MKE update. Not snowing too much now, but still very windy and lots of blowing snow. Got 10-15 inches on top of the 7 Monday. A couple short power outages in the night and has now been out since about 5:30.
Sent from my iPhone 'cause I'm not near my computer. On Feb 2, 2011, at 6:28, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > We had a bit of thunder and lightning. Lots of wind and about 7 inches of > snow up here in Bloomfield Hills, but only about 5 inches downtown and at the > airport. Shouldn't prove to be much of a problem. Don't know about power > outages, but mine is on. > Paul > On Feb 1, 2011, at 11:33 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > >> The thunder and lightening we're having is amazing--a 1st time experience >> for me. I just tried to take some shots off the back landing, but it's hard >> to lock on for focus and you're fighting elements constantly--so I didn't >> really get anything. Also, it's hard to photograph; the snow looks like >> glitter, not big snowflakes. I tried for some swirling snow, but when the >> wind picks up it makes me unsteady and I lose control. When I use the >> tripod, I can't manuver quickly when I spot snow swirles. I'd have to say >> the elements are challenging. >> >> >> >> I also got beaned pretty good by the snow in the cheeks--got a little bump >> on my left cheek under my left eye. Snow accumulation by us not much of a >> story yet, but the wind, thunder, and lightening clearly the story. We hear >> wind and occassion gates thumping. 79 thousand people are already without >> power in the Chicagoland area. Not good. Christine >> >> -- >> 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.
