BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!

Subject: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:11 PM

I can't believe it! 2 weeks ago it was 108F and tonight it's snowing! I've lived here 16 years and have never seen it snow this early. Damme. I hate Winter!

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From: Ron Olesko
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:24 PM

could we have a clue where "here" is???

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:26 PM

Eastern Wyoming in what is called 'the banana belt' of the state.

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From: harpgirl
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:38 PM

...the banana belt??? huh?

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From: GUEST,pdq
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:43 PM

You were warned by Bobert when he said the hummingbirds were heading South.

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From: Amos
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:44 PM

Is it called the banana belt because of the ammo clips they favor? The shape of a region? Or a fondness for tropical fruit?

A

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: LadyJean
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:46 PM

My sympathies, snow is not my friend.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:49 PM

No, because the climate is usually so mild all year round, unlike the rest of the state.

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From: Bobert
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:51 PM

Say "It ain't so", Sorcha....

I mean like I've been waitin' fir summer to start and here ol' man winter is comin'? I hat it! (No, Bobert, that's toos trong an emotion for you.) Okay, ahhhhh, I still hate it....

Danged...

Snow, Sorcha??? Ya sure??? You didn't get up to fast, did ya???....

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:58 PM

Send it over here! I LOVE winter!

:-)

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: MMario
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:59 PM

Sorry about that. But at least you're not battening down for Isabel - tho' it looks like she isn't going to be half as bad as they first predicted.

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From: wysiwyg
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 11:10 PM

Sh*tf*ck!

~S~

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From: artbrooks
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 11:13 PM

Snow? Is that the white stuff that falls from the sky for 5-10 minutes in the middle of February? Oh yeah...that's what I used the shovels I threw away for...New Mexico is lovery this time of year...

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 11:16 PM

True, Mario, it could be worse. Probably won't stick, tho.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Bobert
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 11:22 PM

Upon second consideration, what WYSIWIG said....

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: open mike
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 04:42 AM

i usually try to keep a snow ball from the first snow in the freezer.
I used to take them to school in the valley when i worked with disabled
kids...they were thrilled to touch it. it rarely snows in the valley
below here at less than 1,000feet elevation. We always get snow up here
at about 3,000 feet. some years 4-5 feet of it. but not in september...
more like jan-feb. It will not last...just a fore shadowing of what is
ahead in winter. and it is not even fall yet...for a few days.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: gnu
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 06:15 AM

In sothern New Brunswick, Canada, on August 31, we had ice on the seats of our bikes and, since the full moon was to be on the 10th, I predicted an early fall and winter... that we were two weeks ahead of normal. Last night was the first night for several that I didn't have the AC on in the house.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 09:07 AM

Yesterday morning, as I entered work, I noticed "termination dust"* on some of the higher hilltops. Widespread opinion among the staff was the same as mine: "Aw, poop."

It's supposed to go back up to the lower 80s next week.



*Alaskan-speak for the first snow that whitens the mountain tops and indicates the end of Summer. Our "hills" reach up to 10,000 ft. here in Southeastern Idaho.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 10:18 AM

They had some in Casper, too, Sorcha, but it's expected there in Spetember, at least once. I've seen ti snow there as early as Labor Day weekend! Yesterday's did melt, though, but not up on the mountain, of course.

Funny, with all that wide-open space with nothing but windbreaks of trees to stop it, I'd never thought of your area as having *mild* weather, in fact I thought it was worse over there at times!**bg**

Now, ya wanna talk banana belts, that's what we've got here. However, it's been a tad chilly of a morning lately...somewhere near 35 or so this morning. The cats' coats are getting thicker.:-)

luvyakat

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From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 10:25 AM

Clinton, you unparalleled monster...you "LOVE WINTER"???? GAAAAAH!

Why is it that you and I are philosophically opposed on virtually every subject (crucial or mundane) under the sun?

You're either a very sick man or a biological curiosity worthy of close study, methinks... :-) If you and I were, through lengthy consultation, to achieve a meeting of minds it might lead to the resolution of longstanding quarrels like the Irish problem and the troubles in the Middle East and herald in a new age of peace and brotherhood on planet Earth!

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Peg
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 10:30 AM

the weather gets crazier every year; global warming anyone?

I like winter, too! I like all the seasons. But there is something about winter, especially those clear bright days, that makes you feel very alive...

