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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2005It's Snarling @ Our Back Door!
The latest snowstorm, that is....is now in foothills here and fierce in sw corner of state. If you picture CO as a rectangle, which it is, lower left corner is already full of this very large storm! Wind does nothing more than rattle our windows here (lotsa tall buildings downtown around us) but better hunker down, CAT, tv says it's a bad one for wind & snow output. Here we go again, you folks may be enjoying spring elsewhere but this ain't what I call spring! All our CO rpca friends, drive carefully as up in the Rockies and San Juans it's already a highway mess. Rowdy and Maluce are belly-up out cold on bed as if they were still back in FL, LOL. It will be good to have them attached to me this stormy night like the heat-seeking missiles they are..... > The latest snowstorm, that is....is now in foothills here and fierce in sw > corner of state. If you picture CO as a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > have them attached to me this stormy night like the heat-seeking missiles > they are..... Say what?? Snow?? That just seems impossible!! But then, we are supposed to have severe weather tomorrow. Probably a by-product of whatever "front" brought you all the snow. The TV weather people are always making reference to the "lee of the Rockies" that influences our weather. What's the "lee of the Rockies, anyway?? Sherry Sherry, darlin', you are asking the FL transplant here..... I dunno "lee" of Rockies, but *here* tv weather people are always referring to the "western slope". I *think* that means going west, over on the other side of the Contintal Divide (I've been driven across the Divide, you'd never notice unless it was pointed out to you). There's nothing much over there except ski resort towns and the relatively large town of Grand Junction, near the Utah line. Isn't "lee" side something to do with which way the wind blows, like out at sea? BTW, I believe your upcoming "severe weather" is our big snowstorm here....maybe you'll just have rain. >> The latest snowstorm, that is....is now in foothills here and fierce > in sw [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Sherry > >> The latest snowstorm, that is....is now in foothills here and fierce > > in sw [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > > > Sherry > Sherry, darlin', you are asking the FL transplant here..... > I dunno "lee" of Rockies, but *here* tv weather people [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > BTW, I believe your upcoming "severe weather" is our > big snowstorm here....maybe you'll just have rain. Hey, hey, hey now. I live on the Western Slope (Palisade to be exact). Grand Junction would be happy to hear you call it a "relatively large town" (snicker, I don't care for GJ can you tell?). Palisade is 42 miles from the Utah border, and if you think there isn't much between the continental divide and GJ, you should drive from there to the "whopping" town of Green River, Utah (looks like the back side of the moon, but is beautiful in it's desolate way) which I believe boasts a population of 5 to 10 thousand (if they're lucky). "Lee" is the side away from the wind, so if the wind is coming up from the SW corner then the "lee" side would be the NE side. Smokie Darling (Annie) - who does occasionally miss the snow storms on the Eastern Slope. >> The latest snowstorm, that is....is now in foothills here and fierce >> in sw corner of state. If you picture CO as a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > always making reference to the "lee of the Rockies" that influences > our weather. What's the "lee of the Rockies, anyway?? Leeward = the opposite of Windward, i.e., away from the wind. In the case of landscape, there are always prevailing winds.  SignatureMoses.DukeOfUrl@gmail.com Cliologist, Philanthropologist, Prothonotary Wibbler, Paleoconservative, Surface Warrior Squid We'll have severe weather here tomorrow - high temp in the high 60s instead of 70s as it has been for a while. Colorado people, eat your hearts out! Have to keep reminding self I moved here to be close to family & grandbaby, and not for the weather....CO DOT spokesperson on tv last night said this storm is going to cost state $300,000 if it snows a lot, and that *88* huge dump/snowplow trucks were @ the ready to make us able to move after the storm. Out our window I see nothing but solid white and the screens are full of snow. It's been snowing big flakes since like 5:30 am today (it rained all night first). This is much worse than the worst day I remember since we've been here - 10/31-11/1/04, but probably no big deal to the natives. The cats are glaring @ me like, "Where the **** is the