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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:46 am
Sun is out and melting ice! YEA! This is the 1st time I've been able to post since, I think, Sunday. Monday, electricity out for several hours due to ice on tree limbs falling on power lines. One big tree uprooted and just missed our garage. Tuesday just tried staying warm and dh was on all of the weather web sites...he hogged the computer. Wednesday, dh went out to cut more firewood, it's nearly all gone now! Then at about 3:00 pm our heater furnace went out! We used electric heaters to try and stay warm (along with lots of layers of clothing and and nice heated water bed). I do not like the little electric heaters at all! I've heard of how many house fires are started by them. This morning, our good ole reliable heat & air guy came out. Replaced switches and stuff. He was here about 2 hrs and left just a bit ago. Now the heat comes on for just a few minutes and then goes off! It's not "acting right". guess I'll have to call him back. Oh, will it ever end? I know I don't have it nearly as bad as most, but I'm just drained. Today dh actually was called in to work! Yea! First day he could actually drive to work. It's about a 30 mile drive one way. It feels strange being the only person in the house. Hope everyone is doing OK. I have a lot of reading to catch up with all that's been going on.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 11:01 am
YAY! It's finally above freezing (36° - I used the ALT 248) here for the first time in what seems forever. Actually it's only been less than a week but, hey, this is Texas. The bad news is we are expecting more "wintry mix" Friday and Saturday.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 2:22 pm
Juju, they seem to get a fair amount of snow on Orcas; this isn't the first year my friend has dealt with that. She's the one who, in the first big storm, the one that shut down much of Seattle, was in a 4wd vehicle driven by her daughter and even going very slowly they hit black ice and rolled, totalled the vehicle and got banged up. They were also without power for a time. Here's a nice summer picture taken from the ferry on the way in; wish I'd been there to take the picture, but this was taken by the same Kiwi girls who came here for Disneyland and Universal (and Denny's.. they really liked Denny's, reminded them of home)

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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 2:23 pm
Jewels, that is lots of snow!
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 2:47 pm
For us it is! We haven't had this much in about 3 years. It's all melting now though, it was fun while it lasted.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 3:37 pm
Wow, Jewels, you have a beautiful yard & home! Our snow didn't last but a day and only because it was frozen. At my lunch time walk it was sunny and 41 degrees.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 4:27 pm
I'm doing a lil dance here because it's been above freezing all day ... it's actually 44 now ... woohoo! hope we don't get smacked again this weekend as some are predicting ...
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 5:03 pm
Well Juju must have thought about coming to Arkansas cause now we have a chance of sleet or snow Saturday nite into Sunday. Yuck!!!
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Tater
Member
03-19-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 6:06 pm
Hey War! I remember it snowing once when I was a kid living in Valencia. My dad worked for Pan AM at LAX and had to call in sick to work because of the snow. They really didn't believe him until he asked them to turn on the tv. LOL! We got about 6 inches. It was the fist time everyone in the neighborhood saw snow. INcluding my sister and I. Since my dad was from PA and my Mom from MO, they had to teach us all how to make snow forts, snowmen and most of all snowballs! It is one of my best childhood memories!
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 6:31 pm
dangit, tomorrow we are supposed to back up to 60°. two days of normal winter weather and then it's gone. it's not fair.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 9:04 pm
Woo Hoo! We're up to a whole 5 hours, 20 minutes and 52 seconds of daylight now. That's a gain of a whole 5 minutes over yesterday. We're cranking now!
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 9:07 pm
Kaili, I can tell ya that it was snowing in Prescott on Friday night. I saw a weather forecast earlier this evening that showed the low temp last night at the Grand Canyon was 6 degrees and Flagstaff was -10 degrees. ehehe You will be in AZ on the 27th in Prescott and Marej will be in Mesa on the 29th. I sure hope the weather warms up a little for both of you. I think I will start keeping track of the weather in both places for the two of you.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 9:10 pm
Sounds like a TVCH meet to me!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 9:13 pm
quote:Wink, they'll be fine.. sometimes a slide will close roads and in that case they will be going the long way around, but that isn't likely.
Oh, just great, Seamonkey. I neglected to tell Wink about how sometimes the whole highway just slides down the sheer cliff face. BUT, it almost never happens. Ice storm completely over here. Went into town to celebrate.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 9:26 pm
Juju, lol! I thought the same thing, but I figured Wink had probably already read it. To late to warn Sea. So now all you did was to make Sea feel guilty. (((Seamonkey))) And if there are any slides, we all know who to blame even though she is in another state. 
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 6:55 am
Juju I saw that comment by Sea but I was too busy puking to come back and respond. I talked to him last nite and apparently they didn't take the coast road but one further inland cause it was faster?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 9:53 am
Yep, you can go up 101 or Interstate 5, both of which are inland and much faster. I-5 between Los Angeles and Sacramento has got to be about the most boring drive ever. It might be even more boring than I-10 in West Texas, which is mind-numbingly boring.
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 10:48 am
Juju they're used to driving across the prairies in Canada. Couldn't possibly be a more boring drive than that.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:01 am
Lancaster to Vegas. Tumbleweeds, dirt, and freeway. Oh, wait there is the giant thermometer in Baker to look at.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:28 am
WG...LMAO!
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 12:46 pm

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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 6:50 pm
That's about how much snow we've got too, Cndeariso. See we always have so much in common. 8° and up to 5 hours, 32 minutes and 01 second of daylight. That's a whopping increase of 6 minutes and 07 seconds from yesterday. It won't be long and we'll have a regular day of sunshine. Woo Hoo
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:07 pm
Hi Kaili. Weather Report for Prescott and Flagstaff. Currently snowing in Prescott. Will be a combination of snow and rain through the weekend. Temps will warm up by Thursday to 59 degrees and maintaining through Sunday the 28th. Flagstaff is under a snow advisory tonight. Snow all weekend. Tuesday the temps warm up and sun comes out. 39 degrees on Tuesday, 45 degrees on Wednesday and 49 degrees on Thursday. Still sunny on Friday and through the weekend of Sunday 28th. How long will you be visiting?
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Friday, January 19, 2007 - 11:10 pm
Chiliwilli, I tried your trick of holding down the ALT key and typing 248. I didn't work for me. I just get a beep from my computer for each keystroke. I want the degree sign, too. (sniffle, sniffle)
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 12:50 am
I don't know what to say then. It's always worked for me. What operating system do you have? I learned that in about 1990 using DOS and Wordperfect 5 (I think) for DOS. I've used it ever since on any computer and with Windows 3.1, 95, XP and 2000. Hmmmmm? Now I'm gonna have to know why it doesn't work on yours.
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