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From: nutty
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 12:22 PM

Weather is pretty crazy here in the uk ..........
10pm last night I was sitting watching TV in shorts and very skimpy top with the windows open and the fan on. (This is on the North East coast where we think it's hot once the thermometer reaches 18 degrees C)
It is so hot during the day that the house just soaks up the heat. I've not had the central heating on for months.
There was a strong wind today but it was warm .......
My poor terrier who is double coated is suffering even though he has a swim in the sea every morning. Anyone out there got any tips on how to deal with this .... its all getting a bit much

How about sharing your snow Sorcha???

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From: Tam the Bam (Nutter)
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 12:33 PM

You thank yourself lucky that you're not getting that Hurricane.

Tom

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From: Tig
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 02:00 PM

Just something else in a bad week eh Sorcha!

Never mind - it will soon be Spring again.#


((((((((((((Sorcha)))))))))))

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From: Rex
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 02:11 PM

So whatcha all getting excited about? It snows any day of the year up at 9600ft. Sure we got a few inches of snow last night. Got more a few weeks ago and froze everything pretty solid as it got down to 26 degrees but you don't hear me fussing about it. Hang in there Sorch, like Tig says, Spring's a-comin'. Sooner or later.

Rex

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 02:53 PM

"Clinton, you unparalleled monster...you "LOVE WINTER"???? GAAAAAH!"

Yes I am... And yes I do...

I hope one day to be able to move back to Canada, and forever shake the slush of "Windsor/Detroit" winters off my bootheels... Move to somewhere that gets REAL winter!

" resolution of longstanding quarrels like the Irish problem"

I have resolution... it involves VERY high walls and tons and tons of water!

How's THAT for peace and brotherhood???

LOL

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 03:40 PM

Hey, Clinton, I guess the part that puzzles me is...which side are you figuring to inundate? Or is it a moat you have in mind?

Regarding a move, I think there are places available in Blind River, and it gets pretty friggin' cold there. Then there's Pickle Lake and Capuscasing too. I shall enquire.

I have got to get you together with Johnny Death sometime. He's a local DJ and musician here in Orillia who would get along great with you. He sings a lot of old songs about death and dismemberment, which is where he got the nickname. Most of his proposed solutions to social problems involve massive bloodletting and forcible removal of undesirables. :-)

The weather in Ontario is gorgeous today, folks.

- LH

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From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 03:52 PM

Bloody hot here the last couple of days, a good 8 - 10 degrees higher than the normal September temperatures. I was worried that I forgot my jacket last night, but just walking from the bus stop in my shirtsleeves, I was hot and sweaty by the time I got home....

I want my crisp September mornings back, spanking and sparkling with dew.... I love the autumn, warm enough to work outside, cool enough to still keep clothes on and dignity intact. Really looking forward to crunching through the leaves again.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 04:04 PM

I would like autumn even better if it went right through to spring.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 04:40 PM

Got about 4-5 inches of snow in southern Alberta. Any time in September the annuals can get killed off and cleanup for winter starts.
Anywhere along the Rockies. I remember getting chased out of a campground in Colorado on July 4.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Eric the Viking
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 04:50 PM

I'd love to get to real snow,just to see it and feel it.We don't have much in the UK and precious little in Cleckheaton. One of the reasons I moved to the pennines and Yorkshire was that as a kid and teeneager, I always saw Yorkshire getting proper snow. Can only recall a few times in thiry odd years since I've lived here.

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From: Naemanson
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 06:13 PM

I'm going to love following this thread this year. The coldest temperature recorded here on Guam was 55 degrees F. The locals still talk about that day with a misture of awe and pride. Awe that they saw it and pride that they survived that winter....

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 09:17 PM

Sounds like Cuba or Trinidad. My kind of place.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Bert
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 10:03 PM

Tree said it snowed in Monument Colordo as well. Anyone further south get any?

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From: open mike
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 10:50 PM

if you want cold weather, go to cut bank montana...
often has the record for coldest temp. in winter.

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From: kendall
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 10:56 PM

screw winter

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From: Mark Cohen
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 11:31 PM

Not too shabby, eh, Brett? Winter here means the big surf moves from the south shore to the north shore. This year I'm going to drive up to Waimea and pipeline and watch those beautiful fools on the 40-foot waves.

