We're right behind you Carl. Starting this evening, and the weather watches are calling for 3 to 5. Was five below this morning but has clawed it's way up ti 15. No. I would not want to drive I-94 in lake effect snow. Got pretty nasty the last time.
Norm
It ain't true unless you show the pictures! We're in for up to eight inches of snow today; it started in this morning. We have no place to go as of now, but I have a friend driving into the area today from Michigan, whom I'm a little concerned about. At least the icy stuff stayed to our south, so far. They're talking about a chance of thundersnow, which should liven things up a bit. It's all supposed to be done by tonight.And tomorrow starts a real heat wave, which means, for us, a return to normal temperatures (normal high for today is 35; we're supposed to hit the upper 30s tomorrow and Wednesday). Railroad stuff for me today will consist of watching the news sites and resuscitating my old freight-car files on the Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation (ugh!), because somebody asked about some of their gons.
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)
How to tell when you're having a Monday. Power went off sometime in the night. Ice followed by snow after midnight cooked a transformer somewhere. But, no power loss at work. Being the good employee, I dressed by the light of a cellphone. Why not use a flashlight you ask? Because all the batteries are dead. Candles? Yeah-right! I found 2 little votive candles that were about burnt out. At least the kitchen smells good. Remember how you can pull a little rip cord on the garage door, and manually open it? Sure you can- after you rummage around in the dark garage to find an old curtain rod to untangle the rip cord from some frayed cable up above it, while standing on a bucket. To be honest, if you turn on the car lights, and open the door, there is almost enough light to see. Almost. So, I smell bad. I need a shave. My hair is standing on end. And I'm wearing a pink dress shirt, and a purple and brassy colored, patterned necktie that looks like it was made from the leftover material used to make a wing back chair in Liberace's den. But hey- the sun's shining, and the weather liars say we may get a few days of warmth before the next blast of deep freeze air.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
78 and blue skys ! lite wind and a warm happy day in cocoa, florida. our prayers to all who r suffering with cold and ice. god bless
Cold and relatively peaceful here all weekend.
Just learned that an elderly woman who worked in our gift shop for many years passed away on Saturday. She'll be missed - she was always a darling.
We learned our back-up generator lesson in 1998 with the big ice storm that January. Now they're everywhere.
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...
Quiet weekend here...Folks must be out of town.....or busy digging themselves out of the snow.......
Any adversity always has a silver lining for some persons.
All our local TV stations in their paid program slots have been running a 30 minute push for standby generators. Anyone have reports from SC and NC ?
Phoebee you have been strangely silent.
we had a good day.Csx wasn't so lucky. 6 trains stopped on the Garrett sub. Made it single track from Sherwood to Garrett. Did make it to Deshler and North Baltimore today too. Tomorrow it's Church and Sunday school.
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").
Beautifully sunny and 77 currently here in San Antonio.
Hope everyone is having a nice Saturday.
Murphy Siding Mookie Murphy Siding Mookie Hope is on the horizon! Starting Wed - spring!!!! Weekend - you look fab-u-lous! I will wring out some sunshine and warmth and then pass it on as fast as possible!! Well?...... We're still waiting.... remember what you said about Nebraska? Sending it east, not north! Neener, neener! Easy for you to say, from subtropical Lincoln.
Mookie Murphy Siding Mookie Hope is on the horizon! Starting Wed - spring!!!! Weekend - you look fab-u-lous! I will wring out some sunshine and warmth and then pass it on as fast as possible!! Well?...... We're still waiting.... remember what you said about Nebraska? Sending it east, not north! Neener, neener!
Murphy Siding Mookie Hope is on the horizon! Starting Wed - spring!!!! Weekend - you look fab-u-lous! I will wring out some sunshine and warmth and then pass it on as fast as possible!! Well?...... We're still waiting....
Mookie Hope is on the horizon! Starting Wed - spring!!!! Weekend - you look fab-u-lous! I will wring out some sunshine and warmth and then pass it on as fast as possible!!
Hope is on the horizon! Starting Wed - spring!!!! Weekend - you look fab-u-lous!
I will wring out some sunshine and warmth and then pass it on as fast as possible!!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
rbandr not in cocoa florida. 85 and carolina blue sky with no clouds at all. come on down the water fine and dandy. hope u waqrm up soon. u r friend and the little trouser mouse
not in cocoa florida. 85 and carolina blue sky with no clouds at all. come on down the water fine and dandy. hope u waqrm up soon. u r friend and the little trouser mouse
Boy did this last storm just miss us.
