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johnorun
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The record US Blizzard has hit and snow is blowing sideways with 50-60 MPH winds outside my office door! I still have to drive home from work and I was wondering if any other CPU members have been or will be hit by this dangerous winter storm?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110201/us_nm/us_usa_weather
At least the damage won't be as bad as the floods in OZ!
Wish me luck getting home alive... 
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smithy
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| Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:41 am Post subject: Re: Insane storm here |
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| johnorun wrote: | The record US Blizzard has hit and snow is blowing sideways with 50-60 MPH winds outside my office door! I still have to drive home from work and I was wondering if any other CPU members have been or will be hit by this dangerous winter storm?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110201/us_nm/us_usa_weather
At least the damage won't be as bad as the floods in OZ!
Wish me luck getting home alive... |
Oh man, you should see the cyclone about to hit the Queensland coast. Category 5, 1000km wide and winds around 300km. This is north of where the floods were, but here is the warning from our Bureau of Meterology:
"SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE YASI IS A LARGE AND VERY POWERFUL TROPICAL CYCLONE AND
POSES AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY WITHIN THE WARNING AREA,
ESPECIALLY BETWEEN CAIRNS AND TOWNSVILLE.
DURING THE EVENING, THE VERY DESTRUCTIVE CORE OF CYCLONE YASI WILL CROSS THE
COAST BETWEEN CAIRNS AND INGHAM, ACCOMPANIED BY A DANGEROUS STORM TIDE SOUTH OF
THE CYCLONE CENTRE"
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/too-late-to-leave-residents-told-to-bunker-down-20110201-1acgp.html |
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smithy
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| Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:22 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, some pretty serious weather going down around the world....but I'll skip the suffering lol
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smithy
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| Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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How is the temp in Chicago John? Report says down to -20 deg C, with windchill down to -30. That's getting a bit cold!
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johnorun
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| Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| smithy wrote: | | How is the temp in Chicago John? Report says down to -20 deg C, with windchill down to -30. That's getting a bit cold! |
It will be -3F to -14F as the HIGH temp tomorrow (Thursday).
ATM it's a balmy +23F.
Here's a load of pics from NBC news site....
http://www.nbcchicago.com/
I almost drove home on Lake Shore Drive (LSD) last night. Instead, I drove side streets and avoided spending the night inside a freezing car, like hundreds of other drivers.  
Everything is closed, so I will be spending part of the day shoveling paths to the garage, the street and digging out one of our cars that is buried.
The nicest impact is the almost total quietness when you step outside.
...and here's our back yard:
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smithy
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That's a lot of snow to shovel...I'll blow over some of our 100F heat here today to you to help melt the snow lol
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as an addition in denver, about a week ago was 68'F, then 3 days later at night we had -19'F !!! now its 25 and snowing.
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Today I also read a news about the US storm from local web, and 12 person died so far....bad storm.
Hope all of you who live in US are all right, take care.
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Neon
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, that photo is taken on Interstate 93 in New Hampshire.
I used to drive there every day. I never saw that car, though. |
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| Neon wrote: | Hey, that photo is taken on Interstate 93 in New Hampshire.
I used to drive there every day. I never saw that car, though. |
Oh, maybe it has fallen down already when you drived there as it is difficult to keep such a pose
Hi, neon, be careful when you drive there everyday.Take care!
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I heard about Australian cyclon at TV - incredible how strong it can be. Susl45's photo reminds me a picture in my city about 2 months ago when I rode for shopping.
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