Re: Forecast was right
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  • Subject: Re: Forecast was right
  • From: &* K* <b*@ix.netcom.com>
  • Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:43:42 -0600
I think that the ice looks awesome when it does this. Problem is it freezes
car doors and makes driving a challenge...black ice. I think the best
looking ice fog I have ever seen would be at Yellowstone in the winter and
Niagara Falls where the mist/steam freezes

betsy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:34 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Forecast was right


> This is the first year I heard news folks using the word, ice fog.
Basically
> it is an intense fog with limited to no visibility.  But it sticks- forms
ice-
> on everything.  It is terrible to drive in, but looks very pretty on the
trees
> (if you are close enough to see them in the fog) and when the fog first
starts
> to lift.  Every branch/twig has a very thin ice coating.. of course, the
roads
> and every structure has it on there too...
>
> But it is weird to explain.  It doesn't rain or like everything was wet
and
> ice formed.... the fog basically froze to cause the ice.
>
> I am sure it is common somewhere... but not here before this year.
>
> Donna
>
>
> --- On Thu, 1/21/10, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>
>
> Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 6:36 PM
>
>
> What in the world is ice fog????
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of Donna
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:17 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Forecast was right
>
> Stay Dry and safe..... looks terrible out there by the news reports.
>
> Here, we are having ice storms.  Had one last night and another expected
> today, then snow later in the weekend.  sigh.
>
> Last week we had ice fog.  Something new around here, guess it is due to
the
> global warming or something....
>
>
> Donna
>
>
> --- On Thu, 1/21/10, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI
> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
>
>
> From: Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI
> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Forecast was right
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 10:09 AM
>
>
> Yep it stopped last night for the most part but we are supposed to get
> another round today. Discovered my rain gauge in the back is not working
> quite right, it is one of those ones that "floats" when the water goes
> in but the floaty thing is old enough that it's something of a sponge.
> It had 2.5 inches in it from yesterday but we're not sure if that's
> right. I have one in front but the sycamore grew enough to overhang it,
> so it only showed 1.5 inches. For us 3 inches in just a few days is
> quite a bit.
> The poor horses are standing in water, they are in their 3-sided
> shelters which is usually good enough but the water is not draining away
> now. There's no other place for them to get out of the rain so we left
> them in, but tonight we'll probably turn them out again - they might get
> wet but at least the ground is not so swampy.
> Is this stuff all supposed to head east? Are you guys going to get it
> too?
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of andreah
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 5:25 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Forecast was right
>
> Watched the news tonight (something I rarely do) and it looked really
> bad
> out there Cyndi- Hope you are well-the weather fellow said it was
> supposed
> to slow tonight but back tomorrow even worse.
> A
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of james singer
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 7:39 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Forecast was right
>
> I looked at the west coast satellite and it looks like all three
> states are getting pretty well drenched. We're getting the usual here,
> alternating sprinkling and drizzling.
>
> On Jan 20, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/
> SCOSI wrote:
>
> > We've been inundated with dire forecasts about the storms for the last
> > week and they were right. It's not too bad where I am, tho it's
> > definitely wet, but the LA basin and the coast are really getting
> > hammered. I saw on the news they even had a little tornado. There's a
> > bit of local flooding but it hasn't really rained hard enough for us
> > to
> > get the dangerous flash floods.
> > Anyway it's been raining since Monday, there have been a couple breaks
> > but mostly just light rain. We even had a little snow yesterday for
> > about an hour. It didn't stick at my elevation but we could see it on
> > the local hills. It doesn't seem very cold at the moment so I expect
> > the
> > rain will have melted it all.  Supposedly it will clear up Saturday.
> > I ordered my seeds and if the weather cooperates Saturday I will set
> > about pruning the fruit trees and the roses.
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
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> Inland Jim
> Willamette Valley
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