[elky] Re: Think yer cold?
- From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 09:06:03 -0600
We usually get a couple days of ice a year but it's sticking around longer
than normal. We rarely get snow but we get our fair share of ice. Had a
plane get stuck in the ice at the airport yesterday too. Supposed to get up
to 40 today. 26 now.
Oh and OKC had a nice 4.5 earthquake.
Robert Adams
On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 8:54 AM, CTSVMONGO <ctsvmongo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Glad to hear they aren’t too intrusive-
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> I cant believe all that ice way down there- Stay safe!!!
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> *From:* elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Robert Adams
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 08, 2013 8:45 AM
> *To:* elky
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> *Subject:* [elky] Re: Think yer cold?
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> Since you brought it up Brian.... The ground heard you and we had a 3.6 at
> midnight 1 mile north of us. I didn't feel it either.
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> They are going to start closing the freeways so they can get the ice
> scraped off. Plan is to run dozers and try to scrape it off the road. Geri
> is stuck in AL for yet another day. They hope to get a plane out there
> Monday but no promises so far.
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> Robert Adams
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> On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 5:29 PM, <STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Brrrrrrr it went all the way down to 55* today ........... LOL.
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> In a message dated 12/7/2013 5:39:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> elcam84@xxxxxxxxx writes:
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> Nahh the quakes aren't cooperating. I went out and started the car and let
> it warm up. Still a foot of frozen sleet and snow on the hood and
> windshield. Drilled a hole in the ice on the driveway and it was at 4"
> thick the yard has more cause it was colder than the concrete. Yesterday
> there was a little give in it when walking but today it's solid with just a
> few creaks to be heard when walking to the shop.
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> Been vacuuming the house, cleaning the kitchen etc just to have
> something to do. Haven't started on the bathroom. Saving that project for
> tomorrow. Right now I'm working on the kitchen plans and deciding if I want
> to build cabinets or buy premade boxes and make the doors and
> drawers(mostly drawers). Boxes are boring to make but a 15" wide one costs
> $30 and I can make 2.5 for the price of materials. IIRC I would need about
> 30 or so sheets of ply to build all the cabs. Not going to put too much $
> into it but it will be nice just not as fancy as I normally would since she
> is really wanting to move to Charlotte.
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> Geri is still stuck in Huntsville. They called and said they will try
> to get them out on a flight in the morning but... It starts out at DFW so
> it's still a maybe at this point. She might not get back until Monday at
> this point and she was supposed to be home friday mid day. She has been
> flying for 21 years and never had anything like this happen before. Her
> paycheck will be good next month though. DFW is having a hard time keeping
> one runway open and their de icing is basically wash trucks that they also
> use for de icing as it's rare here. The sent allot of the traffic through
> Ohare but they have enough trouble as it is with only having a couple
> runways operable at the same time where as DFW can operate 7 at the same
> time. DFW held the record for the most runways at any airport in the world
> till October when ORD opened their new one but they can't operate near as
> many at the same time.
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> Robert Adams
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> On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 3:53 PM, CTSVMONGO <ctsvmongo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Brr.. nuts to hear that its that cold and icy down there-
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> Im sure you’ll find something to do to keep yourself out of trouble J
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> The quakes aren’t shaking the ice free?
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> *From:* elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Robert Adams
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 07, 2013 9:10 AM
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> *To:* elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [elky] Re: Think yer cold?
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> We were at 16* this morning. Won't be able to go anywhere till tomorrow
> afternoon at the earliest. The roads are still 1" or more of ice. Geri is
> stuck in Huntsville AL for another day. She was supposed to be home
> yesterday afternoon and now they are saying they will have a plane for 11
> am tomorrow. The good part is she gets her per diem and 5hrs of flight pay
> a day for just sitting there. Bad part is there is nothing at all in
> downtown Huntsville. No restaurants (other than checkers), grocery stores
> convenience stores nothing at all. Google maps said there was a grocery and
> deli but there is not even a building at that address...
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> I didn't have a chance to take my two 50lb propane bottles to be
> filled so I can't go work in the shop and boredom set in yesterday morning
> already... Propane delivery here won't deliver anything under 100 gallons
> at a time. Wish I had bought an inside unit for that minisplit heat pump I
> have.
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> Robert Adams
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> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:23 PM, CTSVMONGO <ctsvmongo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Supposed to hit -4 tonight here, Sunday we finally get some snow but only
> about 2 inches- though they say it will be miserably cold, windy and hard
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> commute because of the blowing. Glad I can stay home and get some work
> done, I guess.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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> Of Mary McCarthy
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 1:01 PM
> To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [elky] Re: Think yer cold?
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> pretty boring here. About 25* and while nearby Portland is panicking
> through another Snowpocalypse we are snowless. not even a flurry. It did
> get down to at least 17* yesterday am.
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> As my dear mother would snap
> "well, it IS the middle of winter you know! What did you expect??"
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