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My cousin lives in Columbus, Ohio and is completely snowed in. No electricity, no heat, her car is frozen solid and won't start.
I just talked to my aunt NE of Cincinnati and there is some kind of curfew not only are they totally snowed in but the police won't let anyone drive on the streets there.
Damn! And I'm sitting here shivering because it's below 60º.
-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” AA Milne Posts: 3722 | From: Folsom, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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Gotta love the midwest. Don't like the weather? Wait 5 minutes, it'll change.
That storm was supposed to hit St Louis but I talked to my family there and they didnt even see as much as a rain drop! Whew! I'm flying in on Saturday!
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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50 Degrees and sunny here in the great white north, they were playing golf here today just 5 minutes from my shop... it's crazy weather for sure, but I'm not complaining.
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SIGNS1st. Neil Butler Paradise, NF Posts: 6277 | From: St. John's NF Canada | Registered: Mar 1999
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I just talked to Gary Anderson in Bloomington, Indiana, and he is snowed in with 12" of white stuff and temperatures in the single digits. More is expected for today and tomorrow. Everything but essential businesses are closed and driving is discouraged.
Not a good time for retail merchants.
Here in Texas we are cold (at least for Texas), but no moisture. It was 21 this morning with a wind chill of 7 and it is supposed to get down to 12 tonight. Just two days ago it was 68.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I HATE to shop...I think I'm missing an essential female gene.
I do everything I possibly can on-line. Most places are offering free shipping this time of year and if not, it's worth the shipping charge to sit here all warm and cozy, order it and have the nice UPS guy bring to me.
I went yesterday and got the grocery shopping done before the real crowds hit. With any luck I won't have to go out for the next couple of days at all.
-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” AA Milne Posts: 3722 | From: Folsom, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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We got hit yesterday with frozen rain. This part of the country gets way more ice storms than it does actual snow. Being an old Yankee, I'd take foot of snow over the ice. The ice comes in two varieties, freezing rain, this is where the rain falls wet, then freezes upon contact. This is wicked, it seals up your car, bends trees to the ground and downs powerlines. The other form is frozen rain. This is more like tiny hail and is what we got yesterday. It will build up and kinda look like snow. We have 5" in places around here, but it's hard and you kinda walk on top of it...oh yea, the cars get sealed up when it does this too I don't think the power is out anywhere, cancellations are rampant though and I wouldn't even think about going to Kroger ( any body living in the south will get that one ) I looked at the radar and the entire state of Arkansas was white yesterday, I'm sure those folks over there got it too.
-------------------- George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@bigriver.net
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I miss those days when it snows so much that you HAVE to stay home. I vividly remember the Blizzard of '78 in Jersey, being home from school, drinking hot chocolate and doing a huge jigsaw puzzle (King Tut's gold mask). It was shortly after Christmas and we found a german shepard puppy wandering lost in the snow. Funny the things you remember.
-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” AA Milne Posts: 3722 | From: Folsom, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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You tell em Todd! Ok here in Minnesota...it's -2 below..and I s'pose I should roll up the window while driving til feb......How is the weather in FRESNO? I'm bound for the City of Angels tonight, any snow on the runway at LAX?
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
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Looks like it's gonna be in the 50s all week and rainy Sun, Mon & Tues. It's even supposed to rain here those days which is a pretty big deal for the desert. :-)
If I remember correctly, it drizzled a tiny bit last Christmas Eve, we were all sitting out on the patio.
-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” AA Milne Posts: 3722 | From: Folsom, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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Mike, you've got that balmy SOUTHERN Minnesota weather. It's going to be -12 without the windchill the next 2 nights. Guess I might put away my shorts for a month.
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5397 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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I miss the snowed in days too Kimberley. (we live in the same area but the weather use to be so much colder!)
At the farm we got snowdrifts as high as a building. It was so cool to create caves inside them or slide down them. Then the power would go out but the generator was reserved for the barn to milk the cows, so we got to sit with coats in the house around the kitchen table and play boardgames or puzzles by candle light. It was additionally exciting when there was a huge ice storm with all of the above and you'd hear this CRASH periodically when a heavily iced branch gave way and crashed into a million crystals and slid across the yard. Dad had to dump the milk because no milk trucks could reach us.
But then we were kids and weren't responsible for lost milk and funds, frozen pipes, and getting food on the table.
We did get snowed in here once since living here. We get high winds in our area so they say if there's a wind and it's snowing, do NOT venture out or you can be stranded in an instant. In winter we ensure our freezer is well stocked and we have plenty of firewood in case this happens. But this is nothing compared to the old days.
I'm ready... come on snow!!!
It's actually suppose to snow next week! Dan, may you need a snowplough attachment for the Phoebe car.
""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3485 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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Her in the Evansville, In area we got anywhere from 12-24 inches. My backyard scale has 19"
The whole area is under a state of emergency. No power problems here but I did hear on the news that south of us in Kentucky there was a county that was out.
Penny was the only 1st shift person to make it to work on time. Of coure we live less than a mile from her work. My Explorer does great in this stuff. Her bosses new Grand Cherokee got stuck and I had to go get him, along with several others whos cars couldn't make it out of thiers driveways. I spent most of the morning picking people up and taking them to work.
Most places are closed here, but Penny works at a Nursing Home, and they don't close, along with the hospitals.
Hope everyone is safe!!!!
