Turn Off The Damn Snow Machine!

[red states rule]

I just had 2 1/2 feet of snow dumped on me and now ANOTHER 10 to 20 inches of snow is on the way!

Will someone please cut the power to the snow making machine?




... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE... SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS... 10 TO 20 INCHES.

* TIMING... MID-AFTERNOON TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* TEMPERATURES... TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING AT THE ONSET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS... LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TUESDAY BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY.

[Kathianne]

I feel your pain. We are going to get 8-12", however not in the time frame for a snow day, or so it seems. Only a couple inches by morning-will accumulate faster during the day. Out at 3:30-meeting, near white out conditions by 4pm. Tapering off early Wed. morning, meaning school will be open if major arterial roads are open. Two days of horrible driving, to and fro.

[red states rule]

I feel your pain. We are going to get 8-12", however not in the time frame for a snow day, or so it seems. Only a couple inches by morning-will accumulate faster during the day. Out at 3:30-meeting, near white out conditions by 4pm. Tapering off early Wed. morning, meaning school will be open if major arterial roads are open. Two days of horrible driving, to and fro.

It is amazing Kathianne. People gave up their SUV's to save Mother Earth for this?

My buddy is driving so it is his call if we leave work early. It is to start just when we start our shift

The brass on the third floor are very slow to shut the site down early

[Kathianne]

It is amazing Kathianne. People gave up their SUV's to save Mother Earth for this?

My buddy is driving so it is his call if we leave work early. It is to start just when we start our shift

The brass on the third floor are very slow to shut the site down early

This year the principal decided that an email will go out by 7am if school is closed. I'm not leaving until 7. If the snow hits the way they are saying, I'll be late, along with over half of the staff.

This is a case of our knowing the drive home will be treacherous. In days gone by the school could do an 'early dismissal', no longer possible because no one is home to get the kids.

[sgtdmski]

I just had 2 1/2 feet of snow dumped on me and now ANOTHER 10 to 20 inches of snow is on the way!

Will someone please cut the power to the snow making machine?

Isn't Global Warming wonderful. I mean who would have thought that warmer temperatures would cause more snow? I mean come on, global warming, I always thought that meant warmer temperatures. Oh well, guess those scientists were right!!!!!!!

dmk

[CSM]

It is gettung warmer here in NH! In fact, I was thinking of getting some banana trees to plant in my yard (in anticipation of the tropical weather we are sure to experience this summer).

[Monkeybone]

This year the principal decided that an email will go out by 7am if school is closed. I'm not leaving until 7. If the snow hits the way they are saying, I'll be late, along with over half of the staff.

This is a case of our knowing the drive home will be treacherous. In days gone by the school could do an 'early dismissal', no longer possible because no one is home to get the kids.

They were already closing some schools here and that it what i was figuring. Easier to close than to send home dangerous.

Too bad hospitals don't shut down... maybe when we are Government owned...

[red states rule]

Isn't Global Warming wonderful. I mean who would have thought that warmer temperatures would cause more snow? I mean come on, global warming, I always thought that meant warmer temperatures. Oh well, guess those scientists were right!!!!!!!

dmk

The ONLY good thing about all the snow is Al Gore is no where to be seen sprewing his global warming crap, and the demands for additional taxes/government regulation he is always saying will"fix" the problem

[red states rule]

They were already closing some schools here and that it what i was figuring. Easier to close than to send home dangerous.

Too bad hospitals don't shut down... maybe when we are Government owned...

It is good to see the government shut down for a few days. At least Obama and the Dems are unable to further screw us and pass more spending bills

[glockmail]

Isn't all this snow awesome? :laugh2:

[red states rule]

Isn't all this snow awesome? :laugh2:

Not when you have to drive in it Glock.

[glockmail]

Not when you have to drive in it Glock. That's why God mad 4WD. :laugh2:

We've had two 8" storms here this year, and we average 6"/ year. I drive in it almost every weekend up to the mountains and back.

[red states rule]

That's why God mad 4WD. :laugh2:

We've had two 8" storms here this year, and we average 6"/ year. I drive in it almost every weekend up to the mountains and back.

I have a Toyota Echo, and have to make due. I bought brand new tires with great traction, but when there is 6 inches or more on the roads, I am not a happy camper

[glockmail]

When I lived in Upstate NY I had a '79 Ford Escort with Michelin all season tires. That little car would climb trees in the snow.

I just got new tires on the Expedition. The old ones had 48K on them and were down to the wear bars. I had a problem hydroplaning but they were still good in the snow.

Its been the best ski season here that I can remember. :cheers2:

[Gaffer]

We were suppose to get 6 to 8 inches by noon today. We already have the six. And it's not even 10 am. My son in law does snow removal, so he's out working. He loves it cause he makes a lot of money in this stuff. He plowed the drive way yesterday and you can't tell it now.

My dog really loves this stuff, she's out running around in it now.

[jon_forward]

Yall come on down to Tennessee... weather man says theres a chance of snow and in 15 min all the bread milk eggs and beer are sold out. School? Flurries are good for 2 days off, 4 inches will get you a week or so. Nashville has 70 snow removal vehicles for 5000 miles of roads. I think 50 of them are riding lawn mowers with snow shovels tied to the front.

[red states rule]

When I lived in Upstate NY I had a '79 Ford Escort with Michelin all season tires. That little car would climb trees in the snow.

I just got new tires on the Expedition. The old ones had 48K on them and were down to the wear bars. I had a problem hydroplaning but they were still good in the snow.

Its been the best ski season here that I can remember. :cheers2:

I have decent traction, but it is going down the 2 mountains I have to travel that worries me. I take it slow, but it is the other idiot going 55 that I have to watch out for

[krisy]

We got 6-8 with the last storm and today are getting another 6. Tonight we are supposed to get 1-3 more. Snow day today and possibly tomorrow. We still had all the snow on the ground from lasty friday. It's one of the prettiest snows I have ever seen!

Gaffer...Sandy and Dodger love the snow too. Unfortunately my neighbors kids accidentally unplugged the electric fence so Sandy decided to jump the fence and beat the crap out of the poor lab next door. he likes some dogs,but hates him for some reason....can't figure it out. It was not fun trying to break up a fight between a 80 pound German/Golden mix and a 65 pound lab!!!! I'm glad i still have my limbs.

[Gaffer]

We got 6-8 with the last storm and today are getting another 6. Tonight we are supposed to get 1-3 more. Snow day today and possibly tomorrow. We still had all the snow on the ground from lasty friday. It's one of the prettiest snows I have ever seen!

Gaffer...Sandy and Dodger love the snow too. Unfortunately my neighbors kids accidentally unplugged the electric fence so Sandy decided to jump the fence and beat the crap out of the poor lab next door. he likes some dogs,but hates him for some reason....can't figure it out. It was not fun trying to break up a fight between a 80 pound German/Golden mix and a 65 pound lab!!!! I'm glad i still have my limbs.

We are getting big quarter size snow flakes now. It does look pretty out there. It's a shame Sandy has to act that way towards that other dog. Pulling them apart is difficult. And doing it in a foot of snow adds to the problems. Hope neither dog is seriously hurt.

[krisy]

We are getting big quarter size snow flakes now. It does look pretty out there. It's a shame Sandy has to act that way towards that other dog. Pulling them apart is difficult. And doing it in a foot of snow adds to the problems. Hope neither dog is seriously hurt.

I don't know,I guess it's a territory thing with Duke. I had an asthma attack by the time I was done. Had to have Jacob get him back in the house, Fortunately,the fence is back on now!!! I cannot believe how strong Sandy is.

I'm guessing the roads out there are pretty bad cause they ae a mess here.

[Gaffer]

I don't know,I guess it's a territory thing with Duke. I had an asthma attack by the time I was done. Had to have Jacob get him back in the house, Fortunately,the fence is back on now!!! I cannot believe how strong Sandy is.

I'm guessing the roads out there are pretty bad cause they ae a mess here.

Well they never plow this road very often so it's covered. We usually do the plowing ourselves. At least part of it.

Struggling with dogs is hard for anyone, especially where Sandy is concerned. As big as he is he's strong as an ox. I go out periodically to clean off the front porch so I can at least open the door. Also knocked down icicles and snow that had built up above the door so they wouldn't fall on anyone. It's definitely a stay home day.

[glockmail]

I have decent traction, but it is going down the 2 mountains I have to travel that worries me. I take it slow, but it is the other idiot going 55 that I have to watch out for That's the issue all right. On my route up to the Blue Ridge Parkway the roadway is 4 lanes undivided with a 6 or so mile long 10% grade. There are three truck emergency ramps on the downhill as well as one brake cool-down area. Two years ago two couples in their 60's where riding up in a Chevy Avalanche pickup and a tractor trailer was coming down sideways and killed them all. NC DOT has since lowered the truck speed limit on the downgrade from 45 to 30 but I always think about that on the climb and my wife is always after me to hug the right shoulder.

[Abbey Marie]

I went shopping a few hours ago, and the egg shelf was totally cleaned out. Why do people eat so many eggs when it snows? :laugh2:

[Trigg]

I love to watch it snow those big fat fluffy flakes, it's just so pretty.


Now if only the kids would have school tomorrow it would be perfect, lol.

I've been looking for a library book all day. I made the kids clean there rooms spotless, still can't find that damn book. The kids have accused me of just wanting them to clean, but I told them "the only way to look for something is to clean the room so there is nothing for it to hide behind". That is my philosophy and I'm sticking to it.:laugh2:

[red states rule]

The brass closed the site at 6PM, and it took me 4 HOURS to go 65 miles!

What a nightmare drive. The roads are a total disaster, cars spinning out, and the roads are totally snow covered

Needless to say, I will NOT be going anywhere tomorrow

[Mr. P]

The brass closed the site at 6PM, and it took me 4 HOURS to go 65 miles!

What a nightmare drive. The roads are a total disaster, cars spinning out, and the roads are totally snow covered

Needless to say, I will NOT be going anywhere tomorrow

Damn Yanks...Just can't drive in the snow! :poke::laugh2:

[SassyLady]

The brass closed the site at 6PM, and it took me 4 HOURS to go 65 miles!

What a nightmare drive. The roads are a total disaster, cars spinning out, and the roads are totally snow covered

Needless to say, I will NOT be going anywhere tomorrow

Happy to see you made it home safe and sound!

[red states rule]

Damn Yanks...Just can't drive in the snow! :poke::laugh2:

It was bad Mr P. Snow coming down so hard, you could not see what you were doing. A BIG truck broke down in the left lane - which caused a backup for about 5 MILES going up a mountain between county lines

I am damn glad to be off the road

[Mr. P]

It was bad Mr P. Snow coming down so hard, you could not see what you were doing. A BIG truck broke down in the left lane - which caused a backup for about 5 MILES going up a mountain between county lines

I am damn glad to be off the road

And I'm damn glad you are too..stay warm!

[red states rule]

And I'm damn glad you are too..stay warm!

Thanks Mr P - it is miserable out there. I am shocked the brass closed the site - but who ever made the call, it was the right call

[Mr. P]

Thanks Mr P - it is miserable out there. I am shocked the brass closed the site - but who ever made the call, it was the right call

There is good news outta all this snow.

I heard on the radio today the Congress has canceled the rest of the weeks schedule! Means they can't hurt us for a few days! :thumb:

[red states rule]

There is good news outta all this snow.

I heard on the radio today the Congress has canceled the rest of the weeks schedule! Means they can't hurt us for a few days! :thumb:

The other good news out all this is

1) Al Gore is nowhere to be seen selling his global warming crap

and

2)


NOAA: Blizzard Rearranges Climate Change Announcement


As D.C. continued to dig out from Snowmageddon and is keeping an eye on another storm system, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was busy making a climate change announcement.

NOAA, part of the Department of Commerce, is going to be providing information to individuals and decision-makers through a new NOAA Climate Service office. “More and more, Americans are witnessing the impacts of climate change in their own backyards, including sea-level rise, longer growing seasons, changes in river flows, increases in heavy downpours, earlier snowmelt and extended ice-free seasons in our waters. People are searching for relevant and timely information about these changes to inform decision-making about virtually all aspects of their lives,” the release says.

Earlier snowmelt? That would be nice.

Turns out the release was planned prepared ahead of the snowstorm, which shut federal agencies today and forced its senders to hold a press conference by telephone instead of at the National Press Club.

It’s not the first time inclement weather has put a chill on official efforts to tackle climate change. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had to leave the Copenhagen summit early in December to get back to D.C. before the blizzard known as Snowpocalypse grounded all flights.

We know how this argument goes: Climate change-skeptics such as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says that the weather conditions prove that “global warming” is a hoax; activists say that scientists are looking at longer-lasting weather patterns.

But, says NOAA spokesman Justin Kenney, they’re happy to have a chance to educate people about the difference between the climate and the weather.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/02/08/noaa-blizzard-rearranges-climate-change-announcement/tab/article/

[red states rule]

I am off since the site is closed today as BLIZZARD conditions are expected later today. The state of MD and PA are saying there is no place to dump the snow since it is packed so high along the roads

I say truck the snow and dump it on Al Gore's front lawn

[CSM]

I am off since the site is closed today as BLIZZARD conditions are expected later today. The state of MD and PA are saying there is no place to dump the snow since it is packed so high along the roads

I say truck the snow and dump it on Al Gore's front lawn

I like that! Tell him it's the first delivery of those carbon credits he purchased!

[red states rule]

It took a few days, but the enviro wqckos are now coming out in the open - and yes the record snow storms is indeed a result of global warming





Snowmageddon a sign of 'global weirding'

As members of Congress try to shovel out from underneath what is being called "snowmageddon" in Washington DC, they might pause in their labors and contemplate how weird their weather is becoming. "Global warming" is pretty much a misnomer. Our weather isn't always getting warmer, but it's getting a lot weirder.

The world's weather is changing, and changing in dramatic and erratic ways. Hunter Lovins, co-founder of the Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute, is credited with creating the term "global weirding" as a much more descriptive term for what's happening to our weather patterns than the "global warming" or even "climate change."

Thomas Fridedman, in his book Hot, Flat and Crowded, subscribes to the Lovins thesis. Friedman notes, "sweet-sounding 'global warming' doesn't really capture what's likely to happen. I prefer the term 'global weirding,' coined by Hunter Lovins...because the rise in average global temperature is going to lead to all sorts of crazy things -- from hotter heat spells and droughts in some places, to colder cold spells and more violent storms, more intense flooding, forest fires and species loss in other places."

Last year in Colorado, we had summer snows in Denver, along with prolonged winter snows in May and June in the mountains. I used to think that "global warming" would mean longer summers, and milder winters. That's before I knew that climate change meant erratic and violent and unpredictable.
Is this the snow apocalypse, a world-ending snow, as the term "snowmageddon" implies, or is it an in-your-face, indisputable example of "global weirding"?

It's global weirding, in fact, and that's climate change in its erratic weather pattern manifestation. Hundreds of churches that belong to Interfaith Power and Light, an interfaith group that educates congregations on climate change and helps them make energy efficient changes, will get Bible-based versions of that message this weekend. Interfaith Power and Light is organizing a "National Preach-In" on global warming this weekend. Valentine's weekend will become a weekend of awareness of the religious imperative to confront "global weirding."

I hope some of the sermons this weekend are about the sin of refusing to see the effects of "global weirding" when they are right in front of you. Human beings, sinful as we are, can still refuse to see what is right in front of us, even when it's piled up five feet high and very, very cold. Catholic moral theologians have a wonderful term for this capacity in human nature, this particular way of sinning. They call it "willful ignorance." People who have a fixed idea that climate change is not happening are not likely to connect the dots on "snowmageddon" and the "global weirding" of our weather. They'll go on voting down climate change legislation and refusing to support the greening of our economy, while the snow piles up higher and higher and higher around their ears.


for the complete article

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/susan_brooks_thistlethwaite/2010/02/got_snow_maybe_its_climate_change.html?hpid=talkbo x1

[Binky]

I am off since the site is closed today as BLIZZARD conditions are expected later today. The state of MD and PA are saying there is no place to dump the snow since it is packed so high along the roads

I say truck the snow and dump it on Al Gore's front lawn

:laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:Now that's a good one. And when ya run out of space there, dump it on congress since they get bogged down with bullpucky anyway.....:laugh2:

[Binky]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that we've had about a foot dumped here overnight. I've already gotten out and shoveled it. Thank goodness it was lightweight and not heavy stuff. Only took about a half hour at the most...I live on a small dirt road that runs off a highway, so I also shoveled out part of the road that is in front of my driveway to make it easier to get out. About a month ago, we had such a bad storm the whole road was at least knee deep in that pretty white stuff. My car, an HHR, sits lows so naturally I got stuck at the end of the road trying to pull out onto the highway. My grandaughter and I got out and shoveled it out. Then I was able to get out onto the highway... Tada......who says girls can't do stuff?:laugh2:

[red states rule]

I have about a foot outside - and the snow is still falling. The snow is to keep falling until about 7PM

I will shovel in the morning when it is all done. The only question is will the roads be OK to go to work?

This global warming is a real pain in the ass

[Abbey Marie]

I have about a foot outside - and the snow is still falling. The snow is to keep falling until about 7PM

I will shovel in the morning when it is all done. The only question is will the roads be OK to go to work?

This global warming is a real pain in the ass

Red, I can change your perspective- be thankful that you are healthy enough to shovel snow. :salute:

[red states rule]

Red, I can change your perspective- be thankful that you are healthy enough to shovel snow. :salute:

Good point Abbey and I thanked God for that blessing not only this past weekend after the first snow - but on a daily basis

But this global warming is still a pain

PS

I also am very thankful for your (and others) kind words and prayers

[Abbey Marie]

Good point Abby and I thanked God for that blessing not only this past weekend after the first snow - but on a daily basis

But this global warming is still a pain

PS

I also am very thankful for your (and others) kind words and prayers

We all need reminders of our blessings. Me as much as anyone.
I like the idea of sending all our snow to Al Bore's front lawn. Maybe we can snow him in for so long that he can invent Internet-2.

[red states rule]

We all need reminders of our blessings. Me as much as anyone.
I like the idea of sending the all our snow to Al Bore's front lawn. Maybe we can snow him in for so long that he can invent Internet-2.

You are a huge comfort Abbey. If you are not a therapist - you should be :salute:

[glockmail]

I have about a foot outside - and the snow is still falling. The snow is to keep falling until about 7PM

I will shovel in the morning when it is all done. The only question is will the roads be OK to go to work?

This global warming is a real pain in the ass Relax Red; you'll get the day off tomorrow. Heck after the '93 blizzard in Upstate NY (43") we had a week off. I had snow up to the gutters on the windward side of the house and 4' or so on the leeward side and shoveled that off to prevent collapse. The driveway took less than two hours to clear, but was 18" over the throat of my 10HP snow blower. It was a blast; fond memories.

[red states rule]

Relax Red; you'll get the day off tomorrow. Heck after the '93 blizzard in Upstate NY (43") we had a week off. I had snow up to the gutters on the windward side of the house and 4' or so on the leeward side and shoveled that off to prevent collapse. The driveway took less than two hours to clear, but was 18" over the throat of my 10HP snow blower. It was a blast; fond memories.

The site may be open Glock, but I do not know if I will be able to get out. I spoke to my car pool buddy and the snow looked to be slowing down where he lives - 30 miles away from me

It is still snowing, and I have alot of snow to clear. So will I be able to get to work? Good question

[glockmail]

The site may be open Glock, but I do not know if I will be able to get out. I spoke to my car pool buddy and the snow looked to be slowing down where he lives - 30 miles away from me

It is still snowing, and I have alot of snow to clear. So will I be able to get to work? Good question Back in '93 we couldn't legally go to work since NY had banned all but emergency vehicles on State highways. I had a Bronco back then with 4WD and traction-lok on both axles- that truck could go anywhere. But for a week I couldn't take it off my property. I suspect PA will do the same.

[red states rule]

Back in '93 we couldn't legally go to work since NY had banned all but emergency vehicles on State highways. I had a Bronco back then with 4WD and traction-lok on both axles- that truck could go anywhere. But for a week I couldn't take it off my property. I suspect PA will do the same.

There was a 50 car and truck pile up on I-80, and I just heard part of that Interstates has been closed

It is really bad, and the wind is starting to pick up

[glockmail]

There was a 50 car and truck pile up on I-80, and I just heard part of that Interstates has been closed

It is really bad, and the wind is starting to pick up

Back in '93 they had cars stopped then buried on the NYS Thruway. They came in with snowmobiles followed by plows and truck-driven snow blowers followed by buses to pick up the occupants and deliver them to emergency shelters. Then they had to tow cars out so they could finish plowing. It was a fucking mess and took over a week to clean up.

[red states rule]

Back in '93 they had cars stopped then buried on the NYS Thruway. They came in with snowmobiles followed by plows and truck-driven snow blowers followed by buses to pick up the occupants and deliver them to emergency shelters. Then they had to tow cars out so they could finish plowing. It was a fucking mess and took over a week to clean up.

The plows have been pulled of the roads in both MD and PA. The snow is that damn bad

I am watching live coverage from Lancaster PA, and it is near whiteout conditions

[red states rule]

In honor of Al

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[Binky]

There is good news outta all this snow.

I heard on the radio today the Congress has canceled the rest of the weeks schedule! Means they can't hurt us for a few days! :thumb:



:laugh2::laugh2: I hadn't thought of that....:coffee:

[red states rule]

Now the cleanup

I have dug a path mto my car, and cleaned it off. My landlord has yet to plow the lane, and the main road does not look good

My employer is closed today - they really had no choice. The interstates are a mess, cars and trucks are sitting along the side of the road all over the county

There is a driving ban on all county roads until further notice

The National Guard has been called out as roofs are giving way due to the weight of the snow

[glockmail]

Now the cleanup

I have dug a path mto my car, and cleaned it off. My landlord has yet to plow the lane, and the main road does not look good

My employer is closed today - they really had no choice. The interstates are a mess, cars and trucks are sitting along the side of the road all over the county

There is a driving ban on all county roads until further notice

The National Guard has been called out as roofs are giving way due to the weight of the snow

See? An awesome snow day. Where are your Nordic skis?

[red states rule]

See? An awesome snow day. Where are your Nordic skis?

If I tried to ski, they would work best attached to my ass :laugh2:

The car is dug out, now the landlord need to plow the lane. Not going anywhere. but that is all that is left

[glockmail]

If I tried to ski, they would work best attached to my ass :laugh2:

The car is dug out, now the landlord need to plow the lane. Not going anywhere. but that is all that is left

Never too late to learn. Start next summer by getting yourself a pair of roller blades- it will help your balance and confidence. Then next winter take some lessons at a local hill.

Can you ice skate?

[red states rule]

Never too late to learn. Start next summer by getting yourself a pair of roller blades- it will help your balance and confidence. Then next winter take some lessons at a local hill.

Can you ice skate?

No, I can't skate either Glock

I will let people like you, who know what they are doing, enjoy the ski trails

I hate the cold, and I hate the snow. So taking ski lessons would not work out

Besides, global warming will wipe out all your ski loacations :laugh2:

[CSM]

Never too late to learn. Start next summer by getting yourself a pair of roller blades- it will help your balance and confidence. Then next winter take some lessons at a local hill.

Can you ice skate?

Well, you can take skiing lessons at the local hill AFTER your ankles (which were broken roller blading) heal.

[glockmail]

No, I can't skate either Glock

I will let people like you, who know what they are doing, enjoy the ski trails

I hate the cold, and I hate the snow. So taking ski lessons would not work out

Besides, global warming will wipe out all your ski loacations :laugh2:

More likely the general trend to watch sports on TV rather than participate in them will close more ski areas.

Here's an interesting website, dedicated to the memory of nearly 700 areas that have closed. It's mainly in my old neck of the woods, and only four listed for PA, but I'm sure that there are many more than that.

http://www.nelsap.org/

I learned to ski here (http://www.nelsap.org/ma/prospecthill.html) when I was 13. An older sister gave me a five minute lesson. I had my brother's old skis with wood bases, screwed on metal edges and cable bindings, and a "new" pair of boots that my mother found in the back closeout rack of Zwickers in Arlington, Mass (http://www.zwickers.com/)for $5. The boots were leather lace-ups and a man's size 10, and I had to wear bedroom slippers inside of them to keep them from falling off my feet. After mastering the "snowplow" after side-stepping up the hill, my mother agreed to give $2 to get a pass for the rope tow area, which had a vertical rise of about 20 feet.

[red states rule]

Well, I am dug out, but I have no place to go

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[CSM]

Well, I am dug out, but I have no place to go

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Well, you might want to get out to the local global warming meeting. I hear they are serving hot bull puckey with the cool aid!

[red states rule]

Well, you might want to get out to the local global warming meeting. I hear they are serving hot bull puckey with the cool aid!

You forgot to mention they are providing a free screening of "An Inconvenient Truth"

Of course it is the unedited versions with all the computer generated scenes which include the melting ice caps

But it is possible the solar panels that heat the building are still snow covered - so it may seem like the North Pole when I walk in

[Abbey Marie]

So ski areas are going the way of bowling alleys? Perhaps it is partly due to young folks spending all their time on the Internet and video games.

[red states rule]

MSNBC is on the war path when it comes to questioning the liberal religion known as global warming

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[chesswarsnow]

Sorry bout that,



1. This blow hard was trying to sound so impartial, but at the same time talking about *The Facts*, as if he knows some.
2. Total idiot.:laugh2:
3. He is just another PC moron.


Regards,
SirJamesofTexas

[Trigg]

So ski areas are going the way of bowling alleys? Perhaps it is partly due to young folks spending all their time on the Internet and video games.

IMHO more people would ski if it wasn't so darn expensive. With lift tickets, and rental fees I can't afford to take my kids and I think they'd love it.


That's why we camp all summer.....it's cheap :laugh2:

[HogTrash]

Isn't Global Warming wonderful. I mean who would have thought that warmer temperatures would cause more snow? I mean come on, global warming, I always thought that meant warmer temperatures. Oh well, guess those scientists were right!!!!!!!

dmkI'm with ya sarge...If this Global Warming keeps up, we'll be able to snow ski year round. :beer:

[red states rule]

Waiting to see if my employer will open today. I am listening to a radio station via the internet and the driving ban in the county where I work is still active, but it is not "being enforced"

There are many roads that are closed, and a fatal car crash on I-81 has shut down the northen lanes

[Kathianne]

Waiting to see if my employer will open today. I am listening to a radio station via the internet and the driving ban in the county where I work is still active, but it is not "being enforced"

There are many roads that are closed, and a fatal car crash on I-81 has shut down the northen lanes

Damn, that's where my snow day went! :slap:

[red states rule]

Damn, that's where my snow day went! :slap:

Time will tell if I got your snow day. I have a feeling after 2 days, the brass is anxious to open the site

From what I am hearing, it is still a mess

[April15]

Snow shouldn't freeze
climate discussions

By Thomas L. Friedman
Of the festivals of nonsense that periodically overtake American politics, surely the silliest is the argument that because Washington is having a particularly snowy winter it proves that climate change is a hoax and, therefore, we need not bother with all this girlyman stuff like renewable energy, solar panels and carbon taxes. Just drill, baby, drill.
When you see lawmakers like Sen. Jiyn DeMint of South Carolina tweeting that "it is going to keep snowing until Al Gore cries'uncle,"' or news that the grandchildren of Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma are building an igloo next to the Capitol with a big sign that says "Al Gore's Nev- Home," you reallv wonder if we can 'have a serious discussion about the climate-energy issue anymore.
The climate-science community is not blameless. Climate experts can't leave themselves vulnerable by citing non-peer-reviewed research or failing to respond to legitimate questions.
In my view, the climate-science community should convene its top experts - from places like NASA, America's national laboratories, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford, the California Institute of Technology and the U.K. Met Office Hadley Centre - and produce a simple 50-page report. They could call it "What We Know," summarizing everything we already know about climate change, with unimpeachable peer-reviewed footnotes.

At the same time, they should add a summary of all the errors and wild exaggerations made by the climate skeptics - and where they get their funding. The physicist Joseph Romm, a leading climate writer, is posting on his Web site, climateprogress. org, his own listing of the best scientific papers on every aspect of climate change for anyone who wants a quick summary now.
Here are the points I like to stress:
0 Avoid the term "global warming." I prefer the term "global weirding," because that is what actually happens as global temperatures rise and the climate changes. The

weather gets weird. The hots are expected to get hotter, the wets wetter, the dries drier and the most violent storms more numerous.
The fact that it has snowed like crazy in Washington -while it has rained at the Winter Olympics in Canada, while Australia is having a record 13-year drought - is right in line with what every major study on climate change predicts.
E Historically, we know that the climate has warmed and cooled slowly, going from lee Ages to warming periods, driven, in part, by changes in the Earth's orbit and hence, the amount of sunlight different parts of the Earth get.

What the current debate is about is whether humans - by emitting so much carbon and thickening the greenhouse-gas blanket around the Earth so that it traps more heat - are now rapidly exacerbating nature's natural warming cycles to a degree that could lead to dangerous disruptions.
0 Those who favor taking action are saying: "Because the warming that humans are doing is irreversible and potentially catastrophic, let's buy some insurance - by investing in renewable energy, energy efficiency and mass transit - because this insurance will also actually make us richer and more secure." We will import less oil, invent and export more cleantech products, send fewer dollars overseas to buy oil and, most importantly, diminish the dollars that are sustaining the worst petro-dictators in the world who indirectly fund terrorists.
0 Even if climate change proves less catastrophic than some fear, in a world that is forecast to grow from 6.7 billion to 9.2 billion people between now and 2050, demand for renewable energy and clean water is going to soar.
China, of course, understands that, which is why it is investing heavily in cleantech, efficiency and high-speed rail. And Iran, Russia, Venezuela and the whole OPEC gang are high-fiving each other. Nothing better serves their interests than to see Americans becoming confused about climate change, and, therefore, less inclined to move toward cleantech and, therefore, more certain to remain addicted to oil.


NYT print edition from today. I hope that is a good link.

[Mr. P]

:link:

[red states rule]

Hey April, any comment on this?

[QUOTE]


ClimateGate's Phil 'Hide the Decline' Jones Admits Manipulating Data
By Noel Sheppard

Sat, 02/13/2010 - 18:07 ET

The British scientist in the middle of November's ClimateGate scandal says that contrary to what Al Gore and many in the media claim, the debate concerning manmade global warming is not over.

"There is still much that needs to be undertaken to reduce uncertainties, not just for the future, but for the instrumental (and especially the palaeoclimatic) past as well," Phil Jones, the former head of Britain's Climatic Research Unit told the BBC.

In a lengthy Q&A published at BBC.com Saturday, Jones also said: the recent warming trend that began in 1975 is not at all different than two other planetary warming phases since 1850; there has been no statistically significant warming since 1995, and; it is possible the Medieval Warm Period was indeed a global phenomenon thereby making the temperatures seen in the latter part of the 20th century by no means unprecedented.

Maybe most important, Jones explained what "hide the decline" in ClimateGate e-mail messages meant confirming they manipulated data


http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/02/13/climategate-scientist-says-g-warming-debate-not-over-discusses-hide-d