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Fire Stryker
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posted 03-06-2001 10:29 AM

Hi all,
I thought I would post some pics. One I took last night, the other two I took at 6 am this morning. It is still coming down by the way.

Somewhere under all that snow are a Dodge Stratus and a Dodge Daytona.

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Anne-Marie
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posted 03-06-2001 11:21 AM

I'm so jealous!!!!!

its gonna be 60o today . and so ski season comes to a close.

*sob*!

--AM

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chef de chambre
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posted 03-06-2001 11:52 AM

If you pay the shipping, I'll gladly send you a foot of the damn stuff gratis!

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Glen K
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posted 03-06-2001 12:09 PM

That tears it. Next time I hear about a snowstorm in New England, Bob and Jenn, ya'll had better clear off the couch, 'cause you're gonna have a 'houseguest'.

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Reinhard von Lowenhaupt
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posted 03-06-2001 01:34 PM

Bob and Jenn, I certainly hope you don't have to go anywhere today. Glen, I'll fight you for that couch. It's 70 degrees here, and people are wearing sweaters! What is wrong with people in Florida. Whenever it drops below 80, people start acting like we're headed for another ice age. Give me the snow any day. The only good thing is knowing that next year I'll be in New England too, and I can go out an' roll around in the fluffy wet white stuff. BTW, I hope the horses are nice and warm...

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Fire Stryker
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posted 03-06-2001 02:16 PM

The back room is always open. Just give us a yell.

Glen, we are expecting another storm this weekend.

Alasdair, you will be experiencing the drifts of sparkling white stuff soon enough, but you can always give it a test drive. BTW-if you don't have an SUV, you may want to consider getting one...you will need it in the rural areas of NH.

Horses are in barn, though Phantom and Normandie love the snow. They are Canadian babies and this is just a spring flurry to them. We haven't seen them in two days. Our car can't get up that damnable hill in the snow!!! Tina and Jim are taking care of them for us. Hopefully we will get to see them tomorrow.

BTW- it's still snowing.

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Gwen
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posted 03-06-2001 05:31 PM

*sob*... whimper...pitiful moaning....

I miss snow!

Gwen ( here she goes again....)

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Nikki
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Member # 27

posted 03-06-2001 05:45 PM

Well, I will gladly trade with anyone who feels that 70 degrees in early March is too hot. Or, with anyone who feels that 95 F in January is too hot. Humidity is nice too, I'll take 95 F with 95% humidity any day of the year, and every day too!

Someday, I will live somewhere where it never snows, and never freezes, and I have giant blooming poinsettias in my front yard, and night blooming tropical lilies in my pond, not in some wretched snow-bound backwater of a city where 70 F is "summer", and where rent is $500/month (plus utils) for a room in a dilapidated apartment, like Boston.

snow may look pretty, but not when you have to hand-carry your groceries home the better part of a mile from the store thru a foot of icy slush, since no one here shovels the sidewalks.

*end gripe*

sorry, we don't have a digital camera, so i can't show you pictures of the sheet of white that is outside my window....and i can't figure out the url for the livecam in my office building that looks out over Cambridge and Somerville.

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Reinhard von Lowenhaupt
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posted 03-06-2001 07:27 PM

Don't think that the warm weather down here is okay. Right now I'm watching an extremely large wildfire burn out of control just a mile from my house. My wife's in updating our 'insurance tape.' When you live in a place that has storms that wipe out entire counties in the summer, and wildfires all winter, you have to be prepared to evacuate. Jenn, I have the biggest factory built 4x4 pickup made. That big Dodge V10 eats snow/mud/flood for breakfast. Ah, to be out of the ash flurries and into the snow flurries. I'll take some pictures later if I can get close enough. There are police and firetrucks everywhere. Just waiting to hear the wind shifted and we need to evacuate.....

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Fire Stryker
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posted 03-06-2001 07:27 PM

Ah, that's right, Nikki is a "city dweller" in the Greater Metro Boston area. Not like genteel NH where we had a community dig fest out in the parking lot to unearth all of the cars (Wow, like a real archaeological dig!!!).

Still some flakage, but it should all be over but the shouting until Friday. *groan* more snow.

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Friedrich
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posted 03-07-2001 07:55 AM

Hi all! Just got power back! (-36 hours). No big deal if you plan ahead. Fireplace, generators, etc. It really is pretty outside (sorry Nikki!). Although I can definately see that the chainsaw will be needed this spring for cleanup.

And more coming Friday?

Hey Bob, at least you have something cushy to land on!!

[This message has been edited by Friedrich (edited 03-07-2001).]

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Reinhard von Lowenhaupt
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posted 03-07-2001 11:59 AM

Well, they finally got the fire down here under control. It burned 300+ acres, several homes, and an electric substation. Thankfully I'm not on that power grid, their going to be out of electricity for two more days (groan--been there).
Everyone up in New England, when you're done shoveling from this one, it looks like you might have another one. Hopefully the storm expected on Friday won't be as bad.

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Brenna
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posted 03-07-2001 04:13 PM

Alasdair wrote:
""Don't think that the warm weather down here is okay. Right now I'm watching an extremely large wildfire burn out of control just a mile from my house. My wife's in updating our 'insurance tape.' When you live in a place that has storms that wipe out entire counties in the summer, and wildfires all winter, you have to be prepared to evacuate.""

Exactly, I've had a wildfire burn to within 6 feet of my house before. Not cool! I also have a big truck with proper attachments and the horse trailer is ready to roll with buckets, halters, and extra copies of important papers on a moments notice. Evacuation in this state is something every horse owner needs to know how to do. If it's not a fire in the winter, its the hurricanes in the summer and the sand colic in between.

I still don't miss the snow though...
Brenna

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