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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2004Too Much SNOW!
It's stopped snowing here in Scottsburg, Indiana. It turns out we were in the middle of the heaviest snow band. I haven't heard a completely official snowfall total yet, but local news is reporting 34 inches (a bit over 86 cm) of snow on the ground with 5 foot (1.52 m) drifts. The county has declared a State of Emergency, and the local radio station is broadcasting calls for people to lend 4-wheel drive vehicles to the local police so they can get around. We have drifts blocking the back door, drifts blocking the front door, drifts up over windows. Fortunately the drift against the garage door isn't too bad (that 3 foot drift is set away from the door itself), so we *can* get out of the house. Of course the car and truck that weathered the storm (so to speak) out in the driveway are buried so we have no vehicles that can move at the moment. Even if they could move, there's nowhere to go - the street's not plowed, you can't get through. Saw a neighbor up on his roof a while ago - there are some amazing drifts on the roofs of the houses across the street. We haven't been able to get to where we can see our roof yet though - it's probably just as bad. Natasha is dealing with this in her usual implacable way. She's gone back to bed, and is currently snoozing the morning away... I wonder how things are up in Bloomington? Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com > It's stopped snowing here in Scottsburg, Indiana. It turns out we were > in the middle of the heaviest snow band. I haven't heard a completely [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha I don't know about Bloomington, but I know about down here on the outskirts of Memphis. We got 3 inches of what amounts to ice. Anyone trying to drive on this stuff is nuts. I'm glad I went to the store yesterday before it turned to sleet. I went to scatter more seed this morning and didn't even leave a footprint on the solid sheet which is my patio. Persia is watching all the birds from a pillow by the sliding patio door, chattering away. Keep warm, Jeanette, MMJ, all you snow-bound and any other ice-bound peoples! Jill >> It's stopped snowing here in Scottsburg, Indiana. It turns out we were >> in the middle of the heaviest snow band. I haven't heard a completely [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >on this stuff is nuts. I'm glad I went to the store yesterday before it >turned to sleet. I went to scatter more seed this morning Doesn't the Bible say that's a sin? ;) :P And on the PATIO! ;) > and didn't even >leave a footprint on the solid sheet which is my patio. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Jill Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com We only got a couple of inches, but the roads were trecherous. At Lawton, where my DH works there was a tractor-trailer load of goats that jacknifed & turned over. They said it was several hundred goats, and there was dead goats, injured goats and loose goats everywhere. I thought it was so sad. I kinda like goats, they're so cute when they're babies. Sherry On Thu 23 Dec 2004 09:25:53a, Jeanne Hedge wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes (news:2qkls0tg836e4j91502d20ui1l7kcn869e@ 4ax.com): > I haven't heard a completely > official snowfall total yet, but local news is reporting 34 inches WOW! All of that fell amazingly fast! We're getting what's left of all that weather (in MD) but its 52F (11C) here, so it's all rain. Stay safe guys!  SignatureCheryl > WOW! All of that fell amazingly fast! We're getting what's left of > all that weather (in MD) but its 52F (11C) here, so it's all rain. > Stay safe guys! Same here, except that at 7:15 pm it is 65F here. Supposedly the rain is supposed to leave during the night and bring us clear weather. I haven't checked the forecast on Weatherbug, but I suspect that we'll be in the 40s or 50s for Christmas day. Pam S. > Same here, except that at 7:15 pm it is 65F here. Supposedly > the rain is supposed to leave during the night and bring us > clear weather. I haven't checked the forecast on Weatherbug, > but I suspect that we'll be in the 40s or 50s for Christmas day. We had so much rain today! I can't even imagine that storm system as snow. I got stuck in it running to my car after a lunch out that my hair was plastered to my head. The roads quickly flooded and there was standing and running water in the road that was at least a couple of feet deep, and of course the idiot drivers around here plowed through it while poor me is doing about 20 and still losing control of my vehicle. SignatureCheryl > It turns out we were >in the middle of the heaviest snow band. I haven't heard a completely >official snowfall total yet, but local news is reporting 34 inches (a >bit over 86 cm) of snow on the ground with 5 foot (1.52 m) drifts. That sounds almost scary. Stay warm, stay inside if you can! Hope you are well-stocked on cat food! :-) Sherry > It's stopped snowing here in Scottsburg, Indiana. It turns out we were > in the middle of the heaviest snow band. I haven't heard a completely [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > ============ > http://www.jhedge.com I don't know what the official depth is, but it comes almost to my knees, so it *must* be less than what you got LOL. In response to Jill's ice-storm story, back in the mid-late '80s, I still lived at my parent's, which is a county south of here, and worked here in Bloomington at a department store. We had an ice-storm down there, but nothing up here, and when I called in to my superviser to call in sick, she was going to make it an "unexecused". I humg up on her, called back and got *her* boss (the store magager), explained my situation. The manager said she knew the what the weather was down here, and that she'd take care of it. I thanked here and she asked me how I was, I said I'm fine, but our neighbor kids were ice skating in the street! She laughed and said that if my supervisor gave her any lip and complained about me not coming in, she would tell her to drive down to get me, in her Iroc-Z (her "baby"), and wait for her to call when she slid off the road! We had a good laugh at my supervisor's expense. Needless to say, said supervisor wasn't there very much longer <bg> --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep >> It's stopped snowing here in Scottsburg, Indiana. It turns out we >> were >> in the middle of the heaviest snow band. I haven't heard a completely >> official snowfall total yet, but local news is reporting 34 inches (a >> bit over 86 cm) (snippage) >> I