[AT] Sleet

Tue Feb 8 11:42:09 PST 2011

Charlie v that one in there of pendot i thought i new that road when it was 
running. Stoped it at one sign and sure enough it is I99 and 322 at state 
college.
R Fink
PA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie V" <1cdevill at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Sleet

>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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