[AT] And Now For Something Different - A Tractor Problem

Chuck Saunders gooberdog at gmail.com
Mon Feb 12 14:53:08 PST 2007


I remember my first semester around the end of October someone asked "How
long is this rain supposed to last?" answer was "April". When I moved to KC
everyone told me how humid it would be in the summer. My friend (who had
just moved up from Atlanta) and I just looked at them and shook our heads.
Chuck Saunders
Kansas City, MO

On 2/12/07, charlie hill <chill8 at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>
> Chuck,  for as long as I've lived here it's only been in the  last 10
> years
> of so that the weathermen even got close to predicting a snow storm.  When
> we get it down here on the coast it is kind of like lake effect snow
> except
> off of the ocean.  Cold air from the N/W has to dump in on top of warm
> moist
> air coming in from the S/E or S/W.  In the old days they just didn't have
> accurate and timely enough data to see it comming.  It's still hit and
> miss.
> As you said, it's just not something that is planned for.   The best thing
> they do around here now (on occasion) is to spray the roads with some sort
> of solution right before the mess starts.  That seems to help a lot.
>
> Charlie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Saunders" <gooberdog at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 9:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] And Now For Something Different - A Tractor Problem
>
>
> > We got it good in Winston Salem in 80 when I was there. And snow is just
> > not
> > something that was planned for.
> > Chuck Saunders
> > Kansas City MO
> >
> > On 2/11/07, John Hall <jthall at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Didn't they get a big snow down around Carolina Beach around '80? I had
> >> some
> >> family that got stranded down there. Obviously the DOT in that area
> >> wasn't
> >> equipped. I think I remember them saying there were even motor-graders
> >> with
> >> no cabs---that had to be a cold ride!!!
> >>
> >> John Hall
> >>
> >
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