We Could Talk About The Weather

[KG4CGC]

Rain for 4 days straight here. 2 inches forecast for today, some places in NC have already experienced mud slides and rocks the size of houses falling into a highway.
Getting a little thunder here now and they are calling for snow at 9PM, accumulating to an inch or so. Temps for Friday though, expected to get up to 58.
Currently it's 45 and dropping. Woke up in shorts but now I'm wearing the full compliment of of January gear.

Mrs. Sippy is getting sneu as I type.

[NA4BH]

It's snowing here.

[NQ6U]

Must be at least 70 F here. I'm wearing a short sleeved shirt and sitting in the shade because it's too warm in the sun.

[kb2vxa]

That's odd, according to radar with the exception of 3 small patches Mrs. Pee Pee is clear. You'll be out of the woods soon as the storm moves north into Pennsylvania and Ohio a little west of originally predicted. Yesterday warnings were up for the Jersey Shore with several inches predicted tonight while today it was revised to rain and snow with less than half an inch accumulation before 4:00am. Tomorrow partly sunny with a high of 34 warming to 48 on Saturday. Just as well, I hate winter and no matter how I yell the snow just won't get off my lawn.

[kf0rt]

Nice here, about 50 degrees. I've had the weather station up for almost two months now and the rain gauge remains untested. :(

[KJ3N]

Must be at least 70 F here. I'm wearing a short sleeved shirt and sitting in the shade because it's too warm in the sun.

Bastid...

[NY4Q]

65ish earlier today with rain, 42 now with snow in the forecast.

31 at the N4KHQ repeater site (~4000ft).

[X-Rated]

Sunshine here today in Chicagoland. No snow on the ground. Just cold and sunshiny.

[KG4CGC]

Sunshine here today in Chicagoland. No snow on the ground. Just cold and sunshiny.
Memphis got more sneu this year than Chicago.
Growing up, I heard a lot of people call it, "Chicargo."

[X-Rated]

Now we're "Chi-no-sno".

[PA5COR]

Since a week some snow on the ground, - 5 to - 15 Celcius and that will hold on for at least 10 days here.
Some more snow for sunday and monday expected...
Need summer, urgent ;)

[ki4itv]

I have Thunder Snow going on in RVA.
Not particularly fond of snow.

[n2ize]

That's odd, according to radar with the exception of 3 small patches Mrs. Pee Pee is clear. You'll be out of the woods soon as the storm moves north into Pennsylvania and Ohio a little west of originally predicted. Yesterday warnings were up for the Jersey Shore with several inches predicted tonight while today it was revised to rain and snow with less than half an inch accumulation before 4:00am. Tomorrow partly sunny with a high of 34 warming to 48 on Saturday. Just as well, I hate winter and no matter how I yell the snow just won't get off my lawn.

I feel the same way about spring and summer. I actually enjoy winter. My ancestors were from Siberia, Alaska and the Yukon territories and I have Bourbaki blood in my veins. I can tolerate extreme cold very well. On the coldest winter days I keep a window open. Even on some of the very coldest days I'll be wearing only a light jacket. Summer however is unbearable for me. Long hot humid summer days are horrific.

I tyhink however most people in general prefer to complain about the weather rather than accept and enjoy it for what it is or at least make the best of it. Southeast New Yorkers are notorious weather complainers. "It's too hot", "It's too cold", "there is too much rain", "there is not enough rain"...

[N2NH]

Had 14" snow on the ground here for a month. Stayed white the whole time too. Went into the 50s and could see some green patches of grass. Got 3" more one Weds, but most of that melted today. Youse are getting what we got when you didn't.

Snow's not a problem for me. Ice is. Hate it. Fog isn't bad, unless it's bad and I'm driving in it.

[KG4CGC]

Just north of me it's sneuing profusely. Here, not even a rain drop. Rain finally quit but the temp is holding steady at 41, so far. Looking at the animated radar maps, it's like this storm suddenly grew a dick and attacked us with it. Just started curling around from the backside like a hurricane.

[KG4CGC]

We didn't get any sneu but the roads, they is frozen.

[ki4itv]

The xyl wants to get an early start this morning...you know, so we leave before the roads have time to warm up. :roll:

[KC2UGV]

Bitter cold, and snow today... Not much snow. The weather person called it "Annoyance Snow". However, I do believe her and my definition's of "annoyance snow" differs. I am annoyed by snow when I get 18" in an hour. She is annoyed by snow of 1" over 24 hours.

[N8YX]

Mid 30s and sunny today; mid 40s and sunny tomorrow. The icebox returneth on Sunday, however.

[X-Rated]

We are to get into the single digits early next week. They were whining about this bitter cold coming up next week but there have been many times it has been sub -10 here. The weather, however next week will be the coldest in over 2 years.

[PA5COR]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264363/UK-weather-Heavy-snow-sweeps-Wales-West-Country-FOOT-way.html?ICO=most_read_module

THe UK now, expecting the same here sunday/monday ;)

[NQ6U]

Sunny with a high of 72 °F (22 °C) predicted here today.

[n2ize]

Bitter cold, and snow today... Not much snow. The weather person called it "Annoyance Snow". However, I do believe her and my definition's of "annoyance snow" differs. I am annoyed by snow when I get 18" in an hour. She is annoyed by snow of 1" over 24 hours.

Here in Southeast New York a light snow flurry makes people panic and start cursing like a sailor.

[KG4CGC]

Sunny and clear with 49 degrees. Meanwhile in London:


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Aliens%20Guy/424089_10151354528619316_1450742190_n1_zps1133f897 .jpg



Stevie Ward (https://www.facebook.com/steviewardsuperstar) I love how all those tossers are trying to push a 10 ton bus lol

[X-Rated]

Blue skies and sunshine here this afternoon. Life is good in the big city.

[NA4BH]

Sunny and clear with 49 degrees. Meanwhile in London:


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Aliens%20Guy/424089_10151354528619316_1450742190_n1_zps1133f897 .jpg

Canada drives on the wrong side of the road?

[VE7DCW]

Canada drives on the wrong side of the road?

No.......we drive on the right side of the road.....and I have'nt seen even the hint of snow for about 3 weeks.....except at the higher elevations.Here on Vancouver Island we've been having sun and cloud last couple of weeks with highs getting up to 5-7 degrees Celsius 8)

[KG4CGC]

Canada drives on the wrong side of the road?
Sometimes people will mirror a picture in edit to avoid certain technicalities in the law. Seen this happen on YouTube ... A LOT!

[kb2vxa]

Where did you get that avatar? It looks like a space alien vagina.

[KG4CGC]

Where did you get that avatar? It looks like a space alien vagina.
I make them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca

[XE1/N5AL]

Delicious ice accumulations can be found year-round at "Raspados Morán", on San Ignacio Street, near the Glorieta Chapalita.

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[KG4CGC]

Delicious ice accumulations can be found year-round at "Raspados Morán", on San Ignacio Street, near the Glorieta Chapalita.

8665
You has purdy fangur nayls.

[XE1/N5AL]

Maybe, I could be a hand model for Begali code keys?

[KG4CGC]

Maybe, I could be a hand model for Begali code keys?
That looks like a Vibroplex hand if I ever saw one.

[n2ize]

Let's see. It was mild here for a week. Then yesterday it didn;t get above freezing (20's most of yesterday) and quite cold at night. Now, mild and slightly overcast today. Who knows what will be tomorrow. It could be like arctic winter one minute and a few hours later be like spring. Weather is weird these days.

[NQ6U]

Just saw one of these fly by my window:

http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/01/100801-004-85647CDC.jpg
Nymphalis antiopa

[N2NH]

3" of snow ending at 10AM on Tues. Roads clear by 10:15.

Yesterday's High 24°. Right now 47°.

Not a bad week. Feels like spring is right around the corner.

[WØTKX]

We have only tasted winter a few times, then it goes away. Weird. Lows about 20, but warm days.

54 degrees now, sunny... not much change for the rest of the week.

[KG4CGC]

Currently at fiddy tree. Sunny. Winds at 5 to 10 miles per hour out of the SW.