I am going to call Don Hulsey when I get done typing. He is 40 miles southeast of me.
-------------------- Troy "Metalleg" Haas 626 Kingswood Dr Evansville,In 47715 Posts: 1100 | From: Evansville,Indiana, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Snow is only cool if you get to play in it, having to endure it stinks.
I've got easy access to snow here (just a couple hours to the nearest ski resorts and mountains) but so far I haven't felt the desire to go play in it. We actually have several places in town that sell skis and snowboards, kinda ironic for a place where temps go over 120 but rarely below 40.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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Just got in off the snowmobiles here. Finally got to go play after lots of plowing for ourselves and some Amish neighbors. About 20,000 without electric in our area. LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW!
-------------------- Dana Blair Blair Signs Wooster, OH www.blairsigns.com
If sign makers go on strike, is there anything written on their picket signs? Posts: 835 | From: Wooster, OH, USA | Registered: Jul 1999
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Didn't get to play on a snowmobile here But did get to blow out the driveway after the snowplow went past. Went to the closest store, about a 15 minute trip, and had to blow out the driveway again to get the van back in.
We now have everything we need and I don't intend to leave the house again until the snow stops and the high winds subside.
( 9 days, 5 hours until sun and sand )
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
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We were without power from about 5 this morning till 1:30 today. With the wind blowing temp. in the house dropped to 52 before the power came back on. I Just got back from an erran run, we got about 3/4 inch of ice on top of 2" of snow. The ice has broken trees and power lines everywhere around here. Lynn informed me that we're in a level 3 emergency and they can ticket you for being on the road. At one point this morning 30% of the homes in the county were without power.
I work outside a lot, but I really feel sorry for these linemen for the power co. It's nasty out there.
My sister,Pam just called, she lives next door to Mom and they've been without power since 6:30 last night. Mom and my other sister went to the firehouse this morning. Pam and her daghter are waiting for the volunteer to come get them to go to the firehouse. It's been set up as a shelter for now. The roads between us are impassable, I can't get to them to bring them here.
I hate dis sh#t!
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-------------------- Bill Dirkes Cornhole Art LLC Bellevue, Ky. Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are. Posts: 591 | From: Bellevue,Ky. US | Registered: Aug 1999
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Bill, What about the people in Kentucky that ain't got no power year 'round? How do they make shine with the ice? Does it keep the rev-i-newers and feds away?
(Please take this as a fun poke at southerners as myself and Neil Young DO love the south, thank you for not burning my home down)
y'all
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
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Mike Every body knows ya make shine with a wood far. and refrigeration tubing(available at your local junk yard(There's bound to be a junk yard jes' down da road, if'n it ain't in yer own yard.
Thanks fer the chuckle Mike, it was needed
-------------------- Bill Dirkes Cornhole Art LLC Bellevue, Ky. Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are. Posts: 591 | From: Bellevue,Ky. US | Registered: Aug 1999
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Talked to my truck driver Son this morning. He was 16 miles North of the Indiana line on I-65 from 12:45 last night until I talked to him sometime arount 9:30.
They don't make much money sitting along with a few hundred cars and trucks in the snow.
-------------------- Rove Gratz Gratz Signs 342 Walden Station Drive Macon, GA 31216 rovegratz@aol.com Home Page: http://rove-342.tripod.com Posts: 861 | From: Macon, GA 31216 | Registered: Jan 2004
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We got cold -15 below tonight ....high of 1 degree tomorrow....had to start zipping up the old jacket today!
But we only have a trace of snow....we could use some up here.
How can you go out and enjoy -0 degree weather without any snow.....nothing beats 90 miles per hour on a snowmobile across a frozen lake at -10 below....
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There is snow with ice on top here. Ice hanging from trees and power lines. Thousands without electric including my supervisor. The Mayor told all city workers to stay home unless they were critical personnel. Soon after that my work closed so we get paid for today instead of having to take a vacation day. I have electric and am very thankful for it as I would have to find heat for my birds otherwise. And it is going to get really cold the next few days. Glad I will be home to make sure the birds are warm.
-------------------- Debbie Posts: 674 | From: USA | Registered: Feb 2001
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We started with 2" of freezing rain Tuesdaay night followed by 2" of sleet(small hail George talked about), and then 6" of snow on top of that. Wednesday and Wed. nite we received an additional 10" of snow. Yesterday the temp stayed around 20 all day. It was 8 when I checked this morning.
I spent 9 hours yesteday with the Bobcat clearing the drive from the house to the road(about 1/4 mile) I still have a little over 1/4 mile to clear before I can get back to the shop.
-------------------- Don Hulsey Strokes by DON signs Utica, KY 270-275-9552 sbdsigns@aol.com
I've always been crazy... but it's kept me from going insane. Posts: 2275 | From: Utica, KY U.S.A. | Registered: Jan 1999
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quote:Originally posted by Dale Manor: nothing beats 90 miles per hour on a snowmobile
Dale, I saw 100+ on my sled on a frozen road here in Amish country yesterday. Even had an Amish neighbor driving the wife's sled for a bit.
We had 15 people stay at our house last night as we had electric and heat and family and friends (including next door neighbors) didn't. Not expected to be restored until Saturday afternoon at earliest. We lost phone lines from yesterday afternoon until this morning.
-------------------- Dana Blair Blair Signs Wooster, OH www.blairsigns.com
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