Everybody OK?

[brasda91]

With the recent severe weather (ice, snow and tornados) that have rolled/are rolling across the states, is everyone doing ok?  Anybody need anything?  Anybody affected by the storms?

[Lancer]

With the recent severe weather (ice, snow and tornados) that have rolled/are rolling across the states, is everyone doing ok?  Anybody need anything?  Anybody affected by the storms?

Ha, yeah, where's the 'Off' button? I've had just about enough snow and arctic temps to last me a lifetime.  Last night we had to cancel our meeting for the 2nd time in a month, we just can't catch a break.

[BigMojo]

I need a snorkel...been raining here for about 36hrs straight now...

[brasda91]

With the recent severe weather (ice, snow and tornados) that have rolled/are rolling across the states, is everyone doing ok?  Anybody need anything?  Anybody affected by the storms?

Ha, yeah, where's the 'Off' button? I've had just about enough snow and arctic temps to last me a lifetime.  Last night we had to cancel our meeting for the 2nd time in a month, we just can't catch a break.

 Tell me about it.  I cancelled our meeting last night also, for the 2nd time in a row.  It's killing me.  I'm trying to ramp up our UDF training and the weather is not cooperating.

[Pylon]

We live for this stuff.   

[brasda91]

you poor people. 

[Desert Dawg]

Here in Arizona it is dry with a normal tempature in the upper 70's!

[Smokey]

It's really really rough here today....

Gonna be around 65-70.....

I mean after all it was 82 yesterday.  

I turned up the furnace and am getting out my long johns!

[BigMojo]

Did I mention it's only going to be in the upper 70's the next couple days?

[♠SARKID♠]

We live for this stuff.   

Our snow mounds are bigger than yours 

Hasn't been bad in the way of unrecoverable emergency conditions around here, but the snow just seems to fall more and more each day.

  Tell me about it.  I cancelled our meeting last night also, for the 2nd time in a row.  It's killing me.  I'm trying to ramp up our UDF training and the weather is not cooperating.

If it aint rainin', we aint trainin'.  If it aint snowin', no sense in goin'.

Did I mention it's only going to be in the upper 70's the next couple days?

HUMMA-KAVULA! PLANE TICKET NOW!

[brasda91]

Did I mention it's only going to be in the upper 70's the next couple days?

what, no hurricanes today?   

[brasda91]

If it aint rainin', we aint trainin'.

A little rain I don't mind.  It's the tornados and lightening the I can do with out.

[RogueLeader]

It's pretty nice around Lawton.  All the weather is going around us.  we had a couple days of Ice storms but other than that; it's been clear sailing.

[mynetdude]

hehe dang it was WARM yesterday! (warm enough to go in Tshirt/shorts! (Today is going to be that way too, alitle cooler though, cold front is incoming).

This is VERY nice for Southern Oregon... I'd have to say 60-70s as well.

[Smokey]

Those snow drifts and the recent sub zero stuff in the northern parts of the country are due to Global Warming don't ya know......

[SJFedor]

Yeah, I'm REALLY scratching my head on this one....

I was up pretty late last night (~3am), and 1 week ago, at around 2am, I was rounding up the girlfriend and important documents to go hide in the storm shelter from a tornado that was lined up to hit my town.

Last night, 1 week from the tornadoes, and it's snowing.

[SKYKING607]

Earlier this week here in So. Calif. it was 86 degrees sunny with a slight breeze.  Today, broken overcast and maybe a high of 70.

Best wishes,

[mikeylikey]

I need some sunscreen,  I (and the significant other) are going for a week to Puerto Rico.  Looks like mid March is the best time to go, anyone want to join us? 

I am also looking for some friendlies to send me some Care Packages when I get to Afghanistan in a few months!  This will be trip # 2 there.  I hear the second time around in the STAN is better than the first 

[Walkman]

We're in a bit of an odd weather spot right now. It's been going back and forth between whiteout snow and sunny, warmer days.

Our snow mounds are bigger than yours 

I'll see your snow mounds and raise you a few thousand feet. This is my backyard:



(Shot taken in November. These peaks are just a bit south and 2 blocks east of my house)

[jimmydeanno]

I'll take your mountains and raise you the worst weather on the planet! 

Notorious for its frequent bad weather conditions, Mount Washington's climate can rival that of Antarctica.  Well over a hundred people have died on the mountain, many having succumbed to hypothermia from wind chills which have been known to reach -120°F.  And it was here, on the roof of what is now the Stage Office, where the world's highest wind speed was recorded: 231 MPH.

The average annual temperature on the summit is only 26.5°F, with the records being -47°F and 72°F.  On average, 256 inches of snow falls annually, with the seasonal maximum being 566 inches.  Even months like May have seen around 100 inches!  Mt. Washington's mean wind speed is a gale-force 35.3 MPH, with hurricane-force winds occurring every third day (on average).

