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02-21-2008, 06:05 PM
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There's beauty in the solace of not giving a damn.
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Originally Posted by rgb123
I'm amazed by that ...... must be some kind of mistake!
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We had two mini-thaws right within short succession that thinned the ice just enough to make it too unstable to hold a fleet of cars.
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02-21-2008, 08:17 PM
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hmmm. I guess *fleet* of cars is the key here. Still shocking!
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02-21-2008, 10:13 PM
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Yeah, at any given time we've had up to 90 cars out on the ice. And not evenly dispersed either -- more like right next to each other like a parking lot.
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02-22-2008, 10:17 AM
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Strange morning, weather wise. Very sunny this morning, then overcast skies developed quickly, followed by a mist that turned to very light snow. Now its starting to get sunny again. This whole system seemed to have come out of nowhere. Bizarre.
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02-24-2008, 04:16 PM
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Just as we have been thawing out for the last week and the snow melting,here it comes 3-6 inches of snow tomorrow!
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02-24-2008, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Avengerfire
Just as we have been thawing out for the last week and the snow melting,here it comes 3-6 inches of snow tomorrow!
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Are you serious? This is the time of year when winter starts to get a little annoying. Had 2 glorious days of sun and the bluest skies Ive ever seen, did a little hiking, even saw some bugs (!!!) active in Oregon, IL... and now more snow! Dangit. Dangit all to heck!!!!!!!! 
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02-24-2008, 11:10 PM
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Are you serious? This is the time of year when winter starts to get a little annoying. Had 2 glorious days of sun and the bluest skies Ive ever seen, did a little hiking, even saw some bugs (!!!) active in Oregon, IL... and now more snow! Dangit. Dangit all to heck!!!!!!!! 
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They are now saying we could get up to a foot near the lake.
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02-25-2008, 09:16 AM
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They are now saying we could get up to a foot near the lake.
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I hope Al Gore is all snug and cozy where he is.  This is ludicrous!!! 
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02-25-2008, 09:19 AM
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Heh, maybe he can come shovel the 4 to 8 inches of "global warming" off my sidewalks tomorrow. 
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02-25-2008, 01:33 PM
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This is a weird one... I'm not sure how much we're going to get. A guy I work with who swears by the NWS's models, says it shifting south... he bet me a buck we'll get 2 inches...
The thaw out was nice, but I figured we'd have at least one more of these bad boys... 
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