Aloha,
Mark (who has had his share of frozen water pipes, thank you very much)

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: open mike
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 12:19 AM

from one pipeline to another...nice difference...
frozen ones or surfing ones....what a choice!

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: annamill
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 12:31 AM

I think we should all move to San Diego. What say, Amos?

Annamill

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From: Coyote Breath
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 12:39 AM

We had snow up in YNP on June 22! Also, in late August we had two inches of hail! and when me and the cook left to visit friends in Dubois (WY) last week, it was a jump ahead of snow predicted for the Tetons and Western Wyoming. Where in E. Wyoming Sorcha? around Sundance? Gillette? Lusk?

We considered staying up in YNP for the winter. Up at Mammoth. Decided to leave because we didn't like the way the concessionaire we worked for treated it's older employees (like us).

Like Clinton, I miss winter, having been born and raised in Wisconsin. Last winter I saw the Northern lights for the first time in many, many years. That was here in Missouri! I got all choked up.

CB

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Amos
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 12:57 AM

Well it would certainly upgrade the quality of life around here and add great variety -- we'd have to put the Balboa Park scene on staggered shifts. There would be threads asking what to do about sand in your dobro and such...and what the best sunblock to wear in December is...the usual stuff, you know. But if everyone did, it would certainly force me to retire so I could run around visiting all my friends!! :>)

A

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From: nutty
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 03:12 PM

Hey folks .... I'm really happy ......it has rained almost all day. No wind - just vertical rain ..... not really cold but very refreshing and the grass actually looks green again.
The forecast says it's not going to last though ... it might be hot again tomorrow.

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From: Edain
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 03:17 PM

I'd love snow, haven't had a decent snowfall in years.

Annamill: some of us already have moved there (although in my case only for 11 months) :-)

Amos: when will the next Balboa Park do be?

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From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 03:41 PM

Mark Cohen - 'Ey, brah, I was een da Big Island one time, was back een da 1980's. Nice place! I wen rent a little cah and wen all round da island and wen camp out een da pahks. I t'ink I like da nort'west cohrnah of da island best, weet da forests and all dat. Some ono place dat is! What paht you livin' in, brah?

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 05:44 PM

From the "Atlas of Hawaii."
Hawaii's mountains,...which extend to nearly 14,000 feet, encompass a climatic range from the tropic to the sub-arctic... Hawaii's tallest peaks get their share of winter blizzards, ice and snow."

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 07:24 PM

It's still sunny here in Anchorage, but nights are dropping down to freezing. I expect we will have our first snow before October. The problem with snow here is it doesn't melt off until April. Just keeps piling higher and higher. My son is waxing his snowboard and I'm thinking of finding the extension cord to plug my truck in when its cold. Still got to drain the pipes in the motorhome and put it away for the season. Too much to do, leaving town for a week tomorrow morning, so I guess I'll do all that stuff when I get back.

Nicest thing about winter in Alaska is all the opportunities we have up here to share music and friendship around a cozy fireplace.

Winter warmth to you all,
Mike

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From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 07:29 PM

I hear don NPR today, Alaska Mike, that it is moose-mating season "up thar" and that you all have to put up the kids' swing sets etc. so that the "wander-lust" moose don't get tangled up whilst attending to more important interests! My niece and her husband moved there about a year ago..I'll have to ask her about that, too.:-)

kat

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From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 07:37 PM

Speaking of which, did Bullwinkel ever get a girlfriend? And what about Boris and Natasha? Did they become unemployed after the collapse of the Soviet Union and did they ever get to share that first kiss? What a great beginning to Glasnost that would have been!

- LH

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From: Hrothgar
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 04:55 AM

It snowed about 200 miles south of here a few years ago.

Just feel sorry for those blokes playing in footy finals here today. The temperature went up to 30 degrees - and that's Celsius!

Then again, it's great weather for watching them....

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From: Alaska Mike
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 01:53 PM

Hi Kat, It IS moose mating season now. The stupid ungulates come down into Anchorage and get tangled in swings, trellises, clothes lines, Christmas lights, etc. I expect the Anchorage Daily News will have a photo of a moose doing something stupid any day now. We get even more moose in town when the mountains get dumped on with snow. They like to walk on the plowed roads and RR tracks because it is easier for them to travel. Cars and trains kill hundreds of them each year. My son totaled his Chevy van last year after crashing into a moose that jumped out in front of him. But today I am in warm Kansas City, MO. I'll be here for a week doing some training for work. Its like summer all over again, aahhhhh.


