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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:03 AM

Is it Wednesday already?  How time flies! 

Morning munchies, then it's time to grab the project list and see what I can knock off today.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:44 AM

good morning

rain on the way then snow.Cw thanks for breakfast.Sorry about my other posts.the computer doesn't like our other computer so I'll try to keep you updated here.Time for a nap.chores to do this afternoon.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:37 AM

Good Wednesday morning everyone.  We have light rain falling here in Louisville; it was quite heavier earlier.  Periods of heavy rain are expected for all day.  Won't turn to snow until sometime late tomorrow morning.  Still only calling for anywhere from 1/2 in. to 1 in. accumulation.  But will have winds and wind chills to contend with, also.

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  Breakfast is on the warmer/serving bar. 

Going to try to get hold of my reg. dr. later this morning.  Throat is kind of achy, and not feeling too well this morning.  Everyone take care, have a good day, and keep things rolling on track here today.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:55 PM

Modelcar
Never heard of such depth from a weather system.

The little town of Redfield, NY was square in the middle of a snow event a few years ago.  Over the span of about a week, they got 12 feet of snow.  Of course, they're square in the middle of the Lake Ontario snowbelt, so they're pretty well used to it.

Syracuse generally sees around 120" of snow a year, although they're substantially behind this year.

We lost the roof of our fire department social hall about 12 years ago when several days of heavy snow collected on it before we had a chance to clear it.  Several other buildings in the area collapsed as a result of the same event.  It wasn't 18', or even 8', but it was enough.

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:25 PM

Certainly, some buildings will fail with that kind of loading.  Never heard of such depth from a weather system.  I wonder, did this happen continuously until the snow accumulated 18 to 20'...!!

And in Alaska....I'd imagine they don't get much weather for any thawing before oncoming Spring....That sounds overbearing.

So much would be covered up that regurarly needs routine attention.

Difficult to understand how people will survive in that area.  18 to 20' of snow....!!  Difficult to imagine.

The weirdness of our January weather patterns seems to be wide spread.

Item:  I've seen drifted snow that deep back in the home area of Pennsylvania, back in 1958.  That caused plenty of trouble.

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:10 PM

tree68

The snow, 18 feet of it, fell on a town in Alaska. 

The town is Cordova, Alaska which at one time had a mining RR the CRNW -- The Copper River and Northwestern railway.  Cordova is located on an inlet of Prince William sound  ~  100 miles east of Anchorage. Now the worse problem is that they are receiving rain on top of the snow.  Cannot imagine the weight on roof beams.   100+  ## per sq foot.

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:06 PM

Tree - maybe that is 18 feet less we will have here down below. 

Went out for lunch and errands and then sat trackside and absorbed some vitamin D.  Had windows down and managed to get pink on right side of face and neck.  Imagine - in January. 

61 degrees right now, but will be cold tomorrow and windy into Thursday.  More like a true January.  Grumpy

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 1:44 PM

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:45 PM

The snow, 18 feet of it, fell on a town in Alaska. 

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:56 AM

spokyone

Just sayin hi. A pork roast with mashed potatoes & gravy with corn and bread-sticks would be good for lunch today...

Bob, that menu you suggested sure does look good, and that is exactly what we're having this afternoon, and this evening, if any of it is left.  If not, I'll find something else for our supper tonight.  So, here is the menu for everyone:

Pork roast w/mashed taters, gravy, corn and bread sticks, along with some broccoli casserole and succotash (lima beans w/corn).

Desserts:

Homemade/baked peach cobbler, Dutch apple pie, Apple cake, and snickerdoodles, fresh from the oven.

Everyone have a good afternoon, take care,and see you all later on.


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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:13 AM

.....Another day with clear sky and sunshine....How wonderful.

Just went across the street to help  my neighbor with a potty not shutting off, and wearing my shorts and a light sweat shirt....In January...!

More golfers on the course here.

And....just checked the dozen photos over on Trains news wire.  A Good visual of extreme damage to so many freight cars..{and contents, I suppose}, and some engines that are no doubt finished.  maybe good for some parts, but looks like they had major fire damage besides the impact damage.

Saw some major flooding, I believe it was down in Houstion Ed's territory this morning on TV....massive flooding.

And snow some place...{didn't catch the first part of report}, with tremendous depth....Roofs with so much snow on them some were sure to cave....I don't know where it was....