sun, what have you done w/it, and why is our windowsills so cold on our exalted butts? Do something, slave!" At 8:30 am I saw 4 of the "88" big plowtrucks rumbling down the main street nearby, blue lights atop flashing, heading north no doubt to clear I-70. They sure aren't doing anything around here, what little traffic passes here in town makes that awful crunching sound as the snow is' thick on streets. Ah, spring.....LOL. > We'll have severe weather here tomorrow - high temp in the high 60s > instead > of 70s as it has been for a while. > > Colorado people, eat your hearts out! > Have to keep reminding self I moved here to be close to > family & grandbaby, and not for the weather....CO DOT [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > We'll have severe weather here tomorrow - high temp in the high 60s > > instead > > of 70s as it has been for a while. > > > > Colorado people, eat your hearts out! Hey, aren't they still going by Mayor Fed's decision? In order to save money in Denver, Federico Peña (Clinton's secretary of HUD) decreed that plows would not be used on "side streets" (any but the MAIN thoroughfares, i.e., 6th ave., Hampden, Havana, the "big" streets), but rather the snow would be "packed down" by people driving over it. Aurora used to "lots" of fun during and after snowstorms. Smokie Darling (Annie) It's amazing, but I've heard of that dude already, he was Mayor a long time ago. We live in Capital Hill (gold-domed capital bldg. is 3 blocks west) right on 14th (a main drag 1-way heading east out of town). I like driving in Aurora as their streets - any and all - are much wider than these mid-1800's streets downtown. And you don't have to parallel park out there either! Hopitus wrote: > Have to keep reminding self I moved here to be close to > family & grandbaby, and not for the weather....CO DOT [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > able to move after the storm. > Out our window I see nothing but solid white and the screens are full of > snow. It's been snowing big flakes since like 5:30 am today (it rained all > night first). This is > much worse than the worst day I remember since we've [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > We'll have severe weather here tomorrow - high temp in the high 60s > > instead > > of 70s as it has been for a while. > > > > Colorado people, eat your hearts out! Hey, aren't they still going by Mayor Fed's decision? In order to save money in Denver, Federico Pe?a (Clinton's secretary of HUD) decreed that plows would not be used on "side streets" (any but the MAIN thoroughfares, i.e., 6th ave., Hampden, Havana, the "big" streets), but rather the snow would be "packed down" by people driving over it. Aurora used to "lots" of fun during and after snowstorms. Smokie Darling (Annie) > It's amazing, but I've heard of that dude already, he was > Mayor a long time ago. We live in Capital Hill (gold-domed capital bldg. is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > than these mid-1800's streets downtown. And you don't > have to parallel park out there either! Ah, Mayor Fed, who many thought won a Lotto (a big Lottery, like over $10,000,000), and got the Lotto rules changed, a lawyer came forward for the "winner" and the winner was never announced. Lotto did change their rules after that, but couldn't seem to get the winner identified. Then there was the new airport location, many thought that Fed and Wellington (mostly Fed though) owned most of that land, and made a killing when it was sold to the city. These are, of course, unproven allegations, and complete gossip, but that was what went around about both of them. Smokie Darling (Annie) - Fed was mayor in the late 80s early 90s as I recall, and I left Aurora in mid 92, before the gang stuff at the mall began. > Hopitus wrote: < <snipped> > for brevity only > > > We'll have severe weather here tomorrow - high temp in the high 60s > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie) I know you'll be happy to hear that the "gang stuff" @ the Aurora Mall is still alive & kicking out there, and there are lots of gangs around where we live. These gangs are tamer than the ones we left in FL; however I really steer clear of the many crackheads locally; it is real hard to tell them from the homeless, of which there are many. Walk fast and don't show the slightest weakness is my sidewalk motto since moving here. Hopitus wrote: > It's amazing, but I've heard of that dude already, he was > Mayor a long time ago. We live in Capital Hill (gold-domed capital bldg. is > 3 blocks west) right on 14th (a main drag 1-way heading east out of town). I > like driving > in Aurora as their streets - any and all - are much wider > than these mid-1800's streets downtown. And you don't > have to parallel park out