afternoon
took care of what the plow left behind this morning and got matt to sunday school. Lot's of fender benders last night. We stayed home. Randy happy birthday.Keep it rolling safely. Another week of busy work for sure this week.
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").
A belated happy, Randy. Still gotta arrange a meet when you're up this way sometime.
The winter storm is here, in force. Snowing consistently - not inches per hour, but still accumulating, and with a decent wind, which means it's drifting as well. Means an early start in the morning to make sure our banquet hall is accessible to all those who care to join us for breakfast, and to visit with Santa.
The radar isn't showing anything that looks like a break, so we're probably in it until dawn, anyhow.
Time for bed.
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...
rvos1979Sitting out the storm in Youngstown, OH, got up at 0030 today and beat it to here. About two to three inches on the ground here now...... BTW, since nobody has mentioned it on here, the 12th was my 34th......
I also am willing to give the 7th to anyone that will take it. Free to a good home. Actually to any home!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Happy 34th there Randy!
Glad having you with us in the Dec B-Day Club,
Randy Vos
"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
.....Finally, the threat of snow, provided us with some...and still snowing. measured about 3" overnight, and it continues, perhaps until about six this evening, according to reports.
I shall stay in today. No point of trying to go out when one doesn't need to.
Hopefully, church tomorrow, then to the Sunday meal at a local restaurant.
Warmer here today....Now 35. Warmest we've seen for some time. Almost no wind. Has been a rather wet snow. Just the right temp. for that.
Best wishes to all preparing for the seasonal events.
Trivia: Do I see a different method of inserting an image with the text.....?
Quentin
A couple of successful nights on the Polar Express. Home for other events for the rest of the weekend.
Our latest lake effect event left me with all of two inches of the white stuff in the driveway.
North Redfield, on the other hand, got six feet of fluffy powder. Lowville had about 30" and it still showed last night as I drove through. It's not often you see 8-10" of snow sitting on top of streetlights and the like...
It was also cold overnight. When I left Utica the mercury was hovering just above the zero F mark. As I drove north it kept dropping, to a low of -14F. As I got closer to the lake, things warmed up again - to zero...
Off to the local library to play the conductor for their showing of "Polar Express."
And I got a pie to make for a get-together tonight.
plan for tomorrow watch it snow.Long work week.
Someone whispered in my ears that everyone might be able to make snow angels for Christmas.
Too bad that person will be one wing short.
mookie is sending us snow for Saturday. mamma stocked up at the store. work is still busy busy busy.
need to do some chores here at home.
Mookie You need snow for Xmas - I will work on it!
You need snow for Xmas - I will work on it!
Weather dummies say that’s a maybe!
But then again, they can’t tell me if it will rain tomorrow!
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We hit a low of seven degrees last night. Today, it is above freezing. Tomorrow, rain, sleet, ice, and snow are predicted, kind of scary weather, fitting for Friday the 13th.
James
It is interesting: St. George, which is in the southwest corner of Utah, is in the area known as "Dixie," because its climate is warmer than ours, and some people go there for the winter.. However, St. George has been colder than Salt Lake this month; I do not doubt that those migratory people wish that they had stayed home.
Johnny
edblysard Murphy Siding edblysard Yup, that indeed looks mighty cold and snowy….the swamp on the other hand is in the mid 40s… Above zero? Yup, and will be in the lower to mid 60s by Sunday. Thats life in the swamp.
Murphy Siding edblysard Yup, that indeed looks mighty cold and snowy….the swamp on the other hand is in the mid 40s… Above zero?
edblysard Yup, that indeed looks mighty cold and snowy….the swamp on the other hand is in the mid 40s…
Yup, that indeed looks mighty cold and snowy….the swamp on the other hand is in the mid 40s…
Yup, and will be in the lower to mid 60s by Sunday.
