[AT] OT: Weather ramble

[charlie hill]

Hi David,  we got lucky down here on the NC coast.  It rained last night at 
about 3 am.  It was 36 deg at the time.  By 5:00 it was below freezing and 
little quarter sized puddles of water on the car and truck are now solid 
ice.  The temp is still falling.  It is 24 now (10 am) with a 6 deg wind 
chill.  Luckily the sun is out.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:47 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Weather ramble


> 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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