Re: Are you all snowbound?
gardenchat@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: Are you all snowbound?
  • From: c* c* <c*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:43:27 -0600
Hello

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On Jan 14, 2011, at 9:47 AM, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:

> Been unseasonably warm here for the last few days. It was 52 at 5 AM  
> when I got up. Doubt if it'll get much warmer, though. Supposed to  
> rain off and on; so what else is news...
> 
> On Jan 14, 2011, at 7:30 AM, Daryl wrote:
> 
>> The schools have been closed all week here in the Atlanta area. Our  
>> area has
>> not had any mail, FedEx or UPS, nor newspaper until this morning,  
>> when the
>> FedEx truck came into the neighborhood. Perhaps the mail will get  
>> here, too.
>> 
>> Most of us are doing ok. We've got power, which means we have heat and
>> light, and for internet junkies like me, a lifeline to the world.   
>> That is
>> such a blessing! We have camping lanterns and such, but it's so nice  
>> to be
>> able to flip a switch and not fiddle.
>> 
>> We mostly have enough of everything to last us a couple of weeks,  
>> but I
>> picked up an extra gallon of fresh kerosene when I made a run for  
>> cat food
>> before this all started, and DH got some fresh gas and stabilizer  
>> for the
>> generator just in case. Fortunately, neither the kerosene heater nor  
>> the
>> generator have been necessary.
>> 
>> DH and SIL got to work on Wednesday noon, finally (snow started  
>> Sunday), but
>> the roads are still really bad, since we have no plows or sanders in  
>> this
>> county, and the state was so busy with the interstates (You probably  
>> saw it
>> on The Weather Channel), they never got to most of the state roads.   
>> It's
>> supposed to finally get above freezing, maybe by noon today - the  
>> first
>> temps above 32 since the snowstorm  moved on up the coast. It was 11  
>> here
>> this morning. :-(
>> 
>> A local landscaper was out yesterday, scraping the road with his  
>> bobcat. Guess he got tired of leaving his truck at the top of the  
>> hill and walking home.
>> 
>> I'm ready to move to Miami.
>> 
>> d
>> 
>> www.theanimalrescuesite.com
>> www.freekibble.com
>> www.freekibblekat.com
>> 
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