Thats life in the swamp.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Norm, our temperature is supposed to go to five, too...but on the other side of zero. It's two above right now.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
The name of the young lady in the linked article/picture indicates she's probably a cousin (or married to one). "North Redfield" is right about where the old family homestead was located...
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/12/lake_effect_snow_starts_a_shouthward_drift_this_evening_another_foot_at_least_up_north.html#incart_m-rpt-2
Only a couple inches of snow on the ground, but cold. Temperature is supposed to drop to five tonight. Sure wish April would hurry up.
Norm
work is busy busy busy. need to do some chores.more work tomorrow. Matt gets to participate in the geography and spelling bee at school.
joe
And they just closed the Interstate through that area...
NWS Buffalo posted on FB that the band actually starts at Lake Michigan, and extends through to Vermont, some 800 miles...
It was fourteen degrees when I left work last night. Highs just above freezing for the next five days are expected. Tonight, single digit temperatures are expected. The local folks are bemoaning the cold air. After five years in northern Wisconsin and twenty plus years in northern Illinois, it is just "Winter" to me.
Sandy Creek, about 30 or so miles south of me, and in the middle of today's lake effect event:
http://weather.weatherbug.com/NY/Sandy%20Creek-weather/weather-cams/local-cams.html?zcode=z6286&camera_id=SNDYC&camera_animate=1
18 below on the way to work this morning. Ugh! I can't wait for January to be over.
tree68 Had some errands to run, including picking up a couple of items at the mall, so I ate lunch there, too. Who sits down at the next table but a non-relative who's related to people I'm related to, and who I know. (She's the wife of my aunt's (by marriage) brother...) Turns out she'd been able to save a treasure trove of family pictures from certain destruction. I was able to identify one person in a group picture (Aunt Edith would be around 120YO if she was still alive), as well as a few that I definitely knew. I'll be getting my hands on quite a few of them to add to the family geneology (I'll scan them and return the originals). Pretty cool for a chance meeting. Got an update on my cousin (her nephew), who is dealing with mouth cancer. Apparently he's doing as well as can be expected, which is a good thing.
Had some errands to run, including picking up a couple of items at the mall, so I ate lunch there, too.
Who sits down at the next table but a non-relative who's related to people I'm related to, and who I know. (She's the wife of my aunt's (by marriage) brother...)
Turns out she'd been able to save a treasure trove of family pictures from certain destruction. I was able to identify one person in a group picture (Aunt Edith would be around 120YO if she was still alive), as well as a few that I definitely knew.
I'll be getting my hands on quite a few of them to add to the family geneology (I'll scan them and return the originals).
Pretty cool for a chance meeting.
Got an update on my cousin (her nephew), who is dealing with mouth cancer. Apparently he's doing as well as can be expected, which is a good thing.
We are still submitting to sub-freezing temperatures, with the prospect of a daytime high above freezing late this week or early next week. At least, we have not had the morning temperature down to 1 degree, as it was in St. George (in the area known as "Dixie") a day or two ago. There are areas northeast of here with temperatures below zero, and the backside of the Wasatch and the ski resorts also have very low temperatures.
Where I live is high enough so that the smog that comes with high pressure cells does not reach up to us. When I was in the hospital two weeks ago, I was in the smog zone--it's wonderful to be back home!
evening
just finished watching Matt and his classmates at their program.ma nature is opening the freezer early this year. She might send us some snow on Saturday too. Truckers are still coming for loads.Better get to bed.
Carl, I lived in suburban Chicago for over twenty years. I used to park behind MACCO in Des Plaines and watch METRA, UP, CP, and WC. I have spent time at Elmhurst's train station. My first encounter with WSOR was following a train from Fox Lake, Illinois, to Janesville, Wisconsin. Every time you post a report in the Lounge, I very much miss all the action up there. Unfortunately, lately my visits to see Dad take up all my time. When I visit Mom's grave I usually catch sight of a train or two. Makes me wonder if that was the Universe's plan to ease my sorrow when she left us last year.
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