Car54 | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 02:53 pm     First time in 8 days it did not snow here but it was colder than I don't know what. The wind was just biting! My landlord is home shovelling the drive where his car was parked. He has a lovely tan. |
Wargod | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 03:15 pm     Ok, just one more snow related question for the Californian sitting here with the windows and doors open, lol. Why exactly is snow good football weather? I always think those guys playing in the snow, and slipping in it must be freezing. |
Twinkie | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 04:01 pm     War, they are actually sweating buckets on that field no matter what the temp is. Helmets get very hot and the uniforms have lots of padding. Better to play in cold weather than 100 degree weather. |
Schoolmarm | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 04:02 pm     War...go to the trivial pursuit thread. There is a Harley question! |
Twinkie | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 04:03 pm     PS. Its tougher for the guys sitting on the bench doing nothing in cold weather. |
Theowl | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 07:54 am     OH NO!!! It's SNOWING in Tennessee and the state is closed!! Stay home!! I hope you have plenty of milk and bread and beer and cigs. LOL!!  |
Marysafan | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 08:00 am     I woke up to three inches of the white stuff this morning...not bad considering what had been forecasted....but it looks like the folks further south got the stuff we were supposed to have gotten. Enjoy the snow day Owl...I don't think you get them very often. |
Lizadee | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 08:10 am     Here in Minnesota I don't even think we have had 2" all winter I'm not complaining but it would be nice to see a little my poor DD she got a snow board for Xmas and has yet to use it |
Wargod | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 08:41 am     Liz how old is your daughter? My BIL told my son he'd take him this year and teach him to snowboard but I've been a bit iffy on it because he's only 6. |
Lizadee | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 08:47 am     Wargod,she is 13 and I forgot that her dad did take her out to Afton to try it out I talked with my DD who says there are a lot of little kids that snowboard I was kinda of scared of those things and she is a hockey player and I don't want her to break anything and miss her hockey season |
Wargod | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 09:01 am     I just have visions of BIL taking him up on a high mountain and letting him go, lol. I know he's very responsible and loves his nephews and would never do that, but, I still worry. |
Phatcat | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 09:21 am     We are having the biggest snow storm we've had since 1980. Almost 5 inches here already and it didn't start until 9:00 a.m. Many school kids are having to stay in the schools 'cause parents can't get to them and buses can't run. Malls are closing, huge pile-ups on the interstates. People don't know how to drive in the snow here in Tennessee and it is just crazy. It is beautiful though. Stay warm everybody! |
Firebird05 | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 10:05 am     My dh left two hours ago to pick up the little one at school. He hasn't made it to the school yet and it's only 2 miles from here. Kids are stranded in buses all over the place and in school. I do not understand why they waited so long to call off school. It is beautiful tho. Keep warm and be safe everyone. |
Wargod | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 10:06 am     Kids are stranded in buses? Thats awful!! Sending warm thoughts to all of you!!! |
Marysafan | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 10:11 am     I can't believe in this day and age with all the technology available that they didn't call off school today. Couldn't they see this coming? I knew last night before I went to bed that we were going to get off light...but you folks were gonna get clobbered. Some highly educated people have no common sense what-so-ever. There is NO way those busses should have rolled this morning. This is a HUGE storm and covers a broad area. |
Twinkie | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 10:24 am     Here in Buffalo there is just a light dusting of snow. Nothing stops here unless there's a couple of feet of snow. |
Firebird05 | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 10:24 am     I don't know what fool made this decision. They knew it was coming. They saw what was happening to the West but still they would not close. They said they were waiting to see. Waiting to see what I don't know unless they meant we will let them out when we see the buses sliding off the road. GRRRRRRR. I still haven't heard from dh and dd. The cell phone lines are all jammed and you can't get through. They just announced shool would be closed tomarrow. Gee Ya think. |
Scootersmom | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 10:27 am     {{{Birdie}}} |
Marysafan | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 10:31 am     This storm was very different from most snowfalls. I watched the clouds come in all afteroon...we were told to expect it to start snowing in the late afternoon and we could expect about 8 inches. Absolutely nothing until about 6:00 then WHAM....snow started accumulating like crazy. In an hour I had a drift across my driveway. For folks that are caught off guard or have very little experience with snow...this could be a crisis situation. When they said that it was moving south east at a pretty good clip...I knew Tennesee was in trouble. I am shocked that they let this happen. |
Firebird05 | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 10:39 am     There has been hundreds of wrecks in Nashville. The police are saying just take names we can not help you. The roads are gridlocked and people are running out of gas and just leaving their vehicles where they are. They are telling parents if your kid is on one of the stranded buses you will have to go find them. I think these people have lost their minds. Thank goodness at least I know dd is in a school and not sitting on a bus somewhere. |
Phatcat | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 11:20 am     It's 25 degrees and still snowing like crazy. Now they are saying a lot of the kids are going to have to spend the night at school and sleep in the gyms. Poor kids. Board of Education sure screwed up this time. TV stations had warned of the impending storm for days...and usually that's enough to close the schools. I haven't heard from my grandchildren yet. My little 4-year-old granddaughter, who has some slight handicaps, has over an hour ride to school in normal weather. I am so praying for all these little ones that are stranded on buses or in schools and can't get to their homes. |
Zachsmom | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 11:22 am     sending prayers and good thoughts/vibes to all of you in Tenn!!!! |
Phatcat | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 11:36 am     There are more than 60 buses with children "trapped" in them in Nashville alone. The local stations are telling parents that the children probably will not get home before 7:00 p.m. And the temperature is dropping. What are these poor kids gonna do when they need to go to the bathroom. Please pray for them, folks. |
Phatcat | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 11:37 am     Thanks, Zachsmom. |
Wargod | Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 11:45 am     Sending prayers Phatcat. Maybe its that I'm a desert rat, but to me that would have to be a frightening experience so I can't imagine what those poor children are going through. Do they at least have heat in the buses? Or emergency blankets? Or something to keep them warm? Do they have food or something to drink? I just don't like to think of those poor kids sitting on a bus in snow and not being able to get home til this evening. |