Re: A taste of spring
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  • Subject: Re: A taste of spring
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:57:35 -0600
agreed Daryl.  I'm so done w/ it.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:

> I was afraid of that when they said that Dallas got 6" when only 1-3 was
> predicted.
>
> The NWS really blew it in a number of ways yesterday, it seems. Our good
> meteorologist said yesterday that he thought we'd  have some sleet and snow
> mixed with the rain that was coming. He said that the National Weather
> Service has it as all rain, adding, "but they're not even seeing (or perhaps
> he said "reporting") what's happening in our region now. "  And our crack
> meteorologist was right. Sleet started south and west of Atlanta fairly
> early, causing some trucks on the interstate to go belly up.
> We got a little more than a quarter of an inch of sleet mixed with snow,
> but fortunately, the roads were warm so it didn't stick, and then the
> temperature rose overnight so it changed over to rain.
>
> It's a miserably cold, rainy day today. I needed to run to Wally World, so
> went out and wished I had done without. I am thoroughly frozen. Poor Miss
> Blackie wanted out when I took care of the chickens this morning, so I let
> her. She willingly ran back into the house when I was finished, and when I
> came home from the store, stayed on her perch by the window, even when I
> left the door open while I was carrying things in.
>
> BTW, I normally avoid Wal-mart, in part because ours is one of those
> mega-ones, but it was the only local source for some of the things I needed.
> My knees were aching miserably from the arthritis, so I decided to use one
> of those electric cart jobs.  I discovered a couple of things. One of them
> was that the "wind of motion" made things really chilly without the
> compensation of walking to produce body heat. The other is that they render
> one seemingly invisible to other shoppers, despite the fairly large noise it
> makes.
>
> I just looked out and there are big, fat snowflakes falling again. Barf!
> This winter needs to end.
>
>
> d
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:31 AM
>
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] A taste of spring
>
>
> a bunch - good 6 to 8" and I just got an alert that there's another storm
>> coming in - cripes.   I just am totally sick of this whole mess boys &
>> girls.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Did you get more snow last night?
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 11:54 AM
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] A taste of spring
>>>
>>>
>>>  we've having rolling power blackouts here.  pipes to the washer are
>>>
>>>> frozen
>>>> too (no heat in that room)  not supposed to get above freezing until
>>>> Saturday now.  this is flippin' ridiculous...
>>>> on the north side of the house,the condensation on the inside of the
>>>> windows
>>>> was frozen.  marvelous.   this arctic air mass needs to carry itself
>>>> back
>>>> to
>>>> Canada already.  fixin' to turn the computer off before the next
>>>> blackout
>>>> hits.  good luck everyone!
>>>>
>>>>
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>> Pam Evans
>> Kemp TX
>> zone 8A
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