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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:07 PM
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Anyone here have any influence on the weather?
There's a blizzard from the 9th circle of Hades set to go on in Maine this Saturday, but I need it to hold off another day or so due to a travel situation. If you have any pull with the weather gods, could ya put in a good word for me? LOL
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:09 PM
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1. I can try...
and keep it in NY for you but I don't know how successful I will be...

Have a safe journey :hi:
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:11 PM
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2. Thanks. :^) It's me and a bunch of elementary school cheerleaders who
will be heartbroken if the weather cancels their competition. They've worked so hard!
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:25 PM
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3. Used to, but I lost it.
I had it when I was working and lost it when I retired.
When I was working (airline pilot) we never had a hurricane when I was at home.
NEVER.
Only when I was off on a trip.

I'd get up one morning in Amsterdam and turn on CNN.
"Hurricane Opal bearing down on Alabama gulf coast"
I'd call Miz t.
No answer.
Good, she's already outa there.

It was uncanny.
I started taking credit for it.
I sent emails to all my friends down here.
Explained my powers.
Made this offer:
"If you guys will get together and pay my current salary, I'll quit work, stay home, and we'll never have another hurricane. If we should leave the area on vacation or some kind of trip, I'll give 48 hours notice. and you won't have to pay for the period of days (pro-rated) that I'm out of the county."
No takers.
And I got some rude comments.
Short sighted, I say.

Then I quit/retired in 1999.
Things were fine for a while.
Years.
I still had the mojo.
Then Ivan hit in 2004 and just kicked our ass.
Finally, I guess Aeolus, God of the Winds, had gotten the word.
And he took the power away.
Oh well, easy come, easy go.

Wish I could help.
Know any airline pilots in your area?
Pay them to stay home.
It might work.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:29 PM
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4. Man, that was some gift you had! LOL
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:39 PM
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7. Yeah, but nobody appreciated it.
Edited on Thu Feb-28-08 05:40 PM by trof
I coulda put FEMA out of business.
bastids
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:42 PM
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9. LOL
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:30 PM
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5. Yes. I am STORM!
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:39 PM
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6. Do you have a Storm kinda outfit?
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:45 PM
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11. Heh, no...
I'm too considerate of the people around me for such things. :P
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 06:01 PM
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14. I'm thinking black Dracula cloak.
And a BIG black hat.
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CGowen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:42 PM
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8. Probably expensive
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:43 PM
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10. I have heard of seeding rain, but stopping snow may be out of reach yet LOL
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CGowen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 06:04 PM
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15. You asked for any influence, and they have snow pack augmentation n/t
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 06:08 PM
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16. Hmm.. Ok, have them divert the storm somewhere else and augment their snowpack. :^)
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x-g.o.p.er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:47 PM
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12. Yes, but you can't afford a short notice cancellation at this point.
It would cost, like, a brazillion dollars.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 06:08 PM
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17. Yeah, and there's no snow date make up either
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:53 PM
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13. sorry; yes
I've been to two drought-stricken places and had thunderstorms happen with hours of my arrival.

I'll try to stop.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 06:19 PM
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18. out of my range. Sorry. Wish I could help. Safe journey.
~~good vibes~~
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 06:31 PM
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19. Man if I did, Chicago would be WAAAAAAAAAAAAY more temperate that it is.
Good luck to you though.
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