During the last two weeks, I've endured a couple of howling snow storms near Cheyenne, prayed for olfactory shut down near Greeley, and dug a couple of holes ten inches in diameter and nearly four feet deep through the pavement in county roads in both Wyoming and Colorado...I've been cursed at because of the disruption drilling oil wells brings and been begged to move another's well up the drilling schedule (I have nothing to do with either)...I walked ankle deep in cow shit to survey a center pivot and have spent a good deal of time wondering why two seemingly competent surveyors have a disagreement over the location of a boundary by 26 feet...I've found a monument that "doesn't exist" and been mystified a couple that were supposed to be easy to find...

It's nice to be back in the saddle again...hopefully, the economy will start turning around for everyone else, too...

Getting Wet with some friends on the day after XMas:cool:.....

Too cool.

To what extent are you certified?

AOW/NITROX/RESCUE/CCS, etc, etc

Stay Safe B..

:eek::cool::p:D

Envious!

Although I am NOT certified for it, I took both dogs for a simultaneous walk yesterday, and soon found myself praying that a squirrel did NOT appear!

You just blew my cover...... She swore that was a Dolphin..:eek:

PCS to Colorado Springs!
 

I was recently selected for a job out at Colorado Springs!

I am very happy to leave the People's Republic in my rear view mirror.

Wow. Talk about jealous ... 2 weeks ago I was told I would PCS in April, then 2 hours later - NOPE, local realignment to another slot on Meade! I gotta make something happen soon. :(

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congrats Lindy!

Might get a snow day on Wednesday, almost feel like a school kid! They're saying our "life threatening blizzard" will rival the one in 1968. Which I remember. :rolleyes:

Got an email from the boss when I got home...no field work tomorrow...today, we had windchill temps of -15°F...the ambient temp must have been below zero because the liquid crystal display on one of the data collectors froze...tomorrow is supposed to be colder...Sooooo, if the stuff didn't work today, it ain't gonna work tomorrow...and I get to spend some time at my home office doing some calcs for Wednesday's field work...It'll be a nice respite from the wind...

Reading
 

the posts on PS.com and watching the news. Listening to my son talk about a dance on Friday. Making me very grateful of my freedom.

Sounds like a good plan for you lksteve, that's cold! Our winds are picking up here today, heading into tomorrow evening we're looking at 50mph with snow fall estimated at 3 inches per hour. :eek: Lots of drifting and accumulation anywhere from 12-28 inches. Depending on the AO drifing from 8-10 feet.

Our boss has tentatively closed the office for Wednesday, we'll see how it all rolls.

Am with ya'll....classes cancelled for tomorrow, and maybe the entire week, if the projections are correct.:munchin

Lots and lots of snow, ice, and below zero temps. Thank goodness for the, Be Prepared thread!!! Now, if only there were a hot guy here to ride out the storm with, and make a snowman outside.........That would be perfect!!!;) :D

Holly

I've seen -78°F on an exercise in Alaska...my blood is thinnner these days...:eek:

There is a lot of good things happening to even better people in this thread. That's enough for me today.

Gypsy,

We have been in a blizzard, (see below white out conditions,) since around 0600 this morning, when I first went out to survey the scene. If this is headed your way, take sheler/ precautions now.

The WIND is sustained here at 30mph, and gusting a lot harder.

Be Safe everone!!!

Happy thought...got to make snownballs.....

Holly

^^I just have to ask...what is that first picture?
Before anyone assumes I'm being crude...I was trying to figure out if that was a snowball in the making.

Yes Sir...

Just outside my Apt. on the third floor, my landing has about a three foot snow drift, and climbing! :)

Thie wind is the kicker in this thing, and it is fierce. Oh, and the entire state of Oklahoma has been put under a state of emergency.....sure we will not be the last.

Holly

Sweet mother! I think the coldest I've experienced was about -30ish, with windchill.

I've been prepared for this storm since the weekend. :lifter As I drove home earlier this afternoon (thanks boss for letting us go early) you could see the parking lots jam packed with cars. Guess they didn't hear about the storm. :rolleyes:

We have 50mph winds now, the snow is litterly being lifted from the ground and you can see some mini snow tornadoes. Since I'm inside, I'm enjoying my winter wonderland.

Some of my NG Soldiers have been called up for SAD, they were having a fun time of it this morning getting ready and packing vehicles. Stay safe guys!

Be safe Holly.

