Re: winters back......and prayer request

Poor Holly - that is awful - will do on the prayers darlin'
Be careful out there, and good job Santa Bill dodging that accident!


On 3/21/06, Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
>
> What a wild commute for Bill and Tzeitel.  It's cold and raw here, too,
> but
> well above freezing.  I just hate this weather.  How awful for your
> friend.
> I will definitely remember her.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:38 AM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] winters back......and prayer request
>
>
> > Well the snow started right at rush hour.  In the past road crews
> knowing
> > something was on the way got out ahead of it by an hour or two, but not
> > this
> > time.  They could see where the snow was on the radar, but didn't put
> down
> > anything.  Bill slipped into a ditch on his way to work (and he is a
> very
> > skilled driver) to avoid the accident happening in front of him.  He
> > managed
> > to get out of the ditch on his own.  But closer to work he said he
> stopped
> > just short of the car in front of him that went spinning and ended up
> > facing
> > him on the road.  It was a wild ride for him.  Daughter Tzeitel called
> > because the interstate was at a complete stand-still.  (It hadn't been
> > touched either.)  Cars were apparently having a rough time staying on
> the
> > road this a.m.  Of course, now the snow has tapered a bit and everyone
> is
> > at
> > work, I am seeing snowplows and salt/sand trucks running.
> >
> > I just saw a weather alert in my mailbox and they are sticking to the
> 3-5"
> > prediction.  DH is already at work and has school after work until very
> > late
> > tonight.  We knew better than to put the snow blower away.  Right now
> the
> > snow is very light but the prediction indicates that it will become
> heavy
> > once again--about rush hour!  UGH!
> >
> > Since I don't have anyplace I HAVE to be, I'm staying home today.
> > Tomorrow
> > is to get above freezing (though not by much) so the snow ought to start
> > melting.
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >
> > PS  For those of you who pray, please keep Holly Ellingson in your
> > prayers.
> > Her mother died yesterday and she got laid off from National City today.
> > This will be VERY difficult for her.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> > Of Kitty
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:39 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] winters back......
> >
> > Our big snows in neIN were usually in February, you could just about bet
> > Valentines Day would be loaded with white stuff.  The blizzard of 1978
> was
> > a
> > tad early on January 25, but generally February, with an occasional snow
> > in
> > March.  For some reason this year the worst occurred in December, very
> > odd.
> >
> > All the snow and rain many of you have mentioned will be hitting south
> of
> > us.  This seems to happen a lot.  I don't know why, but the less
> > appreciated
> > precipitation seems to head our direction and then goes north or south
> of
> > us.  Parts of central and central/southern IN are having floods, but we
> > are
> > fine.  It's cold here; I saw them showing a nasty Canadian cold air mass
> > coming down on us.  It's going to stay cold for several days and then
> > maybe
> > pop up a bit by Sunday.  Typical for March.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone 5
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> > All through growing up in
> >> Indiana, we always got our biggest snows (and an occasional blizzard)
> >> during
> >> the basketball finals.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> > message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> > message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
>
>


--
Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index