Best wishes,
Mike

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From: Mark Cohen
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 09:12 PM

Well, LH, there is (or was) a Bullwinkle's pizza parlor in Juneau...you could ask them.

I don't live on the Big Island anymore. I'm on Oahu, which a lot of people think is the Big Island because it has the largest number of people and the biggest city, Honolulu. But it isn't. I lived in Hilo--well, actually first in Papaikou, where I had a macadamia nut orchard, and then in Keaukaha, where I had an apartment that looked out onto black lava rocks and the ocean. The "northwest corner" you're talking about is North Kohala, which is certainly spectacular. But don't forget Waipio Valley, and the Kona Coast, and the volcano.

Yes, Q, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa frequently get snow in the winter. Some people go up there to ski. This site has a nice photo of the tropical beach in the foreground and snow-covered Mauna Kea in the background, if you ignore the stupid "snowflake" graphic.

Aloha,
Mark

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From: katlaughing
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 02:01 AM

HeyaMike, thanks for the great word-images...I shall now dream of great big moose tripping through the yard!**bg** Sorry to hear about your son's accident, but am assuming he is okay? Better the vehicle than the kid! You two might enjoy the following, posted by our own Lonesome EJ in Song Challenge Part 12 loosely based on a real news story. It's a great one to recite...

Bullwinkle's Revenge

A wild and mighty moose am I
I weigh nine hundred pounds
And all wise creatures give me room
When I make my nightly rounds.
I'm heedless of all rough terrain
Of river, crag and boulder
Even bears will hide, for I
Stand six feet at the shoulder!

Imagine, then, my own chagrin
As I crossed the Oslo Highway
To see this slob as he drove his Saab
With sheer abandon, my way!
Now nothing makes me deviate
From a path I set my sights on
But this scared little guy and his frightened bride
Just sat there with their lights on!

Now a moose like me can stand a lot
My calmness is surprising
But the car sat there, and the people stared
And I felt my temper rising.
I thought "how good to use his hood as my own personal ramp!"
So over the bumper and through the glass
I then began to tramp.

I crossed at last, breaking all his glass
And his cool Norwegian bearing
As the Saab disappeared, my ears were cheered
By the sound of distant swearing.
So if, some night, in a glow of light
You meet a moose out on the street
Don't stare and curse, put in in reverse
Or feel the Fury of his Feet!


All the best,

kat

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Hrothgar
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 06:36 AM

I remember when I was in Papua New Guinea (a long time ago) a couple of blokes perished of exposure on Mt Hagen, only a few miles from the Equator. If I remember rightly, it's about 15,000 feet high.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 07:55 AM

Well I was right, it snowed yesterday in Anchorage. Didn't stick to the ground in town, but the surrounding mountains are solid white. Oh well. Looks like the Alaskan 4 season rule is in effect. June, July, August and Winter.

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Art Thieme
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 03:49 PM

Snow was never my friend. It got in the way when I had an all night 500 miledrive to get to the next gig the next day. Now, though, the least bit of snow and ice means I am stuck in the house unless I call one of our town's two cabs. For mobility that is more than a block from home, I use an electric scooter with a range of about 20 miles before needing to be recharged. And I do go all over our two towns here to the extent that I'm now seen by some as rather eccentric. I just figure it's good for me to be SEEN any way I can because of all the gliders-through-stop-signs-with-cellphones who are intent on doing me in.

Ues, snow is my enemy now.

Let us bring on global warming as fast as we can !!!

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: Art Thieme
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 03:57 PM

Mike,

Would a "moosecatcher" work on your car like a cowcatcher is supposed to work on a train? Just was wondering.

Art Thieme

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From: Raptor
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 04:13 PM

Little Hawk

Print the T-shirts

THE CLINTON HAMMOND WORLD TOUR JANUARY 22 AND 23

We'll Have him up for a snowstorm!

Raptor

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: nutty
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 07:30 PM

What joy ....it's been cold enough to switch the central heating on this evening. Autumn seems to be back on track.

Subject: RE: BS: It's Bloody Snowing!!!
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Sep 03 - 01:38 PM

Art, looks as though someone heard your plea: clickie!. **bg**

kat