there either! Ah, Mayor Fed, who many thought won a Lotto (a big Lottery, like over $10,000,000), and got the Lotto rules changed, a lawyer came forward for the "winner" and the winner was never announced. Lotto did change their rules after that, but couldn't seem to get the winner identified. Then there was the new airport location, many thought that Fed and Wellington (mostly Fed though) owned most of that land, and made a killing when it was sold to the city. These are, of course, unproven allegations, and complete gossip, but that was what went around about both of them. Smokie Darling (Annie) - Fed was mayor in the late 80s early 90s as I recall, and I left Aurora in mid 92, before the gang stuff at the mall began. < <snipped> > for brevity only > > > We'll have severe weather here tomorrow - high temp in the high 60s > > > instead > > > of 70s as it has been for a while. > > > > > > Colorado people, eat your hearts out! > > Hey, aren't they still going by Mayor Fed's decision? In order to save > money in Denver, Federico Pe?a (Clinton's secretary of HUD) decreed > that plows would not be used on "side streets" (any but the MAIN > thoroughfares, i.e., 6th ave., Hampden, Havana, the "big" streets), but > rather the snow would be "packed down" by people driving over it. > Aurora used to "lots" of fun during and after snowstorms. > > Smokie Darling (Annie) > Have to keep reminding self I moved here to be close to > family & grandbaby, and not for the weather....CO DOT [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > thick on streets. > Ah, spring.....LOL. Now I really really want to move to Colorado. I enjoy this type of weather and wish it would snow 10 months out of the year. I keep asking myself what the heck am I still doing in Texas? I hate it here. Bob Loneliness for family is what brought me & cats to MileHigh...instead of visiting from FL I wanted to be part of their lives again plus love for my only grandbaby girl is what keeps me here with all this winter nonsense going on. Why don't you consider moving to CO if you're able? It is somewhat more expensive to live here than it was in FL (I guess, only guess that cost-of-living is similar in FL and most of TX). And you wouldn't have to live where we do on what is called locally "crackstreet" in Capitol Hill section of town....I live here for several reasons, one is wanted to check it all out before buying anything anywhere, another is I live only a mile from son's house, and last my apt. building is extremely pet-friendly and no limit on number of pets allowed, plus family-corporate owned and 1926 building well maintained. I will confess something that should be embarrassing: I got a kick rush watching all those big snowplow trucks rumbling down my street headed north the other am equal to a small child watching fire truck w/siren blasting speed by......sun is out now melting it all away. >> Have to keep reminding self I moved here to be close to >> family & grandbaby, and not for the weather....CO DOT [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Bob > The latest snowstorm, that is....is now in foothills here and > fierce in sw corner of state. If you picture CO as a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > have them attached to me this stormy night like the heat-seeking > missiles they are..... Ugh, I saw that on the news! Well, at least it shouldn't stay long this time of year. Stay warm and safe! SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields >The latest snowstorm, that is....is now in foothills here and fierce in sw >corner of state. If you picture CO as a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >have them attached to me this stormy night like the heat-seeking missiles >they are..... I am just so heartbroken about this storm cause I am snowed in and can't go to work to morrow! <snicker> I have been sticking close to the wood stove today, with only a few forays to the enclosed porch to see out. The house windows are plastered and steamy with the heat and moisture. But on the porch the air is cold enough to see out the windows. I have been watching the drifts get bigger outside. I estimate, if the snow were level, we would have at least a foot of snow. But it is piled up in drifts up to three feet deep and some of them are very long. My son is very happy he had the foresight to fill the woodbox last night. But I am worried about having enough wood for the morning. Tomorrow he has to get out in the weather to bring in more wood. And reconnoiter the drive. I need to get to the doctor tomorrow but may have to wait until Tuesday. I have bronchitis and can't work with patients until I have been on medicine for 48 hours to not be contagious. So I may not get to work until Thursday. The storm door on the porch is aluminum