Visitors often wonder at photos of the summit during wintertime, when every building, tower, post, and rock is caked in a thick, snow-like frosting of "sideways icicles".  It isn't snow at all!  It is rime ice, which is formed when supercooled (liquid) fog particles crash into the windward side of things.  Due to sub-freezing temperatures and high winds, the particles freeze on contact and create the feathery ice formations.  With the summit in dense fog 60% of the time, tremendous rime buildup often occurs.

http://www.mountwashington.org

http://www.mountwashington.com/weather/index.html

[BigMojo]

what, no hurricanes today?   

Naw...just Tornadoes. Hurricanes won't get stirrin' for a another couple months. 

[Walkman]

I'll take your mountains and raise you the worst weather on the planet! 

Whoa....

[Walkman]

Just got a call from Dep Comm. Meeting tonight canceled 'cause of snow.

[SarDragon]

69 and clear here. Might have to wear a jacket tonight. 

[alexalvarez]

I was in Rio Grande City, Texas last Thursday. It was 101.       

[tjaxe]

With the recent severe weather (ice, snow and tornados) that have rolled/are rolling across the states, is everyone doing ok?  Anybody need anything?  Anybody affected by the storms?

Hey, just wanted to send you a shout out of thanks for your offer of help.  That was very nice.

Here just outside of Philly mom-nature is taking turns at throwing us snow, then ice pellets, then torrents of rain, then just for fun a bit more snow to hide the ice underneath.  It's all good though.  (We need a smiley face with a winter hat.)   

[tjaxe]

I need some sunscreen,  I (and the significant other) are going for a week to Puerto Rico.  Looks like mid March is the best time to go, anyone want to join us? 

I am also looking for some friendlies to send me some Care Packages when I get to Afghanistan in a few months!  This will be trip # 2 there.  I hear the second time around in the STAN is better than the first 

What kinda stuff you lookin' for in the care packages?

[Walkman]

[Here just outside of Philly mom-nature is taking turns at throwing us snow, then ice pellets, then torrents of rain, then just for fun a bit more snow to hide the ice underneath.  It's all good though.  (We need a smiley face with a winter hat.)   

Philly! I grew up outside Philly (Bucks County)! Since I left (23 years ago) I've only had one decent cheesesteak...

[tjaxe]

[Here just outside of Philly mom-nature is taking turns at throwing us snow, then ice pellets, then torrents of rain, then just for fun a bit more snow to hide the ice underneath.  It's all good though.  (We need a smiley face with a winter hat.)   

Philly! I grew up outside Philly (Bucks County)! Since I left (23 years ago) I've only had one decent cheesesteak...

I'm in Chester County.  And cheesesteaks is one reason I'm still here!  Can't find the special kind of grease and goo for a cheesesteak anywhere outside of the region.  Must be the Philly water.   

[SarDragon]

Some years ago, I found a place here in Sandy Eggo that had cheese steaks that didn't need a West Coast handicap to properly rate them. They came in at about 8.5/10. The guts were great, but the roll just wasn't quite right.

[mikeylikey]

I need some sunscreen,  I (and the significant other) are going for a week to Puerto Rico.  Looks like mid March is the best time to go, anyone want to join us? 

I am also looking for some friendlies to send me some Care Packages when I get to Afghanistan in a few months!  This will be trip # 2 there.  I hear the second time around in the STAN is better than the first 

What kinda stuff you lookin' for in the care packages?

Last time I was there, the Soldiers loved to get magazines (mens health, maxim etc), sunscreen (SPF 45+++) baby wipes, vaseline, real cheap toothbrushes, feminine products, Tastykakes (being from Philly you should understand), travel toiletries, batteries (not sure if those are allowed anymore), paperback books.  Me personally I love toy soldier kits to use for the sand-tables (Walmart, like 3 bucks), chapstick, memory cards filled with music, pens, bug spray, nail polish remover, those eyeglass wipes in individual packets (cause I am forced to wear glasses), cotton swabs, and my favorite.....AAFES POGS to use at the AAFES tent.  I will PM sooner to deployment to remind all of my PAWG friends!

[mikeylikey]

[Here just outside of Philly mom-nature is taking turns at throwing us snow, then ice pellets, then torrents of rain, then just for fun a bit more snow to hide the ice underneath.  It's all good though.  (We need a smiley face with a winter hat.)   

Philly! I grew up outside Philly (Bucks County)! Since I left (23 years ago) I've only had one decent cheesesteak...

I'm in Chester County.  And cheesesteaks is one reason I'm still here!  Can't find the special kind of grease and goo for a cheesesteak anywhere outside of the region.  Must be the Philly water.   

