starcrafttom
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Well here in marysville this morning we have snow, hail, thunder and ligthing all at once. mother nature just cant make up her mind today.
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Matt Gurnsey
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I am soooo ready for spring. I can't wait to put my long underwear away.
For the last six weeks we've had lots of snow on the ground here in Ohio, along with single digit temps. Last week it got up into the 50's and 60's for about 5-6 days and melted all of it.
Sunday I even got aboard Valkyrie, did a systems check, fired up the Wallas for few hours and then went inside the house for an hour. When I went back out there was 2 inches of snow in the uncovered cockpit!
Then yesterday I went to Canton with a friend to look at motorcycles (thinking of buying a Kawasaki KLR650 as a first bike) and when we came out after a few hours, the snow as coming down at the rate of 2" an hour and today we have 12" on the ground!
I'm REALLY ready for spring.
Nick
"Valkyrie"
Sunday I even got aboard Valkyrie, did a systems check, fired up the Wallas for few hours and then went inside the house for an hour. When I went back out there was 2 inches of snow in the uncovered cockpit!
Then yesterday I went to Canton with a friend to look at motorcycles (thinking of buying a Kawasaki KLR650 as a first bike) and when we came out after a few hours, the snow as coming down at the rate of 2" an hour and today we have 12" on the ground!
I'm REALLY ready for spring.
Nick
"Valkyrie"
Here in Naples ,Fl. We have been in the high 70's-80's . Friday we went to the Miami boat show did n't see any c-dory boats . We went out in 4 different cat boats ( twin -vee, world cat , Glacier bay, and sea cat 18-29ft)what a ride these boats had . It was a perfect day High 70's and topped it off with a Great Cuban dinner .
Sorry you guys are still fighting winter but come summer I will wish i'm up in the beautiful PNW
Sorry you guys are still fighting winter but come summer I will wish i'm up in the beautiful PNW
Yellowstone
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Here in Montana another Arctic front is coming in with below zero temps predicted for several days. February is close to setting all time records for snow.
Ice fishing is the rage with some of our more hardy souls willing to sit on ice in front of a six inch hole. Near the state capitol of Helena is Canyon Ferry lake, about 40 miles long, it being the result of a dam on the Missouri River. The lake will freeze over and attract fisherman to try their luck.
The gene pool is reduced when foolish persons decide to drive their vehicles out on the ice. The state papers carried a story a few days ago about four people in a heavy duty pickup which which hit a pressure ridge and broke through a mile from the shore! The water was only 32 feet deep at that spot. Three survived, but the driver is missing and presumed dead.
The state is now not allowing vehicles to driven on the ice. That should be a hard and fast rule before the fact, not after the fact. Something like wearing a life jacket when water skiing. The poor fellow who perished was in his fifties. How he managed to live that long does required some incredible luck. Sad, really sad.
John
Ice fishing is the rage with some of our more hardy souls willing to sit on ice in front of a six inch hole. Near the state capitol of Helena is Canyon Ferry lake, about 40 miles long, it being the result of a dam on the Missouri River. The lake will freeze over and attract fisherman to try their luck.
The gene pool is reduced when foolish persons decide to drive their vehicles out on the ice. The state papers carried a story a few days ago about four people in a heavy duty pickup which which hit a pressure ridge and broke through a mile from the shore! The water was only 32 feet deep at that spot. Three survived, but the driver is missing and presumed dead.
The state is now not allowing vehicles to driven on the ice. That should be a hard and fast rule before the fact, not after the fact. Something like wearing a life jacket when water skiing. The poor fellow who perished was in his fifties. How he managed to live that long does required some incredible luck. Sad, really sad.
John
Pat Anderson
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Nobody from Florida or Texas is allowed to post in this thread...
Saturday through Monday we were boating in sunshine at Andrews Bay. Yesterday and hanging on today, as everyone notes, we have snow. Oh, well. Baxter loves romping in the snow...
Saturday through Monday we were boating in sunshine at Andrews Bay. Yesterday and hanging on today, as everyone notes, we have snow. Oh, well. Baxter loves romping in the snow...
Pat Anderson":3vq9x50q said:Nobody from Florida or Texas is allowed to post in this thread...
Saturday through Monday we were boating in sunshine at Andrews Bay. Yesterday and hanging on today, as everyone notes, we have snow. Oh, well. Baxter loves romping in the snow...
Really? Not allowed, huh?
Oh, we have weather in Texas. Just this morning, it was foggy (and 68º). Less than an hour later, it was gone.
