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dmpilc
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Initially Posted - 02/01/2011 : 20:08:25

Here's hoping you all stay safe during this next round of winter storms, and boats too. This next one looks like it could be a bad one.
We're getting a lot of rain and wind here, but no snow, yet. Supposed to get gusts up to 45 MPH tonight.

DavidP
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jhinton
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Response Posted - 02/01/2011 : 20:36:18

We're at 4 inches (as of 2230) and counting in Ann Arbor, MI!

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 02/01/2011 : 20:42:50

It was 70 when I left for work this morning. An hour later it was 42. It's 27 right now with a wind chill of 12. Winds are N at 24 gusting to 33! Snow Thursday night and Friday morning.

I was in Denton, TX over the weekend and it was 75 on Saturday. My wife left yesterday and it was in the 50's. Right now it's 13 with a wind chill of -3.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/01/2011 : 22:06:42

We have warnings all over the radio right now to stay home tomorrow, don't drive, etc. On teh highway tonight, I passed a convoy of trucks pulling snowmobile trailers, headed north. I suspect the snow day will make them smile.

So far all we have is a little wind, but the radio is keeping tabs on progress and teh snow should start here in the next couple hours. We only have about a foot on the ground. so the new stuff will make it look a lot more like winter. As long as I get time off work and it seals up the foundation on the house so we stay warmer. I am perfectly content to let it snow.

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 02/02/2011 : 06:16:08

redrum, redrum, redrum, redrum, redrum, redrum......

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 02/02/2011 : 06:52:01

We had lots of freezing rain yesterday, and the weight of it brought down electric lines. This morning, 50,000 homes in the area are without electric. Thankfully, I'm not one of them, although it went off last night for less than a minute. Last night I was awakened periodically by a loud thump, when a big tree branch fell to the ground. This morning I saw several branches down all around my house, about 8" in diameter. I don't think my electric chainsaw will handle them, and will probably pick up a gas powered one. None of the branches hit my house or car, and the bright side is that I'll get a little firewood out of it, after it cures a bit. The east coast may get some of that freezing rain today.

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Response Posted - 02/02/2011 : 10:23:05

9 degrees here with a -9 windchill. 6 inches of snow on top of frozen rain from Monday night. Clouds and precip gone east, so good luck to those of you in midamerica today

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 02/02/2011 : 10:36:35

9 degrees in Texas ! What hope do the rest of us have and usually we have it better than up north near NY/Massachusetts/RhodeIsland. I have to check the latest forecast. Today, it was not bad and thought we would have a respite for a time. Sounds like wwe are in for another event.

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Ben
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Response Posted - 02/02/2011 : 13:50:42

Steve, as long as you have a good chainsaw blade, your electric may work fine. I cut some freshly downed logs up to 10 inches in diameter for my chiminea this summer with an electric chainsaw. I had to buy a new chain, which was cheap, but then it cut the wood like it was butter.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 02/02/2011 : 15:53:22

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Ben
 Steve, as long as you have a good chainsaw blade, your electric may work fine. I cut some freshly downed logs up to 10 inches in diameter for my chiminea this summer with an electric chainsaw. I had to buy a new chain, which was cheap, but then it cut the wood like it was butter.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">You haven't seen how much wood I have all around my yard. The electric chainsaw can handle a smaller job ok, but this is going to be a big job. We're not talking a few branches here. I might have to hire someone to help me. The older I get, the more help I need from my tool to get the job done (if you get my drift).

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dave holtgrave
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Response Posted - 02/02/2011 : 15:54:48

cold cold cold!!!!!!

3 inches of ice!!!!!!!

2 inches of snow!!!!!!

windy

30 miles north of me 14 inches of snow.

dave holtgrave
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hard and dry near a frozen over carlyle lake in southern illinois.

praying for warmer weather.

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Response Posted - 02/02/2011 : 18:58:43

At my daughter's (and new grandson's) house this morning (10:00 MST, Steamboat Springs, CO) it was -30F, with -47 wind-chill. I feel warm now! (Ice is forming here from the rain and slush on the southern edge of the big storm as it passed up through New England.)

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 02/02/2011 : 21:22:39

A first cousin of mine lives in Steamboat, he runs the tennis center there. Dave, ask your daughter if she knows them. The town's website says they passed the 250 inch cumulative snowfall mark this week. Being a big ski town, they are happy about it. About 3 years ago we visited them in early November just after the first teaser snow. That year their cumulative snowfall exceeded 600 inches.
I can't even imagine -30 degrees.

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/02/2011 : 22:35:25

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dmpilc
 A first cousin of mine lives in Steamboat, he runs the tennis center there. Dave, ask your daughter if she knows them...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I just looked it up... Should I ask her if she knows Jim Swiggart? (He's listed as Director.) Liz and Tim know just about everyone--the whole town came to their big wedding party... (I paid for it) ...but neither plays tennis--they ski and ride mountain bikes on real mountains--like Moab, Utah. I have trouble imagining their rides up to Rabbit Ears Pass...

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 02/03/2011 : 08:11:36

Yes, Jim is my cousin and the tennis center is his business. His wife Stacy runs it with him. He's been involved with tennis most of his working life, worked with Rod Laver when he was younger, and another guy who conducted clinics at country clubs and vacation resorts. Stacy was Nebraska state champ in womens tennis (high school or college level?) before they met. They are very active in town, so your daughter probably knows them, or at least of them.
We walked the trails when we were out there, beautiful country.

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OJ
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Response Posted - 02/03/2011 : 08:47:45

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 . . . real mountains--like Moab, Utah . . .
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> Real mountains? in Utah? They don't even have 1 fourteener in Utah. You can see the Rockies from Moab - now those are real mountains!

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/03/2011 : 09:24:49

Ya, ya... but the bike trails in Moab are pretty impressive--as is the famous 24-hour race there. I'm just referring to serious off-road bicycling.

David: I dropped them a note. Tim Baldwin might know Jim through the Colorado Mountain College campus--Tim runs their Emergency Medical Services program.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/03/2011 : 10:50:53

Well, our storm stats are in, and for my jurisdiction, I am pretty happy.

No fatal collisions, and only one injury collision, which was not storm related anyway (medical episode behind the wheel.) Looks like folks either stayed home or had their winter tires on.

Our roads today are clear of snow, but still have some ice and loose sand on them, so the effects aren't over yet. The roads should be back to shipshape by tonight's commute though.

BTW - if you are having an eppileptic seizure, going into diabetic shock, or are suffering the symptoms of a heart problem, get a neighbour to drive you to the hospital, call an ambulance, pull off the road, or let your wife drive. This is the second Life-threatening injury in the past 3 months I have seen caused by someone suffering behind the wheel while on the way to the hospital. This guy pinballed off cars all the way down a major road, finally planting his van in the front seat of a Chevy Optra. Sent one person to hospital with life-threatening injuries, and caused minor injury to a bunch of others, writing off about 3 cars in the process. During a snowstorm. We have ambulances out there, let them do their job.

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