The weather dorks have changed the forcast from blizzard of the century with 8-14 inches of snow- or more !!!! to possible 1 to 3 inches of snow and some wind overnight. Since we've gotten about 1/2" over the last 8 or so hours, I fully expect the 8-14" by morning. If not, I'm no better at forcasting than the weather dorks.
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Meanwhile, here in the north woods of NY, I've got +41F, from a high of +61F today, and the possibility of thunderstorms through Saturday.
Just got back from a non-meeting (no quorum) that lasted almost as long as the regular meeting....
Think I'll go fire up the radio and computer and do some JT65...
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Murphy Siding The weather dorks have changed the forcast from blizzard of the century with 8-14 inches of snow- or more !!!! to possible 1 to 3 inches of snow and some wind overnight. Since we've gotten about 1/2" over the last 8 or so hours, I fully expect the 8-14" by morning. If not, I'm no better at forcasting than the weather dorks.
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20 minute ride home took two hours (ice - beaucoup negatraction from baloney-skin tires, lightweight sports cars and lightweight poodlecars w/o all weather tires)
crawled home, parked in the driveway, slammed the truck door shut and waved bye-bye to the truck as it slid back down to the street.
Did you spread some sand or solid dog food for the next attempt?I hope everything is okay and nobody happened to be slip-sliding by when it hit the street. I don't think you'd be wanting to chase it too swiftly.Our forecast gives us a good chance of (according to our radio announcer) a "lovely" mix of rain to snow, making (or sliding through) all stops in between.(Had my antepenultimate radiation treatment today, while it was still just rain and fog.)
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A little sand and ice melt spread on the driveway before attempting to put the poodle truck back where it should be. Lots of abandoned cars left around some relatively light street grades when I went to work today.
Strange sight last night was a greyhound pulling a guy around on skis.
evening
Computers at work were no fun again today.Was able to see some interesting power on NS when I was up by a loading dock.They had a Grand Trunk unit tucked in a consist going west.Ns was clear when I left work. Got a letter from california pen pal.He said he hasn't been flooded out or anything else.Had some rain here already.More to come later.Need to do chores.
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 got a whopping 5.1" of snow. Now the problem- the city declared a snow emergency. You can't park on the street until it has been plowed curb to curb. Trouble is, the sun melted 90% of the snow- even where the street hasn't been plowed curb to curb.
70s here today.
Cities around here love to declare snow emergencies with an inch of snow. Of course the tow truck companies are right there to tow cars and charge their $400 impound fees. Follow the money on that one.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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Went to Home Depot this evening - no snow blowers on display, just BBQ grills and lawn mowers.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACD Went to Home Depot this evening - no snow blowers on display, just BBQ grills and lawn mowers.
Pretty much year-round down here. Add the garden tractors to the list.
mudchickenStrange sight last night was a greyhound pulling a guy around on skis.
Dog or bus?
Murphy Siding We got a whopping 5.1" of snow. Now the problem- the city declared a snow emergency. You can't park on the street until it has been plowed curb to curb. Trouble is, the sun melted 90% of the snow- even where the street hasn't been plowed curb to curb.
Theater of the absurd- bureaucrat style- The city plows came through last night to plow the snow that wasn’t there. At 9:00 o’clock two graders came through plowing sparks at a pretty good pace. A half hour later they were followed by another pair of plows grading sparks as well. They were followed by a sanding truck who put down a thick layer of sand/salt mixture on top of the bare, dry pavement. We can now park on the street again with fear of ticketing and towing. ps. Look at me! I'm quoting myself, just like euclid does! Woo-hoo! They're coming to take me away ha-ha, he-he, ho-ho, to the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time...
ChuckCobleigh mudchicken Strange sight last night was a greyhound pulling a guy around on skis. Dog or bus?
mudchicken Strange sight last night was a greyhound pulling a guy around on skis.
JoeKoh evening Computers at work were no fun again today.Was able to see some interesting power on NS when I was up by a loading dock.They had a Grand Trunk unit tucked in a consist going west.Ns was clear when I left work. Got a letter from california pen pal.He said he hasn't been flooded out or anything else.Had some rain here already.More to come later.Need to do chores. stay safe joe
Dan
Murphy SidingTheater of the absurd- bureaucrat style- The city plows came through last night to plow the snow that wasn’t there. At 9:00 o’clock two graders came through plowing sparks at a pretty good pace. A half hour later they were followed by another pair of plows grading sparks as well. They were followed by a sanding truck who put down a thick layer of sand/salt mixture on top of the bare, dry pavement.
You gotta spend the money. Lately our town has been busy grinding up and repaving a bunch of streets, leaving them in as good a condition as they were before they started.
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The weatherheads used to make me smile with thier dartboard forcast. That reminded me of a B.C. cartoon strip in the funny paper where the gal would spin the wheel while B. C tossed a dart. Times have not changed much.
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Dog/ retired rescue variety
...though one of those busses well inside a subdivision would be interesting to see negotiate the abandoned cars. (melting off nicely here, getting ready for the next wave of snow in three days.)
Heckuva day to open a light rail line on the east side of town.
afternoon
about 50 degrees colder today than yesterday.worked this morning.After work saw a westbound NS stack train.Took driver out when we got home.CSX was busy in Sherwood picking up stuff using a truck and some gons.So between Defiance and Sherwood was single track. Sounded like they were getting ready to put stuff away after q 386 went by eastbound.Going to get warmed up.
