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I believe it was Jerry Spencer who started a topic like this last winter and i thought it would be fun to do it again this year. It also gives me an excuse to complain about our winters here in the frozen tundra. I just got done cleaning up 3 and a half inches of snow at the Watson ranch. Sounds like we are in for a bad one Tuesday night into Wednesday, anywhere from 8-13" are possible so it's time to batten down the hatches cause old man winter has surfaced. :21:

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Hell Tim we had snow on the ground in Sacamento ca. this morning . 1st time since the 70s. We should have stayed back in Indiana. Im ready for spring .

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Originally Posted by Tim Watson:
I believe it was Jerry Spencer who started a topic like this last winter and i thought it would be fun to do it again this year. It also gives me an excuse to complain about our winters here in the frozen tundra. I just got done cleaning up 3 and a half inches of snow at the Watson ranch. Sounds like we are in for a bad one Tuesday night into Wednesday, anywhere from 8-13" are possible so it's time to batten down the hatches cause old man winter has surfaced. :21:

Drive down to Milwaukee...no snow yet! :5:

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Originally Posted by mowerman:
Hell Tim we had snow on the ground in Sacamento ca. this morning . 1st time since the 70s. We should have stayed back in Indiana. Im ready for spring .

I remember that snow back then. I lived up in the foothills, though. We got just a little more (not much-Shingle Springs) than Sacramento, though. About once or twice a year the snow would crawl down to the 1,500 foot elevation.

We just had snow here in the Houston area on Friday. Unfortunately it caused the last two days of our big three day USMTS modified show to cancel. My back yard on the 4th of December:

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Originally Posted by mowerman:
Hell Tim we had snow on the ground in Sacamento ca. this morning . 1st time since the 70s. We should have stayed back in Indiana. Im ready for spring .

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Originally Posted by Z-man:
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Don't kid yourself. I read this past weekend where some climate apologist stated that the cold weather was due to global warming. . . .

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Carey that looked like my yard this morning. But it's melted.....for now. We have rain and high winds in our future. :7:

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I'm scheduled into Milwaukee tomorrow AM on business! Thnhe show must go on.:23:

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Currently watching the Packers & Ravens from Lambeau Field and it looks rather balmy.:10::17: No snow according to Mike Trico.:19:

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uh...around 80 this afternoon here in west central Florida. Its nearly 10PM and we have the air on in the MH. :8: Hope it's like this the first week in Feb....wishful thinking

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Big storm passin thru (I hope) as I speak here from Yuma...with all power knocked out at 9:00pm with high winds reachin 75-80 mph!!...got the call into APS for repair order!!....now we'll see how long it takes to restore it??.......plenty of cold beer tho!!
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Ground has light covering of snow today, a blizzard watch issued for Tuesday evening
THis is Iowa, not the North Pole but I'm getting the sleigh ready.

Jim Morrison

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Originally Posted by bigmojo5:
Ground has light covering of snow today, a blizzard watch issued for Tuesday evening
THis is Iowa, not the North Pole but I'm getting the sleigh ready.

Jim Morrison

Thats fine Jim!!....but can ya hook my lites back up first??..........
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We're not supposed to get much snow in Southwestern Illinois, just an extremely cold rain today, followed by 40 mph winds and a high of 33 on Wednesday.

So, this is pretty much how I feel about Mother Nature right now.:42::

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Is it true that USAC's weatherman called the impending storm a "climatological enhancement"?

KIDDING!!! I'm just kidding!!!!

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Tim, its balmy and 82 down here in Southern Wisconsin. Gonna stay this way until April and warm up. Actually I had to go out and buy my bride a new snow shovel.

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Originally Posted by Al Pierce:
uh...around 80 this afternoon here in west central Florida. Its nearly 10PM and we have the air on in the MH. :8: Hope it's like this the first week in Feb....wishful thinking

Al send some of that to the east side of the state. We leave for PRI today.:8::32:

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Originally Posted by badgerfan:
Tim, its balmy and 82 down here in Southern Wisconsin. Gonna stay this way until April and warm up. Actually I had to go out and buy my bride a new snow shovel.

