Well I sure didn't miss last night's storm that's for sure. Power was out from 3-9 this morning. Here's a panorama I was taking when the paperguy showed up and a couple of blown over trees next to me. I haven't checked my back yard yet but I'm sure I'll be getting out the chainsaw when I get home :eyeroll:
I had to take an alternate way to work today, but another guy from work noticed a few trees down over this way... Supposedly pretty big.
Mostly branches blown off down here, but most of the trees and such over here are over 40 years old, and fairly large. My garbage can ended up in the street...
I was sleeping on the sleeping porch and it is the first time I was afraid. The canvas blinds were blowing so hard I was afraid the screens were going to be pulled out.
Pouring rain and thunder/lightning right now on the east side. I heard earlier there was a tornado on the ground near pine city/Chengwatanna state forest.
We had a Tornado Warning for almost an hour here! Talk about a crazy storm. It blew in way fast and dumped huge amounts of rain. We had pretty waterfalls all over our property.
Here's a couple I took just before it rolled in. I was using the camcorder more during this one since it was so cool to see how fast it came through and how wet it got. There wasn't much lightning so the photo ops weren't the greatest anyway.
Columbia Heights storm drains suck. Every way I tried to get out of the area was flooded, and I mean flooded enough the city buses were having trouble getting through.
It rained and thundered from 3AM - 11AM here. Frodo still gets a little scared during storms, although being old and going deaf seem to be having some benefits there. Looks like this system has finally cleared us and moved out over Lake Superior just north of here. More to come tonight, with hail.
I was on the highway for most of that storm- NEEDED the truck washed anyhow- I had to 4wd it the other day taking whitney to school because of all the construction in the mac grove area. lottsa mudd! but fun!
huge AWESOME flooding on the highways last night! deepest I drove through was coming from 35E southbound - curving down and then up to highway 52 south! that rocked! extreme deep water probably up to the bottom of the doors. Ive never seen so many cars and trucks under bridges taking cover!
Before they did construction on 44th & Central, we used to get at least 8 cars stalled out in the smallest storms.. now its more like 3 or 4, which is much better. Try delivering pizza in all that flooding.
I remember one time I was delivering, and I was driving down central. I was at 49th and the drains were spitting out water.. about 4 feet high. That was pretty cool.
Or another time, I almost stalled out my friends van pulling into the lot of the Mag. I had to floor it with no traction to make it through.
But honestly.. it seems there's nothing to be done, because everyone knows its crappy, but no one seems to care. No point in writing a letter.
My lawn sure took a hit this winter. I've been out thatching and sowing grass seed this morning. But my fairy ring is thriving right now. Pretty much the only place where the grass looks normal.
My son and I opened the front porch yesterday. I'm so happy to be able to go sit out there with the paper and my morning coffee again.
What about some of those wines were they actually freeze the grapes to cause a crystalized sugar before they preocess the grapes. I don't think I've tried it - have you?
you mean they freeze the grapes to extract the additional water content - and thus giving the juice a higher brix - i.e. ice wine.
I have some really expensive inniskillin http://www.inniskillin.com/ ice wine at home - but haven't tried it yet. I've had other ice wines in the past. They are ok - I'm not a huge fan - lots of people like it tho.
yup OT. that's a smudge pot! we used to have those every couple of rows in the vineyard growing up.
now the weather is 85. and i'm wearing long sleeves and jeans... sigh.
Got about 8" in my neighborhood. My friends "in the higher elevations" west of here got 18". Heavy wet snow, unusual for us, but great for making snowmen.
I was out shoveling this evening and noted that I don't think I shoveled the driveway for the first time in 2006-2007 snowfall til mid January last year - does that make sense? There wasn't a big snowfall lastyear til mid January.
It rarely snows on Dec 4th - there is usually grass or dirt still showing on the ground.
You're right me2. Remember thinking that it was gonna be a brown hunt but it ended up snowing the day before the 1st clue came out. Just think - If it waited to snow just one more week, Jake would have never found the thing. :wink: :eek: :litesmile:
thats one franchise Id love to see there.
have a good time-
I hate Famous Dave's there...
Too much food and beer in this guys tummy to know that anything was happening last night.
I had to take an alternate way to work today, but another guy from work noticed a few trees down over this way... Supposedly pretty big.
Mostly branches blown off down here, but most of the trees and such over here are over 40 years old, and fairly large. My garbage can ended up in the street...
supposed to get another storm tonight!
3 nights in a row
I woke up a few times throughout the night but never heard the storm.
and double cool that you captured them across your neighborhood
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We had a Tornado Warning for almost an hour here! Talk about a crazy storm. It blew in way fast and dumped huge amounts of rain. We had pretty waterfalls all over our property.
Here's a couple I took just before it rolled in. I was using the camcorder more during this one since it was so cool to see how fast it came through and how wet it got. There wasn't much lightning so the photo ops weren't the greatest anyway.
I have to think there was a rupture in the building rather than flooding from the rain. The school is elevated above the roads around it.
huge AWESOME flooding on the highways last night! deepest I drove through was coming from 35E southbound - curving down and then up to highway 52 south! that rocked! extreme deep water probably up to the bottom of the doors. Ive never seen so many cars and trucks under bridges taking cover!
I remember one time I was delivering, and I was driving down central. I was at 49th and the drains were spitting out water.. about 4 feet high. That was pretty cool.
Or another time, I almost stalled out my friends van pulling into the lot of the Mag. I had to floor it with no traction to make it through.
But honestly.. it seems there's nothing to be done, because everyone knows its crappy, but no one seems to care. No point in writing a letter.
It seems to be moving pretty fast though. It should be over just as fast as it started.
My son and I opened the front porch yesterday. I'm so happy to be able to go sit out there with the paper and my morning coffee again.
41 degrees - I have on long johns, and 3 layers for when I'm outside.
brrr!
although its not uncommon for us to have 30-50 degree temp changes in 1 day.
frost alarms went off last nite tho... so 34-36 deg
is that like tornado alarms? air raid sirens and such?
BTW, I love the temp change today. 70s yesterday, and I wake up this morning to 50s.
Whoohoo!!
which goes off - kinda like an alarm clock - signalling that the temp has dropped within range that things can freeze.
They combat it in several different ways - either fans, water or long ago.. smug pots (which thanks to ozone people aren't used anymore)
I have some really expensive inniskillin http://www.inniskillin.com/ ice wine at home - but haven't tried it yet. I've had other ice wines in the past. They are ok - I'm not a huge fan - lots of people like it tho.
yup OT. that's a smudge pot! we used to have those every couple of rows in the vineyard growing up.
now the weather is 85. and i'm wearing long sleeves and jeans... sigh.
Storm dumps 20" in Minnesota
The girls and I had a great time relaxing in front of the fireplace in Caribou Coffee while the snow was piling up outside. Nice
Snow totals here: Since July 1: 58.6". Since December 1: 32.0"
It rarely snows on Dec 4th - there is usually grass or dirt still showing on the ground.
keeps the wimps away.
http://climate.umn.edu/doc/prelim_lcd_msp.htm