[X-Rated]

Sunny this morning and a balmy 12F.

[VE3FMC]

Sunny and clear with 49 degrees. Meanwhile in London:


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Aliens%20Guy/424089_10151354528619316_1450742190_n1_zps1133f897 .jpg

No where close to that much snow in Canada. Hell the ground is bare here other than a little dusting of snow we got this morning. There was a golf course open here last weekend and 90 guys played on Saturday.

The east coast had snow but we are good in south west Ontario, in fact a lot of Ontario has no snow or is way below normal snow fall average for this time of year.

However the yagis are dancing around in the wind this morning!

[NA4BH]

29F with 32% humidity right now.

[N2NH]

Tonight might be the coldest night of the year here. 2° and that's not in the mountains where elevation plays a factor and the wind chill will be worse. Weather guy on Channel 7, "Windchills are unbelievable in the Catskills."

[n2ize]

Tonight might be the coldest night of the year here. 2° and that's not in the mountains where elevation plays a factor and the wind chill will be worse. Weather guy on Channel 7, "Windchills are unbelievable in the Catskills."

Try heading up to the Adirondacks. The Adirondacks blow away the Catskills. Temps -20 to -40 below. I was in Brooklyn yesterday and the cold was intense. The strong crosswinds were pummeling the area with the most severe and bitter cold imaginable.

[X-Rated]

It was -4F here Tuesday morning. Went on a bidness trip to Detroit. Left here at 1:30PM CST in sunshine and by the time we got to the other side of Benton Harbor, it was blizzard conditions. We couldn't see 100 feet ahead in some areas of the road on I-94. It was all lake effect snow. We moved across onto the Indiana Tollway on the way back and avoided Benton Harbor, MI. Sorry HeathKit.

[N2NH]

0° this morning in the valley, here it was likely -2°F and about 30 MPH wind (trees swaying a lot but few broken branches).


The temperatures were so low that New Hampshire's Wildcat Mountain ski resort was closed Wednesday and Thursday, The Associated Press reported. Temperatures were already in the negative double digits, but the wind chill reached a numbing 48 below zero, making conditions unsafe.

You know it's cold when ski resorts close the mountain (http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/24/16674979-you-know-its-cold-when-ski-resorts-close-the-mountain?lite)

Some cold weather music:


http://youtu.be/XE2fnYpwrng

[wa6mhz]

75 degrees, and dry INSIDE the Workplace right now. Outside, it is in the 60s and threatenning a little light rain. I'll stay inside where it is warm and dry.

[n2ize]

My ancestors grew up in the brutal cold of Siberia and the Yukon Territories of Canada. Temps of -40 to -65 or -70 below were not uncommon. I carry this bloodline to this day and have a strong tolerance for bitter cold.

[KG4CGC]

My ancestors grew up in the brutal cold of Siberia and the Yukon Territories of Canada. Temps of -40 to -65 or -70 below were not uncommon. I carry this bloodline to this day and have a strong tolerance for bitter cold.
Your ancestors also drank. HOWEVER, that is neither here nor there.


Looks like we will be hit with cold, sleet, freezing rain. You know, the kind of stuff that coats trees and power lines.

[N2NH]

http://youtu.be/PPvBFwW8zhc

[n2ize]

Your ancestors also drank. HOWEVER, that is neither here nor there.


Looks like we will be hit with cold, sleet, freezing rain. You know, the kind of stuff that coats trees and power lines.

I like this cold weather. I am enjoying it. I am certainly not looking forward to the hot, humid, sweaty summer that seems to go on forever. I'll take the cold weather over that horrid stuff any day. Now, there was a time in my life that I liked very hot weather. But these days I prefer it cold to hot.

If it doesn;t snow or rain tonight I might even do some barbecuing outside this evening. Barbecuing is another thing I enjoy.

[X-Rated]

You wouldn't like the heat we are having. I think it is over 20F here right now. I may have to BBQ as well. (Apologies to BBQ for using his suffix).

[KG4CGC]

About 27 degrees now. That's our high. Roads look black. Everything else looks white.
Sleet, rain, ice.

[n2ize]

You wouldn't like the heat we are having. I think it is over 20F here right now. I may have to BBQ as well. (Apologies to BBQ for using his suffix).

It's 24 here now. By Wednesday it's going to be 49 and rainin. Once temps start to climb to 70 or above I start feeling too warm.

[NQ6U]

58 °F with rain here.

[X-Rated]

58 °F with rain here.

Don't tell me Johnny Nash lied to me. Damn.

[NQ6U]

Don't tell me Johnny Nash lied to me. Damn.

He only exaggerated a bit.

[KG4CGC]

Tonight's low is supposed to be 28. It's 25 right now.
Tomorrow we are told to expect 58F. By Tuesday I am supposed to look at 70.

[N2NH]

http://youtu.be/GWw55XhTehg

[kb2vxa]

It's 14 about now, sunny with last night's snow on top of what fell the other day. I don't mind hibernating in my cave, my usual winter routine.

[X-Rated]

Rainy and lightning here tonight.

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[kb2vxa]

So much for 160 and 80M, oh well.

[n2ize]

Temperatures shall rise and then fall.

[X-Rated]

And rise they shall. They are at 46 F this morning here in balmy NW Chicago suburbia.

[N2NH]

Not too bad. 28º Heavy snow until about a ½-hour ago, now sleeting. Accumulations are about 3-4". Should be 54º on Weds.

[KG4CGC]

50º and cloddy.

[kb2vxa]

50 degrees is no excuse to track mud indoors.

[X-Rated]

The record high for Chicago for this date is 59F. The temperature already this morning, 61F.

[NQ6U]

Clear and 37 °F here. That's cold by local standards.

[X-Rated]

Clear and 37 °F here. That's cold by local standards.

Total insanity when Chicago winter temps are 24 degrees warmer than San Diego.

[N2NH]

We're gonna be 57º tomorrow afternoon. That's pretty high for mid-winter in foothills of the Catskill Mountains.

[n2ize]

Very strange weather. From spring-like weather to a week of bitter arctic weather and then back to spring in 24 hours. No real snow to speak of here in the NYC and vicinity for the second winter in a row.

[KC2UGV]

We're supposed to hit 65 tomorrow... Then, drop back down to 30. YEAH PNEUMONIA! :lol:

[n2ize]

I am waiting for a day where it hits 100 degrees and then drops to 0 deg within a couple of minutes.

[KG4CGC]

64º to 67º degrees regionally. Not the 70º they promised me. Clouderly with patches of Sun occasionally.
Am I to expect one to two inches of rain tomorrow? Am I to expect a drastic drop in temps for Thursday?

[XE1/N5AL]

I am waiting for a day where it hits 100 degrees and then drops to 0 deg within a couple of minutes.

According to Wikipedia:

Rapid City, South Dakota, holds two weather records — fastest temperature rise of 49 °F (27 °C) in 2 minutes on January 22, 1943, and fastest temperature drop of 47 °F (26 °C) in 5 minutes on January 10, 1911.

[KG4CGC]

According to Wikipedia:

Rapid City, South Dakota, holds two weather records — fastest temperature rise of 49 °F (27 °C) in 2 minutes on January 22, 1943, and fastest temperature drop of 47 °F (26 °C) in 5 minutes on January 10, 1911.

It was aliens.

[XE1/N5AL]

Today's high was 79º, but it's supposed to reach 85º on Saturday.

[KG4CGC]

Big douche today. Got 2 inches of rain in about an hour. Road and yard flooded with a river running through it but the yards on down the road were worse. 71º but expecting a low of 30º tonight and a high of 45º tomorrow. Areas around me got worse but no touch downs of tornadoes. North of me, Asheville was flooding all over with large portions of Biltmore Village being under water.

[ka4dpo]

It was 71 here today but it rained almost all day. I got a brand new Hunka Varnish (Husqvarna) snow blower delivered today.. Now it won't snow for the rest of the year.

[N2NH]

57º with extreme dense fog in the AM. 52º with heavy rain in the PM. I think I'll go plant some palm trees.

