Re: check in time

Yes I'm here - finally - and I'm looking at 57 messages.
It is curently minus 1 degree w a wind chill of minus 22.
Wind from the west at 18mph and gusting to 28. Seems to be easing a bit, it was far windier earlier today. 
I was able to get Cable TV by Sat am, but no internet until now, Sun night.
I came home from work Friday to a huge pile of limbs in my driveway. It looked as if someone had pulled everything from the street and placed it in my drive. Harumph! So I pulled it all to the curbstrip. Saturday I worked about 4 hours in the yard (it was warmer than today) dragging limbs from the back out to the curb. The maple limbs that came down in back brought down the 30 foot climbing rose with it. I had to cut the gnarled mess apart before I could drag pieces out. Also lost chunks of a redbud and a birch as well as bits from a few other trees. There is now a 40 foot long, 5 ft high, 7 ft wide pile of limbs out front that hopefully the city will deal with.
We had over 110,000 people without power on Saturday. I think that is now down to about 40,000. A neighbor stayed with me last night as she has no power and they say probably not until Wednesday at the earliest. A neighbor helped me cut some of the weight off the birch limb that was broken (but not completely) over my electric line, but we didn't have a ladder tall enough to cut the limb off. I have a telescoping pole trimmer, but couldn't find the attachment for the saw. I found it today and my exH came over and sawed it off. That's a relief. So I think I'm safe.
Still, I'm going to see about getting some work done this spring to clear stuff away from the lines. Parts of the birch have broken and are hanging down over the transformer. 


Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] check in time
anyone heard from Kitty? I heard her area got hit pretty bad too... and alot are still without power... hopefully she isn't one of them... it is too darn 
cold to be without heat.

Donna


--- On Sun, 12/21/08, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:

From: james singer <inlandjim1@q.com>
Subject: Re: [CHAT] check in time
To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 4:18 PM

Brrr. To my amazement, it's been 28 windless degrees since about 5:30
this AM. Beginning to feel like I'm stuck in a time warp of some kind.

On Dec 21, 2008, at 2:08 PM, Donna wrote:


currently at 4pm, our temp is minus 3 with wind chill minus 29.
Actually this
is the best it has been,..... we have 35-40 mph winds which is
making it
brutal out there.  Got about an inch to two inches of snow (hard to
tell with
the drifting) last night.

So far (fingers crossed) the trees haven't lost any limbs yet.  I
figured the
wind would take them out....

So far we only flickered power a couple of times.  But our lines are
underground.  We have no power at work....or so my answering machine
said...

Donna



--- On Sun, 12/21/08, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:



We had snow most of the day yesterday--about 4 inches accumulated--
then last night freezing rain, so this morning the snow is covered
with a thin crust of ice. Have to say the dogwood outside my window is
spectacular, like something Steuben would make.


On Dec 21, 2008, at 8:02 AM, Catharine Carpenter wrote:


Went to below zero last night! May get up to 10 today.
Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Dec 20, 2008, at 7:16 PM, Judy Browning wrote:


We still have snow on the ground 16 F this am on my way to work.
Sunny part of the day, so the roads got slushy. Frozen again when

I

came home just now, 16F again, roads just a bit slick, but home
with no problem. Took it slow.
I saw our winter friend the woodpecker opening walnuts in the back
yard last week. Snow is deeper, but (s)he will be back if nothing
else is available. I see 2 or 3 every winter. Sometimes when the
snow is deep, they dive in & fan their wings like they're

taking a

dust bath & uncover the nuts so they can break them open. The
little chickadees wait until they're done, then pick up any

crumbs.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Catharine Carpenter"

<cathycrc@comcast.net



To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] check in time



It always amuses me that, for juncos, my area defines

"flying



south  for the winter". Took part in our area's

Audubon

society

Christmas  bird count today. We logged about 30 species. We

saw a



flock of nine  bluebirds and logged 4 different raptors. More
American tree sparrows  than I could have imagined.  My only
disappointment was no turkeys!
Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Dec 20, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:


About six inches of snow here overnight, and the

temperature

is around 20 degrees and falling.  They finally came to

plow

the

road and our drive around noon.  This is a new plow guy.

The

one who used to come did a really bad job - pushed piles

of

snow up against the garage doors so we couldn't get

the

cars

out, etc.  This one did a much better job, but I hope he

is

more

prompt in the future.  We are not on a town road so  the
neighborhood has to contract with a private plower. Those

down

near the main road don't want to pay for the whole

road,

so the

four houses up at our end have to bear the most of it.

Interestingly, yesterday juncos showed up ahead of the

storm.

I'd been watching for them for a couple of weeks, but

hadn't

seen any.  Yesterday there was a flock - must have been

more

than a dozen - in the backyard.  I guess that's why

they're

sometimes called "snow birds."
Auralie

In a message dated 12/19/2008 1:00:05 PM Eastern Standard

Time,

cathycrc@comcast.net writes:

On Dec 19, 2008, at 7:08 AM, Donna wrote:


weather here is the pits, but I am sure it is for most

of

the

country within
the 48hr period.  How is everyone doing?




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Elevation 148'
39.9" Precipitation
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 102 F [39 C]

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Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 102 F [39 C]

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