Re: Signs of Spring

oh man - that stinks dear.  we finally got rid of that arctic garbage, for
now.  But March isn't here yet so who knows what next week will bring.  Ugh.

On 2/6/07, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> If you watched it, you know that this isn't our usual weather... today, my
> 3
> to 4 inches of snow turned out to be 8 plus... sigh. It is that light snow
> that blows everywhere. The roads where a nightmare getting home.... they
> didn't bother to salt since it is too cold to work.... so the streets that
> were plowed where sheets of ice....All day there have been bad accidents-
> they
> closed down a few of the expressways for hours.
>
> At work, the water pipes
> froze sometime over the weekend in my building.... can't wait till they
> thaw
> and burst...It is going to be a mess.
>
> Donna
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent:
> Tuesday, February 6, 2007 6:27:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Signs of Spring
>
>
> I
> have to tell you I watched the Chicago weather on WGN last night, and it
> made
> me feel like I was in the tropics here.  You are a brave woman to live
> there,
> Donna.  It was 54 here today, and it felt like summer!
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> To:
> <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 5:04 AM
> Subject: Re:
> [CHAT] Signs of Spring
>
>
> > currently *minus* 9 actual temp, supposed to warm
> up to *plus* ten, and of
> > course, snow- predicting 2-4 inches... just
> lovely...
> >
> > Donna
> >
> >
> > ----- Original
> > Message ----
> > From:
> "Aplfgcnys@aol.com" <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
> > To:
> > gardenchat@hort.net
> > Sent:
> Monday, February 5, 2007 8:43:21 PM
> > Subject: Re:
> > [CHAT] Signs of Spring
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 02/05/2007 8:39:37 PM Eastern
> > Standard Time,
> >
> gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes:
> > no spring here.... last night
> > it was minus
> 10 degrees then add the wind
> > chill.... we are in a real cold snap
> > and are
> breaking records....  for temps
> > and longest times under freezing....
> >
> burrr... and no relief in sight till end
> > of next week... sigh.
> >    Same
> here.
> > It was 6 degrees here last night and fiercely windy today.
> > It's 14
> here
> > tonight but going down to the single digits.  There is not any
> > relief
> > predicted for at least a week.  We have had such low temps before,
> > but
> usually
> > in late December or early January.Because of the very mild
> >
> temperatures
> > through December and early January, many things were
> > already
> budding out.  The
> > worst of it is that there is only about an inch
> > of snow
> cover for insulation.
> > The days are getting longer and we are
> > supposed to
> have some dimuinition of
> > the bitter cold.I guess this has
> > to be the
> effects of global warming.
> > Auralie
> >
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-- 
Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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