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01-29-2008, 12:21 PM
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Ice, snow, sleet...
And winds at 45 mph tonight.
Wind chills to 35 below zero! 
About 20 schools in the area are all closing at 1 pm. But oh no, not where my kids are. 
And yesterday we had temps in the mid 40's!!!
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01-29-2008, 12:26 PM
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Partly cloudy.
Temps around +60 degrees.
No more rain for about a week.
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01-29-2008, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by highway80west  Weather in San Diego:
Partly cloudy.
Temps around +60 degrees.
No more rain for about a week. | Think of me, Highway Man. And pray I don't smack up my car at 3:30 driving on icy roads. I am not the best of drivers as it is. Just lucky so far.
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01-29-2008, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by OhDear Think of me, Highway Man. And pray I don't smack up my car at 3:30 driving on icy roads. I am not the best of drivers as it is. Just lucky so far.
OhDear | Well, we're a couple hours behind you, weatherwise, so hopefully I'll be happily in my home when the badness shows. | |
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01-29-2008, 12:36 PM
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IOW, altogether nasty. It is cool (not cold), windy and wet. 76% humidity with thunderstorms expected later today. Temps are supposed to drop 30 degrees between mid-afternoon and midnight.
(And I ask myself, as I do every January , why I never moved far, far away from here.)
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01-29-2008, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by CrazyFlamingos It is a typical winter day in North Alabama
IOW, altogether nasty. It is cool (not cold), windy and wet. 76% humidity with thunderstorms expected later today. Temps are supposed to drop 30 degrees between mid-afternoon and midnight.
(And I ask myself, as I do every January , why I never moved far, far away from here.)
| Here in Atlanta, a little wind, a little rain, temps 30-60. I like it. Wouldn't trade Ga weather for anything.
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Originally Posted by OhDear Think of me, Highway Man. And pray I don't smack up my car at 3:30 driving on icy roads. I am not the best of drivers as it is. Just lucky so far.
OhDear | Hey Bon, if I lived up there, I would be among the last to drive in that.
However, now that you mentioned it, I've got something to say about my experience driving in the snow when I was in Denver in December 1992:
On US-285 heading back to the ranch after seeing my aunt who was in a hospice, I am driving about 35 miles under the speed limit as it was snowing. People told me not to brake the car as it would skid.
Anyway, I have about six cars behind me, and I didn't care what they think of this guy in the lead. Finally, I turn off US-285 and make a right onto Jefferson Cty. highway 73, where in another four miles I would finally arrive at the ranch. There were no cars behind me.
When I got inside the ranch house, I plopped down on the bed, and said a loud prayer of "Thanks, God, for getting me back here safely."
The next day, it was sunny and the road crews poured salt onto the roads. When I told my aunt about my driving and the people behind me, she said, "Oh, those crazy people." 
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01-29-2008, 01:01 PM
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And can't use cruise. Dadgum it!
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01-29-2008, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by OhDear Gotta pump the brakes, Highway.
And can't use cruise. Dadgum it!
OhDear | Yeah, pump the brakes, but just barely enough to slow down. 
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01-29-2008, 01:20 PM
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All around here. But not us!!!
Grrrr!!!
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