BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: Donuel
Date: 03 Dec 25 - 07:18 AM

This is an El Niño year, so expect a more severe winter.

Have a cache of supplies including food and water in your vehicle.
For me it was nuts and chocolate as a precaution.
Emergency supplies are up to you. Choose wisely.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Dec 25 - 11:34 AM

If New England is getting snow this week I expect soon to see photos of my brother's grandchildren visiting his home in New Hampshire. He has five acres on a hill with a great sled run for kids of all ages.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 07 Dec 25 - 02:11 PM

New England is due for really cold weather,
with low temperatures close to zero degrees F., tomorrow.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 11 Dec 25 - 07:04 PM

Mention has been made of the flooding in Washington State,
which is a national story at this point, I have heard of it in New England.

Some areas inland in the US have received a foot of snow or more.
My part of New England, close to New York,
escaped with little more than six inches of snow.
Now it is really cold, so the snow will stay for a while.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 11 Dec 25 - 08:05 PM

Here in the Land of Oz we are heading towards a hotter-than-usual summer - bushfires have already started - Hailstorm batters western NSW as homes destroyed in bushfire - a long way from Sydney, but we've also had fires to Sydney's north, again nowhere near me, but a bit closer - around 80km (50 miles) away.

Bushfire season has started

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Dec 25 - 07:24 PM

It's just so cold.
My thermal underwear is getting a workout in this weather.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 17 Dec 25 - 01:34 PM

The thaw is finally underway, and in a day or two there will be rain,
followed by plunging temperatures.
I'm scared everything will freeze into ice.
But today the sun is out and the snow is sliding off the roofs,,
and the icicles are melting fast.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 19 Dec 25 - 01:08 PM

Today it was so warm and rainy that
the earthworms came out on the sidewalks. Boy, are they in for a shock.
It is to start snowing around sundown, with plunging temperatures.
I'm worried that everything will ice over.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 Dec 25 - 08:03 AM

SNowing again, and that means, oddly, that things are a little warmer.
Shouldn't be too much snow in this part of New England;
Buffalo, NY, however, always gets clobbered with snow. (I have a friend over there.)

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 24 Dec 25 - 06:58 PM

Looking ahead to the first weekend of January,
and my area is supposed to get a lot more snow than usual then.
For now I'm just thankful that it isn't icy underfoot.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 26 Dec 25 - 01:47 PM

I was misinformed. The snow starts this evening and could last for a while. Then there is to be more snow next week. Could accumulate somewhat.
We didn't have a white Christmas, but we may have a white New Year's Eve
in this part of the Northeast.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 29 Dec 25 - 04:34 PM

Narrowly avoided an ice storm here, the conditions were too warm.
But it's going to stay cold all week, as in below freezing.
And there's a wind advisory at this moment.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 Jan 26 - 09:40 AM

Another year, another few inches of dry powdery snow,
and a clear blue sky and frigid sunshine.
Happy New Year!

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Jan 26 - 02:39 PM

Up to 70 here on New Year's Day. I'll take the dogs for a walk and see who else is home and out in their yards for a quick hello. Next week there is a better chance of rain. We got nothing from all of the weather than hit California, it must have drifted way to the NE.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 03 Jan 26 - 02:43 PM

It's been below freezing for days (and nights) in southern New England.
This coming week it's supposed to get above freezing,
but I will believe that when I see it.
Right now we still have several inches of snow on the ground.
It's been good weather for thermal underwear.
I just went and bought some new pairs of warm socks.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 06 Jan 26 - 09:04 AM

We've had snow in Oxfordshire for a couple of days. Herself reports that the local news have issued a yellow snow warning.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: Donuel
Date: 09 Jan 26 - 05:54 AM

It's 60°F here today and tomorrow.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 17 Jan 26 - 09:30 AM

New England got a few inches of snow overnight, and it's going to continue snowing today.
It's the dry powdery kind, which is good for clearing and plowing and so on.
Everything looks picture-pretty with the new snow outlining every branch on the bare trees.
The roads are plowed and salted; the parking lots, still getting there.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 20 Jan 26 - 08:28 AM

Another long cold spell here, with temperatures staying below freezing.
The snow we have on the ground ought to stay put for some time now.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 Jan 26 - 03:30 PM

How many Mudcatters are in the path of the oncoming snowstorm?
I know of two or three off the top of my head, here in the U. S.
And think of Max at State College, PA -- he must be in the path of it as well.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: Donuel
Date: 23 Jan 26 - 06:42 PM

40 million Americans.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: Donuel
Date: 24 Jan 26 - 09:51 AM

It's 10 F here in DC, but NYC will have Day After Tomorrow temps of 40 to 50 below zero F.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Jan 26 - 04:57 PM

One million are without power in this ice storm. WOW this snow is heavy.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 26 Jan 26 - 06:30 PM

My part of southern New England (US)
got about fifteen inches of snow.
No ice storm here, thank goodness.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: Donuel
Date: 27 Jan 26 - 05:32 AM

A catastrophic raw sewerage spill into DC's Potomac River dumped 300 million gallons of poo into DC at the start of the snow. E coli is 12,000 times higher than normal. The problem is just now starting to be addressed because of the cold. Insert joke here.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 31 Jan 26 - 10:28 PM

It's quiet and very very cold in my part of Southern New England.
Farther south it is not so quiet.
A storm is battering the southern maritime states/coasts.
That storm is getting ready to move out to sea.
But it will still kick up winds, which will move north into my area.
Bonechilling cold plus increased winds make it dangerous to be outside.

Subject: RE: BS: Weather. New thread as of March 16, 2010
From: keberoxu
Date: 03 Feb 26 - 07:10 PM

I finally heard from my friend in Richmond, Virginia,
whom I had asked (e-mail) about the outcome of that storm.

They had freezing rain that fell for a long time, which froze ...
they are measuring the ice in inches of thickness.
As in, three to four inches of solid ice on a typical driveway.
One gentleman cleared his driveway using a pickaxe, a sledgehammer, and finally a snow shovel, or so I am told.

I think ice storms are the worst.