You too! Seriously, this is a big storm! Be careful, and take care Gypsy!

Holly

My happy thought for last sunday was this----

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And This-----

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and I was thankful that I was not in the middle of this----
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:cool:

Oh come on B, you know you want some of this. :D Took these about 0700 today. And yes, there is a car buried in between the two semi-visible cars in the second pic. Not mine!

Couple more...

We received 21 inches so far. I know this because of my scientific method of measurement. Snow is over my knees, I'm only 63 inches tall...thus 1/3 of me is covered in show. 1/3 of Gypsy equals 21 inches. :D

Supposedly a few more inches may fall today. But the sun is out for now, so the digout begins.

One thing that is annoying the hell out of me is the continued round the clock coverage on all stations of the event...enough already. Give us your updates and return us to our "regularly scheduled programming".

My happy thought of the day - we didn't get the snow nerly as bad as Gypsy. :D

The city I live in and the one in which I work both did a great job clearing the roads and I was in to work in 35 minutes (normally a 20 minute drive) - of course, I did get to work at 0530 to avoid idiots on the road...

We're Iced in, here in NE FtWorth, since yesterday morning!! Not looking for it to go away until the weekend!! It was +10@ 0500 this morning and currently @ +14.

Heard about that, my corporate office is in FT Worth, they had about 1/3 the staff yesterday morning and finally closed down. Stay safe!

We're going to be about -30 tonight with wind chills and frigid temps for days, and "snow flurries" over the weekend.

You're lucky, we heard southern Wisconsin and southern Michigan would get it bad. NW Indiana was hit worse than us.

Just looking at those pictures makes me feel cold. :(

The extended forecast for Southern California is sunshine and 75 degrees.

If you're stuck indoors because of the weather be sure to drink plenty of fluids. :p

Let's see...

Irish Whiskey, check.

Tequila and limes, check.

Maker's Mark, check.

Ok I'm good to go on that advice. :D

http://caracci.smugmug.com/Family/Sn...38_c49vc-L.jpg

Picture of my wife and kid on our bobcat fighting the good fight vs Snowmagedden 2011.

Now that looks like fun, Sten!

You know if I told you that I just bought you a round trip that departs in the morning for here (oh yes it was 88 deg today) for the next 6 days I know you would be sitting at the airport tonight. 88deg on the beach in Feb beats frozen in the house looking out the window........and hoping the car can be dug out this year.;)

Amazed when I read this report via AOL news
"Emilio Ramirez, 66, was stranded on Lake Shore Drive after the storm dumped 17 inches of snow on the city, and his evening commute became an overnight ordeal.
"I've been stuck out here for five hours. This is unbelievable," Ramirez told the Chicago Tribune. "I have half a tank of gas left and have been turning the engine off to save what I have, because who knows when we're going to get out of here? There's no sign of us moving anytime soon."
Dude! You're in the middle of one of the largest cities in the world. Look around. Those are DOORS to BUILDINGS. You're not in the middle on Wyoming. People are funny.
There was also a picture of an abandoned car (obviously not Emilio's). It was filled with snow. Left the windows down. . . WHY?

Spent the day east of Cheyenne, a few miles south of I80, a few miles north of the Colorado state line...beautiful day...high temp might have hit zero...not enough snow on the ground to cover the grass and not enough moisture in the snow to make a snowball...It was -18°F when I arrived there this morning...like I said, it may have hit zero...then again, maybe not...

But for the happy thoughts...I was out alone (sometimes I prefer to work alone...especially when I'm debugging new gear) with a piece of new equipment we haven't been able to get running properly...after some cursing and rebooting, got one of our new GPS network rovers up and running and was able to collect data for topography on two ten acre sites before the cell phone battery succumbed to the cold...I had two crews out last week in much warmer weather with the same equipment and didn't get anything done, had to rely on a back-up set of gear to keep up with our client's needs...

I'm almost thawed out...

:p You're right.

Oh, people sat out there upwards of 10 + hours, not wanting to "abandon" their vehicles. By that time many had to climb out of their windows.

What do you expect...it's a primarily democratic city. :D

Here, check these out. This is Lake Shore Drive on Tuesday afternoon. Took them 24 hours but they cleared miles of cars and LSD was open this morning.

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Lake-S...8efcf9f558802/

I will think about all of you Saturday morning while I jump into the deep blue waters on the south shore. It really looks cold up there... That is my happy thought..........

LOL! Have fun B, post more pics!