Snopocalypse, again ?

[NePaSmoKer]

Squirt - Looks like you forgot to cover up that microwave.  Hope that doesnt tick the wifely off....

I dont want to make any of you northerners mad so I wont take any pictures or tell you what the weather down here in Florida is...

HEY Matt--------->  :P

Tony--------------> :P

And Randy---------> :P

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Wow, Pat.  Brings back memories of living in MI.

Glad it's not me.

[NePaSmoKer]

Yup

Nasty out,and when you live on a dirt road that dont get any plowing by PENDOT its even worse  :o

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Well here's an interesting twist - you don't have to be in the blizzard zone to feel the impact ...

Just got an automated message from our City (part of the emergency communication system) - we're getting rolling blackouts.

From an associated news release here's the deal:

"Feb 2 (Reuters) - ERCOT, which operates the power grid in much of Texas, imposed rolling blackouts on Wednesday due to the loss of several power plants overnight during a severe ice storm, a spokeswoman for ERCOT said.

She could not say when the rolling blackouts would end.

The grid operator urged consumers to cut back on their power usage.

Electricity traders said hourly prices in ERCOT were $2,000 per megawatt hour, up from $50 where it usually trades."

[SnellySmokesEm]

Electricity traders said hourly prices in ERCOT were $2,000 per megawatt hour, up from $50 where it usually trades.

So is ENRON behind this blizzard... lol

Should have bought me some energy stock!

[FLBentRider]

And Randy---------> :P

We'll leave the light on for you.

[DTAggie]

We have had 2 so far today.  Hope we don't have another while the OBS is on.

[SouthernSmoked]

They must really think we are gullible.

Al Gore has an explanation for the record snow and cold gripping the nation: global warming. Responding to an on-air question by Bill O'Reilly, Gore wrote on his website the "increased heavy snowfalls are a consequence of man-made global warming."

"As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for some time now and they say that increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what they have been predicting as a consequence of man-made global warming."

DUUHHH!!

[classicrockgriller]

Our weatherman out of Houston has said that starting tomorrow around

noon, moisture will move in off the Gulf and with the combined artic temps

BLSH will get ice/sleet/snow. The Houston area will recieve sleet/snow and he

saying my area is to recieve 3 to 4 inches of the white crap. It will only last

until Sat morning as we will warm back up into the mid 40's.

[DTAggie]

Yeah BLSH and my brother and other relatives will be dealing with what I have been dealing with the past two days...inches of ice.  CRG if you are lucky you get more snow than ice.  It was weird late Monday night we had thunderstorms with freezing rain.  Now that I have never seen.

Al Gore can kiss my a**

[OU812]

Al Gore can kiss my a**

I've been sayin that waaaaaaaaay before he jumped on this global warming band wagon.

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Yeah, the next two days will be interesting for SE TX.  I think this is the 3rd time in 16 years living down here that I've seen the actual possibility of snow in the official NWS forecast.  Some of the school systems in adjacent areas already have announced closures or early dismissals for tomorrow based on the forecasts.

For our buddies in snow country laughing or scratching their heads, the problem is we aren't built for sustained freezing (exterior and uninsulated overhead water lines) or snow (static loads).  We're built for subtropical temps and tropical weather - heat, humidity, rising water and high winds.  When we got the freak snowstorm on Christmas eve night in 2004 many of those nice outdoor screen enclosures were crumbled and in failing many did structural damage to the roofs of the houses to which they were attached.

[Caneyscud]

Al Gore can kiss my a**

I've been sayin that waaaaaaaaay before he jumped on this global warming band wagon.

we been saying than in TN for years.  I can't tell you about all the closed down interstates and backed up traffic jams as he went in and out of Nashville airport when he was VP.  Talk about adding to the bad air quality!  And don't get me on the zinc mine on his property on the river that I fish that has polluted the river.  Or the tobacco that was grown on his property - yeh I guess that didn't contribute to anything. 

[SouthernSmoked]

Here is the latest from our Local 12 here in the Cincinnati area...

Duke Energy crews have restored power to thousands of homes and businesses in our local area that suddenly found themselves in the dark Tuesday night, thanks to an ice storm.   At the height of the outage, 30,000 customers were without power.  According to the Duke Energy website, as of 5:45 a.m. Thursday, some 2,000 customers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana are still without power.

[hal4uk]

Al Gore can kiss my a**

I've been sayin that waaaaaaaaay before he jumped on this global warming band wagon.

we been saying than in TN for years.  I can't tell you about all the closed down interstates and backed up traffic jams as he went in and out of Nashville airport when he was VP.  Talk about adding to the bad air quality!  And don't get me on the zinc mine on his property on the river that I fish that has polluted the river.  Or the tobacco that was grown on his property - yeh I guess that didn't contribute to anything. 

Yeah, seriously..  He could have taken a helicopter from BNA and landed it right on Belle Meade Boulevard, but, noooooooooo...
He had to SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE TOWN every time he came "home"  (Heck, he grew up in DC).
It's no surprise that he didn't carry Tennessee NOR any of the EIGHT states that touch Tennessee.
Apparently, if you pee on the "minions", they pee back.