There is the well-known recording of a woman calling into a talk show to complain about that very thing...
A couple of stories:
Several years ago, on a winter's evening, I was outside in front of the garage (a good 70 feet from the road) - might have been cleaning up a little snow, I don't recall. Suddenly a car comes flying over the rise just east of the house. It's enough to set him sliding out of control on the snow-covered road. He skidded to a stop within a hair's breadth of my front porch, leaving the imprint of his right front tire in the bulb garden there.
Before I could get up to that spot, he managed to back out and take off.
He was already going too fast. Had he been going any faster, he definitely would have hit the house.
Some years earlier, during the summer, a young lady who'd imbibed a bit came flying into town, cleared the road on a little hillock, took out a power pole in front of one house, just made it between the third house and its well casing, then hit a car parked at a fourth house, pushing it into the house.
Wish I'd seen it - had to be spectacular. She wasn't hurt.
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...
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
Be careful out there Randy.We are under a freezing rain advisory for tomorrow morning.More snow to come possibly Sunday.Matt's service project went great.Ns was clear when I left work.Saw more of the aok hoppers on CSX.Even saw an sp and a mkt hopper too.
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").
We'll probably see all snow from this next storm.
Lazy day today. I didn't even go check the mail. Doubt I missed anything...
Before the deer angel fades.
On the train I've often hit deer. Other than leaving blood and guts, it normally doesn't do anything else to the locomotive. I don't even recall having a ditch light broken out.
For those of you out there who might like to pace a train on an adjacent road. Watch out, especially at night and on lesser used railroad lines. Trains tend to scare out the little critters who dart across the road. They can also scare up the larger ones, like deer.
One night out in western Iowa where US 30 is right alongside the tracks, a deer was starting across the tracks ahead of us. I blew the horn at it. (I've been told by conductors that engineers who ride motorcycles don't do that. They WANT to hit the deer with the train.) Instead of getting off the tracks, it turns around and runs back towards the highway. Right in front of a car that hit it.
One other time, a young deer starts across the tracks. I blow the horn and the deer stops, turns towards us, then starts running straight at us. We hit it.
Jeff
The biggest 'damage' deer tend to cause trains is air hose separations as their body gets rolled under the train - with Amtrak the deer will sometimes damage the HEP cables.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
afternoon
Matt was closed today.lots of bent fenders and ditch finders today.Called and wished nephew a happy 40th.Need to get chores done.
Puter had fatal illness. Laptop still ok. New puter on order. Next week sometime.
Using Driver's laptop - just think of the commercial for some flu meds - adult and mini furniture. I don't know how real adults ever use one of these things. And if you don't watch your finners - bad spelling is rampant!
I knew this was coming, but like the death of a pet - you really try to prolong it as long as possible.
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She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Ms Mook - if the old hard drive is OK, maybe you can get it installed in the new computer, unless your dealer will move all the files over for you. Even if they do, adding an extra hard drive gives you more room for pictures, music, or whatever.
Light snow here - maybe 5 inches by the time we get done. Then a wind chill advisory. I'm glad the only things I have to do outside are feed the birds and clear the driveway...
We had a light (?) snow this past weekend that was more like slush because of temps around the freezing mark. It froze up in a rough, crunchy layer that wasn't too hard to walk on. Some warmer temps during the week caused some melting so part of our patio is bare and part is icy. Our dog (a quiet Chihuahua) walks quite cautiously on the ice and avoids it when he can.
Very smart dog!
Tree - puter person going to move all of my "stuff" to new HD. I really don't keep anything on my puter except things like a grocery list, etc. I like it vanilla and simple.
I found that a handy way to access old files is to get an adapter that converts your old hard drive into an external drive. Plug it into a USB port and you can access all your old stuff.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
Paul of Covington I found that a handy way to access old files is to get an adapter that converts your old hard drive into an external drive. Plug it into a USB port and you can access all your old stuff.
I've done that as well. The tough part was coming up with the power, which I could do with the old power supply left over when I upgraded as a result of installing a new graphics card that outstripped the capabilities of the original PS...
I actually repurposed one old hard drive as my "image library" so I could clear up space on the main drive. At 6-8Mb per image, it doesn't take long to eat up a lot of disk space. It is installed in my computer.
It is a fairly simple matter to install a second hard drive in the computer. I did that, and also have a small RAID drive that I back up files on. Stuff I truly don't want to lose is also saved to CD's.
Norm
Norm I like your saying.Ma nature has us under a winter storm watch for Sunday.Saw some csx while on errands after work.Ns had some empties uptown when I left.Chores are calling.
JoeKoh Norm I like your saying.Ma nature has us under a winter storm watch for Sunday.Saw some csx while on errands after work.Ns had some empties uptown when I left.Chores are calling. stay safe Joe
Yeah Joe, the weather guessers have us under the same watch. They're predicting 1 to 3.
Norm48327 Yeah Joe, the weather guessers have us under the same watch. They're predicting 1 to 3.
Only 1 to 3?? Lake effect should have you buried alive. Tom Skilling is predicting 8-10 inches for us.
CSSHEGEWISCH Norm48327 Yeah Joe, the weather guessers have us under the same watch. They're predicting 1 to 3. Only 1 to 3?? Lake effect should have you buried alive. Tom Skilling is predicting 8-10 inches for us.
Too far east to be affected by Lake Michigan.
guessers can't decide how much snow we are going to get for sure.We are under a warning at 7pm.We are as ready as we are going to be.going to go check on Grandpa and wish nephew 40 happy's.We'll see if we can get out to our road for work by monday morning.
Norm48327Too far east to be affected by Lake Michigan.
Never say never. I thought we were too far away from Georgian Bay to be bothered by lake effect from it, but I've seen it happen. On average, though, you're right.
