Worst weather, ever...

Ok, now here's a good one.... Freezing drizzle advisory this morning
changing to rain in the afternoon with warmer (35F) temps. So most of the
area's schools were 2 hours delayed. Township roads were pretty slippery,
County and state roads were fine. So what does our local school do????
No
delay, send the busses out this morning on the ice THEN declare they will
cancel school... When??? at 1pm!!! Just so they can call it a full day
towards their 180 school days. And what's the weather now at 2:45?? 35
degrees and rain, roads are clear... un freakin real.

They did that here, too. They cancelled school at 2PM (one hour early),
causing untold grief for thousands of parents.

What's the weather? It's 36 degree here, and raining. That's RAINING.
It's predicted to freeze later tonight.

At first I thought the school district was being overly cautious. I now
realize they are merely lazy, stupid idiots.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...

Is it really the "Worst weather, ever" or is this just more "Bogus
Weather Hype"?



-R


I'm sure there's some hype involved, but here in Phoenix, they're talking
about weather-related issues not seen since 1996-1997 so I guess there is
some historical (as opposed to hysterical) significance to our current
rainfall (south) and snowfall (north) totals.

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:t9QEd.1024$OF5.332@attbi_s52...
Usually winter is my favorite time of year to fly. The air is cold and
crisp, the visibility is CAVU, and the landscape has its own stark beauty.

Not this year. Mary and I have not flown in weeks -- not even the
pattern --
a new record for us. The weather has simply been appalling, with
freezing
fog, snow and freezing rain. I've never seen anything quite like it for
such an extended period.

It's Global Cooling/Warming.


Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:t9QEd.1024$OF5.332@attbi_s52...
Usually winter is my favorite time of year to fly. The air is cold and
crisp, the visibility is CAVU, and the landscape has its own stark beauty.

Not this year. Mary and I have not flown in weeks -- not even the
pattern --
a new record for us. The weather has simply been appalling, with
freezing
fog, snow and freezing rain. I've never seen anything quite like it for
such an extended period.

Likewise here in Western Colorado. Snow and freezing rain ad nauseum. That
kind of weather is not unique, but it is rare for it to be every damn day
for weeks at a time.

The ski areas should be loving it, but it's not the usual powdery stuff.


Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

Yep, it's been pretty crummy out here as well...though being here in the
Sacramento valley, I don't have to worry about the snow that Jim W.
reported. I've been fortunate in that I haven't had any instrument
lesson scheduled for the last week and a half. For once, good timing.

Freezing fog...that just sounds nasty. We get our share of fog out here
but at least it's of the non-frozen variety. Visibility often sucks bad
enough to keep you grounded though.

Let us know when you come out of hibernation Jay :-) And, keep in mind
that most of my flying is that boring instrument rating stuff where the
view outside is highly over rated.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, IA Student, airplane partnership student

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

Jay Honeck wrote:

Every predicted window of good flying
weather has been elusive or non-existent, and the weather forecasters seem
to have gone from terrible to laughable.

The forecasts here have gotten pretty inaccurate too, but at least there's been
a day or two of good weather every week or so. You just can't tell when it's
going to be. Last Wednesday, the forecast for the weekend was for good weather.
On Thursday, they changed their minds about Saturday. As it turned out, Saturday
was IMC and Sunday (which was supposed to be pretty) was gray with one or two
light showers.

On Sunday, the forecast for today was for sun and temps in the 40s. Yesterday
they changed the forecast to rain & snow. We've actually got a gray day with the
temps in the 30s and getting colder.

Thursday and Friday are forecast to be mostly cloudy with highs of 66 and 42
respectively. Saturday is supposed to be sunny with a high of 29. We'll see.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:

On Sunday, the forecast for today was for sun and temps in the 40s. Yesterday
they changed the forecast to rain & snow. We've actually got a gray day with the
temps in the 30s and getting colder.

Oh. Now it's starting to snow, so they can still do a decent job 24 hours in
advance sometimes.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:04:27 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:


Anyone else got the winter blues?

Yup, I'm VFR only, and the weather here in Northern California has
been constant rain for over 2 weeks. In the mountains, they've gotten
over 20 feet of snow.

I spend the week after Christmas at my sister in law's house in
Truckee. We got over 6 feet of snow when we were there. Reno doesn't
normally get much snow, but they got clobbered. We were supposed to
spend New Year's Eve downtown, but got stuck in a FIVE HOUR traffic
jam, and had to turn back at Verdi (10 miles west of Reno). So much
for New Year's.

John Szpara
Affordable Satellite
Fiero Owner 2-84 Indy Pace cars, 86 Coupe, 88 Formula 3.4, 88 Coupe, 88GT

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:04:27 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:


Anyone else got the winter blues?

Yup, I'm VFR only, and the weather here in Northern California has
been constant rain for over 2 weeks. In the mountains, they've gotten
over 20 feet of snow.

I spend the week after Christmas at my sister in law's house in
Truckee. We got over 6 feet of snow when we were there. Reno doesn't
normally get much snow, but they got clobbered. We were supposed to
spend New Year's Eve downtown, but got stuck in a FIVE HOUR traffic
jam, and had to turn back at Verdi (10 miles west of Reno). So much
for New Year's.

John Szpara
Affordable Satellite
Fiero Owner 2-84 Indy Pace cars, 86 Coupe, 88 Formula 3.4, 88 Coupe, 88GT

Fiero Owner 2-84 Indy Pace cars, 86 Coupe, 88 Formula 3.4, 88 Coupe, 88GT

Never heard of those airplanes.... :-)

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
'79 Mooney 201 N4443H

john szpara wrote:

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:04:27 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:



Anyone else got the winter blues?


Yup, I'm VFR only, and the weather here in Northern California has
been constant rain for over 2 weeks. In the mountains, they've gotten
over 20 feet of snow.

I spend the week after Christmas at my sister in law's house in
Truckee. We got over 6 feet of snow when we were there. Reno doesn't
normally get much snow, but they got clobbered. We were supposed to
spend New Year's Eve downtown, but got stuck in a FIVE HOUR traffic
jam, and had to turn back at Verdi (10 miles west of Reno). So much
for New Year's.

John Szpara
Affordable Satellite
Fiero Owner 2-84 Indy Pace cars, 86 Coupe, 88 Formula 3.4, 88 Coupe, 88GT