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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 1:13 pm
Glad the power stayed on, Spy. On the news they said this morning Kansas had a layer of 2" of ice. Mware, CT closed schools because of a potential 2" of snow?LOL Good luck tomorrow. We are still in the deep freeze. It is 2 pm here and still a windchill of -42(-44F). Better than the one at 6 am though which was -51C (-60F). Came out of Curves at noon and thought my damp hair would flashfreeze when my head hit the air.LOL
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Spygirl
Moderator
04-23-2001
| Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 1:21 pm
Okay, so much for the snow ending! I don't know what the deal is, but it has continued to snow all day. It isn't coming down hard, but it is continuing to coat the ice.
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Zachsmom
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 1:26 pm
Don't worry Mware..they'll be forced to go to school in the bad weather...
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 1:43 pm
It was 68 degrees when I left my house this morning and drizzly. It is now 38 degrees and still drizzly.
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 2:04 pm
Acccck,Lady,that is what is coming towards us!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 2:30 pm
Yep, supposed to be here tonite....now wonder everyone in my house is sick!!!!
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Reiki
Member
08-12-2000
| Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 6:03 pm
Glad to hear that you made it through so far Spy. Unfortunately they are saying that it is headed our way now. On one hand I have way too much to do at work to waste on a snow day. On the other hand.... SNOW DAY! 
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 6:06 pm
Is all this weather everyone is experiencing unusual for your area? I'm just wondering if the 9.0 earthquake (that triggered the tsunami) has anything to do with all this. Didn't it actually affect the rotation of the Earth? Of course, I notice this thread was created before that earthquake happened. But I was just curious....
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 9:38 pm
The contractor who the association hires came out yesterday, between my Curves workout, and my going to pick up Zmom for her appt and checked out the three leaky places.. he said not too much he could do until it was dry enough to work on way up above (War.. yeah, plastic wrap would be nice but our bldgs are two tall stories, for units in a row in each bldg, and I wasn't the only one with leaks. He did tell me to punch some holes in the popcorn to let out more of the water.. ack.. I used an ice pick. It was still dripping this morning even though we didn't have rain overnight. and this afternoon after I got back from Curves and then being rejected for giving platelets, sigh.. I was on the phone with my online pharmacy (clueless clueless people) and heard a tell tale rattle and went out and there was this VERY tall ladder.. later Mark came down rather pleased because the problem was obvious, just as he and I had figured and he was able to repair it before the next storm comes in. OG.. actually there is some front that it stalled north of here, so you need to suck that up your way but our actual rain is coming via the "Pineapple Express" out Hawaii way.. Sandy, how is your carpet drying? Is there a thick padding underneath?? I've always had to pull up carpetting to make sure that padding doesn't let the water leach all over a large room.. bleh.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 11:25 pm
So Sea...are you saying that your leaks are now repaired? I sure hope so because the weather channel folks say that we are getting another soaking Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Can you believe that??!!.....enough rain already!!
