Weather?

we got about 8 inches of snow in Seattle....with all our hills, the city is pretty much crippled. However, it's good for making snowmen, snowball fights, sledding, snow angels, and hot chocolate!

We just got thru a cold spell here in Denver, Co. It was -7 below 0 here a few days ago with about 4" of snow. It's much better now at 35 degrees. The older I get the less I like the cold.
Rick

We have gotten about 2 inches of rain in the last few days but it is gone now. Today was sunny and about 58-60 degrees (cold for us!!)

This picture was taken Wednesday afternoon (12-17-08) at the MetroLink station in the desert city of Palmdale California.

Wow lots of snow about! It looks like it would be fun for about a few minutes. We just had a storm front pass through the islands, we call it Hawaiian snow! Oahu and Kauai were the worst hit. Both islands got 12 inches plus of rain in a 24 hour period and a lot of flooding damage. It was the worse flooding that I've seen in 40 years! Hope you all have a safe and mild mannered Christmas!

George, George, George,

All kinds of things are running through my tired brain - white fridges on wheels, igloos, girls in parkas... you know what I mean.

Hey Mark, is it finally payback time?

Yup.

Not quite as impressive, but this was taken today in Seattle by a friend who thought he had escaped the Ottawa snow.

Got so cold here in So Cal, that I needed a new Optima battery...in the mid 50s. Brrrrrrrrrr.

Just checked outside about a hour ago and we have 7" of snow on the ground now. Started snowing this morning about 5am, have even had thunder too! Storm is suppose to drop up to 12" before the storm ends sometime this evening.
Weather reports also are telling us that another storm to come though on Sunday with up to another 12".
I bet Im going to have fun on my way home this afternoon.
Jeff

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Originally posted by David B:
... George, George, George,

All kinds of things are running through my tired brain - white fridges on wheels, igloos, girls in parkas... you know what I mean ...

It snowed in Palmdale & Lancaster, but not in Fillmore. Clouds & rain, yes, but no snow. The rain just makes the mountains surrounding Fillmore turn beautifully green.









you'll have to save your revenge for another day.

cowboy from hell

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Originally posted by Cowboy from Hell:
This picture was taken Wednesday afternoon (12-17-08) at the MetroLink station in the desert city of Palmdale California.

Speaking on behalf of the guys form the cold weather climates...

Hey George - Welcome to my world!!!

ED....

The New England ice storm left us without line power for 6 days, 18 hours.

We got by on a 4500 watt diesel standby generator out in the barn. Ran it 18 hours a day. Gosh it's a noisy, stinking thing.

I took care of my tenants (two separate dwellings, 6 kids, 3 kids) and a couple of other neighbors with my trusty old 5000 watt Honda.

Gave them a few hours of juice each a few times a day. No frozen pipes, warm houses and water.

I even kept Miss P's winter home above freezing.

8" to 10" due tonight. More Sunday.

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8" to 10" due tonight.

funny, my first thought was that you were getting new wheels!

John (8" in Seattle) Maffeo

Here in south carolina it was 68 and sunny thusday. Today got windy but still 67. Cold comes this weekend and it sucks.

It's been coming down since 10am here east of Toronto, a good 10-12 inches so far with drifts going much higher.

I put lights on my kids' newspaper delivery wagon so they'd be a bit more noticeable ... front/rear and side marker LEDs along with a blinking blue on the rear - all powered by a 14v cordless drill battery ... Next they'll want a motor, front skis and a track :-)

At this house, I'd watched my neighbor clearing his driveway around 1pm before going to pick up his kids at school, it's back up almost to the top of the wheels on the wagon in about 4 hours.

Amazing how fast the weather changes. Landed in freezing rain day before yesterday and it got in the 60's today.

Going into Seattle Wa a couple weeks ago the mountains were clear but covered the day after when we left.

Took these with my cell phone going into Santa Anna the other day just south of LA:

Everyone made a big deal out of the snow here, but it turned out the be anti-climactic. It was supposed to snow on Thursday too, so I layered up, grabbed my camera and had every intention of driving around the city taking pictures. And then...no snow. Not even clouds. Totally clear and beautiful. :-(

Here is the Porsche seeing its first snow. I think it was also the first time I have driven in snow. Ever.

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Everyone made a big deal out of the snow here, but it turned out the be anti-climactic

Robert is that a typo or a freudian slip... climax or climate? joke
Denis

Makes you long for these days...

Just went on a skiing vacation to Norway, in the Longchamp. The skis fitted behing the front seats, diagonally, wrappend in cloth to protect the alcantara. When the roads got too icy, I had drive slower that almost everybody else, but the Longchamp did fine.