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Re: Snow Totals
« Reply #30 on: February 26, 2015, 10:52:40 PM »
We've had school closings because of the cold too. Some days the wind chill was low enough to get frostbite in under 10 minutes. Not good for kids waiting for the bus or walking a few miles like I did. At least it didn't snow most of those days. I like to look at at the good side of it.
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Re: Snow Totals
« Reply #31 on: March 03, 2015, 03:16:52 PM »
I'm home, and I'm safe!  Thank God!

Took big blue and 172 of my closest friends to Sioux Falls this morning.  Was scheduled for 2:00pm dock, but with the weather forecast I was able to bump it up to 5:00am.  Thankfully I did!  Trip out went great, but while I was there the sleet and snow started.  By the time I finished at the wash out I had to use the axle locks to pull away at lights.  The first sixty miles was a joy with the ice rink roads, but then I turned NE up the next highway, and the 35 mph tail wind turned into a broadside on 690 square feet of light weight aluminum  :'(

If I had stayed with the original dock I would most likely just be getting called in now (3:15pm).  Last trip I had a 10:30pm, and I didn't get called up until 1:10am.  As I came in a half hour ago the visibility was down to about 100' - 10' in the open areas, and they still have a couple parts to replace on the pickup from the last time this happened.
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Re: Snow Totals
« Reply #32 on: March 03, 2015, 03:45:16 PM »
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We've had school closings because of the cold too. Some days the wind chill was low enough to get frostbite in under 10 minutes. Not good for kids waiting for the bus or walking a few miles like I did.

Same here but I found it ironic when school is canceled because of cold many of the kids are outside anyway playing outside.  Heck I know I did the same as a kid too.
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Re: Snow Totals
« Reply #33 on: March 03, 2015, 10:32:13 PM »
We had 3 inches of snow and there's no more in the forecast for the next 7 days. I love this part of Michigan. No lake effect snow and a fraction of what they get in the U.P.
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Re: Snow Totals
« Reply #34 on: March 04, 2015, 06:10:25 PM »
It was 82 here in south GA today.   :P
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Re: Snow Totals
« Reply #35 on: Today at 10:13:56 PM »
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Re: Snow Totals
« Reply #35 on: March 04, 2015, 06:38:08 PM »
We made it 39!
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Re: Snow Totals
« Reply #36 on: March 05, 2015, 06:13:34 AM »
Same here !  ;D
I've been noting temps all winter, Tuesday was the warmest day we've had this year, I'll have to check the old calender to see how far back into last year.
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Re: Snow Totals
« Reply #37 on: March 05, 2015, 07:20:33 AM »
Here in Florida, we've had more than two feet of sunshine every day for the past week.  Temps are dropping into the 70s with kids getting frostbite only by sticking their tongues into the freezers at home.

On the bright side, lots of you damn Yankees are leaving large sums of money at our tiki bars and beach-side restaurants.  Still, Canadians don't tip the wait staff, so there's that.

Thinking warm thoughts,

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Re: Snow Totals
« Reply #38 on: March 05, 2015, 08:00:03 AM »
They call the Me/NH coast the "Canadian Riviera" . The main thing to remember is that French Canadians suck .
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Re: Snow Totals
« Reply #39 on: March 05, 2015, 08:45:50 AM »
We made 12 below last night, and it is still 6 below.  Promises are that we have seen our last sub-zero until the end of the year.  Early next week they are forecasting 50's.
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