Snow! Who'd a Thunk it? - Page 2

irishgrl · #16 11-26-2006, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Just be careful - as they used to tell me in Rochester - 4 wheel drive will get you going - but it won't stop or not skid any more than other cars

Don't know how used to driving in snow you are - but if a gal from New Mexico can do it - so can you

I was going to say "anyone can" but that is so apparently not true as witnessed during the first snow we had here.

I started out with a Maverick and chains. I know enuff to go slow. and not get caught in other people's tracks!! that would be a disaster! every winter, the sides of all the bad roads are littered with testosterone laden yahoos' big monster 4x4's. I think it is so funny.......

Miss Vicky · #17 11-26-2006, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by irishgrl

I heard its gonna be a bad winter........and if this early snow is any indication, you better get prepared........

Great, just great. At least the creek behind my house always floods on the other side. The parking lot at my office, however, was submerged in about two feet of water last winter.

skcin · #18 11-27-2006, 04:37 PM

Go figure. It's been in the high 50's/low 60's & partly sunny here for about a week. No snow since that bad October storm either. Strange.

DavidMn · #19 11-27-2006, 04:39 PM

Here today it's one of those totally miserable days. The kind with the low hanging clouds and about 35 degrees and a light rain.

SuzeQuze · #20 11-27-2006, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by irishgrl

so far its just covering the ground, maybe an inch, it only started sticking an hour or so ago so the day is still young snow-speak.....the real fun will begin tomorrow when I have to go to work! thank GAWD I have a 4wheel drive. (this is why I own an SUV)

You own an SUV? I'll be confiscating your Lefty Card now!

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Originally Posted by skcin

Go figure. It's been in the high 50's/low 60's & partly sunny here for about a week. No snow since that bad October storm either. Strange.

We have had a very mild Nov here in the Northeast! Today in Boston it is 60!

DavidMn · #21 11-27-2006, 04:42 PM

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You own an SUV? I'll be confiscating your Lefty Card now!

Oh she pm's me all the time with her Repuclican propaganda.

DrummerDeanna · #22 11-27-2006, 04:44 PM

Well the same system that dumped snow in CA is moving our way and joining up with some Arctic air to produce a major winter storm. Great.

Actually I won't get the brunt, that'll still be the mountains, though it's icy and cold today...highs in the 20s....they may have climbed to the 30s but it's not looking like it...I want to be at home by my fire and tree...but alas I have to be at work...

estranged4life · #23 11-27-2006, 07:30 PM

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Well the same system that dumped snow in CA is moving our way and joining up with some Arctic air to produce a major winter storm. Great.

Actually I won't get the brunt, that'll still be the mountains, though it's icy and cold today...highs in the 20s....they may have climbed to the 30s but it's not looking like it...I want to be at home by my fire and tree...but alas I have to be at work...

What you'll miss is what we'll be getting here in Oklahoma.

It is expected to be 70 on Wednesday afternoon, then the bottom falls out. The temps will plunge down into the 30's Wednesday evening, then the rain will turn into ice (I hate ice storms, this will be the 4th one in 4 years-The worse was the one that knocked our electricity out for 3 days in Jan.2002...Hell, Just today I noticed the tops of our trees suffered from the 60MPH winds we had last week, so I guess I'll suck it up and hope my back doesnt go out as I remove those branches tomorrow) and by Thursday morning the ice will turn to snow.

The wind chill for Thursday will be at 0 Farhenheit, with the high's being in the mid 20's with blowing snow (Which will be fun since we're scheduled to go shopping on Thursday-I can drive in any weather condition, However people in this area cannot drive even when it is 90+ outside)

Just think, it isnt even nowhere the coldest time of the year for this area!

irishgrl · #24 11-27-2006, 09:55 PM

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Oh she pm's me all the time with her Repuclican propaganda.

shhhhhh!

you'll blow my cover!

Im about as tree hugging, eco-minded as you can get but when the only thing that will get me to work and back during winter is a 4wheel drive, you betcha Im owning one! (when I say SUV, Im talking the ORIGINAL SUV, the JEEP--not them behemoths that make ya sick with their conspicuous consumption.....)

ps: the snow ended up turning into rain and washed all the snow away. We had snow again today btw, this is so strange...

irishgrl · #25 11-27-2006, 09:57 PM

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Just think, it isnt even nowhere the coldest time of the year for this area!

I was thinking the same thing when I saw the snow....we dont usually get it this early....I bet we ARE in for a bad winter.......

macfanken · #26 11-28-2006, 07:19 AM

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Up in Washington east of Seattle theyve really been getting pounded.

We actually got a trace of snow here in the city... which is rare. You only have to go 10 miles out of the city and there's lots of snow... up to two feet in some areas. It only takes an inch of snow here to bring everything to a standstill... we're not used to it.

irishgrl · #27 11-28-2006, 07:26 AM

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We actually got a trace of snow here in the city... which is rare. You only have to go 10 miles out of the city and there's lots of snow... up to two feet in some areas. It only takes an inch of snow here to bring everything to a standstill... we're not used to it.

Really? I would have thought you'd have tons of it all the time? I always think of the upper tier of States (you know, the ones that border Canada) as getting tons of snow....

danax6 · #28 11-28-2006, 07:28 AM

We are also having the strangest weather on this side of the ocean. We would normally be preparing for winter now with temperatures in the low 40's at best, and a lot of wind and rain. Instead, we are still experiencing the aftermath of a warm fall, with sunny weather and temperatures going into the 60's.

It's quite bizarre, but this is the second year in a row this is happening now. Our summer was unusually hot also, with a 3 week heatwave. They used to last not longer than 3 days.

I'm beginning to think Al Gore made a very good point.

irishgrl · #29 11-28-2006, 07:30 AM

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We are also having the strangest weather on this side of the ocean. We would normally be preparing for winter now with temperatures in the low 40's at best, and a lot of wind and rain. Instead, we are still experiencing the aftermath of a warm fall, with sunny weather and temperatures going into the 60's.

It's quite bizarre, but this is the second year in a row this is happening now. Our summer was unusually hot also, with a 3 week heatwave. They used to last not longer than 3 days.

I'm beginning to think Al Gore made a very good point.

From your post to Monkey Boy's ears. What a maroon, insisting there's no such thing as global warming

macfanken · #30 11-28-2006, 07:39 AM

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Really? I would have thought you'd have tons of it all the time? I always think of the upper tier of States (you know, the ones that border Canada) as getting tons of snow....

No, Seattle is right on the water so it's normally pretty mild here... similar to San Francisco. The eastern part of the state, on the other side of the Cascade range, is a different story... very hot in the summer and very cold and snowy in the winter.