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 8:14 AM

Bearclaw and tea will do nicely as I don my "snow dance" outfit.  We're well into January with no significant snowfall yet.

Snow is actually an inconvenience for me - I don't do any of the sports that require snow.  But the bigger inconvenience will be next summer when my well starts to have trouble keeping up with even a load of laundry.

Ignore the fellow in the funny outfit in my back yard.  And the funny dance he seems to be doing.

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Posted by AgentKid on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 8:13 AM

Good Morning.

Now that there is an upcoming proxy fight for control of the board of the CPR I felt it nessecary to change my Avatar. I didn't want any casual observer stumbling upon our scene here to think that I have any dog in their hunt. Once their little set to has concluded I will once again change my Avatar back to what I have always thought to be the best looking corporate logo in the history of Canada.

The new Avatar is the former Shepard station, moved from the mainline just east of Calgary onto Heritage Park. It is the same structure type as our station in Irricana, but there were some modifications made to deal with space constraints. The two windows you see on the second floor would have been where my parents bedroom was. My brother and I had bedrooms on the backside. Our kitchen, dinning room, and living room were along the back wall on the main floor.

It is SNOWING!! This is the first time that has happened in over a month. It is currently 24°F with a N 8 mph wind.

I hope everyone has a good day.

Bruce

 

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Posted by spokyone on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:34 AM

Just sayin hi. A pork roast with mashed potatoes & gravy with corn and bread-sticks would be good for lunch today... Barbara & I went looking at some new Chevys last week. We looked at the Cruze & the Sonic. The highway mileage of both is impressive. Barb decided not to buy though.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:26 AM

Good Tuesday morning everyone.  36 degrees here in Louisville this morning.  This should be our good day of the week, temp wise.  Supposed to make it into the mid to upper 50s today, then the rain will be in tomorrow sometime.  Then, s-n-o-w for Thursday, maybe Friday, but not too much accumulation.

Tom, sorry to hear about your trouble.  When we had our garage, it was broken into at least twice.  Still waiting to hear back from police (and probably never will hear anything.  We've had 2 lawnmowers, a gas powered leaf blower, and something else that I can't remember now, stolen.  Along with someone trying to break into the back door.  He didn't succeed, because Walt and I heard the noise, and Walt went to investigate.  The guy (teen?) saw Walt, and took off, like he was shot out of a cannon. 

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  On the warmer/serving bar this morning:  bacon, eggs, sausage, biscuits, gravy, oatmeal, toast, bagels and bear claws. 

Everyone have a nice morning, and I'll see you all after I get through with Tuesday Produce.


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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Monday, January 9, 2012 6:50 PM

Greetings and peace be with you. 48 and fog in Carolina this evening, and am waiting on the national championship game to start. I am pulling for nobody this time since the Thunderchickens are not involved.

Had a visit from a deputy earlier. Some low form vandalized the brick latticework on the entrance to our driveway. I called the neighbors and of course, nobody saw nuthin! It will be interesting to see what the sheriff finds during the investigation.

Everyone take care and see yall later.

 

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, January 9, 2012 4:32 PM

Wow, everyone must be suffering from the post holidays blues, since hardly anyone has been in today.  Hope some come in this evening!

Here is our menu for tonight:

1.  Beef stroganoff w/fresh garden salad

2.  Homemade sloppy joes leftover from our Sunday Dinner

Everyone have a good evening, and I'll see you all in the morning.


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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, January 9, 2012 8:50 AM

.....Earlier this morning, 29 degrees, but plenty of sunshine.  Winds, Calm.

Headed to our eye Dr. this morning.  Hopefully, a correction in glasses can be made.

We're almost 1/3 the way thru January....and almost no snow to this point...Actually 1" on the 2nd.  Really amazing.  People playing golf behind us as they would in different seasons.

Some cooler weather headed our way later in the week, but I caught, on the weather channel earlier, there are no big snow storms out there to come down over us at this point in time.

We will get snow, but....sure are missing on the days we could have been.  Noted the snow cover this morning as it was over the country last season, same time, and compared to now....So much less overall.

So....wishing a good productive week for everyone.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, January 9, 2012 6:50 AM

good morning

work still busy busy busy.saw amtrak go by on the way out to the buick.csx should be catching up on the frieght  and other traffic today.rain coming later this week than maybe some snow according to the guessers.time for a nap.cw thanks for breakfast.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, January 9, 2012 6:20 AM

Good Monday morning everyone.  40 degrees, with cloudy conditions, going for a high of about 51 degrees today.  Looks like we're to have a fairly nice day, with some sunshine breaking through the clouds.  Have cleaned everything up from last night, and starting fresh this morning.

