[AT] OT: Weather ramble

[HaliganBar at aol.com]

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