Everytime I am in Philly I eat at a place off of Front Street that has the greasiest and biggest cheesesteak I have ever had.  I can barely make it out of that place after I am done eating.  Then I visit my good friend Colgan and watch him eat what he thinks is a cheesesteak in some Philly suburban bar.  Wow......I need to move to Philadelphia!

[SarDragon]

"Pat's" is where it's at, no matter which one you eat at. I spent almost a month in So Jer last summer, and had steak sandwiches at least twice a week.

[mikeylikey]

^ No one in their right mind would venture to Jersey!     

[SarDragon]

Well, I'm left-handed, so I must be in my right mind.

I lived there for 13 years, and that's where the 'rents settled, so I make the trip periodically. Now, though, it's just Bro and his family.

[tjaxe]

I need some sunscreen,  I (and the significant other) are going for a week to Puerto Rico.  Looks like mid March is the best time to go, anyone want to join us? 

I am also looking for some friendlies to send me some Care Packages when I get to Afghanistan in a few months!  This will be trip # 2 there.  I hear the second time around in the STAN is better than the first 

What kinda stuff you lookin' for in the care packages?

Last time I was there, the Soldiers loved to get magazines (mens health, maxim etc), sunscreen (SPF 45+++) baby wipes, vaseline, real cheap toothbrushes, feminine products, Tastykakes (being from Philly you should understand), travel toiletries, batteries (not sure if those are allowed anymore), paperback books.  Me personally I love toy soldier kits to use for the sand-tables (Walmart, like 3 bucks), chapstick, memory cards filled with music, pens, bug spray, nail polish remover, those eyeglass wipes in individual packets (cause I am forced to wear glasses), cotton swabs, and my favorite.....AAFES POGS to use at the AAFES tent.  I will PM sooner to deployment to remind all of my PAWG friends!

How do I address the packages (if I want to start sending packages before you get there)?

[mikeylikey]

^ PM Sent!

[flyerthom]

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Snow in the Desert outside Las Vegas:





Rainbow over the Strip:





Mt peak:

[JohnKachenmeister]

I had enough snow when I was in the Ohio Wing.

I retired from the police department and moved to Florida.  The temperature is in the low 80's during the day and mid-70's at night.  It did rain for a while today.

My house is open to my screened lanai, and a pleasant breeze is coming in off the tropical preserve.

Hurricanes last a day.  Winter lasts forever. 

[Pingree1492]

Hurricanes last a day.  Winter lasts forever.

Amen!

We seem to be in a never ending winter (Take 2)- at least by recent standards in CO. 

Got a couple of standby pages last Friday (and one actual that lasted all of 5 minutes or so) to support Park County, I assume in a similar manner to the blizzard missions we did last year, but they were called off. 

[SJFedor]

[Here just outside of Philly mom-nature is taking turns at throwing us snow, then ice pellets, then torrents of rain, then just for fun a bit more snow to hide the ice underneath.  It's all good though.  (We need a smiley face with a winter hat.)   

Philly! I grew up outside Philly (Bucks County)! Since I left (23 years ago) I've only had one decent cheesesteak...

I'm in Chester County.  And cheesesteaks is one reason I'm still here!  Can't find the special kind of grease and goo for a cheesesteak anywhere outside of the region.  Must be the Philly water.   

Why are you with 902 if you live out in Chester County then?

<---former PAWG'er.

Last time I was there, the Soldiers loved to get magazines (mens health, maxim etc), sunscreen (SPF 45+++) baby wipes, vaseline, real cheap toothbrushes, feminine products, Tastykakes (being from Philly you should understand), travel toiletries, batteries (not sure if those are allowed anymore), paperback books.  Me personally I love toy soldier kits to use for the sand-tables (Walmart, like 3 bucks), chapstick, memory cards filled with music, pens, bug spray, nail polish remover, those eyeglass wipes in individual packets (cause I am forced to wear glasses), cotton swabs, and my favorite.....AAFES POGS to use at the AAFES tent.  I will PM sooner to deployment to remind all of my PAWG friends!

Headed for the northern sandbox, eh? When do you head out?

[mikeylikey]

^ I finish up this semester of ROTC, go staff either Fort Knox or Fort Lewis for "Summer Camp" and report back to Fort Drum NY shortly thereafter.  I got to say, I am getting really excited (not really, this will be my second time in the STAN). 

I did put in for a TAC position at West Point, guess my services are better used overseas.

Interested in getting out of Tennessee for a while, PM and we can arrange a short 4 year enlistment!

[SJFedor]

Hah! I'm good, thanks though. If I go in, I'm doing it with some brass on my shoulder, not stripes on my sleeve.

Let me know if you get Knox, you can come down to Nashville and have a good ole time!