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Ducky
Member
08-27-2000
| Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 5:58 pm
Great pictures Sun, Little Ducky and I love the snow and would have so much fun. Last year we made an igloo. He can't wait for us to get a big snow here.
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 6:57 pm
Don't know where you are at, Egbok, but I agree with you. I am too cold when the temps get down to 65. Comes from living in Arizona for such a long time. The heat thins out the blood.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 4:24 pm
warm raining and SLUSHY from 20 inches of snow....I'm still not plowed either. Stupid road crew. ever since the government sold the rights to a private company, our service sucks. But of course a private company would not want to spend the money on gas or Wages to make sure all side streets are open! That is why I dont believe in Privatization.
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 11:21 am
Supergranny, how are you holding up on the coast? I know you're in WA, but WOW, this is one nasty storm. The Gov. just announced that an alternate route out of Aberdeen has been opened. I hope it isn't the road that heads off to Raymond! Take good care!!!
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 2:30 pm
Waiting for the snow from the Alberta Clipper to hit here......
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 2:55 pm
they are evacuating people in some areas due to mud slides and HIGH RISK assessment. Snow is just not supposed to melt so fast, the streams and rivers cant handle it.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 6:59 pm
Forgot to tell you all that San Antonio broke it's record high for December 3rd previously set in the 1800's at 85ºF. Yesterday it was 86ºF.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 7:43 pm
I think the high today was 28^.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 7:59 pm
Kstme, I expect Supergranny is without power. That area got hit pretty hard with high winds, power outages, road closures.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 10:38 pm
We should get her one of those bicycles that generates power so she can peddle and surf at the same time. Hope you're doing well, Supergranny!
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 10:54 pm
Oh, Juju, I know how bad it is! My nephew owns 20 acres right off highway 12 near Elma. It's now a 20 acre lake. Thankfully, this is not his primary property. This is truly one of the worse storms they've ever experienced up there.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 3:55 am
Yeah, we had snow too here in Seattle on Sat. Then they said the "Pineapple Express" was coming. Turned warm, jeepers 58-degrees even! Lots of rain, LOTS, Monday yesterday. Today Tuesday, though, we had some sunshine. Turned out that with the flooding yesterday they had to carry and BOAT people out of apts around Northgate due to flooding (not 10 blocks from my place). City storm drains can't handle the load. I feel so sorry for so MANY people! Holidays are coming and basements flooded all over town. Landslides have been happening. More rain and they said it will just saturate and we're going to see some serious landslides.
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 8:24 am
I'm sure SG is without power. Most of the Northern Oregon Coast is too. It is terrible. They had winds in the 120's. I not even sure if you can get to the coast from Portland yet, every road is closed. One town in the mountains between Portland and coast is completely flooded. The waters rose 5 feet in four hours. They received 11 inches of rain in a short amount of time. The governer had to fly in in a helicopter and only big army trucks are able to drive in to try to take them supplies. I-5 is closed in Washington, to get from Portland to Seattle, you have to drive hours out of the way. It will be closed for days...an absolute nightmare for truckers and many other people. Amtrak is closed. The stories out there are heartbreaking. I hope SG is okay.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 8:44 am
For sure tis a mess up here in the upper left hand part of the country. This morning, heavy, thick fog.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 9:11 am
Wow, that is even worse than I thought it was. Haven't heard from the neighbor in a day or so, but I think things are okay at our house. For those in other parts of the country, Interstate 5 being closed is MAJOR. There is exactly ONE road that goes north and south west of the Cascade mountains, and that is I-5. Shut that down, and the whole area is paralyzed.
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 9:23 am
Juju, it is closed for a 20 mile stretch in the Chehalis area. To get around you have to go over to Yakima! Can you imagine? Horizon has brought in bigger planes to accommodate for the overload in people that have to fly now.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 9:29 am
It's snowing here!!!
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Sage
Member
07-20-2000
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 11:22 am
Yeah, it's been quite a mess here in Kitsap county too. Several local areas of flooding and a mudslide, plus a small bridge going over Chico Creek, near here, collapsed. Tis crazy. We were lucky to not have any power outages here. We live on a steep hillside, so no flooding, but I was concerned about mudslides though.
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Y2krazy
Member
09-17-2002
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 11:29 am
We've had another small snowfall. Just a few centimetres. (barely an inch) It's quite cold and it's still windy, but not as bad as the last few days.
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 12:32 pm
Got 6.5 inches of snow here last night. Right now it's 23 degrees and big fluffy lake effect snow is falling again.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 1:30 pm
Jewels, I-5 being closed was even on our news here in MN. Being from California originally, I know what a huge deal that is. The pictures of the flooding and mudslides from Oregon to Seattle were so reminicent of the floods we had here earlier. We've just got lots of snow here but clear blue skies today. It's warmed up to 14 degrees, too! yay?
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 3:14 pm
I'M ALIVE!!! Got this hooked up to the generator so can't stay on too long. DH wants to catch up on new on tv too. Ocean Shores was completely cut off, the road out was blocked even to the casino. We still have no power...Aberdeen is slowly getting power this morning and DH was able to make the 30 miles in and get gas for the generators and D batteries. Our house faces the ocean so we got full blast of the wind, only lost a few shingles off shed, bird houses and bird baths. I think the idea of not being able to leave was the scariest to me. It was very interesting getting the puglets out...I was nearly blown off the deck so you can imagine what it was like for them. We kept talking in reassuring tones and they kept their eyes on us both, poor babies. Found if we took them over to the north side of the garage the wind was not so fierce and they could go. Also had a few accidents but we just cleaned them up discretely. I do not want them to think they have maid service here!! The local IGA and hardware store and pharmacy are staying open a few hours every day with generators. The biggest thing is getting the gas to run the generators, gas pumps run on electricity. We are a lot more fortunate than others, we have the generator on the motorhome and then a big generator to run the fridge and freezer. The Lutheran Church has a propane generator so they are able to provide overnite shelter on mattresses and meals. DH went down and we took juice, etc that we had extra. Aberdeen had already had looters by Monday. We had one big tree by our driveway go down but luckily in the other direction and the city has already come and got it cut up. Our youngest daughter works for Home Depot Corporate, one of her stores in Chehalis has 6 feet of water. No idea when our area will get electricity, Pacific County south of us is even in worse shape and can be out another 2 weeks at the earliest. The prediction here is 5 more days. Keep your fingers crossed that it is earlier than that. Thanks for thinking of us, there are so many worse of than us and prayers needed for them. I need to go check and see who won Beauty & the geek before I sign off. Check back later when DH watches evening news!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 3:59 pm
Glad to see your post, SG, stay safe ... sending prayers up for you all up there ...
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 4:25 pm
SG, thanks for checking in. Good to hear the puggles are okay too.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 4:29 pm
And I want to move to Washington or Nebraska...gee I'm seriously crazy It's a cool, windy 62 degrees here right now
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