Joe
Front blew through at 1400 - T'storm, wind & rain - temperature dropped 25 degrees in 2 hours.
BaltACD Front blew through at 1400 - T'storm, wind & rain - temperature dropped 25 degrees in 2 hours.
UP rarely deploys their rotary snow machines, but due to the heavy snow this winter they have decided to test their recent rebuild (seen west of Donner Pass):
In case the pic disappears, standard link: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/608016/
The next storms moving in are supposed to be the cold, Alaska front types that drop snow in the Sierras and keep it there. Great for our water supply!
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Spent the day at the keyboard. We did a near 100% inventory of our fire equipment and I got to do the updates on the computer... There's about 600 line items in the inventory - I probably had to update about 75% of them.
mudchicken Zugs should be ducking for cover soon. If you were out here in the land of few trees , you could see it coming.
Was a pretty cool sky. Had tornado warning, wind, hail... I was a bit north shoppping, so missed the worst.
That must have been quite a front. We were supposed to reach a high of 60 degrees yesterday, but it never got above 39! Today it didn't even get to 32. Tomorrow should be a bit warmer; maybe it'll break 40.
Our projected snowfall was a bust, too. Thursday night they were predicting upwards of three inches for us. Last night they cut it down to less than an inch. What we really got were some flakes that melted most of the time, unless they landed on some leaves that really shouldn't have been on the lawn anyway. Those were falling all day today.
Hey friends, sorry I've not been able to be on and around a lot. Non-stop flying and work. Wrote these thoughts after a mission last week, and after putting on facebook, it seemed quite popular with people. Hope all is well with ya'll.
There are plenty of things to female dog about on a TDY to the desert. Food, weather, dirt, sand, rocks, non-potable water, laundry, cold showers, and other random nonchalantness that drags out the day. Even the best job I’ve ever had gets taxing with a combined pile of non-constant rest time, bag drags, customs checks, locked doors, dirty gear, small vans, more rocks, no trash bags, demanding flight schedules and beat to **** jets.It’s no one’s fault when everyone does their best to work them along, but without the luxury of time parked with piles of spare parts, the love is lost. Of course safe to fly, but minor quirks come along for the ride. Pushing the bodies, beans, bullets, and bombs in and out of the ‘box makes the night to day to night cycle strum on with a solid rhythm across all the airframes.Then a phone rings. A soldier is hurt. A sailor is sick. A Marine is wounded. An airman is burned. A contractor is bleeding. No one wants these calls, but they will come. Centers are alerted, references are run, medics are located, and the big board is looked at. “Where’s the closest bird that isn’t broken?” “There sir.” “You, Reach 456, stop loading now, push what you have out, and ready for immediate departure!” Slammed with a new call sign, new diplomatic clearances, new destination filed, and a weary norm takes a new direction.I believe the jet knows it too. Com 1 has been scratchy and not transmitting from the co-pilots side? Cristal clear. Ramp and door needing a manual override to seat and settle? Locks first time. Number 1 engine lagging on EGT rise after fuel flow? Spools faster off the APU than ever before. Left air conditioning pac discharge temp high? Blows cooler than a Manas Kyrgyzstan winter.For all the different missions a C-17 can quick turn to perform, I get no greater satisfaction than riding along with a successful medivac run. The sum of all the players is greater than the whole to get care to those who desperately need it.Adrianspeeder
USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman
zugmannWas a pretty cool sky. Had tornado warning, wind, hail... I was a bit north shoppping, so missed the worst.
Video of a funnel cloud forming was posted by a local news outlet, and there was a fair amount of localized damage scattered around, apparently all straightline winds. We had a peak gust of 29 MPH here in the little valley I live in, and that 1.1" of rain. A few reports of power outages, and pea-sized hail as well.
I should have gone out and done some damage surveys, but didn't.
Probably back to the computer at the fire station again today to clean up the inventory.
adrianspeeder Hey friends, sorry I've not been able to be on and around a lot. Non-stop flying and work. Wrote these thoughts after a mission last week, and after putting on facebook, it seemed quite popular with people. Hope all is well with ya'll.Adrianspeeder
Hey friends, sorry I've not been able to be on and around a lot. Non-stop flying and work. Wrote these thoughts after a mission last week, and after putting on facebook, it seemed quite popular with people. Hope all is well with ya'll.Adrianspeeder
Have always admired the aviation mechanics. Persistence and most listen to pilots to resolve problems. Problems? they always have to work on something too hot or too cold. Desert dry or howliing -40c winds. Too small hatches. Mislabled wire bundles. tensioning control cables in different temps. Fuel problems. list can go on and on.
to answer as previous question the GT unit was still in GT blue and red.There have been a few working locals out of Toledo too.Adrian glad to see you come back for a visit.Today my driver took me west.Saw a cp train come around the wye at Butler Indiana with some Mow equipment on a flat car.Went south and saw the SDI switcher working across the road and CSX's J716 local that serves SDI on trackage rights on NS.L 324 came into Garrett and had cars to drop off and pick up.They were about 2 miles long when we left them.Going to relax this afternoon.Forecasters say more rain to come this week.
blue streak 1 Have always admired the aviation mechanics. Persistence and most listen to pilots to resolve problems. Problems? they always have to work on something too hot or too cold. Desert dry or howliing -40c winds. Too small hatches. Mislabled wire bundles. tensioning control cables in different temps. Fuel problems. list can go on and on.
Every day when I was a flightline guy. Only difference is now I ride along on what I fix.
Adrianspeeder
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