Having spent much of my life in the Black Hills, I have experienced plenty of winter weather. I know the joy of wanting to ski and the agony of not being able to boat. I also understand the need to rail at Mother Nature about what she tosses at you, no matter where you are.
High today will probably be in the upper 70s. Oh well, Izzy loves laying in the sun. 8)
Best wishes,
Jim
Nobody from the frozen northland is allowed to respond to this post. :xnaughty
Today, I actually had planned to take Sea Shift out for a cruise. Since I don't want to take any chances dragging the boat down the road through the snow and launch not only the boat, but the truck and trailer into Puget Sound on a slippery launch ramp, I decided staying home by the wood stove would be wiser.
Yellowstone
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Dave - You have been on many search and rescues in your career.
Have you ever been lookng for people under the ice? I suspect the EPA will agonize over the presence of a pickup truck resting on the bottom of Canyon Ferry. Will the pickup have to be ramoved? How do they do that? Any thoughts? John
Have you ever been lookng for people under the ice? I suspect the EPA will agonize over the presence of a pickup truck resting on the bottom of Canyon Ferry. Will the pickup have to be ramoved? How do they do that? Any thoughts? John
John, although I've been trained as an Ice Rescue Technician and practiced ice rescue on local ponds, I've never had to put that training into effect in an actual situation. No doubt some agency would be requiring the removal of a vehicle under the ice. I would suspect that they would mark the spot with GPS and have to return after the ice is off the lake to remove it with divers, air bags, barge and a crane. When we had a vessel sink in Lake Stevens two years ago, the vessel was lifted via divers using air bags to bring it to the surface and then towed the predominately submerged vessel to a launch ramp for removal. Most likely by the time that vehicle is removed after ice melt, any oil/fuel will have spilled out into the lake.
Fellow C-Brat Chris (the owner of "Scout") is a fire fighter in Wisconsin where they have lots of ice formation on the lakes and I know he has been involved in actual ice rescue. Perhaps, he can shed some valid first hand experience in answer to your questions.
Fellow C-Brat Chris (the owner of "Scout") is a fire fighter in Wisconsin where they have lots of ice formation on the lakes and I know he has been involved in actual ice rescue. Perhaps, he can shed some valid first hand experience in answer to your questions.
Sorry all you whiney Washingtonians, but your sniveling about this latest cold front is falling on deaf ears.
Since we're in the RV up at Da Barn, it's allowing us to stay up here a few more days before heading back to CA. Not to mention, Koko, Lulu and Yogi were introduced to the fluffy stuff this morning...they too, had no complaints.
Da Hounds in Da Snow
Since we're in the RV up at Da Barn, it's allowing us to stay up here a few more days before heading back to CA. Not to mention, Koko, Lulu and Yogi were introduced to the fluffy stuff this morning...they too, had no complaints.
Da Hounds in Da Snow
Pat Anderson
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Patty here. Cute video. I just heard on the news this morning that San Francisco could get their first snow in 30 years so maybe the "kids" will still get to play in it when you return!
Yellowstone
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There must be a penalty awaiting those who whine about the weather - including myself. We here in White Suffering Springs have been visited with record cold these past few days. Only 30 below for two consecutive days. This morning it moderated to a minus 10 and the wind began to blow. Wind chill at -32 F. Many dead batteries and car left at idle for hours on end.
The forests in this area are being destroyed by the pine beetle. But the scientists tell us that the super cold weather will slow down the pests. Bring on the cold weather! Hard to believe that we should be boating in two months, even in Montana.
Might consider getting one of the sailing rigs for scooting across the ice, admitedly a poor substitute for boating. Keep the stories coming about the warm weather boating.
John
The forests in this area are being destroyed by the pine beetle. But the scientists tell us that the super cold weather will slow down the pests. Bring on the cold weather! Hard to believe that we should be boating in two months, even in Montana.
Might consider getting one of the sailing rigs for scooting across the ice, admitedly a poor substitute for boating. Keep the stories coming about the warm weather boating.
John
Pat Anderson":1s3ubj5o said:
Actually...it keeps getting reported as 30 years ago, but it was 35 - back in 1976. I remember that snow well...it hit when I was in high school, and we attacked the golf courses in the East Bay with toboggans, saucers and cardboard boxes for a couple of days. That was the only time I recall snow sticking to the ground in any quantity in the Bay Area, other than the hills. I've seen it several times since, but it either melted as it hit th e ground, or left a minor dusting that lasted a few hours.
The snow of '76 was probably 6" or so in my neighborhood - enough to crest the tops of my Converse All Stars. :xnaughty