No, that is the new exercise machine.

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Originally Posted by badgerfan:
Tim, its balmy and 82 down here in Southern Wisconsin. Gonna stay this way until April and warm up. Actually I had to go out and buy my bride a new snow shovel.

Originally Posted by cmakin:
No, that is the new exercise machine.

:3: Haha!!! Too funny!!

Winter storm warning here! We are suppose to get 7 to 11 inches today and tonight! Yeehaw!!!

Tim, No snow shovel abuse this year okay?! They don't belong in the trees! :5:
This is where Dwight would make fun of where I live!!:)

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I was enroute to Dayton Ohio ap this AM for flight to Green Bay when client called and said "forget it" 18'' coming plus 40 MPH winds.
We'll try again next week.

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So far it looks like Springfield might be lucky, with the snow going just west of us. Cold (not Wisconsin cold) but may be fairly dry. What happened to Jerry? I can't believe we would have a weather post and he isn't on it yet.

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About 82 today in winter haven florida.One of these days i might get used to this retirement.See you when the mud starts to fly this spring.

Chuck :6:

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the capital of racing is cold,gloomy,and is starting to rain. changing to snow.

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Brucer, the news in Phoenix showed 9,500 SRP, 6,500 APS & 40,000 Nothern Az. customers without power, hope you have yours back by now. The wind blew so hard here last night it rearranaged my patio furniture and I thought the roof was going to blow off the house. I17 north of Sedona to Flagstaff remained closed this morning after a tractor trailer over turned yesterday leaving motorists stranded for hours. While we got about an inch of rain here in the Phoenix area the higher elevations of AZ got two feet of snow.

Patti

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The first Winter Sunami for Wisconsin, gotta love the 4 seasons.:15:

Bring it on Mother Nature i can take it ! :26:

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I've a little different take on the weather here in racing central. I tend to look at it in more of a macro sense. While it may be frustrating sometimes when we have to dodge the storms and endure these elements, in order to see the individual events that we are looking forward to, our climate is what makes it possible for this area to be what it is, as far as racing goes. Hoosier dirt didn't become hoosier dirt by chance. It took eons and eons hot summers, harsh winters, frequent rain and countless life cycles of the type of plant life that flourishes in that kind of environment, to produce the dirt and clay that makes up these racing surfaces. And to develop generations of the country's best dirt scientists and soil experts, otherwise known as farmers, who were very instrumental in a lot of these tracks getting their start. Also, those living in such weather extremes tend to be a hardier, more optimistic lot. Those are both qualities that you need to have, in spades, to chase these races all over the place.

Jerry

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Originally Posted by dirtnonwingfan:
So far it looks like Springfield might be lucky, with the snow going just west of us. Cold (not Wisconsin cold) but may be fairly dry. What happened to Jerry? I can't believe we would have a weather post and he isn't on it yet.

Mix between rain and sleet here in Kokomo, the wind is starting to pick up. WE are supposed to get a lot of wind, rain then snow in the next couple days.

Be safe everyone as was proven Monday here in Kokomo some people are not smart enough to adjust to the change in weather.

Frank we do miss your sunny smile and happy laugh.

Jerry #66

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Originally Posted by Jerry Shaw:
I've a little different take on the weather here in racing central. I tend to look at it in more of a macro sense. While it may be frustrating sometimes when we have to dodge the storms and endure these elements, in order to see the individual events that we are looking forward to, our climate is what makes it possible for this area to be what it is, as far as racing goes. Hoosier dirt didn't become hoosier dirt by chance. It took eons and eons hot summers, harsh winters, frequent rain and countless life cycles of the type of plant life that flourishes in that kind of environment, to produce the dirt and clay that makes up these racing surfaces. And to develop generations of the country's best dirt scientists and soil experts, otherwise known as farmers, who were very instrumental in a lot of these tracks getting their start. Also, those living in such weather extremes tend to be a hardier, more optimistic lot. Those are both qualities that you need to have, in spades, to chase these races all over the place.