[kb2vxa]

Don't count your chickens yet, tomorrow night gets cold and snow through Sunday, Mother Nature just got a hot flash and she's cranky.

[KG4CGC]

Don't count your chickens yet, tomorrow night gets cold and snow through Sunday, Mother Nature just got a hot flash and she's cranky.

LOL! Been hearing that one all week. Mother Nature's menopause.

[XE1/N5AL]

Mother Nature just got a hot flash and she's cranky.

LOL! Been hearing that one all week. Mother Nature's menopause.
Mother Nature? Hot flash? Menopause? Could this be the real reason behind global warming?

[KG4CGC]

WV is still getting nailed.

WOWK 13 NEWS (https://www.facebook.com/13news?ref=stream)
‎Bryan Hughes (https://www.facebook.com/BryanHughesWeather?group_id=0) is reporting the following: "Haddad River Front Park in Charleston, WV will be flooded by this afternoon and continue through Friday night."

We'll continue to monitor other rivers as they crest today through Saturday!

[N2NH]

WV is still getting nailed.

It was coming down almost as bad as Sandy last night. 55º right now, plunging to 25º tonight. Well, it's still winter but this letdown is as bad as wife #1.

[n2ize]

I was in Brooklyn earlier this evening and it was very bad. Extremely heavy winds, probably well in excess of 80 or 90 mph with intense blinding rain the likes of which even I have never seen along with strong thunderstorms.. I think the worst is over but Brooklyn is going to get hit hard again when the cold northwest wind starts ushering in the next bout of frigid air. I remember when I lived in Brooklyn, that northwest winter wind was severe. Never felt it that bad anywhere else, even in the far north.

[kb2vxa]

That's a big probably, with wind that strong you'd see flying debris. Heh, you've never seen blinding rain like I have, just as I pulled the car off the road I lost ALL visibility like I parked under a waterfall. Poor Brooklyn, they get the worst of everything including tornadoes like this one filmed from Gerritsen Beach.

Hey wait a minute... GERRITSEN Beach??? Not surprisingly across the Belt Parkway is Dead Horse Bay. (;->)

[ka4dpo]

I like this cold weather. I am enjoying it. I am certainly not looking forward to the hot, humid, sweaty summer that seems to go on forever. I'll take the cold weather over that horrid stuff any day. Now, there was a time in my life that I liked very hot weather. But these days I prefer it cold to hot.

If it doesn;t snow or rain tonight I might even do some barbecuing outside this evening. Barbecuing is another thing I enjoy.

I love hot weather. I can go to the flying field and fly RC, go to the gun range and shoot, and sit on the deck and drink cold beer. Ahhh..

[N2NH]

I love hot weather. I can go to the flying field and fly RC, go to the gun range and shoot, and sit on the deck and drink cold beer. Ahhh..

Four seasons is nice. Missed the snow in Florida. I also like when it gets hot and the women start trying to get cool.

I think we've had about 20" of snow so far this winter. About 17" more than last year, but still much less than normal for around here. So I'm told.

[n2ize]

I love hot weather. I can go to the flying field and fly RC, go to the gun range and shoot, and sit on the deck and drink cold beer. Ahhh..

I can do all those things in very cold weather. My ancestry goes back to Siberia and the Yukon territories of Canada. I inherited a strong tolerance for cold weather.

[n2ize]

That's a big probably, with wind that strong you'd see flying debris.
Oh there was flying debris. Some of the gusts were as bad or worst that Sandy. I nearly got hit twice with wind blown debris. Brooklyn is well known for very severe weather.

[N2NH]

Punxsutawney Phil or Staten Island Chuck?


The world's most famous furry forecaster, Punxsutawney Phil, will pop out of his burrow Saturday morning to tell the nation what our weather will be like for the next six weeks. Will we have an early spring, or will winter dig in its heels until mid-March?According to folklore, if it's cloudy when the groundhog emerges from its burrow Saturday, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter will soon end. If, however, it's a sunny day, Phil will supposedly see his shadow and, frightened, retreat back into his burrow, and winter will continue for six more weeks.
The current forecast from the National Weather Service is for a cloudy, snowy day, but Phil is a fickle fuzzball, so it's hard to know what he'll do.

Groundhog Day: What will unpredictable Phil forecast? (http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/01/31/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-spring-forecast/1881263/)



A famous Staten Island resident starts each day at 8 a.m. training for a yearly event that often draws hundreds of people from the five boroughs and New Jersey. To prepare for this program, he works out with a personal trainer and focuses on eating a healthy diet, rich in vegetables and protein.
After his work is done, he gets to spend some time with his girlfriend, with whom he'll share dinner and some quality R&R.
However, this Staten Island celebrity isn't human.
It's none other than Charles G. Hogg (aka Staten Island Chuck), an 8 1/2-pound groundhog who resides in a custom-built log cabin with a retractable roof and solar panels that power a functioning weather station at the Staten Island Zoo. The entire metropolitan area looks to Chuck's annual prediction.
Chuck and his galpal, Charlotte, are the only genuine groundhogs in any of the city's zoos.
Each year on Feb. 2, Chuck predicts whether spring will come early. "Over 31 years, he has been right 25 times," said Kenneth Mitchell, the Zoo's executive director. That's an 80 percent success clip.
The prediction is simple: If Chuck sees his shadow, we'll have six more weeks of winter. If not, we'll have an early spring.

I wonder if he'll take the traditional bite out of Mayor Mikey?

Take that Phil. SI Chuck raring to go. (http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/staten_island_chuck_to_emerge.html)

Then there's Groundhog Day: The Movie. (http://s3-ak.buzzfeed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/2/1/14/enhanced-buzz-513-1296588809-17.jpg)

And 12 Things You Probably Don't Know About Groundhog Day The Movie. (http://www.buzzfeed.com/billmurray/things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-movie-g)

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[ka4dpo]

I can do all those things in very cold weather. My ancestry goes back to Siberia and the Yukon territories of Canada. I inherited a strong tolerance for cold weather.

That's cool. My ancestry hails from Arthritis so I have a deep seated hatred of cold weather. I thought seriously about moving to Hawaii but I know i would go nuts there after a year, Oahu is the most affordable but small, the Big Island is incredibly expensive and a lot of it is off limits. The rest of the islands are really small and not very populated.
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Your post reminded me that you should move to Iceland. It's relatively cold there in winter and they are a lovely people who take you to court to use your own name. Swell place that Iceland.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/icelandic-girl-wins-18363562

[X-Rated]

Got into the car this morning and thought of Three Dog Night when I saw the temperature.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKcd7yPLdU

[KG4CGC]

The Scots-Irish side of my genes are apparently not dominant enough to make me feel that I can just ignore the cold. The Russian side of my genes are also not doing their job. I hate cold.

[n2ize]

Your post reminded me that you should move to Iceland. It's relatively cold there in winter and they are a lovely people who take you to court to use your own name. Swell place that Iceland.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/icelandic-girl-wins-18363562

I am thinking of eventually heading up to Alaska or the Canadian Northwestern or Yukon territories where although summers are short they can be quite warm.

[XE1/N5AL]

I am thinking of eventually heading up to Alaska or the Canadian Northwestern or Yukon territories where although summers are short they can be quite warm.Alaskan summers also the best time for watching the mosquitoes feed.

[kb2vxa]

"Some of the gusts were as bad or worst that Sandy."
Now is that wind in Brooklyn or Crestwood? Brooklyn got clobbered but not so bad inland to the north. It's like New Jersey, the shore was completely wiped out in places while where I sheltered in Burlington County there was very little damage.

"Brooklyn is well known for very severe weather."
Brooklyn is well known for severe, period.

"I wonder if he'll take the traditional bite out of Mayor Mikey?"
So Chuck doesn't like Mikey either, I remember when Phil bit the mayor of Punxsutawney. He's worn heavy leather gloves ever since, could be Mikey's a slow learner? They're big, have powerful rodent teeth and are mean tempered and don't like to be messed with especially by the likes of Manic Mikey.

