[AT] Sleet

Tue Feb 8 08:38:05 PST 2011

I hope I'm not jinxing myself by saying this but I really feel that the
> winter is now gone here.

Roboplow...
For those of us who are still having winter, check this out.  I can't
remember if the video has been around before but it is pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tPg1ZMiC9pA

Charlie V. in WNY

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:30 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> I hope I'm not jinxing myself by saying this but I really feel that the
> winter is now gone here.  We will have more cold weather but my gut feeling
> is that the season as turned the corner.
> I have spring flowers beginning to shoot up.  I pruned a pear tree Saturday
> and I appeared that the sap had begun to rise.  All I can say is,  it's
> about TIME!  One more month of this Global Warming and I would have been
> ready for a padded room.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Goss
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 2:09 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Sleet
>
> Once, just once, on the weather channel last night, a commentator mentioned
> that the storm was moving faster than they anticipated.  As  result, the
> expected records would not be reached.  But of course, that announcement was
> never repeated -- there's no news value in it.
>
> Larry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mpnc282 at juno.com" <mpnc282 at juno.com>
> Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 11:38
> Subject: Re: [AT] Sleet
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>
>> Here in SE Michigan, I was disappointed with the "Blizzard of
>> the Century" we only received about 5-6" of snow, and not much
>> wind. Kind of like the Great Lakes cyclone from last year. Three
>> wiffs and a puff of dust and it was done. Of course the news
>> talked about it almost non-stop up until it came through. Mike M
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> From: Charlie V <1cdevill at gmail.com>
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-
>> tractor.com>Subject: Re: [AT] Sleet
>> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:11:57 -0500
>>
>> I know what you are thinking, Charlie.  On the other hand,
>> if 5-6
>> inches of snow becomes soggy from rain, a small blower will not move
>> it and slush is not fun to shovel..  Based on that thought,
>> The clean
>> up is taken care of for the moment.  With our temperature
>> still at 24
>> F, we have had a couple of bursts of big, puffy snow flakes, but are
>> probably safe from any rain / ice for a while. The other good
>> news is
>> that our wind is only at 3 mph currently.
>> We seem to be quite lucky at the moment comapred to Gene and
>> much of
>> the rest of the nation.
>>
>> Charlie V. in WNY
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Gene Dotson
>> <gdotsly at watchtv.net> wrote:
>> > � �The sleet here in Ohio stopped last night
>> when it warmed up enough to
>> > turn to freezing rain. Have a heavy crust on the sleet thick
>> enough to walk
>> > on without breaking through. At least the sleet is not
>> drifting any more. It
>> > is colder and now snowing and near whiteout conditions with 40
>> MPH plus
>> > winds. Have limbs scattered all over the lawn. Earlier I was
>> out and watched
>> > the limbs blowing across the ice. Had everything but the hail
>> and lightning
>> > so far.
>> >
>> > � � � � � � �
>> � � � � �Gene
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Charlie V" <1cdevill at gmail.com>
>> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 10:55 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [AT] Sleet
>> >
>> >
>> > And that it did. �We ended up with 5-6 inches of very
>> fine powder,
>> > almost like dry sand. �Our temperature hung around 20
>> degrees. �Now
>> > the weather guys are saying "Guess what? �The Storm
>> missed us." �I was
>> > in hopes all of the hype yesterday was overdone.
>> >
>> > The current predictions now are for possible scattered
>> freezing rain
>> > and / or sleet. That offered extra incentive to get out at daylight
>> > and get the shoveling, blowing, and plowing finished just in case.
>> > The character of the snow might get ugly if it gets rained on
>> and our
>> > DSL internet was out as well so no second cup of coffee.
>> �Now the snow
>> > work is finished for the moment and the DSL is up so it
>> appears all is
>> > well.........except with all of that I forgot to feed the big
>> dog and
>> > give her her pills. �She probably thinks her throat is
>> cut so we best
>> > go feed her.
>> >
>> > Charlie V.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Charlie V
>> <1cdevill at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> We are up to perhaps two inches of very fine snow now. Radar shows
>> >> the heavier snowfall is almost to us. I am going to try to
>> get back
>> >> to sleep now. The snow can fall O.K. without my help. Nite all.
>> >>
>> >> Charlie V. in WNY
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Gene Dotson
>> <gdotsly at watchtv.net> wrote:
>> >>> Charlie;
>> >>>
>> >>> I have never seen so much sleet. Probably 3 inches now.
>> Better than
>> >>> freezing rain though. Opened the back door a little while
>> ago. Sleet was
>> >>> above the bottom of the door. Got dressed and shoveled part
>> of the walk.
>> >>> Was
>> >>> easy to shovel. Very grainy, just had to throw it up in the
>> air and let
>> >>> the
>> >>> wind blow it away. Still coming down. My dog won't even go
>> out and he is
>> >>> a
>> >>> cold weather dog. Hope he makes it till morning.
>> >>>
>> >>> Gene
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "Charlie V" <1cdevill at gmail.com>
>> >>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> >>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 10:19 PM
>> >>> Subject: Re: [AT] Stationary engine recordings
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I did a little google reading on the ring tone subject,
>> Gene. With
>> >>> older phones like I have, it looked like more of a project
>> than I
>> >>> need. My phone usually only rings occasionally when a telemarketer
>> >>> calls and I do not answer them. Neat thought though.
>> >>>
>> >>> I hope what we get for weather is snow, rather than sleet or
>> freezing>>> rain. When it gets here it is supposed to no longer
>> be in the
>> >>> blizzard category. The weather guy is calling for 10-15
>> inches in
>> >>> Rochester, but possibly much less South of I-90. South of I-
>> 90?? Hey,
>> >>> that's me. I would be great to miss the bullet yet another
>> time, but
>> >>> I guess we will take whatever we get.
>> >>>
>> >>> Charlie V.
>> >>>
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