Who got hit by weather?

Anyone on the group weathered in by the storm that rolled up the eastern
US Friday?
How baddly did you get hit?

Anyone on the group weathered in by the storm that rolled up the eastern
US Friday?

It wasn't just the Eastern US -- the storm *just* missed us. Keokuk, a
short hop from here, got 6+ inches of the white stuff, and the Quad
Cities got even more. We just got cold, cold, cold.

My hometown didn't fare so well. Racine/Kenosha, WI got BURIED with 16
inches of snow! (They can keep it! :-) And, of course, Chicago
got slammed.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article .com,
Jay Honeck wrote:

It wasn't just the Eastern US -- the storm *just* missed us. Keokuk, a
short hop from here, got 6+ inches of the white stuff, and the Quad
Cities got even more. We just got cold, cold, cold.



The snow missed us in central Indiana yesterday. We got plenty of rain
and high wind though. I was going to take the Cub out this afternoon
but there's a lake in the hanger and rivers running across the grass
strip in several places. I'll get up tommorrow if the runway freezes and
the water in the hanger recedes a bit (and doesn't freeze the wheels in
place). Going to be a bit chilly in the Cub if it's in the 30's.

--
Scott Post

In article .com,
says...


It wasn't just the Eastern US -- the storm *just* missed us. Keokuk, a
short hop from here, got 6+ inches of the white stuff, and the Quad
Cities got even more. We just got cold, cold, cold.



Well, you've had your share this past year!!

Family in Illinois, no power expected for 4-5 more days.
Other friends in same town have power back already.

Lots of trees down, power lines down but still working.
Lots of tree limbs supported by power and telephone lines.


"john smith" wrote in message
...
| Anyone on the group weathered in by the storm that rolled
up the eastern
| US Friday?
| How baddly did you get hit?

On Dec 2, 11:01 am, john smith wrote:
Anyone on the group weathered in by the storm that rolled up the eastern
US Friday?
How baddly did you get hit?

Strangely enough, Toledo Ohio got completely missed by the storm. We
were supposed to get snow all day yesterday and overnight, but we got
only rain. Today actually looks like a great VFR day. I hear that parts
of Michigan not too far North of us got hit with quite a bit.

And those of us in the Time Zone Everyone Forgets About (Or doesn't even
know exists) had the storm earlier this week. But since most of us
understand about snow and storms, it was pretty much a non-event in
the non-local news. Did DIA have delays? yup. Did people get stuck in
the snow on icy roads? yup. Did CDOT (Colorado Dept of Transportation)
not get enough of the trucks out early enough to plow? yup. Did the
ski areas get 12-24 inches of snow? yup.

I am baffled by the astonishment everyone shows when the storms
hit. It's winter in the Northern Latitudes. Is any of this a surprise?

Around here, the big news was that Jay Cutler is going to
start this Sunday instead of Jake Plummer. (so what?)

On 02 Dec 2006 17:48:14 GMT, Blanche wrote:
I am baffled by the astonishment everyone shows when the storms
hit. It's winter in the Northern Latitudes. Is any of this a surprise?

When Houston gets snow, it's surprising since it only happens every
10-20 years... Of course, our definition of getting snow is what might
just be classified as a frost by other parts of the country... Hell,
when I was up in Iowa on the Rockwell contract, I had 4" of snow on
the hood of my truck one morning... The locals just called that a
"dusting"... Around here, that would shut down the city for a couple
of days...

I am baffled by the astonishment everyone shows when the storms
hit. It's winter in the Northern Latitudes. Is any of this a surprise?

*chuckle* Yep, the first big snow storm of the season always brings
out the breathless reporters and endless video of cars in the ditch.

I think it's because of our relatively snow-less winters the past 20
years or so. Now (as opposed to the 60s and 70s) a big snowstorm is
an event. Back then, it was just another day...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

And there are many different kinds of snow. We got anywhere
from 5" to a foot of snow in south-central Kansas (Wichita
was officially 5.5 " at the airport, nearby cities reported
over a foot just a little east of here.).
It was nice and light and powdery, but a friend in
Springfield, Illinois reported that he spent the whole day
with truck and tractor moving 14 inches of very heavy wet
snow.


And then there may be an inch or two of freezing rain under
the snow and on the power lines and trees.

Some will shout GLOBAL WARMING, but it really just solar
variations. The whole solar system is getting measurably
hotter and the Mars Rovers are getting lots more solar power
than what was expected.



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
| I am baffled by the astonishment everyone shows when the
storms
| hit. It's winter in the Northern Latitudes. Is any of
this a surprise?
|
| *chuckle* Yep, the first big snow storm of the season
always brings
| out the breathless reporters and endless video of cars in
the ditch.
|
| I think it's because of our relatively snow-less winters
the past 20
| years or so. Now (as opposed to the 60s and 70s) a big
snowstorm is
| an event. Back then, it was just another day...
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|