[N2NH]

"I wonder if he'll take the traditional bite out of Mayor Mikey?"
So Chuck doesn't like Mikey either, I remember when Phil bit the mayor of Punxsutawney. He's worn heavy leather gloves ever since, could be Mikey's a slow learner? They're big, have powerful rodent teeth and are mean tempered and don't like to be messed with especially by the likes of Manic Mikey.

:yes::lol:


The mayor does not plan to attend the annual Groundhog Day event at the Staten Island Zoo Saturday morning, in what would have been the last chance to mend his tumultuous relationship with the furry forecaster while still in office and presiding over the ceremony.

In 2009, Chuck chomped Bloomberg's finger as the mayor tried to coax him out of his winter nest.
Since then, the pair's relationship has been cool — though Staten Island Zoo director Ken Mitchell said he thought a final meeting would have gone by without incident.
“[The bite] was just a minor misunderstanding," he said.
"I’m sure that won't happen again.”
A Bloomberg spokesman did not reveal the mayor's reason for not attending the Groundhog Day event this year but said he has sometimes chosen not to attend in the past.
Groundhogs are generally not known for having sparkling personalities, but Mitchell said Chuck, who’s full name is Chuck E. Hogg, generally has a good temperament.
Bloomberg likely disagrees. In 2011, he refused to reach after the rodent, instead using a plunger to help get him out of his home.
"I love the plunger," Bloomberg said on the video, originally posted by the Daily News (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBXnEeumnH4&feature=player_embedded). "That was so much better than having to reach in and let the son of a b—ch (http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110204/manhattan/mayor-bloomberg-curses-staten-island-chuck) bite you."
During last year’s prediction, the mayor even vowed to retaliate if Chuck took another bite at his finger. (http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120202/manhattan/staten-island-chucks-spring-prediction-old-news-say-new-yorkers)
"If I get bit again," the mayor said before picking up Chuck, "I have actually promised my girlfriend I would bite back."



Isn't that messing with tradition? Would Rudy have given up? Heck, would Mayor Lindsay have given up?

Staten Island Chuck Won't Get Last Chance to Bite Mayor Bloomberg (http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130201/west-brighton/staten-island-chuck-end-rocky-relationship-with-bloomberg-saturday)

[N2NH]

At this link. (http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/02/watch_live_video_as_staten_isl.html)

[XE1/N5AL]

Punxsutawney Phil or Staten Island Chuck?

Punxsutawney Jerry.

2 Feb, 1400Z-2100Z, K3HWJ – Commemorating Groundhog Day: The Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club will be operating a Groundhog Day special event station on or near 14.330, 7.138, and 3.845 as well 147.390 PL 173.8 if you’re close by. QSL for certificate via Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 3, Punxsutawney, PA 15767. Website: www.punxyclub.com

[kb2vxa]

LO firkin L! If Mindless Mikey bit Chuck he'd be in for retaliation he'd NEVER forget!

[N2NH]

Punxsutawney Jerry.

2 Feb, 1400Z-2100Z, K3HWJ – Commemorating Groundhog Day: The Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club will be operating a Groundhog Day special event station on or near 14.330, 7.138, and 3.845 as well 147.390 PL 173.8 if you’re close by. QSL for certificate via Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 3, Punxsutawney, PA 15767. Website: www.punxyclub.com (http://www.punxyclub.com)

I'm looking at the live feed from PA, it's pretty hokey (http://www.visitpa.com/groundhog-day-live-stream). A guy in pajamas is MC'ing. Just before at 6:45 EST, two people were jumping around to "Stayin' Alive" while a third did CPR to a CPR training dummy.

7:20AM or so PA does its thing with the Phil.
7:30AM or so, SI does its thing with their Chuck.

EDIT: Both agree, Spring is here. Now would someone tell the weather that?

[KG4CGC]

Snow tonight, gone tomorrow.

[ka4dpo]

looks like that snow blower might pay off after all.

[X-Rated]

We had a couple of inches of show overnight and since it was in the mid teens while it snowed, the snow was dry and light. With no more shoveling than what I had to do, I cannot see the value of a snow blower for this area of town where we just have a few places to shovel. Having to go out and drag a snow blower and then push that heavy thing with very cold handles, just doesn't appeal to me. My shovel is lighter to push than a blower and the handle is plastic so it is not so cold. I don't have to fight to get it started in the cold, and it is easy to store and pull out.

Okay. Yeah. I'm cheap.

[ka4dpo]

We had a couple of inches of show overnight and since it was in the mid teens while it snowed, the snow was dry and light. With no more shoveling than what I had to do, I cannot see the value of a snow blower for this area of town where we just have a few places to shovel. Having to go out and drag a snow blower and then push that heavy thing with very cold handles, just doesn't appeal to me. My shovel is lighter to push than a blower and the handle is plastic so it is not so cold. I don't have to fight to get it started in the cold, and it is easy to store and pull out.


Okay. Yeah. I'm cheap.

Understand but I have a half acre corner lot with a whole lot of sidewalk so I got a blower with 4 forward speeds, two reverse speeds, electric start, and electric hand warmers. You gotta love technology. PS, the city makes every homeowner clear the snow from walks and driveways or get a ticket.

[X-Rated]

Understand but I have a half acre corner lot with a whole lot of sidewalk so I got a blower with 4 forward speeds, two reverse speeds, electric start, and electric hand warmers. You gotta love technology. PS, the city makes every homeowner clear the snow from walks and driveways or get a ticket.

No doubt, you are better off with one. We are looking for a bigger place and we are looking at our options for snow removal.

[N2NH]

How do I know? Those furry groundhogs sez so.


Saturday morning, a crowd of about 20,000 people roared as Punxsatawney Phil, Pennsylvania's famous groundhog, foretold an early spring when he didn't see his shadow.

Three hundred miles to the east in Staten Island, NY, Staten Island Chuck also didn't see his shadow, encouraging the crowd which was standing in single-digit wind chills (http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:10305.1.99999), that the warmer season was near.


A third groundhog, Ohio's Buckeye Chuck, also delivered news that winter would wrap early.


But Atlanta's General Beauregard Lee disagreed with his furry pals to the north. Lee says six more weeks of winter is ahead.

General Beauregard Lee? Anyway... seems that the present weather trends where the South is getting a lot of Winter is gonna continue for awhile. I guess it's gonna be awhile before you can have Sassafras.

Groundhogs prognostication. (http://www.wunderground.com/news/groundhogs-disagree-2013-20130202)

[ka4dpo]

No doubt, you are better off with one. We are looking for a bigger place and we are looking at our options for snow removal.

Our next option for snow removal is going to be San Diego.:yes:

[kb2vxa]

"Understand but I have a half acre corner lot with a whole lot of sidewalk so I got a blower with 4 forward speeds, two reverse speeds, electric start, and electric hand warmers."

You call that a snow blower? Now THIS is a snow blower.

[NQ6U]

Our next option for snow removal is going to be San Diego.:yes:

Good plan; the last time there was measurable snowfall in town (it snows up in the mountains every winter) was over thirty years ago.

In southern CA, spring begins in February. It's already happening in my back yard, as a matter of fact.

[KG4CGC]

53 54 60 64
S M T W

[XE1/N5AL]

83 83 83 83 83 84 83 82 82 81
S...M..T...W..T..F...S...S...M..T

Heat wave next Friday immediately followed by the arrival of a cold front :)

[NQ6U]

Huh, looks like we really do have a cold front headed this way. No precip, though, which is bad news. It's been way too dry here this winter.

8808

[N2NH]

Snow. 4 days in a row. Maybe an inch total. Until this morning. It looks like we are having yet another flurry fest.

But we now have almost 10-½ hours of daylight.

http://i48.tinypic.com/35k7gn7.jpg

[kb2vxa]

Yeah, same crap here just to make life interesting.

[wa6mhz]

http://www.robertxgillis.com/uploaded_images/snowman-729731.jpg

[KC2UGV]

I've been trying to find snowfall totals over the years for my city. Anyone have a good, tabulated source?

[KG4CGC]

Rain and 40º but tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and 65º.