1. 20 miles NE of us still 4000 services without power.
2. Augusta still much in the dark
3. Amtrak running all SE trains except Star north of JAX. It may be the secondary SAL line of CSX will be the last to get cleared of trees from Columbia - Raleigh - Selma.
MurrayYou guys should come on down and visit some time.
Been there. For as dry as the place is, an evening thunderstorm while I was there last caused some pretty significant flooding. At least I can shovel snow...
My visit there during USAF basic training doesn't count.
It was beautifully sunny here in San Antonio today. The high today was 85. .
You guys should come on down and visit some time.
evening
ns was working uptown when we left. saw quite the consist on csx in defiance. A Csx dash 8 widecab,gevo.bnsf sd 70 norange ace,csx gp 15-t, and a rebuilt leaser gp 38-3. Matt is finishing his book report. need to work on chores.
joe
It was mild yesterday, so before the "winter storm" got here (6" of snow - pshaw!) I was able to pull down the anemometer, relocate it on the mast, change the batteries, and mount an LED light on it so you can see it at night. Then I got it back up and working, so it's good for another year, battery-wise (I use lithiums in it, so it'll probably run longer than that).
The sun is peaking out now.
not in cocoa florida. 85 and carolina blue sky with no clouds at all. come on down the water fine and dandy. hope u waqrm up soon. u r friend
Sure is interesting reading all these threads from Batam Island, Indonesia, the Land of Eternal Summer. No trains until you get to Singapore but with 17,500 islands, the world's largest fleet of small water craft!
A quick update on WX problems. CSX Augusta area ( GA RR ) completely stopped due to trees on track no report on old SAL line..
We missed any power problems here but ATL north of I-20 very iced up this morning. By this afternoon sun had melted most ATL ice. No ice here tonight. Up to 500,000 Ga. electrical services out at height of outages last night with about 70% in 2 Augusta county's area. At height of outage at AGS about 75% of all services without power. National guard is being sent from ATL to AGS
Trees down all over state but none in this town ( cannot believe it )
Really feel for Raleigh area but they laughed at us 2 weeks ago.
NC Governor will be taking a lot of heat ( he wish it was warm air )
DeggestyWhat is the significance of listing a newborn's length?
It's a stat... If it's any consolation, I don't remember how long either of my kids were.
Curiously, length at birth isn't always an indication of adult height.
busy day. Ns was busy uptown too. Have chores to do tonight. Tomorrow is Friday and Valentines day.
Johnny, I doubt that length itself has that much significance, unless it falls outside (most likely below) certain figures. However, a medical person could probably look at a length-to-weight ratio and make some sort of determination of a problem. I think most babies I've seen figures on are in the 19-22-inch range. So congratulations on the healthy, bouncing (not yet, I hope!) great-grandson!
For those who pine for the good old days -------- Take a look at this winter storm and the number of RR shutdowns and deaths.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19610205&id=cgAsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1MYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2787,3424693
Deggesty I was introduced to my great-grandson this evening; Katie had John, Brandee, and Henry John up for supper, along with John's brothers. I was also given a card, addressed to Great Grandpa Johnny, with the statistics: henry john morgan 01.13.14 8 lbs., 5 oz. || 22 in. John does well at quieting his son (far better than I did at quieting John when he was quite young). What is the significance of listing a newborn's length?
I was introduced to my great-grandson this evening; Katie had John, Brandee, and Henry John up for supper, along with John's brothers. I was also given a card, addressed to Great Grandpa Johnny, with the statistics: henry john morgan 01.13.14 8 lbs., 5 oz. || 22 in. John does well at quieting his son (far better than I did at quieting John when he was quite young).
What is the significance of listing a newborn's length?
blue streak 1 Don't know if salt and sand is being used properly.
Sand is useless during an ice storm, at least as long as the icing is taking place. It just gets covered up with more ice. Been there, done that.
Salt is only marginally useful - again, the icing can overwhelm it. If plows can keep the ice off the road, and the salt is spread heavily enough, you stand a chance of staying ahead of it.
A real problem is snow on top of the ice - it just makes it all that much worse.
An ice storm New Years morning in MI back in 1959 had the salt/sand trucks backing around, since they couldn't get enough traction going frontwards on the hilly roads around Milford.
So you know where to start the mark on the door jamb?
Johnny
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