Who got hit by weather?

And there are many different kinds of snow. We got anywhere
from 5" to a foot of snow in south-central Kansas (Wichita
was officially 5.5 " at the airport, nearby cities reported
over a foot just a little east of here.).
It was nice and light and powdery, but a friend in
Springfield, Illinois reported that he spent the whole day
with truck and tractor moving 14 inches of very heavy wet
snow.


And then there may be an inch or two of freezing rain under
the snow and on the power lines and trees.

Some will shout GLOBAL WARMING, but it really just solar
variations. The whole solar system is getting measurably
hotter and the Mars Rovers are getting lots more solar power
than what was expected.



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
| I am baffled by the astonishment everyone shows when the
storms
| hit. It's winter in the Northern Latitudes. Is any of
this a surprise?
|
| *chuckle* Yep, the first big snow storm of the season
always brings
| out the breathless reporters and endless video of cars in
the ditch.
|
| I think it's because of our relatively snow-less winters
the past 20
| years or so. Now (as opposed to the 60s and 70s) a big
snowstorm is
| an event. Back then, it was just another day...
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|

Makes you wonder how it affected those flying simulators, doesn't it?

On Dec 2, 11:01 am, john smith wrote:
Anyone on the group weathered in by the storm that rolled up the eastern
US Friday?
How baddly did you get hit?

In article ,
"Jim Macklin" wrote:

Some will shout GLOBAL WARMING, but it really just solar
variations. The whole solar system is getting measurably
hotter and the Mars Rovers are getting lots more solar power
than what was expected.

Actually, it is an El Nino. This year's formed later in the year, at the
end of August, which is what blunted the hurricane season.

El Nino doesn't make Mars warmer or Pluto. The oceans warm
more because of volcanic activity than solar when it comes
to local surface hit spots. Again, these have nothing to do
with Al Gore or any human activity.



"john smith" wrote in message
...
| In article ,
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
|
| Some will shout GLOBAL WARMING, but it really just solar
| variations. The whole solar system is getting
measurably
| hotter and the Mars Rovers are getting lots more solar
power
| than what was expected.
|
| Actually, it is an El Nino. This year's formed later in
the year, at the
| end of August, which is what blunted the hurricane season.

"john smith" wrote in message
...
Anyone on the group weathered in by the storm that rolled up the eastern
US Friday?
How baddly did you get hit?

45mph wind gust on my backyard wind meter, fastest I have had in 2 years of
owning it. Lots of trees uprooted, signs down, semis blown over, crazy.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
I am baffled by the astonishment everyone shows when the storms
hit. It's winter in the Northern Latitudes. Is any of this a surprise?

*chuckle* Yep, the first big snow storm of the season always brings
out the breathless reporters and endless video of cars in the ditch.

We didn't get much snow (we don't, down in the valley here, but we broke a
record set in 1931 for cold, -6F.
--
Matt
---------------------
Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO (MTJ)

john smith wrote:
Anyone on the group weathered in by the storm that rolled up the eastern
US Friday?
How baddly did you get hit?

Yes, but not like you think. Wife took me to the St Louis airport to
catch a Southwest flight to Phoenix on Thursday morning. Sat in plane
on ramp for 3 hours waiting for a weather report that did not include
BOTH ice pellets and freezing rain. Went back to gate. After 2 hours we
were lined up for departure at the gate and crew was paged. Crew
arrived and said no way will we fly. Waited 1 more hour after which
flight was finally cancelled. Wife could not get back the 28 miles to
pick me up because of jacknifed semis on I-270 and general ice. Power
went off at home and was off for 24 hours. I got into a hotel across
the street from the airport. Fortunately there were a lot of
cancellations because fo flights that did not get into STL. Back on
another flight Friday at 7 am. Sat on plane waiting for deice. Airline
ran out of deicing fluid. Truckload expected in at noon. Truck arrived.
Wrong kind of fluid. 2 pm flight finally cancelled. After 7 hours on
plane passengers nearly rioted. We were confirmed on 8:50 pm flight.
That flight schedule slipped to 10:25 pm. Southwest rerouted a flight
from Birmingham to Phoenix to STL to pick us up at 6:15 pm, causing
many more unhappy passengers. After 39 hours we made it to Phoenix.

I felt very sorry for Southwest pilots. On Thursday airline lined us up
for departure obviously without consulting pilots. On Friday our pilot
found out that the flight was cancelled from a passenger. There is
obviously extremely poor communication at Southwest.

GA rules!
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because we fly, we envy no one.

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
...
Seattle area also got hit by snow and low temperatures, very unusual for this
area, following massive amounts of rain.

Just an inch or two on the roofs in my neighborhood on the south side of the
area, though...

http://www.wanttaja.com/sunrise_shadow.jpg

That is a B-ea-utiful picture, Ron!
--
Jim in NC

"Tony" wrote
....
Makes you wonder how it affected those flying simulators, doesn't it?

Really?

NO !!! g
--
Jim in NC

"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote

45mph wind gust on my backyard wind meter, fastest I have had in 2 years of
owning it. Lots of trees uprooted, signs down, semis blown over, crazy.

Really? Where do you live?

A 45 mph gust in two years makes me think you live in a sheltered area, or your
meter is way off. A 45 MPH wind does not usually blow over semis, ect.
--
Jim in NC