I was wondering where our usually dreary weather went! Your Blizzard has sucked the moisture out of the NorthWest. Clear skies since yesterday afternoon - cold at night, but livable with mid-twenties at night and mid-forties during the day. Good weather for picture taking. I have plans for tomorrow.
Having grown up just outside of Boston, and working just outside the beltway in northern VA for 12 years, I've done my share shoveling out of 30 inch snowfalls. I had a robust healthy father die face down in 10 inches of snow, his snow shovel in hand at their farm in New Hampshires just shy of his 77th birthday, just 18 hours after a four day celebration of his and Mom's 50th wedding anniversary in Phoenix AZ. Now, with my 69th approaching rapidly, I'll leave the shoveling to any neighbors kids, if I ever need it. Even 4 or 5 inches usually is gone two days after it snows up here, in those years we actually have some snow. Seattle's weather is the result of a constant battle between the South Pacific trades (warm & full of water) and the Alaskan/Canadian bitter cold & windy cells that try to make a winter. It fails more often than not.. :-)> Best of luck with this one folks. On Feb 1, 2011, at 18:13 , Christine Aguila wrote: > Take care, Bruce. They've changed the snow predictions--now they're saying > 3-4 inches per hour during the peak later on tonight. Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Walker" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 5:58 PM > Subject: Re: Big Chicago Blizzard > > >> On 11-02-01 5:00 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>> 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 >>> >> >> We're next in line after you then, Christine. Stormasaurus is expected to >> hit here (Mississauga & Toronto) around midnight and dump 20-30 cm's (in >> round terms, a foot) of snow by Wednesday aft. I'm hearing the "snow day" >> phrase bandied about now; apparently for the first time in about 3 years. >> >> But I always work from home, so it's no snow day for me. *Unless* the power >> fails, in which case we'll light up the fireplace and just hang. >> >> I suspect what it really means is I'll spend a bunch of time tinkering with >> the increasingly balky Briggs & Stratton on the old snowblower. Since >> there's expected to be very gusty winds too, I should be able to get some >> amusing shots of the snow-clearing neighbors covered head to foot in >> blow-back. :-) >> >> -bmw >> >> -- >> 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. Joseph McAllister [email protected] THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and The eyesight to tell the difference. -- 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.