Jerry

Interesting take. But if evolution plays a role in today's racing scene, one has to wonder if Charles Darwin would've been a race fan if he came along today.:3:

(Although, when you think about it, Darwin took a boat ride from England to the southern hemisphere, so maybe he would've been up for a racing road trip. Plus he rode on the back of turtles, so you know he probably would be the life of a post-race party.:2:

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Well i just cleaned up another 2" of snow and tonight is the night the "Historical Big One" hits us. The winter storm warning for my county has been cancelled......and changed to a blizzard warning. Can't wait to tell you about it tomorrow! :19:

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Tim
It may snow so much that the Red Owl will be closed, but Kretches sould be open.:5:

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I just got in from spraying cooking oil on the weather stripping of the car door so that I'll be able to open it in the morning if it freezes.:15:

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Originally Posted by illiNOISE:
Interesting take. But if evolution plays a role in today's racing scene, one has to wonder if Charles Darwin would've been a race fan if he came along today.:3:

(Although, when you think about it, Darwin took a boat ride from England to the southern hemisphere, so maybe he would've been up for a racing road trip. Plus he rode on the back of turtles, so you know he probably would be the life of a post-race party.:2:

Good one! Perhaps we should have an IOW/Darwin party somewhere next summer.

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Originally Posted by dirtnonwingfan:
Good one! Perhaps we should have an IOW/Darwin party somewhere next summer.

I don't know about that, Frank. I've been to a couple of tracks and met a few IOW members that would leave Darwin wondering "Maybe I ought to rethink that whole 'evolution" thing.":3:

Jerry

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Originally Posted by Augie:
Tim
It may snow so much that the Red Owl will be closed, but Kretches sould be open.:5:

:3: Good one! I remember that one storn when they let people drive snowmobiles through town just to get to the Red Owl!

Snowing pretty good here now and the wind is picking up, here it comes. :18:

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Originally Posted by illiNOISE:
I just got in from spraying cooking oil on the weather stripping of the car door so that I'll be able to open it in the morning if it freezes.:15:

what :11:

---------- Post added at 06:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:55 AM ----------

[QUOTE=Tim Watson;
you might be a redneck when people drive snowmobiles through town just to get to the Red Owl!

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the weather is perfect for drinking now

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Originally Posted by IndyBound:
Brucer, the news in Phoenix showed 9,500 SRP, 6,500 APS & 40,000 Nothern Az. customers without power, hope you have yours back by now. The wind blew so hard here last night it rearranaged my patio furniture and I thought the roof was going to blow off the house. I17 north of Sedona to Flagstaff remained closed this morning after a tractor trailer over turned yesterday leaving motorists stranded for hours. While we got about an inch of rain here in the Phoenix area the higher elevations of AZ got two feet of snow.

Patti

Thanks Patti!!....yeah after 17hrs!!...on at 2pm Tues!!min. rain,but winds blown excess 60-70-80mph!!...half that time no cell,laptop,pump to run well!!...sunny today in 60's-70's....couldn't see myself livin where theres snow!!...just not me....give me sun,lake n' mabe ocean!!...but snow's not gona work for me!!...I don't ski!....It's two wheels for me...here its called Bobby's Territorial H-D!!...oh,thanks to my Bro/Wife for leavin ur H-D's here for me to keep btrys charged up!!...not a problem here,someone has ta do it!!....eha!!...
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Blizzard hit.
Sleigh grounded.
Rudolph partying.

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The clean up is complete and i got away easy this time. First off i got a ride to work cause i had about a 3 foot high bank at the end of the driveway from the plow. Then my neighbor who has the blower attachment on his riding mower cleaned up most of our mess while i was at work, obviously he didn't go to work today. It was nasty this morning, drifting snow, schools closed and lots of people didn't make it to work. As of 10am this morning we had a 12" foot of snow! :10:

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Originally Posted by Tim Watson:
As of 10am this morning we had a 12" foot of snow! :10:

I dont think I have ever seen a foot of snow that wasnt 12" deep. :2::2::2: