[AT] OT: Weather ramble

[David Bruce]

Here (NW NC) it's about 32 F at 12:45 AM with a mixture of sleet and 
freezing rain on the ground.  Our total accumulation is about 1/4 inch 
so other than some ice on roads it shouldn't be much of a problem. 
Since it's ice rather than snow there isn't much reason to go outside 
and try to mow any (snow clearing is very uncommon around here - the 
county does the roads when we have enough accumulation - maybe two or 
three times a year).
As for The Kittery Trading Post, I had a chance to visit the store on a 
business trip several years ago.  Man, I thought I was in heaven!  Being 
that I was flying and already had very full bags for the travel I had a 
good excuse to not buy anything.  Nice place to visit for sure!

David

HaliganBar at aol.com wrote:
> New England winter weather.....so far this year it's been defined as 
> everything from temps in the upper 50's with torrential rains to subzero temperatures 
> but, remarkably little snow. Finally, the snow has arrived..with a vengeance. 
> The weather Ouija boards are telling the weather wizards that we are due for 
> 12-24" here in western Massachusetts.
> 
> They started predicting this event on Wednesday so naturally I did what any 
> red-blooded male would do...I grabbed my wife and took off to Maine on Friday 
> night. We made the required visits to L.L. Bean and the Kittery Trading Post. 
> For those of you not familiar with The Kittery Trading Post it is one of the 
> greatest stores for outdoorsman activities. Hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, 
> canoeing, et al. are all well represented. My personal favorite is the gun area 
> where there hundreds of rifles and shotguns, new and used, displayed on open 
> racks where you are allowed to handle and examine them at your leisure. It was 
> very hard to leave without buying that really nice stainless bolt-action 22 
> mag. Ruger. Oh the restraint I had to employ! I did find a nice pair of warm 
> socks and a balaclava to keep me warm while moving snow with the MF202 
> (requisite tractor reference).
> 
> My wife and I drove home in the snow today and made good time despite the 
> snow. So, here I sit with the thermometer reading 6 degrees and the snow falling 
> pretty good (they are predicting periods of snowfall up to 3" per hour). The 
> tractor and snowblower are fueled, my feet, head, and neck will be warm..now 
> all I need is a little daylight.  I'm looking forward to pushing some snow 
> around.
> 
> I hope the other list members affected by this storm made out all right.
> 
> Regards,
> Karl
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