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Serenity
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06-28-2005

Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serenity a private message Print Post    
We NEVER get a snow day here . It is ridiculously cold, the snow plow operators were on strike, and 30 people got snowed in at a Walmart in Saskatoon overnight, but....nope....no snow days. Kids are expected to get to school no matter how cold or snowy.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL maybe it's cuz we can't drive in it? If it sticks....snow day! Doesn't matter if it's melted by 10 am either. If it starts snowing during the school day they actually cancel school, put the bus kids on their buses and call parents or er contacts to come get the rest of them. Heck, we even got sent home from work one day cuz it started snowing, lol. Anyone who could was told to leave right then.

Hehe, I was about 7 or 8 once when it snowed, just a bit sticking to the ground, we thought it was awesome! We got all bundled up and ran outside to play in the snowy mud and made a snowman that came up to about waist high cuz we'd already collected all the snow out of our yard but granny stopped us from going to the neighbors to get more for a bigger one, lol.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 6:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Right now they are saying down to 2000' at the lowest but of course the snow never reads the actual predictions.

We didn't get snow days in Detroit, either, just walked through it. It would be piled up on the sides of the sidewalks and I loved the scrunch sound of boots on packed snow.

I do still have a scar on my ritht knee from sliding on ice while walking around the block at lunch hour and landing smack on that knee.

We froze the back yard and had a little ice rink a couple of winters and of course there were bigger rinks at frozen parks.

Brrrr.

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
-41° yesterday but 4° today. We never, ever have snow days.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 9:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, you really wouldn't have school if you did would you Chili?

I ran out tonight to get a couple fire logs because it's too cold and dark to go digging through the pile for firewood that's already small enough for the fire place and it is freezing out there! 35 when I left, 30 when I got back and I was only gone a couple minutes. Something wet is falling from the sky, either the occassional sprinkle or snow flurry I'm not sure which. The clouds are kinda weird colored, not really dark, not really light.

Sis and bil are glued to the weather channel. He has to leave for work in Bakersfield at 4am and the boss (lol, his uncle) has already said if it's either raining or snowing at that time, they're taking the day off work because he doesn't want them getting stuck over the weekend. Our school has an automated calling system and tonight we got a call reminding us that the kids need to be there at 8:35 and that tonight they're testing the system and letting us know ahead of time what radio stations to listen to to find out about school closures. Kids want to stay up late, I told them no because around here if they say we're going to have snow, we just as likely won't so they need to treat this like any other school night. And if they wake up and there is snow on the ground, it's a nice surprise!

So for right now we might or might not get snow, it's already under freezing temps, and we're under a wind advisory (25-30 mph with gusts up to 50.)

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 10:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think Chili means they don't take days off because of snow.. one site says they get 70" in a year... so they do get snow!

Yeah I wouldn't want to leave for Bakersfield in that situation, either.

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 5:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
We haven't had much snow yet, but I hear its coming tomorrow. And a lot of it.

Our schools do not close for snow or cold. When it gets -50° it is up to the parents whether to send their kids or not but the schools are open. The kids are required to have outside recess unless it's colder than -20°.

The only time I've known the schools to close in the 30+ years I've been here is when it rained in January and the roads were solid ice.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
SNOWING!!! Lightly but it is snowing.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Heh, freezing cold here (bout 26) but the bluest, clearest skies. Not one cloud, nor one drop of snow on the ground, and my weather alert update still shows it snowing til 9 am, lol.

It was looking pretty nasty outside til about 11:30 then by midnight started clearing up. By 1am the clouds were pretty close to being gone.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 9:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
I hate ice. I hate sleet. I can deal with snow- I'd rather drive in a blizzard and snow than be freaked out about hitting ice. A few years ago I delayed driving up north to my mom's cause they had an ice storm, but I left the next day and it was probably worse by then. I was going like 5 mph on her road (narrow 3 mile dirt road) and halfway through I spun. Ended up facing the other way and had to drive all the way back to the highway, turn around, and try again. Ice sucks.

It's colder here today- it's been such a crazy warm winter so far...and no snow. Well, once or twice but not snow that counted. We're back to average temps though- 29° for a high today- dropping daily then 17° for a high by Monday.

Poor mom though- she's coming back from 2 weeks in Hawaii on Monday and it's a lot colder up there by Duluth. They're looking at 10°/-6° that day.

My cousin lives up there- she took the dogs to Lake Superior and one of the dogs fell through the ice on the river that flows into the lake. Then the other dog fell in, then she was in trying to save them (to her shoulders). Her boyfriend's friend went in too. Everyone's okay though. Just a little polar plunge. Ugh. Scary.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
It's overcast today. A guy I work with keeps telling me it's supposed to snow. I think he just wants to go snowboarding. He's sick of the manmade snow. NOAA has a chance of snow/flurries but nothing about accumulation. It's dark enough to look like it might though. It's windy.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 9:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Woke up with the report that the Cajon Pass has snow and ice. Major traffic problem there.

And now, it is snowing a little harder. Very dark outside.

Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
Is Juju in your area, Rosie? lol

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
Cajon Pass Freeway Cam
Here is a look at I-15 at 138 in the Cajon Pass



http://www.thehighwaystations.com/skin/feature.php?sectionId=131

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
I can't stand the traffic in California as it is- I haven't been there a lot, esp. driving, but a year or so ago my dad and I were driving north from San Diego and the highways are too freakin big and crowded. Throw a little snow in with that and thousands of people that don't know how to drive in it? No thanks. People here have to re-learn how to drive every winter as it is. First snow and everyone drives terrible because they're not used to it. It takes a few times to get reaquainted with the snow.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 9:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
It's 37 here in Northern California with beautiful blue skies.

Rosie, where are you???

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Granny, I fully expect Juju2bigdog to run in here to post her "I am innocent". lol

This is nothing like the great Juju2bigdog snow of a few years ago.

Kaili, thank you so much for posting that freeway cam. That is way cool. You are absolutely correct about driving around So. Cal.

Vaca, Inland Empire.

Light snowflakes fall once-in-awhile but then it stops and is not sticking. Going to be goofy for the day it looks like.

ETA: Kaili, that pass is the route used to get to Vegas.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Well, its 48 here in Buffalo. Rain but no snow. Its dreary. I can't get over how 2 years in a row now there's been almost no winter here. Sure looks like global warming here.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
My sister just called to tell me that the storm they expected to hit last night is moving much slower than expected and will hit over the weekend. I can find nothing in the weather updates though to confirm that (in fact it shows us as being cloud free through tomorrow morning.) LOL, of course, looking outside I can't see the Tehachapi mountains because of the clouds so I don't know what the heck is going on.

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 2:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
It's 67 here right now with a forecast tomorrow calling for a high of 32 with freezing rain.

But, hey, I'm in Texas. We're used to stuff like that.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 2:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Sunshine now. Beautiful snow on the foothills. Still very cold. Just went to the store and wished I had taken gloves.

Gloves, in California?

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 2:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Oh, and I agree with whatever Scooter posted.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
I hope it warms out down there- I'm headed to Arizona in a few weeks to visit my dad. Last January I had perfect weather for my visit. Looks a little chilly this week.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 2:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Kaili, doesn't it stay warmer in Arizona than California? Hmmmm, where is Treasure when you need her?

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
TREASURE, are you here?