[frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Tuesday 02-09-2010
- From: Phil Goldbach <shadowvar8541@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:24:38 -0800 (PST)
Well, I've already shoveled snow once today, and after taking a shower, you
could hardly tell I shoveled. The snowfall is pretty steady.
Talked to my friend Jere (pronounced Jerry) who lives out in Virginia and works
in DC, he said they recently just got nearly 30 inches, and that people were
sledding down Capitol Hill. Ironically, when we had the steady snowfall
throughout New Year's Eve and all, he had gotten 22 inches of snow prior to
that and that was all they had.
I would say it's best not to open the warehouse tonight, a plow truck went down
my road twice while I was shoveling and he wasn't even plowing, which is
slightly disappointing in that I do live on a snow route-they've done a pretty
poor job of plowing here this winter, and that includes the neighborhood, not
just my street.
Now if we just some surplus napalm to melt the snow...kidding.
Phil Goldbach
"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
--- On Mon, 2/8/10, Richard Zimmerman <csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Richard Zimmerman <csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Warehouse Tuesday 02-09-2010
To: "Free Geek Michiana" <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, February 8, 2010, 10:24 PM
http://forecast.weather.gov//showsigwx.php?warnzone=INZ004&warncounty=INC141&firewxzone=INZ004&local_place1=South+Bend+IN&product1=Winter+Storm+Warning
Well, it's like this.
On one hand we need to run the warehouse in an attempt to keep the schedule for
getting computers ready.
On the other hand, this is probably the worst snow storm we've seen this year
approaching us. Timing is everything.
As it looks right now, from the weather models I look at, reading the forecast
discussions the forecasters use (in two weather offices) and talking with other
Skywarn volunteers whom have good experience in amateur forecasting (Notice I
didn't use local TV stations) this is where were at.
With a storm this size moving in with the distinct possibility of having 5 or
more inches on the ground by 5pm tomorrow and winds picking up quickly at some
point in the evening, I'm not comfortable asking volunteers to go out in such
adverse weather. Points South of us are using the Blizzard word and local
governments just 100 miles away are talking the possibly a snow emergency.
With that all said, I'm am going to CANCEL the warehouse session for Tuesday
02-09-2010.
As for Thursday, there is no session as we do not have a Thursday supervisor
for take over for Chuq as yet.
*IF* by chance this thing does not develop as everyone is expecting, I'll
entertain ideas to open tomorrow night.
Richard
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Richard "Goose" Zimmerman, ke4rit
Mishawaka, IN
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