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....in ice.
It's been coming down here all day. I've gone through 50+ pounds of ice melt, and bought another 40 pounds this afternoon. NO ONE has flown in or out of Iowa City all day, and we've taken cancellations at about the same rate as people are stumbling in off the road. One poor woman did a 360 degree donut right in front of the hotel. She came in and rented a suite right then and there. Our only dim hope: The temperature just broke the freezing mark, up from 23 earlier today. Hopefully the forecasters are correct and temps will continue to rise overnight... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Ice sucks. High today here at my house was around +15F, been snowing
lightly all day and I shoveled about 6 inches of snow. But the snow is "cold smoke" and not hard to get rid of. Theoretically I could go flying today but... well... I'm just a wimp. Besides, in this kind of weather there are so many more fun things to do. Like... shoveling snow... --Walt Bozeman, Montana On Dec 1, 4:14 pm, Jay Honeck wrote: ...in ice. It's been coming down here all day. I've gone through 50+ pounds of ice melt, and bought another 40 pounds this afternoon. NO ONE has flown in or out of Iowa City all day, and we've taken cancellations at about the same rate as people are stumbling in off the road. One poor woman did a 360 degree donut right in front of the hotel. She came in and rented a suite right then and there. Our only dim hope: The temperature just broke the freezing mark, up from 23 earlier today. Hopefully the forecasters are correct and temps will continue to rise overnight... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Its headed for PA Sunday morning, glad I got my flying in today!
Ron Gardner "Jay Honeck" wrote in message ... ...in ice. It's been coming down here all day. I've gone through 50+ pounds of ice melt, and bought another 40 pounds this afternoon. NO ONE has flown in or out of Iowa City all day, and we've taken cancellations at about the same rate as people are stumbling in off the road. One poor woman did a 360 degree donut right in front of the hotel. She came in and rented a suite right then and there. Our only dim hope: The temperature just broke the freezing mark, up from 23 earlier today. Hopefully the forecasters are correct and temps will continue to rise overnight... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay.. it sucks to have to deal with ice and snow..
but at least from the business perspective.. your cancellations are being covered by walk (slide) ins. BT "Jay Honeck" wrote in message ... ...in ice. It's been coming down here all day. I've gone through 50+ pounds of ice melt, and bought another 40 pounds this afternoon. NO ONE has flown in or out of Iowa City all day, and we've taken cancellations at about the same rate as people are stumbling in off the road. One poor woman did a 360 degree donut right in front of the hotel. She came in and rented a suite right then and there. Our only dim hope: The temperature just broke the freezing mark, up from 23 earlier today. Hopefully the forecasters are correct and temps will continue to rise overnight... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
...in ice. Okay, I know it's nothing like ice/snow, but it rained for a day-and-a-half straight here in Arizona! This is NOT the winter weather the "snowbirds" flock here for. |
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Shirl wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote: ...in ice. Okay, I know it's nothing like ice/snow, but it rained for a day-and-a-half straight here in Arizona! This is NOT the winter weather the "snowbirds" flock here for. Ok all of you guys, stop bragging!! I'll take your water (frozen or not) and if you can send some of it to my place in NC I'll be really happy. It LOOKS like the pink on the radar is splitting and going around us. No rain, no nothing. Margy |
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Spent the afternoon at the hanger.
It started to snow around 1pm, by the time I left to go home at 5pm it was 6-8" deep on the level with drifts in front of some hangers over 2 feet. Driving was purely IFR. Forward vis was about 200 feet, traffic on the freeway was down to 30mph. I was concentrating so hard on trying to see the car in front of me that I drove right past my exit. By the time I got to the next exit, I'd decided that I'd never get down the road to our house, even in our 4wd Tahoe. The only way I'd make it home was to divert to our farm shop, leave the Tahoe and drive a plow truck home, which I did. And thank goodness I did, because I had to plow my way down our road to the house. Even the heavy 4wd plow truck couldn't make it through the drifts without plowing first. What a mess.... now it's snailing or snaining and the wind hasn't let up. Jim "Jay Honeck" wrote in message ... ...in ice. It's been coming down here all day. I've gone through 50+ pounds o ice melt, and bought another 40 pounds this afternoon. NO ONE has flown in or out of Iowa City all day, and we've taken cancellations at about the same rate as people are stumbling in off the road. One poor woman did a 360 degree donut right in front of the hotel. She came in and rented a suite right then and there. Our only dim hope: The temperature just broke the freezing mark, up from 23 earlier today. Hopefully the forecasters are correct and temps will continue to rise overnight... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Margy Natalie" wrote Okay, I know it's nothing like ice/snow, but it rained for a day-and-a-half straight here in Arizona! This is NOT the winter weather the "snowbirds" flock here for. Ok all of you guys, stop bragging!! I'll take your water (frozen or not) and if you can send some of it to my place in NC I'll be really happy. It LOOKS like the pink on the radar is splitting and going around us. No rain, no nothing. And the lake levels just keep getting lower. Lower than many have been since they were filled, many years ago. People's docks are sitting on the mud, and if you didn't take your boat out a month ago, it will probably have to stay in, or have it lifted out at a marina. Most of the boat launches are way above the current water level. If the recreational part is not bad enough, some municipalities are down to measuring their drinking water reserves in days.... Margy's right. The rain approaches, and splits and goes to the North and/or the South. Bring on the ice, snow, freezing rain, rain, or anything that is wet. We'll take it! -- Jim in NC |
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"Jim Burns" wrote in message ... What a mess.... now it's snailing or snaining and the wind hasn't let up. Jim Snaining? First time I ever heard that term. It's rowing here... |
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