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#381 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Sun Feb 16, 2003 1:02 pm

As usual...they really upped our totals.......now we're under a warning of course:

...WINTER STORM TO STRIKE NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL NEW YORK LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

A STRIPE OF HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS
OF A FOOT IS LIKELY FROM THE WYOMING VALLEY...ACROSS THE POCONOS AND
INTO THE WESTERN CATSKILLS.

SNOW WILL START LIGHTLY LATER THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY
OVERNIGHT WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW
WILL FALL ON MONDAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES EXPECTED.

Here we go again!
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#382 Postby wx247 » Sun Feb 16, 2003 2:01 pm

Rob...how much more before you can't get out the door? :lol:

Your posting total would definitely go up then! LOL

Garrett :multi:
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#383 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Sun Feb 16, 2003 2:11 pm

I dunno Garrett...but we could be knocking on 100" for the first time here since the big years like 1996 and 1993. Its knocking on our door now....the snow that is! Its only 4 degrees here!
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#384 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Sun Feb 16, 2003 2:13 pm

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These totals keep going up and also flattening out to go from east-west instead of SW-NE....these totals are going up and up and up.....
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#385 Postby breeze » Sun Feb 16, 2003 6:47 pm

Mike Seidel sure is having a party in all of the Washington, D.C. snow
that's piling up!

Rob, Philly has 12" total, so far, from this storm - what's your total?
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#386 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Sun Feb 16, 2003 6:50 pm

nothing here yet...too cold and too dry...we've been on the fringes all day....they said anywhere from 12-26" to fall here. Tonight it will get heavy bigtime!
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#387 Postby southerngale » Sun Feb 16, 2003 6:53 pm

Back to electric bills for a moment...I didn't take into consideration that most of you have gas/oil bills. I'm all electric. But it's still outrageous!
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#388 Postby breeze » Sun Feb 16, 2003 7:17 pm

Southerngale, I was expecting my electric bill to be at least $125, on top of the $97 gas bill - so, I was surprised when the electric was under $50.
But - they could still hit me with a whopper, next time, so, I'd better
not brag too much!

Batten down the hatches, Rob!
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NE1 for some ice skating? LOL :O

#389 Postby Skywatch_NC » Sun Feb 16, 2003 8:54 pm

Temperature 30 °F
Humidity 100%
Dew Point 30 °F
Wind Calm
Pressure 30.05 in (Steady)
Conditions Freezing Rain
Visibility 4 miles

Had sleet from mid to late afternoon and then freezing rain (currently light intensity) now since early evening!

Winter Storm Warning until 700 am EST Monday...

Tonight:

Freezing rain or rain with some sleet...becoming freezing drizzle or drizzle after midnight. Accumulations up to one quarter inch of ice. Breezy. Temperatures mid 20 north to to mid 30s southeast. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.

Washington's Birthday:

Cloudy with a chance of freezing drizzle or drizzle. Continued cold with highs 30 to 35. North winds around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

Monday Night:

Cloudy with clearing late. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday:

Mostly sunny. Highs near 50.

Howdy EveryWxone! :D Have a Great Night and Marvelous Monday! :)

Eric :wink:
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#390 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Sun Feb 16, 2003 10:33 pm

Snow just began in earnest here.....will be heading to bed since I dread waking tomorrow to more snow on top of what we have had for 3 months now! Take care everyone and looks like we'll be in the bullseye for the next 24-36 hrs.
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#391 Postby wx247 » Sun Feb 16, 2003 10:51 pm

Good night Rob.

Anyone heard from Dennis lately? I hope he is doing well!

Garrett :multi:
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#392 Postby breeze » Sun Feb 16, 2003 11:19 pm

Nightie-night from me, too, folks - gotta rise up and do the "work thingie"
tomorrow. The other nurse quit and took a job elsewhere, so, guess who has to do all of the procedures/tests while trying to deal with patient problems and putting patients back for exams and watch insurance and disability forms pile up on my desk while eight others are calling for med refills to their pharmacies, in the meantime???
Your's truly......... :o Just help me out a bit, folks, please? PRAY that
our doc finds another nurse capable of splitting the job duties so this ONE
nurse doesn't look like this! ---------> :crazyeyes: :23: :drinking:
LMAO!!! I appreciate even kind thoughts, as well! :ggreen:

Sleep warm and well, my friends.
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#393 Postby pojo » Sun Feb 16, 2003 11:27 pm

I'm glad everyone had a decent Valentines Weekend. For me, it was celebrating my mom and step-dad's 11th Anniversary on the 15th of Feb.

