I'm in western Virginia. It's 43 and raining. It's supposed to get heavy during the night but I'm not complaining. The bad stuff is along the Gulf coast.
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, geeze, Cyclone. I feel for you, John. Please stay safe and we send > lots of luck. Some said southern U.S. is very wet, possible tornados. Any > validity to this? What say our PDMLers in the south? If true, sending good > wishes to you folks as well. Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Coyle" <[email protected]> > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 8:12 PM > Subject: RE: Big Chicago Blizzard > > >> I'll see your blizzard and raise you a Category 5 cyclone! >> Cyclone Yasi is due to hit the Queensland coast tomorrow, with winds up to >> 200km/hour, which is quite enough to lift off roofs, knock down even >> mature >> trees, and blow even heavy garden furniture about. Wouldn't be at all >> surprised that some of the buildings weakened by our recent floods will >> collapse if the cyclone is as bad as predicted. >> Here in Brisbane we're probably only going to get 100km/hour winds, as the >> cyclone is due to arrive about 800km north of here, but these things can >> change course very suddenly and quite unpredictably, so we'll take all the >> necessary precautions by clearing stuff from outside. >> >> Can we have some of Christine's luck too, please? >> >> >> John Coyle >> Brisbane, Australia >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Christine Aguila >> Sent: Wednesday, 2 February 2011 8:01 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Big Chicago Blizzard >> >> It was expected to start at 3p, but it started a half hour early. Schools >> closed at 2p & they've already called a snow day for tomorrow. Last >> snowday >> in Chicago was 1999. We could get anywhere from 10 to 2 feet of snow. >> Some are claiming we're going to get 2-3 inches per hour. Worst time will >> be 9p to 5am. Snowmobiles have been sent to the fire and police >> departments >> for rescue capability. We're under a blizzard warning until tomorrow at >> 3p. >> >> The winds are really starting to pick up. I have a feeling the winds will >> be the worst part of the storm; Lake Michigan waves are supposed to be >> enormous--I won't be able to get down there to photograph them. >> >> Since we have a snow day tomorrow, I'll be free to try for some pictures. >> My big worry is power--sure hope it doesn't go out because I only have a >> snort or two of scotch in the house. We're having brats and baked beans >> for >> dinner. May make some carrot cake. And a movie for sure. >> >> Wish us luck! :-) >> Big cheers, Christine from Chicago >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