with glass. The wet snow hit it and piled up and the escaping heat from the house melted the snow at the edge of the door somewhat and then froze. By afternoon, I couldn't get the door open to let the dog out. Jeff had to get his little torch and melt the ice enough to slither out and then chop the ice away from the door. The dog just went to the back edge of the door, squatted and wanted right back in! I wonder why? She has three inches of fur! The cats have spent most of the day either sleeping in front of the stove or curled up in little nests among the covers of my unmade bed. They know when it is time to hibernate. -- CATherine I've been copying my cats, and just "laying low" and hibernating all day. Still snowing a little less intense now. Strangely, it's getting all squishy and wet out in the streets and sidewalks below us. That must mean it's getting warmer, right? But I thought it had to be freezing to snow for any length of time. Boy, I am so dumb about this stuff. I'll tell you one thing, I now know the meaning of "cabin fever" and it must be even worse for CAT with those drifts. I don't think we got any drifts around here, just big white lumps that used to be vehicles. The cats sure have the right idea about nesting. >>The latest snowstorm, that is....is now in foothills here and fierce in sw >>corner of state. If you picture CO as a [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > -- > CATherine >I've been copying my cats, and just "laying low" and >hibernating all day. Still snowing a little less intense now. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >just big white lumps that used to be vehicles. The cats >sure have the right idea about nesting. For it to be snowing, the temperature up in the clouds has to be below freezing, but this doesn't necessarily mean that the ground temperature, and the air close to the ground, is below freezing. If you are lucky, the ground-warmth will win, and the snow will remain slushy and eventually melt. If you aren't lucky, the ground will eventually hit freezing, meaning that you will have a layer of "black ice" (clear ice that lets the color of the pavement show through). Here in the Southeast USA, winter snowstorms usually start off as rain, progress to freezing rain and sleet, and end up as snow, so we get the black ice almost every time. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria I've seen that black ice. Tv news is showing cars that slid off roads being towed out of ditches, etc. I-70 is closed down from Aurora, just west of here, all the way to Kansas line. I-25 shut down from Pueblo to NM line. Tv showed lotsa semi drivers hunkered down under underpasses with their food, drinks, portable tv's, radios, and various pets. Storm warnings extended till 6 am Mon. Me and the Deadly Duo are cozy in here, well supplied, and we ain't going anywhere till the bad thing goes away.....LOL. >>I've been copying my cats, and just "laying low" and >>hibernating all day. Still snowing a little less intense now. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > rain, progress to freezing rain and sleet, and end up as snow, so we > get the black ice almost every time. > I've been copying my cats, and just "laying low" and > hibernating all day. Still snowing a little less intense now. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > just big white lumps that used to be vehicles. The cats > sure have the right idea about nesting. And do you plan on sharing any of that lovely wet stuff with us here in Nebraska (7th year of drouth - people having weird Egyptian dreams)? Noooo. Greedy demned Coloradicals... SignatureMoses.DukeOfUrl@gmail.com Cliologist, Philanthropologist, Prothonotary Wibbler, Paleoconservative, Surface Warrior Squid ROFL! Don't blame me because all these storms get blown down to KS, TX, and points further south. The locals are all ecstatic about our "snowpack" level which is where local water comes from, plus the only way they make any $ in this state is the ski resorts tourism, so that enterprise is still going strong because of the storms. If I had any relatives where you live I might be there enjoying your fine and cheap steaks but blood will tell and instead here we are freezing in mid-April; only the cats are oblivious to it all..... >> I've been copying my cats, and just "laying low" and >> hibernating all day. Still snowing a little less intense now. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Nebraska (7th year of drouth - people having weird Egyptian dreams)? > Noooo. Greedy demned Coloradicals... > The latest snowstorm, that is.... I'm sending you some good weather purrs from west Tennessee. It's 2 AM and 69F. I've got the windows open! (whoosh! Melt that snow!) Jill |
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