[ka4dpo]

Good plan; the last time there was measurable snowfall in town (it snows up in the mountains every winter) was over thirty years ago.

In southern CA, spring begins in February. It's already happening in my back yard, as a matter of fact.

Oh I'm hip to the weather there I grew up in Orange County, South Laguna to be precise and my 80+ year old parents still live there. There are a lot of things I don't mis about Southern Cal but the weather isn't one of them. The older I get the more attractive it is to move back home.

[NQ6U]

Oh I'm hip to the weather there I grew up in Orange County, South Laguna to be precise and my 80+ year old parents still live there. There are a lot of things I don't mis about Southern Cal but the weather isn't one of them. The older I get the more attractive it is to move back home.

Ah, a fellow native prune picker, I didn't realize that. Agreed, there are many things to dislike about SoCal but the climate makes up for a lot of warts. Oddly enough, even though Laguna is scarcely 100 miles north of San Diego, there's a noticeable improvement in the weather as you come down this way.

[N2NH]

Everytime I look, the totals are going up. This map shows 24-30" of snow for Boston, and NYC is 24-30" too, particularly Long Island and Southern CT. We'd get 8-10" if it is true...

http://www.wunderground.com/data/images/winterstorm/Nemo_Total_Snow.gif

I think they're hedging their bets...

[n2ize]

Brooklyn is going to get the worst of it. Already winds are whipping up big time along the shore

[ka4dpo]

Ah, a fellow native prune picker, I didn't realize that. Agreed, there are many things to dislike about SoCal but the climate makes up for a lot of warts. Oddly enough, even though Laguna is scarcely 100 miles north of San Diego, there's a noticeable improvement in the weather as you come down this way.

There really is a big difference, SD is milder both in summer and winter. Looks like we are going to be right between the two weather systems here in the DC area so we might get an inch of snow but it won't stick for long as temps warm up tomorrow.

[N2NH]

The AccuWeather.com page to 'track the Blizzard'. Got 3" already, winds 30MPH and still coming down heavily.

Track the Blizzard Live on Radar (http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/winter-break/track_the_blizzard_live_on_rad/5814439)

http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/includes/columns/thirdpartycontent/2013/400x266_02081921_space-storm.jpg

[kb2vxa]

"Brooklyn is going to get the worst of it."

Always with the Brooklyn. (;->) Eh, I can understand fascination, the place does have a certain charm... and Cyndi Lauper.

[N2NH]

They used to always play this on the first big snowstorm in NYC in the 70s-80s.


http://youtu.be/Pc3OnSQc48s

[n2ize]

"Brooklyn is going to get the worst of it."

Always with the Brooklyn. (;->) Eh, I can understand fascination, the place does have a certain charm... and Cyndi Lauper.

We got hit pretty hard here. Looks like at least 2 feet of snow and very hard winds. But, yes, Brooklyn got it worst. I was talking with a friend in Brooklyn. Just before his phone and power went out he was reporting sustained winds of 50-60 mph with gusts up to 80 mph. Snow was coming down 4-6 inches/hour and blowing into massive drifts. The Brooklyn Bridge was impassible due to the high cross winds coming in from Brooklyn.

[N2NH]

Walked out the door and met a 3 foot drift. The walkway here is over 2 feet deep, maybe as much as 2-½ feet.

It's even quiet for the country. All you can hear are the birds complaining.

[n2ize]

Hit a 8 foot drift covering the back door of the house. had to go out the front and dig it out. Took about 2 and a half hours to get the back of the house cleared. When i was a kid this would have kept us out of school for at least 2 days provided it happened on a weekday rather than a weekend.

[KG4CGC]

Orco is coming.

[N2NH]

Orco is coming.

Orco? WTF is it with the Weather channel and their names? I see where we're supposed to get another storm on Wednesday. Preliminary totals are the same as they were for this one. Time will tell. I might just run out of beer.

[KG4CGC]

I think the NWS comes up with the names. Just wonder how money changed hands in this case to give them names. Maybe they wanted Winter Storms to have a name distinctive enough that you can tell by hearing the name the difference between a Summer and Winter storm.

[NA4BH]

Nemo, Orco, what's the next one gonna be called? Poontang?

[KG4CGC]

Nemo, Orco, what's the next one gonna be called? Poontang?

You know it won't be Pamela.

[KG4CGC]

BOSTON -- Meteorologists might not be sure whether the storm heading into the East Coast will drop 12 inches or 24, but they are sure about one thing – this storm is definitely, absolutely, not called Nemo.
But that’s what the Weather Channel (http://www.latimes.com/topic/economy-business-finance/media-industry/television-industry/the-weather-channel-%28tv-network%29-ORCRP000017531.topic) has decided to call it, part of a policy announced (http://www.weather.com/news/why-we-name-winter-storms-20121001) in the fall in which the TV station will give names to winter storms so that people can more easily follow them.

Oh, so it is just a Weather Channel thing. In that case it's meaningless and should be discontinued.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nemo-winter-storm-20130208,0,401412.story

[NQ6U]

Nemo, Orco, what's the next one gonna be called? Poontang?

I certainly hope so. "The wettest storm in recorded history!"

[KC2UGV]

Orco is coming.

Such a funny little guy...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin//picture.php?albumid=369&pictureid=1901

[kb2vxa]

"The New York mayor’s office has fully embraced “Nemo,” tweeting “Fun fact: There are 6,300 street miles in New York City to be plowed and salted -- that’s like going from NYC to LA and back."

That figures, Major Mikey is a TFC... Twit First Class. Fun fact??? Not for people on side streets in the outer boroughs who won't see pavement until spring.

[N2NH]

Nemo, Orco, what's the next one gonna be called? Poontang?


I certainly hope so. "The wettest storm in recorded history!"

:rofl:

I think that this is going to lead to 'product placement.' That is, I think that eventually, the Weather Channel will be selling these names to the highest corporate bidder to be put on their storm names list.

This could end up being the Oreo™ storm by next year. Color me suspicious.

[VE7DCW]

Nemo, Orco, what's the next one gonna be called? Poontang?

Am I correct in saying that your U.S. weather people are now giving names to winter storms??

......stupidest thing i've ever seen....... a storm to remember named after a Disney cartoon.... I would've gone with Poontang myself.... :agree:

[XE1/N5AL]

I guess that after one's power has been out for days and his roof has partially collapsed under the weight of snow accumulation, it's more of a consolation to imagine it was all just a passing visit from a friendly Disney character.

[KG4CGC]

Am I correct in saying that your U.S. weather people are now giving names to winter storms??

......stupidest thing i've ever seen....... a storm to remember named after a Disney cartoon.... I would've gone with Poontang myself.... :agree:

Not weather people, reality entertainment programming.
https://forums.hamisland.net/showthread.php/24797-Weather-Channel-Water

[PA5COR]

some serious snow here too, 1 inch on the ground ;) LOL
Edit, make that 2 inches and counting..

[kb2vxa]

Why does everybody remember Nemo as a fish when I remember him as captain of the Nautilus? Cummon, I'm not THAT old! Frankly the storm fit the captain and not the fish. Speaking of Jules Verne momentarily, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea follows the same theme as Master Of The World, an attempt to bring world peace through use of superior weaponry. In both stories both ships and their mad captains meet their doom at the hands of their captives. There's a message here totally lost on a fish, even a flying fish won't get it.

[XE1/N5AL]

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea -- wasn't that a TV reality show?

[KG4CGC]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Aliens%20Guy/0003as1_zpsd4314246.jpg

[n2ize]

It's HAARP !!! ;)

[PA5COR]

Nothing HAARP y about the full day of below freezing here....brrr

[N2NH]

Nothing HAARP y about the full day of below freezing here....brrr

Last night was -2 F (-18C), today we are flirting with 50 F (+10C).

[KG4CGC]

I always liked that submarine but the leading edge surfaces are hardly hydrodynamic.

[NQ6U]

I always liked that submarine but the leading edge surfaces are hardly hydrodynamic.

Good for keeping them goddamned giant squid offa the boat, though.

