engines just puddle slosh and some can really swim for it .
Just got back from a car in a ditch. Popular curve - captures quite a few.
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At 12:39 p.m., our temp is only 14 degrees above 0, and I don't even remember what the wind chill is right now. (And don't want to know, either!)
Willy, I figured that would be the case. I couldn't read the list of business closings this morning, to know about the local colleges, universities. Probably just bare essential office workers, etc. And I haven't even pulled up WHAS.com to read the closings/delays list online.
As promised, there are more soups made and on the warmer serving station (Dan, thanks again for that Christmas present!!). I also made more cornbread, that is hot out of the oven.
Everyone take care, and stay as warm as possible!!
Wonder how Mookie is faring in all this freezing cold!!
cherokee womanWonder how Mookie is faring in all this freezing cold!!
afternoon
well mamma bear woke me up to get the groceries out of the car.The sun was out so after unloading I went along the tracks.Csx was quite busy today.A Metra engine was in a consist on its way back to chicago.Q110 had alot of baretables on the end going east.Cw thanks for supper.Mookie is okay she just has her paws full.
joe
Evening all.
Just talked to Tom on facebook, and we have made a mutual decision to come eat some supper! Thanks CW!
No school again today. The county has moved us down to a level one travel advisory. “emergency only” Hope we can get back at it Monday.
Last night my NS SD40-2 fell off the layout and onto the concrete floor. It busted the front truck set off of it, and the wires were disconnected. After 2 emergency surgeries under the soldering iron she runs like a butte!
Have a good evening.
Justin
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Tom was here for supper. Just lurking in the corner watching the world go by. Yowzers, such weather.
Tom
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Yep, everything has been refreshed on the warmer serving station, and there should be plenty for everyone of you all.
Beginning to get mighty tired; baked some more cookies this afternoon, so there's plenty of stuff around here to munch on.
Joe, glad to hear that Mookie is doing o.k.
Larry, I know what you mean about trying to type with mittens/gloves on. I've been typing with gloves on, and that is mighty hard to do, without mistakes. Needless to say, I've been doing a lot of backspacing and retyping.
Everyone stay nice and warm & cozy, keep safe, and take care. See you all in the morning.
Juice coffee and hot chocolate are ready to go.We have pancakes and sausage or oatmeal for breakfast.Going to need to dress in layers today.Our friends are moving down the road which actually puts them closer to us.Going to go help out.They are going to have a birthday party tonight with pizza and ice cream after we are done.
Good Saturday morning ,all. Joe, when you were in here, fixing breakfast, I was just waking up. Thank you very much for taking care of breakfast, and sorry about being so late getting in here.
Sounds like you all are going to have a busy, busy day.
If anyone is in the Kentuckiana (Ky. & Indiana) area, there is a big train show at the Convention Center this weekend. Should be a good one, but I kind of doubt that any of us will go.
Everyone have a good day, stay warm, be safe, and take care.
Well, it's another COLD morning here in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, right now we have a temp of -19 degrees below 0, but at least there is no wind. Yesterday I could not figure out why my house was so cold, so I went into my basement to look at furnace and I discovered there was a loose connection between 2 different wires. I stripped some insulation from both wires, twisted them together and wrapped my connection with duct tape, and that seemed to take care of the problem at least for a while.
Joe, thanks much for fixing breakfast this morning for the rest of us! And to the rest of you out there I would say "stay warm", and don't travel unless you absolutely have to!
Good morning. 22 degrees and partly clear in Carolina an hour after sunrise. Supposedly, the high today is 41 and then 19 over night. The replacement part for the furnace still hasn't come in, so the heat pump is pumping up the electric bill a mite. Like Paula said, everybody take care, stay warm and safe.
Some clouds saved us from the deep freeze last night. We were supposed to get down to -25, but the low was actually just -1 with the clouds in place. For those that don't know, clouds act as a blanket and keep heat from escaping, thus holding temperatures up at night.
We have 24.8 at noon.....Not bad, compared to how it has been here and a large area of the country. Just a half inch of flurries over night, and that brings our total now {for the season}, to 13.5"....That's half our avg. for the complete season.
Now to get rid of tomorrow, which is to be a cold one, then we look for a bit of moderation in temps. Some sunshine too....
Watched some sliding and banging between motorists down in Atlanta on cable news this morning....Why they were coming down grades on the streets with little caution and seemingly solid ice on the streets....?? Totally out of control.....Some vehicles being hit several times.
Quentin; sounds like a big pinball game with ( flippers) ~~ black ice always wins the game.
Cannonball
Woke up to beautiful clear skies this morning, and around -12F. Unlike Willy's cloud blanket, we had 'radiational cooling.'
Much to his chagrin, the Dal didn't go for a walk this morning (or last night). He has his booties, but the rest of him doesn't have much insulation.
Back to decluttering.
16 degrees currently and 75% sunny skies with light winds. Earlier this morning it was around 5. Both dogs were rarin' to get outside ASAP...and just as rarin' to get back in and cuddle under the bed. The youngest cat, Chace, simply looked at the shivering dogs this morning from his warm, sunny spot in the window. He then looked at me, meowed as if to say "Idiots!", and then abruptly fell asleep.Score:Cat: 1Dogs: 0
Dan
.....Cats really can give that image....."stupid dogs".....They can simply walk {inside}, to their warm litter box}.
Cannonball.....That's a good description of the event. Bouncing off each other....
Taking a break from doing laundry, and running a full virus/spam scan on the computer. Thought I'd pause the scan, so I could get in here and post the pizza menu for tonight:
1. Cheese w/extra cheese
2. Goetta
3. Hawaiian
4. Pepperoni/mushroom
5. Supreme
6. Italian sausage pizza and Italian sausage calzones
Now, to get back to the scanning of the puter.
Hmmmm. Pizza sounds good - Especially on this frigid evening. Only 8:30 pm and it's already minus 12F. The Dal gets to stay home again tonight. Hopefully I will, too, although I've brought my turnouts in from the truck so I can leave the house already dressed if we get a call.
Decluttering (which will be a lengthy process), is progressing.
Thank G-d for global warming. Otherwise it would be really cold......
It was 16...YES...16 degrees here in Alamo City overnight....
We are expecting teens again tonight...that will be the first time since 1989 we have had back to back evening with temps in the teems.......
Stay warm!
Good morning! For breakfast we have oatmeal, buttermilk pancakes and waffles with hot maple syrup, bacon and pork sausage links, and blueberry muffins. We also have hot chocolate, orange juice, and the coffee here is about finished brewing.
It's finally supposed to warm up to about 25 degrees F here in the Dakotas this afternoon, and I hope that the rest of you folks will feel the effects of this warming trend. Right now we have a temp of -2 below 0.
Ray thanks for breakfast.It is very chilly here in nw ohio.Time to get ready for church and sunday school.Then its back to work tonight.
Ray - A good, hot breakfast for a cold morning is appreciated!
Currently -12F, up from an overnight low of -21F. I was up briefly at 2AM and saw plenty of stars. The clouds have now rolled in, which may help warm things up a bit, but they're also supposed to start giving us some snow a little later.
After breakfast, a bearclaw, and some tea, it's off to projects, again!
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