Gee some folks have all the good weather . Here in the mtns. there is terrible times. The sun is shining nicely and the temps are about 78deg. now and will be for the week. Looking forward to spring when the temps. drop down and ice on the pond( bird water bowl). Now the birds are just swimming there. No more ice skating for a bit. The rail tankers seem to be having a bad time with crude oil getting from point to point. Anyhow , hope folks in the cold parts will stay in good health and be warm.
Cannonball
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45 miles from you Cannonball and 1000 feet+- higher so it will be in the mids sixties in Prescott.
10,000 comedians out of work....
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Meanwhile, in DC, they've got two inches of snow (with a little more coming) and they're closing up...
Two inches? Sheesh. We just leave a little earlier to get where we're going. The only reason schools close (or delay) is because they have parking lots to clear...
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Here in the south-east corner of Arizona, only 8 miles from Mexico, at an altitude of 4,600 feet, the temperature today (Tuesday, January 21st) was 70 with partly cloudy skies. But tomorrow we're supposed to have another bone-chilling cold spell with a high of only 63.
A member of our local model railroad club who moved out here from the Chicago area last year has had phone calls from a couple of friends back there who say they are fed up with Illinois weather and are going to move to Arizona. I'm originally from southern Illinois and will never go back into that part of the country again.
tree68 Meanwhile, in DC, they've got two inches of snow (with a little more coming) and they're closing up... Two inches? Sheesh. We just leave a little earlier to get where we're going. The only reason schools close (or delay) is because they have parking lots to clear...
We got about 6" or so of powder. And all the cities and towns were all excited and all declared "snow emergencies"
--begin rant--
I feel sorry for the people who were, you know, working during the day and had their 2nd/spare/primary if they take the bus car towed because they forgot the fact that life has to stop because there's a few inches of white stuff on the ground.
I can understand if we got 3 feet of heavy snow and they needed front end loaders and dump trucks to clear it out, but this stuff? Give me a break.
--end rant--
Luckily I do not live on a snow emergency route.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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We had 2-1/2" of fluffy snow last week, backed up by a 40+ m.p.h. wind. The city went crazy, issued a snow alert, and sent out the plows. Heck- some of the drifts must have been up to 4" deep! When the plows came through in the middle of the night, they were able to scream by at about 40 m.p.h. themselves. It left a big ol' ridge of snow across the driveway, as snowplows tend to do. This ridge had to be darn near 18" across, and at least 4" thick!
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And I don't think I heard the temperature more than about once or twice today. All they could tell us was the wind chill.
Maybe DC only received a few inches but 40 miles north we have well over a foot with heavy blowing and drifting. CSX is punching through 4 foot drifts on the Old Main with higher fills in a couple of places. So far everything is moving but at reduced speeds. Just a miserable night to be out working.
Poppyl
Murphy SidingThis ridge had to be darn near 18" across, and at least 4" thick!
That's a whole lot better than 18" high and 4' across.... (Been there, done that.)
Meanwhile, under clear skies, we're down to -14F.
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
The weather conditions here in the Washington, DC area are 4"- 8" of dry powdery snow, winds up to 25 mph with higher gusts, and single digit temperatures overnight. MARC cancelled service on the Camden and the Brunswick Lines today, January 21, and they have also cancelled service on the Camden and the Brunswick Lines tomorrow, January 22nd. The MARC Penn Line is running reduced service on its "S" schedule.
Thanks for your good wishes Cannonball, we will survive.
Snow??? What is this snow you talk about?
- Erik (in coastal San Diego County)
erikem Snow??? What is this snow you talk about? - Erik (in coastal San Diego County)
Snow? Second only in beauty to the love of a woman.
Semper Vaporo
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Semper Vaporo erikem Snow??? What is this snow you talk about? - Erik (in coastal San Diego County) Snow? Second only in beauty to the love of a woman.
Semper, you've got to learn to look at the negative side of things. Think about how nasty it is when it starts melting.
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Paul of Covington Semper Vaporo erikem Snow??? What is this snow you talk about? - Erik (in coastal San Diego County) Snow? Second only in beauty to the love of a woman. Semper, you've got to learn to look at the negative side of things. Think about how nasty it is when it starts melting.
Rainy and 40 degrees...like usual. Oddly, we had our 20 degree spell in Nov, it usually happens about now, Nov is usually rainy and 40.
ndbprrHere in northern Michigan we get 2" in an hour every day. Snow on the sides of my driveway is over 8'. Temps have been -18 up to 10. We just keep going in spite of the weather channel telling us 10 degrees and 4" is a life threatening situation.
I haven't been able to find any of those FB posts that show a dusting of snow in Texas as reason to panic, while in Syracuse two feet of snow just means life goes on.
You're in the same boat.
A couple of years ago when we went to the train show in Springfield (MA) they were just getting over about two major storms. I had to feel for the folks in the residential areas - they were getting to the point where there was no place to throw their snow, and I doubt their snowblowers would have pushed the snow high enough, either.
I'm already starting to run into that problem. We've gotten a fair amount of snow so far but there have only been one or two intermittent thaws so the snow hasn't been melting and keeps piling up.
3" of powder this morning at 9 degrees. Back to 60 degrees tomorrow.
Normal.
Certainly - Can you send us our missing moisture? (before it snowed, they were putting out lawn fires and roadside fires here) Maybe we can meet at Lincoln and swap while soaking the cat.
Hey Randy,
Drive careful out there. I-94 eastbound near Michigan City had a huge pileup today.
Norm
mudchicken Certainly - Can you send us our missing moisture? (before it snowed, they were putting out lawn fires and roadside fires here) Maybe we can meet at Lincoln and swap while soaking the cat.
One has to wonder if the Russians have solved the problem of fine powder snow. Certainly appears that Amtrak has not solved it. Does Russia have mostly DC traction motors ?
If that is all it takes to shut DC down, I say we get some snow making machines, place them thru out DC and run 'em full bore 24/7/365 (366 in the leap years)!
Jay
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