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  Usual breakfast of bacon, sausage, eggs, bagels, bear claws, biscuits, gravy, oatmeal, toast are all on the warmer/serving bar. 

I hope everyone had a very good weekend.  Also hope that you all will have a good day today.  Take care, and I'll see you all later.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, January 8, 2012 3:38 PM

Good Sunday afternoon everyone (since this is the first time I've been in here today).  Woke up just before 6 this morning, went back to bed at 7, up at 9, then back to bed around 11 or so.  Just couldn't see to get fully awake this morning.  But now I am, have gone to the grocery, and done a couple of other things around the house.  Now, it is computer time. 

Here is our Sunday Dinner menu:

1.  Homemade sloppy joes w/garden salad and fries

2.  Broiled rib eye steaks w/your choice of baked tater or steak fries, garden salad, and Brussels sprouts

Our current temp is 49 degrees, saw on the homepage that we got up to 51 degrees.  Clouding up outside, so guess we'll be seeing some rain later on. 

Everyone enjoy your dinner, you evening, and take care.  See you later, probably in the morning.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 8, 2012 2:26 PM

Currently cloudy and 64 here in Alamo City.  Expecting thundertstorms later.

Enjoy your Sunday!

 

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, January 8, 2012 1:42 PM

switch7frg

Whistling Larry, do you have any info on the " snow gons" that left  Roanoke  last week?  That was interesting , the fact was not the first time  snow gons were shipped to a warm siding and it backfired.    Did this happen again??

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Dunno - first I heard about this episode.  It would have backfired right here between yesterday and today.  We've had highs approaching 50 for several days.  Today we're around freezing.

At least the sun is out.  Still looking for snow here, though.

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Posted by AgentKid on Sunday, January 8, 2012 12:29 PM

JoeKoh

maybe this works maybe not...

Joe, like the man said, "it works for me!"

48° and partly cloudy now. Getting ready to head out to my Mother's place for a visit. Haven't seen her since Boxing Day, time to check up on things.

Bruce

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, January 8, 2012 11:41 AM

maybe this works maybe not...

csx is moving some trains again.saw q 147 in deshler.heard a q 158 come through defiance.Trains using the se wye at Deshler are ok.(q 339 and 342 this am).Back to work tonight.MC say hi to clifton forge if you are in the area.back to work tonight.Cw thanks for supper.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, January 8, 2012 8:47 AM

Wandering around lost in central Virginia on a project....gotta be in south-central South Dakota later this week....gonna be a strange ride this week.

(La Junta shows up on CNN Headline News this morning on a dog rescue story in the central city park, weird...- must be a slow news day.)

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Posted by AgentKid on Saturday, January 7, 2012 10:57 PM

Thought I would stop by for a Supreme Pizza.

Not too bad of a day here. 32° now and we are looking at a high of 50° tomorrow.. Since it is Canada, in January, we can't avoid snow forever. They are calling for some flurries on Tuesday, but it is supposed to warm up again on Wednesday. Can't really complain about that.

No new RR news.Smile

Bruce

 

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Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, January 7, 2012 4:15 PM

It's been a very quiet day around home here.  Sarah just got in from work, so things should liven up some, with her and me picking on Walt, like we have a tendency to do!Mischief

Well, guess it is time to get our Saturday Night Pizza Fest underway, so here is tonight's menu:

01.  Anchovie

02.  Canadican bacon

03.  Cheese

04.  Chicago style

05.  Goetta

06.  Ham & green pepper

07.  Hawaiian

08.  Italian sausage

09.  Pepperoni/mushroom

10.  Supreme

Dessert pizzas: 

01.  Apple

02.  Cherry

03.  Peach

04.  Strwberry

Hope everyone has had a very good day, and will have a very good evening.  You all take care, and see you in the morning.

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Posted by switch7frg on Saturday, January 7, 2012 10:19 AM

Whistling Larry, do you have any info on the " snow gons" that left  Roanoke  last week?  That was interesting , the fact was not the first time  snow gons were shipped to a warm siding and it backfired.    Did this happen again??

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, January 7, 2012 7:50 AM

JoeKoh

An indication of the E-W traffic through Deshler due to the IN incident?

All the snow melted.  Sunday the temps are supposed to get more seasonable.

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