A balmy -20F this morning at 0730, before the sun kicked in. Now (0930) up to a much nicer -5F. After I check the mail and get milk, I think I'll just hunker down. The snow is supposed to stay south of us.
NWS is showing Lake Michigan only 25% covered by ice right now. Lake Erie, Buffalo's weather maker, is almost 100% ice covered, while Ontario is around 30%.
Larry- How does the amount of ice or open water on the Great Lakes affect how much snow to expect?
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Murphy Siding Larry- How does the amount of ice or open water on the Great Lakes affect how much snow to expect?
Lake Effect 101 - The primary factor with lake effect (or "lake enhanced") snow is how much moisture it can pick up. If you lay a ruler across a map of any of the great lakes, note the points at which the ruler covers the longest stretches of the lakes. A wind blowing from that direction will have the longest "fetch" from which to pick up moisture from the lakes. Lakes Michigan and Huron, being oriented more or less north and south, don't have the lengthy fetch that Erie, Ontario, and Superior do.
We don't hear much about lake effect east of Lake Superior as that area doesn't include major population centers.
Your exercise with the ruler over Erie and Ontario should show the bullseye on Buffalo, as well as Pulaski, NY.
The lake effect belts do vary with wind direction, so in the case of Lake Ontario, Watertown and Syracuse both are often subject to the phenomenon. Off Lake Erie, the areas south of Buffalo often take a beating.
Back to the "fetch." The absorption of moisture from the lake requires open water. In this video from Buffalo in November, 2014, you can see the moisture rising off the lake, and the narrowly defined boundry between no snow and complete whiteout.
Lake Erie is relatively shallow and freezes completely over almost every year. It is over 90% right now.
Lake Ontario is the deepest of the Great Lakes (or so I'm told), and for that reason has frozen completely over only twice in recorded history (which would be, what, 350 years?).
For that reason, lake effect snows tend to taper off in Buffalo in late winter, while those east of Lake Ontario will tend to continue.
Another factor for part of the area east of Lake Ontario is the Tug Hill plateau, which effectively squeezes the moisture (ie, snow) out of the atmosphere, causing phenomenal snowfall accumulations. Tug Hill is roughly bounded by Watertown and Carthage to the north, Rome and Camden to the south, Lowville and Boonville to the east, and I-81 on the west. It's pretty obvious on a map as a large area bereft of much but woods. In the winter, however, it's a snowmobilers paradise.
In the end, though, it all depends on wind direction. a system that brings prolonged westerly winds will in turn bring extended periods of lake effect snows over the snow belt.
With Lakes Michigan and Huron, that would be more of a northerly wind, which does happen. As can often be seen from radar and satellite images, however, the areas east of both lakes are not immune from lake effect.
False alarm with the new granddaughter this afternoon. Got a text saying they were headed for the hospital, then another later that it was for naught. Baby is due today, so any time is a pretty good guess.
Larry-the first baby comes when it wants,the rest take 9 months.
No church today nor Sunday school.We are cozy and warm working on projects here.
JoeKohLarry-the first baby comes when it wants,the rest take 9 months.
In the case of Lila, that was at 1:30AM Sunday morning, weighing in at 6 lbs, 3 oz. The adopting mom was there and got to cuddle with the new arrival.
I know my grandson is probably beside himself, having to wait until she comes home. He's going to be every bit the big brother.
I'll wait patiently until they're ready for visitors.
Besides, it's too cold to go out. It may be nice and sunny, but it's only +8F. At least this round of snow is staying mostly south of us.
Congrats to Grpa Larry. (also the adopting family) Do you have all her railroad items ready? If not, you best hustle!
We had a little activity last nite here in our fair or should I say fire city. Right downtown, there was an old brick building (one story) that they were using for a nightclub. Only 2 people were in the building at 7pm when a fire broke out. This could have been so much worse. It began @ the stage area and moved like wildfire. It ended up being a 4 alarm and they had to fight it from the outside because the roof kept falling in pieces. At 9 am this morning, they were still using an aerial ladder and still had fire in a corner of the building. Called in 12 stations, which is pretty much the whole city, so rural had to come in and cover the city.
This building was - as a lot of them still in downtown - built in 1915. They made them pretty well back then. But they do burn forever.
Finally got our snow - about 5-6 inches and they said a 50mph north wind. I didn't and don't plan to go out, but every time we have had a major fire it seems to be in this kind of weather.
MookieDo you have all her railroad items ready? If not, you best hustle!
She got a pink railroad "onesy" from the Springfield show. We'll see what she needs. I looked for a "Chessie" item for her, but didn't find any.
Daughter posted picture (selfie) of grandson holding the baby, and Mom (daughter) keeping an eye on the pair. Grandson is all business, but apparently didn't want to leave. Wait'll ol' sibling rivalry kicks in... Grandson is five and a half now, so toddler pique won't enter into the equation, fortunately.
Our "dusting" here this morning turned into 5 inches. Cross town was over a foot.
First hint of trouble was the weather dog (Nigel)coming back to bed at 4am with white wetness in his fur. Shovelled out the gutters at the curb at 9am to keep da street from flooding and becoming a skating rink.
Workin' thru the super bore (I hope) up here on da 11th floor.
Looks like about 6 inches so far with more to come overnight. Every school district in southeastern Michigan is closed tomorrow.
Norm48327 Looks like about 6 inches so far with more to come overnight. Every school district in southeastern Michigan is closed tomorrow.
Just watched WXYZ for a few minutes. Looks like Detroit has set a new record for a one-day snowfall, and it hasn't even stopped snowing.
A foot of snow and some stiff winds should make things fun tomorrow for you, even if the sun comes out... Never mind sub-zero wind chills...
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