Winter weather......

DavidB · #1 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 05:45 PM

Terrible weather here tonight. Snowing about an inch an hour. Whats worse its it's on top of ice and blowing like crazy. Total white outs. 85 accidents in the county so far. It's suppose to keep snowing all night. We're just getting ready to go into work. Tammy's going in early to ride with me. It's going to be a terrible night at work for her. 3 of the 5 nurses on her shift live 30 miles out of town and won't make it in.

PlayaWithMe2 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 05:56 PM

You guys are getting hit hard. Be safe.

SUNBABY · #3 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 06:09 PM

2 words.......move south!

Our weather is going back and forth, warm then cold. I like it that way.

Stay warm and safe on those roads.

banzoomba · #4 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 06:23 PM

it was weird we got up to 70 today......but back to the 40's this weekend

Starfish · #5 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 07:23 PM

Same here for us David. We have over a foot of snow and it's drfting like crazy. Should be snow and wind all night too. Had to drive about 17 miles today and it was total white out. Alot of cars in the ditches.
Stayed home the rest of the day and will have to dig out tomorrow.
Stay safe and warm and see you in a couple of weeks. Hope Tammy has a quiet night.

GreatLakes · #6 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 08:01 PM

Just let my plane get out in the morning........PLEASE!

MsRubio · #7 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 08:23 PM

Wow that is alot of snow....you guys stay safe...and I hope Tammy's night isn't too crazy....

We haven't had any big storms this year....our weather is freaky now...we even have a chance of thunderstorms tonight...

T.J. · #8 (**permalink**) 02-07-2008, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by DavidB

Terrible weather here tonight. Snowing about an inch an hour. Whats worse its it's on top of ice and blowing like crazy. Total white outs. 85 accidents in the county so far. It's suppose to keep snowing all night. We're just getting ready to go into work. Tammy's going in early to ride with me. It's going to be a terrible night at work for her. 3 of the 5 nurses on her shift live 30 miles out of town and won't make it in.

David as I read this I see your countdown is at 18 days........

LUCKY!

DavidB · #9 (**permalink**) 02-07-2008, 03:30 PM

It was as bad as we thought it would be.

12-15 inches of snow with drifting. 3 of the 5 nurses called in because of the weather. One of the call ins was a guy that lives in town and just got a H3 Hummer.

He knew the other 2 nurses would call in. They live 30 miles away along the Bay where the white outs * and drifting was the worse. He didn't want to be that busy. The Nursing Manager called him at home and told him he couldn't call in, the hospital would send some one to pick him up.

He drove in. Nursing even kept some nurses over their shift for another 6 hours. I spent lots of time in the parking lot getting cars unstuck. Many we just pushed back into their spot and people found other way home. I even took 2 nurses home with the hospital 4 wheel trucks. After I got out of work at 6:30 I had to wait 1 1/2 hours till Tammy got out. I went and picked up two more people.

* white out.....for those lucky people who live south of Cuba thats when the snow is blowing so hard all you can see is white. You can't tell what is the road, the field, or the ditch. Last night you couldn't see traffic lights until you were 1/2 a block away.

PlayaLove · #10 (**permalink**) 02-07-2008, 05:56 PM

High winds and lots of rain last night,,,,today sunny and 8c. I want warm weather now............

jmac · #11 (**permalink**) 02-07-2008, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidB

* white out.....for those lucky people who live south of Cuba thats when the snow is blowing so hard all you can see is white. You can't tell what is the road, the field, or the ditch. Last night you couldn't see traffic lights until you were 1/2 a block away.

heck, a half block, I've been in them where the vehicle in front of us broke the snow & we used our blinkers to keep him between the lines, we live on the bald prairies (and that was when we were young & foolish, well the guys in front of us, we went to keep them alive)

Glad to hear all is well

DavidB · #12 (**permalink**) 02-08-2008, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by jmac

heck, a half block, I've been in them where the vehicle in front of us broke the snow & we used our blinkers to keep him between the lines, we live on the bald prairies (and that was when we were young & foolish, well the guys in front of us, we went to keep them alive)

Glad to hear all is well

I remember my dad was coming home from work on the highway. All he could see was the Semi truck tail lights in front of him. He just kept following the lights. Followed him right off the road.

Another time I was at a friends house who had help us write our will. As I was leaving in a snow storm another car was coming towards me. It was a real bad storm white out so I just pulled over to the side of the road until he went by. When I started to go I still couldn't see very well. Next thing I know I'm looking at a small tree.

I hit the brakes. I stopped just as the front of the car edged over an 8 foot ditch full of snow. I laughed that if I had gone in the ditch that at least when they found me in the spring I had my will on the seat next to me.

Kirbyfan · #13 (**permalink**) 02-08-2008, 07:50 AM

Temps are supposed to drop into the 0 range....

Supposed to get 3-4 inches of snow...

Starting late tonight and lasting 24-36 hours, sustained winds of 40+ MPH

Sounds like a bad weekend! Good thing ist only 7 days till I am in Playa!

DavidB · #14 (**permalink**) 02-08-2008, 03:12 PM

Kirby...Are we going to pass each other on 307. We fly in the morning of the 25th.

T.J. · #15 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 08:42 AM

Heavy Snow and Windy

-6°F
(-21°C) Humidity: 84 %
Wind Speed: NW 29 G 36 MPH
Barometer: 29.90"
Dewpoint: -9°F (-23°C)
Wind Chill: -34°F (-37°C)
Visibility: 0.25 mi.

Here it is. I don't beleive the .25 vis because I cannot see the house across the street! oh well our EMT refresher was canceled for today.

Kirbyfan · #16 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by DavidB

Kirby...Are we going to pass each other on 307. We fly in the morning of the 25th.

We fly out the afternoon of the 24th...and we leave via Cozumel so i guess we wont pass each other.

jmac · #17 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 09:57 AM

Well, we got a few inches of snow last night from an Alberta Clipper, better than a Colorado low in that they hang around a while, the Clippers don't. Although with the Clippers it usually gets cold, guess what, it did, holy smokes!!!!! Highways are closed right now as the winds are supposed to be really high today, makes for that light fluffy stuff that fell, to whip around good. Luckily, I get to stay home & work today, puppy proofing my house (that's another story & I'll tell ya later, when we get her)