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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Damon67:
One year I lived in Houston *shudder*, and it snowed an inch or two there. It was a major disaster. Dallas '68, think bumper cars and skating rink! :eek: |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Drivers in portland snow
This is why I work from home.
Snow expected here Sunday. Stay warm! |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | We had 11.5 inches here in October; there were places within 5 miles of me that didn't have power from Tuesday to Friday. The trees were still all fully leafed, and they took the poles down as well as the lines.
Our storm came through yesterday; a ton of rain, some freezing rain mixed with snow this morning, but at least no outages. I'm sure we'll make up for it down the road, though....
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Location: closely held secret | Now, be fair, David. That was freezing rain, not just snow.
The idiocy was in being out there in the first place. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | In '78 I-80 was dubbed the "Snow Chi Mien Trail" by the truckers...I had to drive from Casper, WY to Dubuque, IA for a gig leaving on Sunday AM and arriving by Monday afternoon...I nearly went snow blind (to this day I have trouble seeing in glare)...Made it, set up, played the first night of a month long gig, and woke up the next AM to 40 inches of snow: everything was paralyzed but we played anyway...meals were served in the club, bar never closed, and we had a blast…The new Ford Econoline w/ its 300 six/ 5 speed manual did great in getting us there w/8 track blasting…as did my O Pacemaker and Les Paul Custom once we arrived…
Cliff, you would have loved it! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | March 3, 1966 in the Dakotas and Minnesota. I don't remember how much snow, but it drifted up to all the second stories and the overpasses. 40 below with steady 40 mph winds. My family of 7 was stuck in the last vacant hotel room we could find in Fargo. That was our welcome to North Dakota. We had to dig down to find the street signs. |
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Location: closely held secret | Golly. Did ya haf ta et anyone? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | No, but the only restaurant we could get to was King Leos, a burger joint that was shut down shortly after that for selling horse meat. I really liked their burgers.
My long term memory is scary. Yesterday, I couldn't remember the name of someone I worked with. |
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Location: Utah | Back in the mid 80's I was blessed with spending a lot of time in Midland Tx. On the weekends I would drive the 300 miles to the nearest city or attraction. In '85 or '86 I went to San Antonio to avoid a rainy storm in west Texas, but systems converged unexpected.
I arrived in San Antonio to 13 inches of snow! Somewhere in a box I've got pictures of cross country skiers passing in front of the Alamo!
Watching Texans try to drive in the snow was good entertainment. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | No snow here yet but the temperature is starting to drop. It's supposed to go below zero tonight with a windchill of 30-40 below! Tomorrow they say it might warm up to 2 above, but still very windy. That is so unusual for Hot Springs, but the old timers say it used to get to 40 below WITHOUT the windchill for several weeks in a row. Some have predicted an "old fashioned winter". I think I'll take a few weeks off and head south. (I wish.) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Started snowing hard here this afternoon, but it isn't really sticking yet. It's headed East, so enjoy it. |
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Location: New Hampsha | We were right in the middle of it. Take everything and coat it with one full inch of ice. We lost power for 24 hours, but we are lucky.
It looks like a war zone outside - none of the trees left standing have many branches. I had to use the chain saw for two hours just to clear my driveway so I could get to the street, only to find out it was closed by downed power lines in both directions. You had to watch for falling limbs and chunks of ice when you were out. I took an ice chunk on the face that cut me.
The supermarkets were cleaned out of water, batteries, and flashlights. People were buying bottled water to flush their toilets! We hauled water from our pond, and we have a wood furnace; as I said, luckier than most. Say a prayer for those who are still without power - it sucks freezing in the dark. :( |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Well, back when I lived in Buffalo,...well, never mind. It's not snowing here, Yet, but it did get down to the high 40's last night. |
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Location: Chicago | Well, with all due respect, I think Upstate NY got "Real Snow"!!!!! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | About inch-and-a-half of snow, 16 degrees, wind 12 NNE. Forecast 2 degrees tonight, minus-4 tomorrow. Clink-clink- oops, something just froze off. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | About an inch here this morning, so if this is it, there's nothing much coming East to worry about. Over a foot up at the cabin, 100 miles North of here, though. Looks like we'll have a White Christmas up there. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Well, we only got about an inch and 1/2, but it started as freezing rain so it's pretty slick out there. We never got the high winds they had advertised, but it's COLD!!! It's about three below right now (quarter after two, Mountain Standard Time) and they are expecting a low of minus 21 tonight. And NOW we're starting to get the wind, so the windchill factor will we Minus 40 tonight. I'm going to go home and stay put tonight! |
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Location: Melbourne Australia | I feel cold reading about it - you really put up with that year after year?? How many brass monkey do you have? :eek: |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by flacky:
How many brass monkey do you have? :eek: None anymore. Their means of reproduction happened to fall off! ;) |
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Location: Melbourne Australia | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
None anymore. Their means of reproduction happened to fall off! ;) [/QB]
Maybe I can set up a fund for any spares down here and ship them across :D |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Yeah, back on the grid! (No cable, no electric, no telephone, except cell phone, no internet and no heat, though we had hot water because our natural gas water heater powers itself)
And it is true ... acoustic guitars don't need electricity. It was like a camping trip! Turned out to be fun except last night it got down to 10 degrees ... brr! There are still a lot of people without power so I guess I'm lucky. Got to hang out in a coffee house and see Slumdog Millionaire. Pretty good flic. Ciao. |
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Location: Melbourne Australia | I have some spare accommodation down here in sunny Melbourne if needed - and a couple of acoustics to play :D |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Maybe three inches Saturday evening, but a polar blast of cold air came with it. It was 60 degrees Saturday, then 2 degrees Sunday morning. This morning walking to work, it was 8 below without the wind chill factor. Good day to stay home in front of the fire working out a new song or two. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Arizona is not immune. Snowing like hell in Flagstaff right now and the snow line is down to about 4500 ft. Flag expects 15-18 inches. Here in the valley cloudy but 65 degrees. By the end of the week we should be in two-fer mode. You can ski in the morning, then drive 2 hours south and tee off after lunch.
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OT Major Storm in Northeast:100's of thousands with no power