[KG4CGC]

Good for keeping them goddamned giant squid offa the boat, though.

I thought Nemo had a big lever to pull when squideses hugged the boat.

[WØTKX]

Nemo is no one. Or a Citroen.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Citro%C3%ABn_Nemo_Combi_Comfort_Plus_1.4_Multispac e_front_20100711.jpg/1024px-Citro%C3%ABn_Nemo_Combi_Comfort_Plus_1.4_Multispac e_front_20100711.jpg

[PA5COR]

Thursdayy the remnants of Nemo will reach us, snow, then freezing rain, then rain will fall, and temps will go up above freezing.
Will be an interestng drive to the shooting club ;)

[kb2vxa]

"I thought Nemo had a big lever to pull when squideses hugged the boat."

True, but the electric charge failed to repel it, they were forced to surface and dislodge the beast.

"Thursdayy the remnants of Nemo will reach us..."

The Nautilus struck a reef and sank, Nemo went down with it off Vulcania, his secret lair. By now the sub has rusted away so I'm not surprised his bones will wash up on shore come Thursday.

[n2ize]

I think this spring/summer I am going to start naming thunderstorms.

[XE1/N5AL]

I think this spring/summer I am going to start naming thunderstorms.
How about one named "Sparky"?

[N2NH]

How about one named "Sparky"?

That's SparkyPANTS to you. :lol:

[NQ6U]

Not exactly about the weather, but spring has sprung on the Islets of Langerhans:

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/birds.png

[KC2UGV]

Great pic!

[N2NH]

Agree. What is it they're eating from though? It doesn't look like a feeder.

[NQ6U]

Agree. What is it they're eating from though? It doesn't look like a feeder.

It is a feeder, but not the kind you typically picture when you think of a bird feeder. It's a nylon mesh "sock," which works very well for holding the small thistle seed (called Nyger) finches and warblers love.

[KG4CGC]

And now it turned cold.

[N1LAF]

New York City, Feb 10 - 11: Hi 36F, Lo 18F, Hi 45F

[N2NH]

It is a feeder, but not the kind you typically picture when you think of a bird feeder. It's a nylon mesh "sock," which works very well for holding the small thistle seed (called Nyger) finches and warblers love.

We've got sparrows and what looks like a robin that didn't go south for the winter. We've also got a bunch of feral cats. I have been thinking if there's a way to feed them without making them cat bait.

[KG4CGC]

We've got sparrows and what looks like a robin that didn't go south for the winter. We've also got a bunch of feral cats. I have been thinking if there's a way to feed them without making them cat bait.

I've considered the idea of putting up a webcam in front of our birdfeeders.

[kb2vxa]

The Aquarium Channel never died, it only changes form.

[N2NH]

On todays date:

Belouve, Reunion (1964)
52.76" of rain in 12 hours (world record) (Feb. 28-29).

[KG4CGC]

60º and chunchine yesterday. 40º plus rain and snow for Saturday.

[NQ6U]

Here they're predicting 75 °F today, 81 °F tomorrow, then a cooling trend sets in. It will be almost twenty degrees cooler by Tuesday.

[n2ize]

So far this has been a wimp winter round here. The second wimp winter we've had in a row. Although last winter was a bit wimpier than this one Summers seem to be getting rougher though. Last summer kicked some ass in terms of heat and humidity.

[N2NH]

We got to 50 in the city and about 46 here in the mountains. Rain not snow this time. Even at night. Spring is here.

They keeps predicting we're going into the 30s, but we're staying in the upper 40s so far.

Last June, I remember women were running around topless in the city. It got hot quick and stayed that way.

[KG4CGC]

6º cooler for this time of day than what they predicted this morning.

[X-Rated]

WE HAVE WEATHER TODAY!!! Unbelievable. I thought it wouldn't happen.

[n2ize]

We got to 50 in the city and about 46 here in the mountains. Rain not snow this time. Even at night. Spring is here.

They keeps predicting we're going into the 30s, but we're staying in the upper 40s so far.

I must be in the cold zone. Hasn't got nearly as warm yet here. I guess you are experiencing that inland mountain warming.



Last June, I remember women were running around topless in the city. It got hot quick and stayed that way.

I remember that well. One one particular June day there must have been thousands of women just running around topless in midtown. Many of them seemed to be running about aimlessly as if they had no particular place to go. On the metro-north train heading into the city at least 3/4 of the women heading in to work were topless. It seems the same trend is happening this year. It is alreadsy starting to get hot out there and I predict within 2-3 weeks we'll be seeing a lot of women running around topless till the end of the summer.

I also am expecting an extremely hot summer this year. I suspect that by April we will be seeing regular temps in the upper 90's and by June-August temperatures well into the hundreds daily. The sou-westerly cross winds combined with the warm gulf stream will probably gives us temps close to 110-135 with very high humidity. Particularly in parts of Brooklyn and Long Island and Lower Manhattan.

[XE1/N5AL]

^^^Nothing tops that topless weather ...please be sure to send some of it our way!

Hi/Lo temps predicted here for the next few days: 76F/35F, 76/38, 82/42, 85/45, 85/46, 86/44, 86/45, 86/45, 85/44

[X-Rated]

^^^Nothing tops that topless weather ...please be sure to send some of it our way!

Hi/Lo temps predicted here for the next few days: 76F/35F, 76/38, 82/42, 85/45, 85/46, 86/44, 86/45, 86/45, 85/44

Wow. That is pretty chilly at night there. I was there one year around the first of May. I was amazed that it was still dark at 7AM.

[X-Rated]

I guess I'll whip out my big 10 inch (snow) tomorrow.

[N2NH]

^^^Nothing tops that topless weather ...please be sure to send some of it our way!

Hi/Lo temps predicted here for the next few days: 76F/35F, 76/38, 82/42, 85/45, 85/46, 86/44, 86/45, 86/45, 85/44

Gotta admit I haven't seen anything topless here so far, but there are a lot of corn fed cuties that are top heavy.

[X-Rated]

Near blizzard conditions here right now.

[NA4BH]

Charles is probably getting hannered with thunderstorms right now.

[KG4CGC]

It's like, all raining and stuff.

[NA4BH]

Next comes the wind which will make it windy.

[KG4CGC]

Expecting warmer temps by Thursday.

[N2NH]

The end of the world begins tomorrow night. Snow and some (accuweather) are predicting a foot or more here. WeatherUnderground is saying an inch or two and mostly rain. We'll see. Should be in the upper 40s, which isn't snow weather and being March, it'll probably melt pretty quickly even if it snows.

http://amysrobot.com/files/stormtroopers.JPG

[PA5COR]

Had a few nice sunny days here temps 15 to 17 C but weekend back to below 0 and some snow...

[K7SGJ]

Weird out here lately. A few weeks ago we came out of 17/38 and went to mid 40s/low 90s, the next week cold, rainy and snow, this week low 50s/hi 80s going back to mid 30s/mid 50s. It's Global Batshit Crazy Weather I tell ya.

[NQ6U]

The end of the world begins tomorrow night.

The end of the world again?? How many times is that gonna happen?

[K7SGJ]

The end of the world again?? How many times is that gonna happen?

Yeah, but look at all the fresh starts.

[n2ize]

No snow here yet. Just mostly cloudy and we're being hammered with hurricane force winds.

[KJ3N]

Lost the 160m T antenna to the winds about an hour ago. :irked:

I've got an good idea on what I'll be doing this weekend. :angry:

[X-Rated]

The end of the world again?? How many times is that gonna happen?

It really happened in December, but the Obama admin covered up the episode. There was going to be information on Wikileaks about it, but there is nothing remaining on Earth to prove it since it is all gone.

[N2RJ]

I'm disappointed. Not a snowflake yet!!!

[N2NH]

8" on the ground, snow still coming down.

[X-Rated]

It's around 40F here and sunshine.

[K7SGJ]

8" on the ground, snow still coming down.

I heard you was hung.

[NQ6U]

Temp about 53, thunderstorms with heavy rain and small hail. Snow above 3000'.

