[AT] O/T weather out west

[captneb]

I'm just hoping I didn't leave the outhouse door open when the satellite
took the picture here.  It was bad enough that time I was spotted basking at
a nude beach in the Yucatan and those blasted Green Peace people kept trying
to roll me back into the water.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] O/T weather out west


> Those photos from Kearney to Grand Island, Hastings, and Mindon are truly
> sad -- beautiful, but sad.  I feel an attachment to that route because I
> have traveled it so often -- for 60 years at this point.
>
> When the second storm hit, email stopped going through and I thought "the
> worst" for all those in the region, but I was able to contact some cousins
> in the Fort Morgan area and found that they had very little disruption.
For
> some reason, there is an island in eastern Colorado that was by-passed by
> the storm.  But if you go 50 miles in any direction there is a serious
> problem -- ice to the north and east, snow to the west and south.  I still
> haven't heard from my relatives in Hastings, Mindon, Nelson...
>
> We're bracing for five inches of rain over Saturday and Sunday.  It could
be
> worse.  It could be snow and ice.  I'm expecting to curl up with Rog's new
> book and do nothing exciting or strenuous for a couple of days.  BTW, Rog,
I
> have to echo the comments that were made last week.  There are many of us
> who grew up on those 40-acre aliquots who have experienced all those
> problems first-hand, and we recognize the play on words in your title.  I
> haven't gone out on Google Earth to look at your "spread", but I'm sure
that
> I will so that I get a more accurate mental image of your geography.  I
> Googled my own place a couple of months ago and found that the satellite
> image happened to be made while I was down by the barn working with one of
> my tractors.  It's a little strange to find my image preserved online
until
> they decide to update the database at some point in time.
>
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 11:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] O/T weather out west
>
>
> > charlie hill wrote:
> >
> >> This was posted to another list.  Check out the pictures.
> >> http://www.extremeinstability.com:80/06-12-31.htm
> >
> > Those are some fantastic photos Charlie. I'd heard about the storm on
the
> > news but had no idea of the intensity of the damage. It would be a good
> > time to own a portable generator or a wood heating system for your home
as
> > I think some of those folks are going to be a long while waiting for the
> > power to come back on.
> > Nothing like that here in Sask. today. Just wind chills in the minus 40
> > degree range. Clear and sunny.
> > Hey, we used to do that same trick you mentioned with the bicycle tires
> > only we used baler twine instead of wire. Just wrap a long piece of
twine
> > around the rear wheel and tie it tight. Wonder if it would work on
> > tractors?  :-)
> >
> > Ralph in Sask.
> >>
> >
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