I was extremely giddy on Friday...so if you hard someone that was extremely happy-go-lucky, it was probably me. I wasn't on any caffeine either! That was the scary part!

Temperatures are actually staying rather steady. In the 30's I may add! Which is a heat wave for us...and it fell good to see the snow melting a bit.
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#394 Postby wx247 » Sun Feb 16, 2003 11:29 pm

Hey! Glad to see that you are enjoying a nice heat wave up north.

I said goodnight earlier, but I can't sleep so here I am, for a little while longer anyways.

Garrett :multi:
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#395 Postby chadtm80 » Sun Feb 16, 2003 11:41 pm

Hello guys.. Thought i would stop in to dry off by the fire... Been raining all day here today..
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#396 Postby streetsoldier » Mon Feb 17, 2003 12:10 am

Still under a "winter storm" warning here...a little snow, but the worst part is the 1/2" to 3/4" crust of ice underlying it. I can't even get Her Royal Poogleness to go 'side... :roll:

Driving on this in that "cockroach-with-wheels" (2000 red tudor Chevy Cavalier) is a "No Way, Jose!"; the bridges are impassable, and the standard "you risk death and destruction, murder and disease" bit from the Missouri State Highway Patrol is in effect.

The DVD is consuming "MiB II" as I write this; bored stiff, and so here I am and shall remain until further notice. :wink:
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#397 Postby wx247 » Mon Feb 17, 2003 8:16 am

Morning everyone! Looks like I will be travelling off to college in the snow and ice. Can we say fun? :roll:

Thought I would warm up by the fire before heading out here in a few minutes. Everyone have a great day!

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#398 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Mon Feb 17, 2003 9:58 am

Hey everyone.....Serious situation here this morning!!! I didnt get much sleep with the storm pounding us late last night but when I didnt see any light coming from outside @ 8am I knew something was wrong.

Firstly, I checked my weather instruments and they are functioning....thankfully. I then got a fire started and the power is flickering quite a bit...thats when I noticed that you cant see 10 feet outside!

We have a 'Florida' room out in the front of our house that faces east to the lake...there is snow pressure punching walls, cracks and anything with a small airspace to form drifts on the inside of the house!

I looked out front and there are spots in the road with no snow on it, and then there is a 6 foot drift enveloping the front of the house and overall.....3-5 foot drifts are everywhere. Our side bushes are almost totally buried and if you have seen my pics from Webshots along the side....those bushes are 6-8 feet high (the bigger ones!)

Our side roads are completely shut and the winds on my instruments are almost steady and sustained at 55 mph!!! The wind chills here are into the -40 to -65 range and this is very very dangerous up here on the hilltops. Current temperature is 3 degrees and areas south and off the hills arent getting what we're getting!

Highest wind gust so far has been 73 mph There's shingles, sticks, branches and God knows what all behind our house from God knows where! Heavy snow is falling, but it will be real tough to get an accurate measurement until the winds die off and I get out there....maybe tomorrow!

I've seen some winters up here, but none like this....with the cold and blizzard + conditions, I hope this is the last of it. It takes alot to really make me freak out over a storm with prolonged winds and snows like this...but this is in no doubt a SNOWCANE where I live as of right now. I just hope the power doesnt go as it would take days just to dig out of here as it stands.

It looks so much calmer on TV but we are buried once again. This is just like Mt Washington, NH on a wintry day and the people below in the valleys are going about business not even knowing! I'll keep an eye out and try to be safe....I cant wait to snap some pics of this storm so you all can see it in my winter scrapbook. Take care and if any of you were up here in these conditions, you'd be pretty paranoid with whats happening...I know I am! :o
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Skating Rink!!! :O

#399 Postby Skywatch_NC » Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:31 am

Currently 27F degrees and overcast here in Roanoke Rapids!

Just a solid sheet of ICE today after sleet and freezing rain from mid afternoon yesterday through early this morning!!! :O

Breeze, the best to you and your workplace in getting another nurse to help out with the workload! :)

Rob, I don't envy you at all having to CLEAR OUT from under that Blizzard's "present" to you and many others up that way!! Sheesh WAY TOO MUCH at any given time with this latest system!

Bill, I see your state has a sheet of ICE too like here in NC!

What a WINTER and SPRING can't arrive any TOO SOON!!! :D :D

Howdy EveryWxone! :D Have a Great Monday! :)

Eric :wink:
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#400 Postby chadtm80 » Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:34 am

GM all.. Rain Totals here yesturday were 1.5 inches. High for today 75...
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