[kb2vxa]

Everyone came around here
Everyone else got sick
And watched the clock tickin' slowly
Everyone knew the ending
Opened a bag of tricks
And stumbled over their own
They blew minds away
Sort of the cripplin' just like thunder
And it's gone today
I'm so happy that it's on

It's the end of the world
All frozen
Under snow and ice
Mammoth with flowers in its belly shivers
Ain't that just nice?

[KG4CGC]

So far, I'm seeing Spring into the next week. Time to put away the balaclava and the woolen hat and do some scooter tuning. I'm thinking I may need to go down a skosh on the main jet.

[K7SGJ]

Temp about 53, thunderstorms with heavy rain and small hail. Snow above 3000'.


We've got the same exact thing going on, along with winds around 30mph gusting to 50.

[PA5COR]

Temps just dropped to 1C above freezing, going back into the deepfreeze tomorrow 2 to 4 inches snow again temps -7 to -12 C next week, just had 17 above 0 and sunny weather...

[NA4BH]

65 and sunny here.

[N2NH]

I heard you was hung.

:rofl:

That's what she said last night.

[N2NH]

61 degrees. Snow should be a distant memory soon.

[KG4CGC]

Sitty tree.

[N2NH]

Sitty tree.

You guys aren't even supposed to GET snow south of the Mason-Dixon line. It's supposed to be all Magnolia Blossoms 24/7 365. :yes:

[KG4CGC]

Magnolia Bosoms?

[PA5COR]

Send some bossoms over ;)
Snowing at the moment...... yuck

[NA4BH]

Send some bossoms over ;)


Here ya go

http://weeklyworldnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/barney_boobsc.jpg

[N2NH]

OUCH!

http://i50.tinypic.com/dqlt37.jpg

[K7SGJ]

Here ya go

http://weeklyworldnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/barney_boobsc.jpg

Huh, I never really noticed that Mellisa had a mustache.

[PA5COR]

Thanks, needed some eyebleach...

[N2NH]

Saturday we flirted with 60 degrees, Sunday was ever so slightly cooler. That storm in the central US is supposed to be an all rain event. I can only hope so. It's like April and I like April. Cold bracing rain makes you feel alive. There's something unique about the smell of a wet bus that cannot be unforgotten like that image above.

http://jschumacher.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/11/bus_rain.jpg

[W2NAP]

it was 65 here.. then rained. now were going down.... to the 40s

[K7SGJ]

Saturday we flirted with 60 degrees, Sunday was ever so slightly cooler. That storm in the central US is supposed to be an all rain event. I can only hope so. It's like April and I like April. Cold bracing rain makes you feel alive. There's something unique about the smell of a wet bus that cannot be unforgotten like that image above.

http://jschumacher.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/11/bus_rain.jpg

You mean like a wet wild boar?

[KC2UGV]

60's over the weekend, and into today. Later in the week, it'll get colder, with some wintry mix. Spring is coming (Nothing nearly as cold as it has been), but not quite here.

[N2NH]

You mean like a wet wild boar?

Um, soot and dirt fallout from the rainstorm, water on rubber carpeting combined with the heating system (which was actually better on the older buses) and the fogged up windows. Usually the other passengers have good hygiene or else you will get sick to your stomach from the putrid wet human smell while being held captive to your destination.

http://i45.tinypic.com/30v2k9u.jpg

[KG4CGC]

Um, soot and dirt fallout from the rainstorm, water on rubber carpeting combined with the heating system (which was actually better on the older buses) and the fogged up windows. Usually the other passengers have good hygiene or else you will get sick to your stomach from the putrid wet human smell while being held captive to your destination.

http://i45.tinypic.com/30v2k9u.jpg

Nice old bus. I used to race one of those on XBOX. Burn Out 3: Takedown. 80 hours in three weeks and I realized I was wasting my time. I was fun making the bus jump and trying to create a massive damage assessment.

[NQ6U]

Nice old bus. I used to race one of those on XBOX. Burn Out 3: Takedown.

I used to drive one IRL. Too slow to be much fun.

[KG4CGC]

As of 4pm, it was 78º in Key West FL.

[N2NH]

Nice old bus. I used to race one of those on XBOX. Burn Out 3: Takedown. 80 hours in three weeks and I realized I was wasting my time. I was fun making the bus jump and trying to create a massive damage assessment.

I used to ride those to Macy*s from Times Square. 1/2 mile took at least an hour in those days. They were really comfortable, but in summer with no air conditioning, they were really hot.

[kb2vxa]

The best part was a carboned up Diesel engine and an exhaust under the rear bumper. When the driver hit the accelerator if you were in the car behind you'd sit there choking until the air cleared enough to see where you were going.

[PA5COR]

- 5C here, sunny weather.
The wadden islands 30 miles above me had 4 inches snow and with the gale force wind snowbanks of 20" were reported on the Islands.

Southern Netherlands, Belgium, Northern France see a blizzard pass by giving 4 to 20" snow with gale force wind, lots of people stranded in their cars, stuck in the snow, in freezing temperatures.
Belgium reported about 1000 miles of traffic jam, and people are called up to help stranded automobilists.

It has not been this cold sinc 1929 on the 11th of march, here i'm looking at another freezing day and no temps above 0.
No snow though, just bitterly cold with the wind blowing from the North East.
Germany also reports lots of snow and problems with the traffic as does Luxembourgh.

[N2NH]

- 5C here, sunny weather.
The wadden islands 30 miles above me had 4 inches snow and with the gale force wind snowbanks of 20" were reported on the Islands.

Southern Netherlands, Belgium, Northern France see a blizzard pass by giving 4 to 20" snow with gale force wind, lots of people stranded in their cars, stuck in the snow, in freezing temperatures.
Belgium reported about 1000 miles of traffic jam, and people are called up to help stranded automobilists.

It has not been this cold sinc 1929 on the 11th of march, here i'm looking at another freezing day and no temps above 0.
No snow though, just bitterly cold with the wind blowing from the North East.
Germany also reports lots of snow and problems with the traffic as does Luxembourgh.



That is cold. I wonder if it is tied to the Gulf Stream?

We're 53ºF (12ºC) with rain showers. About where we should be a month from now. Hope it clears to I can get a look at Comet Pan-STARRS (http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/bright_comet_panstarrs_in_nigh/7542269) this evening.

[PA5COR]

That is cold. I wonder if it is tied to the Gulf Stream?

We're 53ºF (12ºC) with rain showers. About where we should be a month from now. Hope it clears to I can get a look at Comet Pan-STARRS (http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/bright_comet_panstarrs_in_nigh/7542269) this evening.

We had some weird winters the last few years in a row, coldr, more wet = snow and weird summers too.
Since the ice at the Northpole is dwindling fast we see changes in the Jetstream and in the development of the high and low pressure area's that linger longer as ever before, bringing wet summers to the UK and the EU, the jetstream is slowing down and meandering more, bringing in winter more cold from the north as it does now, the splitting of the cold on the Northpole by pools of warmer weather brought storms there that made the ice even disappear more and faster and splitting the cold bubble on the northpole brought some more cold down here.

Snow and frost isn't uncommon here in March, but seldom enough to let yesterday be the coldest and snowiest day since 1928, today will be another day without teemperatures above 0 ( half past 1 here and still - 2 C) so another new record with the blizzard over Germany, Blgium South Netherlands UK and France.
Just 4 days ago it was 18 C here sunny and almost summer like.
We had 5 different cold spells here from December 3rd till now, all from weird unusual behavior of the Northpole weather according the weather buffs.

That forced unusual cold and wet weather down here, giving lots of snow, and freezing cold, far above the normal winter temps.
Normally we see the cold come over Germany from Russia but this and the last winters it dropped from the northpole directly south over Sweden etc, shorter rounte, more cold and moree over the sea, so picking up lots of moist from the sea.
The normal pattern is over the land and it can be quite cold ( last year -28C in some places) but always dry air.
With the normal pattern we just get snow when the winter starts and ends, or an attack comes from the Northsea on the cold weather.