wonder how things are up in Bloomington? >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > ice-storm down there, but nothing up here, and when I called in to my > superviser to call in sick, she was going to make it an "unexecused". (snippage) Unless they closed the office down here, it was a vacation or personal day. But that doesn't help folks who live in outlying areas, as you did and I did. Luckily they panic down here at the first hint of ice or snow. > I humg up on her, called back and got *her* boss (the store magager), > explained my situation. The manager said she knew the what the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > she would tell her to drive down to get me, in her Iroc-Z (her > "baby"), and wait for her to call when she slid off the road! LOL! > We had a good laugh at my supervisor's expense. Needless to say, said > supervisor wasn't there very much longer <bg> I checked my former office this morning just for fun. Yes, they closed. However, several someones from my old department will be monitoring a pager all day; someone else the department email all day; someone else voicemail all day. Considering I was the senior-most person in the dept, I nearly always got tapped for one or more of the above duties due to 'inclement weather'. Now I can laugh and say, "Hmmmm, it's nasty outside! And I don't have to do anything but snuggle with my cat!" <EBG> Sometimes unemployment has vast rewards. Jill Here in the mountains of western Canada, there is nos such thing as too much snow. When it starts to really come down, we sharpen & wax our skis... Then get up early to get first chair at the hill. :-) SignatureMathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas Lots of purrs and best wishes for everyone affected, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > It's stopped snowing here in Scottsburg, Indiana. It turns out we were > in the middle of the heaviest snow band. <snip >It's stopped snowing here in Scottsburg, Indiana. It turns out we were >in the middle of the heaviest snow band. I haven't heard a completely [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >is broadcasting calls for people to lend 4-wheel drive vehicles to the >local police so they can get around. <snippage> Hey, it's gotten even better! The electricity went out overnight (judging by clocks, somewhere about 6AM), and the outside temperature is somewhere around 0F. (brrrrrrrrrr) Fortunately, the power was only out about 2 hours before it came back on again. Amazing how fast it gets cold inside a house with no heat and those kinds of temps outside. Makes me feel even more for the homeless. Our road still isn't plowed. Our front and back doors are still drifted in, although we have been able to clear enough snow that no snow is directly in contact with the doors themselves. We got enough of the driveway dug out yesterday to be able to get the pickup truck out (maybe), but the 2 cars are still stuck (1 in the garage, 1 buried). Use a snowblower? What snowblower? Nobody around here has anything like that - normally it would never be used! Natasha continues to deal with this like a real trouper, which is to say she's happy as long as she has her food, water and litter box, and is then able to nap the rest of the day away. Wish I could, but there's a shovel waiting with my name on it. :p Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com > Hey, it's gotten even better! The electricity went out overnight (judging > by clocks, somewhere about 6AM), and the outside temperature is somewhere > around 0F. (brrrrrrrrrr) Fortunately, the power was only out about 2 hours > before it came back on again. Amazing how fast it gets cold inside a house > with no heat and those kinds of temps outside. Makes me feel even more for > the homeless. Eek. Do you have any alternate means of heat? Just occured to me that I should look into this. Our gas fireplace isn't working at the moment, and anyway, I'm sure it couldn't warm a house. There has been one day so far when the heater in the house couldn't seem to keep up with the cold; I can't imagine how could it would get if it weren't on at all. Signaturemonique, who is sometimes allowed to pet Oscar, a grey^H^H^H^Hblue-cream DLH with an attitude! >Just occured to me that I should look into this. Our gas fireplace isn't >working at the moment, and anyway, I'm sure it couldn't warm a house. There >has been one day so far when the heater in the house couldn't seem to keep up >with the cold; I can't imagine how could it would get if it weren't on at >all. Our electricity went out for 3 days during an ice storm a few years back. It never got below freezing inside the house, I think it got down to 40. We didn't leave, just made the best of it. I felt very "Ma Ingalls." Sherry > > Hey, it's gotten even better! The electricity went out overnight (judging > > by clocks, somewhere about 6AM), and the outside temperature is somewhere [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > has been one day so far when the heater in the house couldn't seem to keep up > with the cold; I can't imagine how could it would get if it weren't on at all. Gas fireplace won't heat a house but you all can sure curl up in front of it. I'd sure get it working. LT > Gas fireplace won't heat a house but you all can sure curl up in front of > it. I'd sure get it working. I double-checked with my husband; turns out it needs electricity to run the fan and for some other stuff as well. So there goes that idea. I'd still like it fixed because I like the warmth, but he swears it will be expensive. Sigh. Signaturemonique, who is sometimes allowed to pet Oscar, a grey^H^H^H^Hblue-cream DLH with an attitude! > Hey, it's gotten even better! The electricity went out > overnight (judging by clocks, somewhere about 6AM), and the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > no heat and those kinds of temps outside. Makes me feel even > more for the homeless. Whoa, Jeanne, glad your power came back when it did! That's scary when it starts getting that cold in the house. Time to cuddle up with warm bodies when that happens. I feel bad for the homeless, too, especially when it gets so cold. Can hope they find shelter to keep warm. In this area they open extra shelters when it gets bad. SignatureCheryl > Natasha is dealing with this in her usual implacable way. She's gone > back to bed, and is currently snoozing the morning away.../// We DON'T have snow, and HRFL Tiger has dealt with it in his own way....he's stayed crashed out on the sofa, right next to the fire, all over Xmas. The Lazy git! Helen M |
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