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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2007PING: Icy US Midwest slaves!
Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I heard today that there were something like 500K people without power just in Oklahoma (true? false?) How are you Oklahomans and Iowans and Kansans, and Missouri-ites (Missourians?) doing? Jeanne Hedge ============ http://www.jhedge.com > Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a > lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I > heard today that there were something like 500K people without power > just in Oklahoma (true? false?) How are you Oklahomans and Iowans and > Kansans, and Missouri-ites (Missourians?) doing? Well, we won't be hearing from the ones without power.... Hope everyone is safe and warm. Jo >> Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a >> lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jo Maybe they have generators and have their priorities straight (gotta have the 'puter - can get warm with blankies). Just kidding! Sam > Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a > lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > ============ > http://www.jhedge.com It sounds bad down there. We are supposed to get up to 1/2 inch ice followed by 2 to 4 inches of snow. Ugh. St Louis had a big power outage because of ice. Last year I bought a generator just in case. Am on the Ill. Indiana border and they are calling for ice. >> Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a >> lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > It sounds bad down there. We are supposed to get up to 1/2 inch ice > followed by 2 to 4 inches of snow. Ugh. am in central IL, its cold rainy and freezing, still have power, DH is in St. Louis and says the roads yesterday were fine when he was on them but had been bad due to the cars he saw on the side of the road. Lee > Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a > lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > ============ > http://www.jhedge.com > Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a lot > of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I heard > today that there were something like 500K people without power just in > Oklahoma (true? false?) How are you Oklahomans and Iowans and Kansans, > and Missouri-ites (Missourians?) doing? My part of South Central Missouri squeaked by with minimal damage: the rain was melting almost as much as it was freezing, so accumulation was not great enough to do much more than make some country roads (and my driveway) treacherous. It's all gone now: it was 47 degrees F when I walked into the kitchen about 5:45 AM. It has been hard on the cats - most of the time all fifteen of them were inside ... Thursday afternoon through Monday night. Some of them don't take crowding well so there were many chases (hypersonic chases: the cats were far ahead of the sounds of destruction they left in their wake). I'd look where the noise was coming from, but there would be no running cats in sight. There were also some fights. I wasn't able to dump the litter scoopings, so they have been accumulating in buckets - I'm running out of buckets and places to put them.  SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@umr.edu) > Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a > lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I > heard today that there were something like 500K people without power > just in Oklahoma (true? false?) How are you Oklahomans and Iowans and > Kansans, and Missouri-ites (Missourians?) doing? We're in central Iowa, 30 or 40 miles east of Des Moines. It's not bad here - no power outages in town, but Des Moines metro currently has 1200 homes without power, other outages in Osceola and Knoxville. When I was leaving the house the back porch looked wet. It was actually icy - maybe 1/2 inch of ice on the porch and porch rail. It's only 6 blocks or so from home to work, and the roads were slick but not impossibly so. The bad part is that more rain/snow/ice are supposed to move through this morning and afternoon. Fortunately Nancy decided to work from home today (her drive to work is 60 miles). Dan On Dec 11, 7:15 am, Her Royal Highness Cleopatra Silvercat <c...@catfolks.net> wrote: > > Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a > > lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Dan Yeah, it all ran through here *first* but here in MileHigh its all snow; no ice much. I'm stuck in the City w/relatives awhile because us former Floridians drive very badly on winter roads when they get like they are now, LOL. Not the Denverites; they plow on at top speed no matta whut....but at least we have power to b**** about it, unlike you poor midwestern folks. Oh, Gawd, do I miss the beaches this time of year! Today, we started out with ice on everything and in an hour, it was melted and up to 45 degrees!!! Just inside the Ill. Indiana border. >> Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a >> lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Dan and DH is stuck in St Louis because of the fog, Lee > Today, we started out with ice on everything and in an hour, it was melted > and up to 45 degrees!!! Just inside the Ill. Indiana border. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > > > Dan >We're in central Iowa, 30 or 40 miles east of Des Moines. It's not bad >here - no power outages in town, but Des Moines metro currently has 1200 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Dan At times like that, aren't you *so* glad you moved to Iowa? <g> Jeanne Hedge ============ http://www.jhedge.com > At times like that, aren't you *so* glad you moved to Iowa? <g> Believe it or not, the only time I start to cuss at the weather is when I have to chip and shovel ice. The snow hasn't bothered me yet, and neither has the cold. I'm sitting here on the 3rd floor of the Maytag Building looking out an east-facing window, enjoying the rising sun reflecting off ice-encrusted tree limbs. I had no idea that trees and ice could be so beautiful. Dan > Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a > lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > ============http://www.jhedge.com There are *still* thousands of folks without power in central OK. We were just lucky and never did lose ours. There have been a dozen or so ice-storm- related deaths; some from traffic accidents, from carbon monoxide poisoning from the misuse of generators, etc. The worst, the saddest; a 32 year old woman in our community, with two very small children and no insurance, went out into her backyard, and a large tree limb fell on her head, breaking her neck and paralyzing her neck-down for the rest of her life. Makes all our little inconveniences seem trivial. Sherry >> Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a >> lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Sherry Oh how awful!!! I just assumed you didn't have power since we didn't hear from you. I'm so glad you are OK. I think it was definitely the storm of the century fo ryou guys. > >> Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a > >> lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > - Show quoted text - No, life has just been so crazy I barely noticed the weather. My father has been in the hospital since Oct. 31, is not doing well still. He has been pretty sick and requiring constant care/transportation since August. I have been in the hospital twice getting two arteries stented, stayed five days this past time and got out last Tues. To round things out, Jamie stopped Orion's chemotherapy because he was losing weight at an alarming rate because of it and was pretty much just suffering. He acts much happier now. He's lost his whiskers though! Today the heat pump quit. I was lucky to get a repairman out very fast. He found the problem right away--there was a snake inside the unit and it had shorted something out. There is a mouse living in my car. Probably because I hadn't started it in over a month and it was getting out of the cold. Definitely a man-job and will have to wait till DH gets a day off. I hope if I ever get alzheimers that 2007 is the first thing I forget. Well, a good thing happened today. I had entered a raffle and got a phone call that I had won a huge, beautiful Christmas tree. Can't wait to go get it. Isn't it weird how the little things can make you stupidly happy?? Sherry Sherry >> Oh how awful!!! I just assumed you didn't have power since we didn't >> hear from you. I'm so glad you are OK. I think it was definitely the [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Sherry Well thank goodness for the little things. YOu have a lot on your plate right now. Are you ok? How are you feeling? I'm sorry hemo wasn't working out for Orion. Sometimes I just wish everyone could have a happy life for just a while. I worry about EVERYBODY. :( > Isn't it weird how the little things can make you stupidly happy?? So glad you had something good happen, too, Sherry! Purrs for all your worries. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban > > Isn't it weird how the little things can make you stupidly happy?? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > -- > Marina, Miranda and Caliban Thanks, Marina. I actually thought I had replied to Karen, not posted that drivel. I whine so much lately that *I* am even sick of hearing *myself* talk about it. So I haven't posted much. I hadn't even put up a Christmas tree and had about decided not to, not sent out cards or anything. Now I'm all looking forward to it. It was just a real blessing when I needed it. Sherry, purrs for things to go right for you! SignatureCharleen Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro The Spirit of Mr. Pumpkin St. Cloud, Florida USA >> >> Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a >> >> lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > > Sherry > No, life has just been so crazy I barely noticed the weather. My > father has [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > five > days this past time and got out last Tues. <snip> > Sherry Lots and lots of hugs and purrs, Polonca and Soncek we are supposed to get snow tonight, have been upping the amount every hour, Lee > >> Where I'm at in central Indiana we've had little more than rain, but a > >> lot of places to the north and west of us have gotten lots of ice. I [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > hear from you. I'm so glad you are OK. I think it was definitely the > storm of the century fo ryou guys. |
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