What meteorological phenomenon (phenomena) affects you this day ?

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

still dark yet, but it's been windy since early yesterday evening, spent a good part of the night without power and it is flickering again

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

*grumble* Arwen is in heat. ALL NIGHT LONG yowl, howl, trill, blurt. constant movement, running over me, jumping on the headboard, knocking stuff off onto my head.

Now there's a thought, harness the latter to cater for the first ....

[phenomshel]

Ice storm. Sleet, snow, freezing rain - so not looking forward to driving to work today!

[Latinandgreek]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Ice storm. Sleet, snow, freezing rain - so not looking forward to driving to work today!

Drive carefully!

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Now there's a thought, harness the latter to cater for the first ....

if I could have gotten her on a treadmill last night, I'm sure she could have powered the house. she's spending the night in the kitchen

[nohmi2]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Ice storm. Sleet, snow, freezing rain - so not looking forward to driving to work today!

Take extra special care.



@ SS. My sympathies.
@ KK Keep Well.



Cheers

[bjones6416]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Ice storm. Sleet, snow, freezing rain - so not looking forward to driving to work today!

I'm a little oversensitive to the words "ice storm" these days. Stay safe!

[SneakySnake]

Thanks everyone for their kind thoughts about poor old salty dog (FIL) But he has lived a long and reasonably healthy life. details >

Spoiler:

Now 82 and dying of cancer. He can still do most things for himself, but has become thin and frail these past few months. I am mostly worried that he is getting more cantankerous. He has been staying with his 81 year old girlfriend, and I am worried about her as they have been arguing a lot and she is very stressed by it all. The threat to him is if he can't behave, he will have to come here, which I think he would rather not! Both bloke and myself would not put up with cranky behaviour

Hot and today 29.9°C in the kitchen now nearly 1pm. Sposed to reach 32°C (nearly 90°F).

All that nasty rain kept the summer at bay, but now the rain has stopped, summer is here with a vengeance!

[SneakySnake]

Now I know why it is so bluddy hot! I can hear thunder all around and it is only 1.30pm. Stormy weather building up!

[phenomshel]

Well, it turned into mostly very wet, heavy snow. Getting home from work was quite the adventure. Then had to shovel out the drive so Chris will be able to get into it when he gets off.

[SneakySnake]

swap you some heat for some cool. Your snow will melt and we will cool down.

Deal?

[phenomshel]

DEAL!!!!!!

[bjones6416]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Well, it turned into mostly very wet, heavy snow. Getting home from work was quite the adventure. Then had to shovel out the drive so Chris will be able to get into it when he gets off.

Glad you're home safe!

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Glad you're home safe!

Thanks! It wouldn't have been so bad, but apparently our road crews are taking to heart the old saying, "Shoveling the walk while it's still snowing is like cleaning the house while the kids are still growing!" Only substitute "plowing the roads". So a lot of wet, heavy snow, and it's just hovering at freezing, so everytime someone drives through, instead of packing it down, it churns it up. I think it's supposed to keep it up overnight...glad I don't work tomorrow. Chris does, but he has a 4 wheel drive Blazer and thinks weather like this is FUN to drive in!

[bjones6416]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Thanks! It wouldn't have been so bad, but apparently our road crews are taking to heart the old saying, "Shoveling the walk while it's still snowing is like cleaning the house while the kids are still growing!" Only substitute "plowing the roads". So a lot of wet, heavy snow, and it's just hovering at freezing, so everytime someone drives through, instead of packing it down, it churns it up. I think it's supposed to keep it up overnight...glad I don't work tomorrow. Chris does, but he has a 4 wheel drive Blazer and thinks weather like this is FUN to drive in!

Well, apparently here the philosophy is, "why clear the roads when it will get above freezing someday in the future?" This is day 9 after the big storm, and tonight I saw a bulldozer and a bobcat working over at the high school after dark trying to get the area for bus pickups cleared. DAY 9!!! And one of the lead news stories tonight was about my city (I'm a bit south of Atlanta) and all the fingerpointing going on between the mayor and the city manager. I don't know who's to blame, but the streets here didn't even get sanded or salted, let alone cleared. It was ridiculous! And I have to take a little personal responsibility myself -- if I had gotten over to my mom's and cleared her walk and driveway right after the snow fell (although that would have been DURING the freezing rain LOL), it wouldn't have frozen into that almost-impossible-to-chip mess that we dealt with all week. Oh well, live and learn!

[natasha_fawn]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Thanks! It wouldn't have been so bad, but apparently our road crews are taking to heart the old saying, "Shoveling the walk while it's still snowing is like cleaning the house while the kids are still growing!" Only substitute "plowing the roads". So a lot of wet, heavy snow, and it's just hovering at freezing, so everytime someone drives through, instead of packing it down, it churns it up. I think it's supposed to keep it up overnight...glad I don't work tomorrow. Chris does, but he has a 4 wheel drive Blazer and thinks weather like this is FUN to drive in!

Yuck. I'll take the soft, fluffy snow, though the wet stuff does make for good snowballs. No wonder my mom's flight out of O'Hare got canceled tonight. Sounds unpleasant, and they're predicting some of the same for us tomorrow and Wednesday. Drive safe.