The blizzard now is just such an attempt of an depression that comes from the UK over the North sea headbutting the cold air that dropped down from the northpole.
Good for lots of moist and force 7 gales from the north east always good for some road chaos and snowbanks...

[N2NH]

The best part was a carboned up Diesel engine and an exhaust under the rear bumper. When the driver hit the accelerator if you were in the car behind you'd sit there choking until the air cleared enough to see where you were going.

I think almost all of these were gone in NYC by the time I was 14. There might've been a few in Brooklyn or The Bronx, but not where I went to. They were pretty comfortable unless you had to stand. They even had the leather straps for straphangers (a dead term).

[K7SGJ]

I think almost all of these were gone in NYC by the time I was 14. There might've been a few in Brooklyn or The Bronx, but not where I went to. They were pretty comfortable unless you had to stand. They even had the leather straps for straphangers (a dead term).

And here I aways though straphangers were tits.

[kb2vxa]

Strap hangers, more like rider hanger straps, when they figured out frustrated riders couldn't hang themselves with metal hoops they were replaced. Same thing in the subway, plus the ceiling fans were eliminated when riders frustrated with the hoops leaped up into them. As for buses, things only got worse in Jersey when the old late '40s GM coaches with stick shifts were replaced with automatics that made the engines rev to the max. You guessed it, exhaust still under the bumper so you didn't DARE tailgate a bus! By the time they decided to change them to stacks they came with higher efficiency engines, far less smoke and stink, too little too late for drivers suffering from coal miner's disease, black lung.

"And here I aways though straphangers were tits."
Right, and the Germans are the only ones to properly describe the straps, büstenhalter. Really big titties are hängebusen, pendeln; schlaffes herabhängen; freies schwingen. I am particularly fond of the last one, picture Dolly Parton doing the Twist.

[N2NH]

And here I aways though straphangers were tits.

Over the shoulder boulder holders.

These are later versions of those leather straps. Stronger and they didn't break like the straps did when they got old.

http://www.rachelleb.com/images/2004/01/strap_hanger_1.jpg

[n2ize]

You guys aren't even supposed to GET snow south of the Mason-Dixon line. It's supposed to be all Magnolia Blossoms 24/7 365. :yes:

Hah, I used to think that when I was a kid. The south is always hot ;) Of course when I finally spent time in the south I found it is always hot, but not in terms of weather and especially if you are from the New York City area and are a college educated liberal.

[n2ize]

Um, soot and dirt fallout from the rainstorm, water on rubber carpeting combined with the heating system (which was actually better on the older buses) and the fogged up windows. Usually the other passengers have good hygiene or else you will get sick to your stomach from the putrid wet human smell while being held captive to your destination.

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I remember those old buses well. Think I even rode in one maybe once or twice. Kids loved those buses. You hop up on the rear bumper and ride for free top your destination... or until the bus driver or the cops kicked you off.

[N2NH]

I remember those old buses well. Think I even rode in one maybe once or twice. Kids loved those buses. You hop up on the rear bumper and ride for free top your destination... or until the bus driver or the cops kicked you off.

I saw more than a few guys who fell off of the bumper. If they didn't get run over by a car behind the bus, they usually got pretty banged up. One guy fell on his head and discovered his hidden love. He filled every nook and cranny of his hospital room with her. Orange Juice. It smelled like crud in that room after a week. And nobody had Orange Juice for 3 days too.

Those buses were nice, but I'd hate to drive one. No power steering, and no air conditioning. Rode pretty good though. The Macks were like trucks. They'd shake every time you stopped for a red light.

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[n2ize]

I saw more than a few guys who fell off of the bumper. If they didn't get run over by a car behind the bus, they usually got pretty banged up. One guy fell on his head and discovered his hidden love. He filled every nook and cranny of his hospital room with her. Orange Juice. It smelled like crud in that room after a week. And nobody had Orange Juice for 3 days too.

Those buses were nice, but I'd hate to drive one. No power steering, and no air conditioning. Rode pretty good though. The Macks were like trucks. They'd shake every time you stopped for a red light.

http://i48.tinypic.com/35d9qvr.jpg

Luckily I never saw anyone fall off the bumper. But my Mom and Dad were always afraid of that happening, especially when kids were riding the bumper and my folks were the first car behind the bus. Kinda glad I never saw it happen either.

Bout the most risky things I did were to ride the subways between cars. I always rode in between cars. Also crossed the tracks a couple of times and one time ran along the tracks between one station to another.

[kb2vxa]

"Of course when I finally spent time in the south I found it is always hot, but not in terms of weather and especially if you are from the New York City area and are a college educated liberal."
Nope, Southerners didn't take kindly to Freedom Riders especially those arriving on buses with New York plates.

"The Macks were like trucks. They'd shake every time you stopped for a red light."
In an offhand way that reminds me of the buses in Toms River, NJ. I don't know who makes them but they have jake brakes that roar like trucks as they slow for a stop.

"Bout the most risky things I did were to ride the subways between cars. I always rode in between cars."
You must be mad! The system is a bit smoother now but not long ago they did the shimmy shake and swayed like belly dancers. Unlike heavy rail coaches there is no flexible "tunnel" between cars to protect you from the weather or falling off the train which is why it's illegal and these days you'd get busted in a heartbeat by the cops or the train whichever comes first.

"Also crossed the tracks a couple of times and one time ran along the tracks between one station to another."
Now I'm sure you're mad! That's a good way to get run over by a train rounding a blind curve or get a 700VDC third rail jolt. I knew a ham in Middletown, NJ who was a motorman for the NYCTA and we had a standing joke about hissing poodles. Rain poodling in the yard often comes in contact with the third rail energizing the ground over a wide area so when it rains beware of hissing poodles.

Oh, those metal hoops may be more durable than straps but they're dangerous. Spring loaded, when released they snap back to the resting position toward the aisle. Hopefully you're not standing next to one when a strap hanger lets it go, you could get a whack upside da haid bro.

[KG4CGC]

Shorts and T-shirts yesterday.
Coats and hats today.

[N2NH]

Shorts and T-shirts yesterday.
Coats and hats today.

7" of snow forecasted. Starts just in time for the early evening rush in the city. I wonder how the geese and ducks will weather it.

[K7SGJ]

Sunny and 90s. I'd like to lounge around the pool, but all we have is a cesspool. Maybe I'll put a diving board on it and.....................nah. Too much work.

[PA5COR]

Woke up with melting snow in the grass, temps + 4 Celcius, will be going down after tomorrow...
Tired of this sh*t need spring and summer.
First snow fell 3rd December, enough is enough.

[X-Rated]

I remember living in Texas and seeing bumper stickers saying "<heart> NY? Take I-30 east"

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[NQ6U]

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[XE1/N5AL]

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[X-Rated]

A guy can't show off his sport package speedometer around here. It was 17 degrees here this morning. Brrrrrrr

[NA4BH]

Golf ball size hail here yesterday along with 70 MPH straight line wind. It took the roof off of an apartment complex, the TV tower off of the top of a 10 story building, and the roof off of the local rib shack (a moment of silence, PLEASE), AMEN. It must have been soft hail (LOL), only a very few dings on the vehicle. I expected it to look like Madonna's diaphragm. It lasted for 5 minutes.

[K7SGJ]

Golf ball size hail here yesterday along with 70 MPH straight line wind. It took the roof off of an apartment complex, the TV tower off of the top of a 10 story building, and the roof off of the local rib shack (a moment of silence, PLEASE), AMEN. It must have been soft hail (LOL), only a very few dings on the vehicle. I expected it to look like Madonna's diaphragm. It lasted for 5 minutes.

So, it wasn't a good day for hang gliding?

[X-Rated]

Not a good day for hang gliding there.

This morning, the car said it was 18 degrees outside and in my office, the thermometer said it was 19 degrees. Happy springtime everbuddy.

[K7SGJ]

Not a good day for hang gliding there.

This morning, the car said it was 18 degrees outside and in my office, the thermometer said it was 19 degrees. Happy springtime everbuddy.

Talking thermometers? What will they think of next.