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 12:09 am
Well the proof will be in the storm, but Mark was pretty sure he found and fixed it and in the past he's been correct.. and of course we could be lucky and have the rain come on shore north of us
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 12:22 am
I think that the carpet is fine. The padding underneath is another story altogether, and I'm pretty sure it's going to have to go. I have used the carpet cleaner in there everyday and have left the window open and the fans on since it leaked so bad, theres not much doubt even if I got all the water out, the padding probably ruined. Won't know how bad it is until we can pull up the carpet (that goes for knowing how bad the carpet is too) and we won't be able to do that til this weekend since it means completely emptying out our bedroom to do it. Only good thing is that I know for sure the insurance company will pay for that. The kitchen cabinets are the other problem area. The vinyl baseboard has completely seperated, and the baseboards themselves (which is wood) is warped and in bad shape. They will also pay for that. Only thing we're not sure about is the roof itself. If they determine most of the damage was caused by this last storm, they will pay for it. If not, we'll pay for that, though they will pay for anything that was ruined because of the leaky roof. We've dealt with them before when we had the plumbing problem, and they really were more than fair with us. It'd be great if they decided the roof damage was caused by the storm, but I know we had a couple leaky spots before this last one. They weren't anywhere near as bad as what we had happen last week, and were only in two rooms (compared to the four we now have that are leaking) so I can't even guess what they're final decision will be about it. The roof is a fairly new home improvement. It was replaced something like 3 months before we bought the house 7 years ago and all my construction people I've talked to have told me as far as roofs go, it should still be in good condition. I'm just going to wait and see what the insurance people have to say though. At this point I'm telling myself they won't pay for the roof, if they end up paying, it'll be a nice suprise, and if they don't that's what I figured anyways, lol. This is unusual weather for us, we never get rain like this, but it was expected to be a wet winter a few months ago. I remember back in Oct/Nov maybe hearing on the news that we'd have "a little el nino" this winter. On another note, my poor bil and rest of the family in construction worked today for the first time since Christmas Eve. They're not sure if they are working tomorrow or not, with the storm coming in and them having to go to Bakersfield through the mountains and snow, company may not want them up there and getting stuck. Sea, I hope they got you fixed! Rain is nice enough I guess when it's outside but having it inside really sucks.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 7:08 am
it is 40 degrees colder this morning than 24 hours ago ... sigh ...
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 7:58 am
Still 59 here (far south Texas) but blowing strong from the north which means cold on the way.
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Spygirl
Moderator
04-23-2001
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 9:07 am
I ended up losing cable service, though the electricity stayed on. It went out yesterday afternoon and Cox told me it would be next Tuesday before it would be restored! Ack! Anyway, my modem came back online about 15 minutes ago - randomly! While my cable was out, though, I moved my entire office out of the dining room and into the spare bedroom in preparation for the new dinette set that is coming next week. Everything is done and ready to go!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 9:12 am
well just to add something to the mix - mother nature added 4 small earthquakes this morning
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 9:24 am
Wow, there have been a whole series of earthquakes this morning. Earthquake List Earthquake Map
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 9:29 am
Wow is right Weinermr. Only 4 were reported on my news channel and I only felt 2 of them. Did the earth move for anyone else this morning? 
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 9:52 am
(Not on topic for the current conversation, but this belongs here...) WOOHOO!! Vancouver awoke to snow this morning!! It NEVER. snows. here. This is the second snowfall I've seen in five years being here, and I couldn't be happier! They say 5cm today, and it's gonna keep on snowing until Monday at the earliest! Who's a happy girl??
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 11:57 am
I didn't feel the quakes, but I'm concerned because Egbob and Egbil are up at Big Bear skiing today...
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 12:42 pm
Eg, I'm sure your family is okay. Most of the quakes seem to be centralized in or near Fontana, and there haven't been any reports of any problems or situations involving the quakes. On the other hand, it's turning out to be quite a varied earthquake day. There was a 1.9 near San Simeon, and a 3.4 in Baja California, just a little while ago.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 12:58 pm
I haven't felt a thing except my butt shaking from eating too much leftover holiday candy.
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 1:09 pm
Abby, that kind of quake is not your fault. 
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 1:13 pm
abby, that reminds me of my favorite halloween card...on the front it says, "if a big, ugly, horrible monster follows you around on halloween, don't be afraid..." and the inside says, "it's just your butt". good pun, weinermr!! i have a friend who handles a lot of insurance cases, some of them earthquake related. he says he always 'tries to be generous to a fault'.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 1:53 pm
Yeah Weinermr, I'm sure they are and will be okay. It's just me...the worrier in me. I think about those possible cascading/falling rocks as you're driving on the mountain roads....like the one that came crashing into my window when I was 15 years old. Like I said, earthquakes concern me because I think it might loosen up some of those rocks, etc....I tend to worry too much.
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