[Rhodes22-list] Got Snow Anyone?

[jbconnolly at comcast.net]

No snow here but an ice storm last Friday.  Lost power at 2 AM and it was out 65 hours.  We were on the edge of the damage too, friends just over the town line to the east lost power for 8 hours and had little tree damage.  To the west and north, still about 200,000 people in the dark as of this morning anyway.

Jim Connolly

s/v Inisheer
'85 recycled '03
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "ben" <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com>
> I woke up Thursday to 2-3 inches on the ground and big, wet, heavy flakes
> falling.  I had no idea it was coming, and would have been less surprised to
> see the Mississippi river flowing backwards, after threads from last week.
> Of course, everything shut down -- we have trucks to spray mosquito poison,
> not to spread salt on the roads.
> 
> It was reportedly our biggest snowstorm since the 60s.  It's the only one
> I've been in town to see.
> 
> By the end of the day, it was mostly melted.  It was back up in the 70s
> yesterday, so there's no sign of the stuff now, but it was fun for a single
> morning.
> 
> Ben S.
> 
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> 
> Slim,
> Sounds like a great time to throw in some Greatful Dead music and break out
> 
> the wine. Driving in those conditions is never fun. Glad everything went
> okey  
> dokey and you made it home. Are you sure you don't want to move to South  
> Carolina. Temps here this morning are in the 40's and only getting warmer.
>  
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 12/15/2008 2:35:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> stevenalm at gmail.com writes:
> 
> Just got  in from a weekend in Rapid City, SD.  Drove home in a blizzard.
> 500+  miles of 35-40 mph cross winds, blowing and drifting snow and
> "white-outs"  all the way.  Had to detour around a chunk of Interstate 90
> that was  closed.  13 hours.  It wasn't that bad until it got dark.   AWD
> Astro did the trick though.  Very sure-footed vehicle.   There's another one
> we can walk away from!
> 
> Love the dog  footage!
> 
> Slim
> 
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 1:04 PM, John Shulick  <jsbudda at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Winter is here (sigh)  but at least someone is having fun.
> > http://www.dogwork.com/dogsnow/  http://www.dogwork.com/dogsnow/
> >
> >
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