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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:39 PM
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Historic early snow in Houston Texas heading
for a historic snow event in Louisiana.

Enjoy DUers. I'll stay with the sunshine.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:42 PM
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1. Hey Malaise
We are battlestations right now, sand on some of the bridges just north of New Orleans. Probably a few flurries about midnight, should all be gone by sunrise, NOLA may get some slush, but the locals are panicing. Gimme some of dat sunshine.

I am thankful that tomorrow is not a workday cause Boo-dro and Tee-ba-doe don't do too good on slick roadways (nor do I.)

Had a beautiful Thanksgiving in NOLA, spent the night and had the place almost to ourselves.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:54 PM
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9. At least you're prepared
Should be fun for the locals.

I also had a great time in Miami - We had great food - jerked turkey and a regular turkey, way too much to drink, great tales from way back and non-stop laughter.

Only one in-law fugged up with an RW argument but one of the BILs straightened him out. :hi:
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Oregone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:44 PM
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2. Crazy
Edited on Fri Dec-04-09 03:45 PM by Oregone
Im sitting up here on Vancouver Island. Sunny. Not a cloud in the sky. Wonderful week.

Funny how the weather is sometimes

Enjoy the snow!
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Ruby the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:44 PM
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3. Up here in the north east, we are expecting a few inches tomorrow
First snow of the season is always cool. It gets old quickly though!
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vadawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:56 PM
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11. though im working this weekend i always enjoy the snow, already got my snow chains out just in case
hoping for a little (enough to sled in ) but preparing for a lot (just in case)
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Ruby the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 08:31 PM
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21. Accuweather has it coming up through Alabama/Tennessee and into Boston
Have fun sledding! I hope you get enough to play. :hi:
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:44 PM
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4. It was 12 degrees outside when I got up this morning
and the sun was up so the low must've been 10 or lower.

This seems to be setting up to be a standard pattern every year, bitter cold in the west and record warmth in the east until the whole thing flips in late January or early February.

I'm too old for this crap.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:49 PM
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6. Snow cover in Ontario seems to be an important part of eastern US weather
until this week there was no snow on the ground in Ontario according to the NOAA snow cover animation.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 04:08 PM
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17. I hate the cold weather
My ears and nose get red and my feet hurt. I turn down free tickets year after year and some of my siblings can't understand why I won't visit them for Christmas.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:47 PM
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5. Dusting on the lawn in near suburban Milwaukee
I can remember playing shirts vs skins touch football at Texas A&M in finals week.

This must feel pretty strange for Texicans.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 04:00 PM
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13. (waves hi to MW) I usually go to Whitefish Bay at Christmas but not this or last year.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 04:05 PM
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15. Waves back...pretty seasonal weather here.
It could be 8-17 inch snowfalls any time a low-pressure moves through from here until April.

Mostly, I prefer 6 months of snow to 30 days of AUGUST in College Station, TX.

Actually, I prefer 60 years of snow to 30 days of August in College Station.

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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:52 PM
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7. Supposed to get a little here in PA overnight Saturday into Sunday....
Got the 4 wheel drive, got the wood pellets, and just got 2 quarts of ice cream and a box of brownie mix.

We are ready.

mark
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 04:02 PM
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14. No beer?
:hi:
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 04:33 PM
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19. We are an alcohol free home.
make some greal hot chocolate, though.....

mark
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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:52 PM
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8. Good post Drudge!
:evilgrin:
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:55 PM
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10. Ouch
:rofl:
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:57 PM
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12. Damn, who could have predicted that weather changes a lot on earth???
It has been the same for 6000 years now, why has it changed :rofl:
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 04:07 PM
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16. Hey, global climate change is one thing --
but it shouldn't mess with Texas.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 04:09 PM
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18. You'll see who's
BOSS? :hi:
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Igel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 07:45 PM
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20. Yuck.
It came. It went. Kids got out of school early, highways were a mess, rose bushes are covered.

It didn't stick around. There was enough that it managed to build up an inch or so on the grass, but never stuck on pavement and with the air above freezing it gradually melted away.

Still, enough for some diminutive snowmen in the neighborhood and some running snowball fights. With, of course, the usual well-behaved kids who figure that windows are always good targets, esp. on houses where there are no kids and the inhabitants are off working.

The overnight low of 25 F is going to be a delight. Just enough to kill off all kinds of plants that the US government has recently said are cold hardy enough for this zone.
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 09:31 PM
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22. THe bad thing about snow in texas is that all folks in 4-wheel drive vehicles love the 4-wheel go,
Edited on Fri Dec-04-09 09:32 PM by aikoaiko
but they don't realize they don't have 4-wheel stop in the snow.


I hope the snow makes it to Savannah. My year old has never had a snowflake land on his tongue.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 09:38 PM
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23. We're such a bunch of wussies here. Less than an inch of snow & Houston shuts down.
Parents were lined up outside my school by 12:00 trying to pick up their kids early to avoid "all the chaos". Then the principal comes over the intercom and announces that all the afterschool activities were being canceled, including the school play, "A Modern Scrooge." That's right, they canceled the Christmas Play because of snow.

Humbug!
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