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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 7:38 am
The Mississippi will crest today. The Ohio crested yesterday. It's really a mess around here. Still cold, but at least the sun is shining! I just realized that my sump pump is off! Ah, silence is golden! Hope it is just off, and not burned out!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 9:41 am
From a weekend in the low 20s to pushing 60 today; feels like spring outside. Here in Oregon when we get this unseasonably warm weather it is blamed on the Pineapple Express. The jet stream is bringing our weather direct from Hawaii. I say, 'Bring it on!'.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 9:51 am
Here in Northern California it's just fog and cold! At least we've been spared more rain for about a week. Max your picture of the Robin snacking on the berries is just beautiful. What a great shot! Someone needs to put that in the TVCH update!
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 9:55 am
Looks like another sunny, blue-sky day here in SoCal. But thought I'd share what the rains left behind.. yesterday there were large men on the roof who declared the flat part of the roof "a mess". Of course my building was on the short list to be re-roofed but it was the newer, Mansard portion, that was leaking and was fixed. Inside... this is what it looked like after the heavy, soggy, insulation caused the collapse. Lucky I was that I'd already been dealing with the leaks and had plastic down for the most part.

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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:04 am
And we could be having worse weather.. this is from a friend in Sweden, a gentleman in his seventies.. Sweden had the worst storm in 57 years on Christmas Eve. By ten the next morning, 150,000 plus homes and shops had no telephone or electricity and half the forest in the southern part of Sweden was laying over the roads, rails and power/telephone lines. As of today, 35,000 sites are still without power or telephones, old people and children have been evacuated by the military (using tracked terrain vehicles) and the major rail lines are still blocked (busses are being used where available roads are cleared) but one cannot get from Stockholm to Denmark by rail yet. Or to Oslo. My telephone became usable again yesterday. Luckily, I didn't lose electricity, although I have not had any heat since Xmas. It is just a degree above freezing. At night, my cats crawl under the covers with me, and during the day, as soon as I sit, I am festooned with them, trying to suck the heat from me. Poor kitties. Luckily, the weather is exceptional in that it is 10-20 degrees warmer (0.0 C) than it should be in January, the average being what we usally have in April. No snow on the ground here, and deluges of rain. The poor farmers have no power for their milking machines and the cows are dieing. Who can milk 120 cows twice a day? Not many. Takes a big family of strong boys to clear that job. It is actually a major catastrophy. Like, all the fresh and frozen food in the shops is rotten! I am SO tired of breakfast cerials with water (no milk) or canned beans! At least there is plenty of catfood!] Anyway I certainly hope those of you who are being frozen, will soon have a bit more clemency in your weather..
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:40 am
SM, you poor dear. Whadda mess! Of course now that the rain has stopped you don't need to get the roof fixed. LOL! ducks and makes a mad dash for the exit
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 4:20 pm
Ohmy Seamonkey! I am so sorry you are having such things to deal with, and your friend too. That is just sad. My son had a long weekend off due to the federal holiday, so he and some co-workers were going to see a little of the German countryside. I sure hope he was not far and could get back okay. I haven't heard from him yet. At 4pm central time the weatherman announced it was 41 degrees here while at the same moment it was -41 degrees in upper Minnesota! Yowsa
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 4:38 pm
It's currently 78 degrees (F) here, at 3:30 in the afternoon. I wore sandals and a tank top to work today, with just a little vintage sweater to take the a/c chill off. <snicker> BTW, Sea... lovely mess you've got there! Yowzer!
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 8:40 pm
I was SO lucky that prior to the fall in, i had leaks there and had lots of plastic down in that area.. otherwise it would have been curtains for the carpet instead of just a cleaning! And, it could have chosen to fall in over the bed.. or even worse, it could have happened in the bedroom where I sleep!! I'm learning the value of all that insulation (when it is up where it belongs and dry).. that room has been icy cold until today.. now it is way too hot in there.. I'm not going to rush things.. think I'll wait until the association does the replacement on the flat roof.. OG.. the leak was repaired after the leaking started.. before the ceiling even fell in.. But when I get done with it, I plan to have a better ceiling fan with lights, attached to a switch, and no popcorn on THAT ceiling!! The room will be painted, the carpet cleaned.. but lots of work must happen first.. and how much actually gets done depends on State Farm's payment (and my $500 deductible)
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 7:33 am
It's a balmy 18F here this morning with snow showers. Just a dusting so far, but it's calling for more tomorrow and lots more on both Saturday & Sunday. Yuck!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 10:37 am
Yesterday Portland broke the alltime high temp for any January, 66. More of the same today. Yippy, skippy!
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Friday, January 21, 2005 - 12:43 pm
OG, wish I could have that 66 here tomorrow. We are expected to get up to 12 inches of snow! I hope they are wrong!
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, January 21, 2005 - 3:25 pm
Our high temperature today was 0, with a wind chill well below that. This is the first normal January weather we've had this month.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, January 21, 2005 - 3:41 pm
Our school cancelled all weekend activities due to the promise of a winter storm... and ds has traveled to Indianapolis with a few classmates and a teacher!!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Friday, January 21, 2005 - 3:47 pm
Mak, your snowman had me laughing out loud. Thank you. Reader, hang in there mom.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Friday, January 21, 2005 - 3:55 pm
Reader....come on DOWN....a little chilly, but I didn't wear a coat today!
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, January 21, 2005 - 4:01 pm
Glad to give you a chuckle, Rosie. It really is that cold here today! It's scary, Reader, but it'll be ok.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, January 21, 2005 - 6:57 pm
DS came home, the teacher decided to err on the side of caution, and not go!! Yeah caution! 
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 11:22 am
Well the temperature here is 8 degrees, and the wind chill is 10 below. And the really friggin great story is that they expect almost 2 feet (yes you heard me) of snow between this afternoon and tomorrow. Have I ever told you all how much I absolutely despise snow? Hate Hate Hate. I am ordering things from home shopping, We have gone shopping and bought lots of food, I am cooking a beef stew in a slow cooker, my sister is making beef vegetable soup. Amy is baking brownies. By the time tomorrow is over, I will have gained 10 pounds and spent all my money.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 11:30 am
stay warm Ginger! Nothing like a nice stew or soup while the snow is falling. And have a hot chocolate with fresh whipped cream, too!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 12:30 pm
Holy cow- we got 7 inches of the fluffy white stuff last night and more is falling. We got the driveway cleared this morning, the roof raked (to prevent those awful ice dams), and then I got out the cross country skis and toured the neighborhood (before they salt the roads.) Now it's time for cocoa!!
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 12:32 pm
BR....now I'm REALLY glad I'm not up in your neck of the woods this weekend. We had flurries this morning. High winds continue. Cat wants in the house instead of the garage. YUP, pretty cold out!
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 12:40 pm
yay the cat showed up! watching my car slowly being swallowed up by snow. i did exactly what ginger did. spent too much at the store last night. but hey if i am snowed in i want snacks!
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Lobster
Member
04-13-2001
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 1:46 pm
We are under a blizzard warning from 4pm tonight til 6pm tomorrow night. That's only 17 minutes away and it's not even snowing yet. I hate Nor'Easters. We could get over 28 inches of snow. I have plenty of snacks and am cooking a pot roast. I also have a brand spankin' new shovel! I'm ready. I hope the power stays on.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 2:51 pm
Marm, yes it's a very good thing you didn't try to travel here this weekend! Come in May or June if you can..it's much nicer 
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