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KB2VXA > PACKET 11.01.14 08:35l 61 Lines 3240 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 49867_VK6ZRT
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Subj: Re: VE3WBZ > JNOS & WX
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From: KB2VXA@VK6ZRT.#BUN.#WA.AUS.OC
To : PACKET@WW
Hi Pete and all,
JNOS got lost and the thread died so that was just an attention getter. (;->)
The real topic here is WX since the Arctic cyclone has been a hot weather and
news topic and just another thing the greenies latched onto. For once that
Arctic blast as weathermen/weather ladies usually refer to as Canadian was
truely Arctic. It's not all that common, neither is it a rare event, but of
course the climate change crowd acted as if it's something new and they took
credit for calling it that like a terrorist group taking credit for a
bombing. Laughable however, to meteorologists and others who know the term is
as old as meteorology itself.
That out of the way, we had the same conditions as Toronto, airports closed
to the public and flights cancelled. You said wind chills around -40 (C?) are
dangerous for operating planes, it's a lot colder at cruising altitude so
actually snow was the problem. When the plow crews fall too far behind,
THAT'S when things get dicy and the airport gets closed. The general public
may think it's closed but it's only closed to the public, that's when
employees are needed most, get to work or you're in trouble. I know, I put in
7 years at Newark (NJ) now Newark Liberty International. I worked in Arctic
conditions, blizzards, and a couple of hurricanes, when you have proper
equipment it's just another day.
The Midwest got slammed, but just a bit of unusually cold conditions, they're
used to snow. It wouldn't be the first time railroads experienced stuck
trains and adding extra power, even plows getting stuck and front end loaders
clearing drifts too large for plows. Highway and power crews were out too,
naturally and there were downed lines to contend with. It was serious but not
as bad as the sensationalist media makes out. The East Coast got hit too but
not as bad, my little corner of the world had temperatures around the zero
mark (too lazy to calculate Celcius) and high wnds with wicked wind chill but
as I hibernate in winter I just crawled to the back of my bear cave not
coming out even foraging for food, thinking ahead I had enough to see me
through. Thankfully power stayed on, snow not too bad, so I had juice for the
computer, light and heat. That's the tricky part, you have a fireplace, when
power goes out heat goes with it thanks to electrical controls and ignition.
"Now I know what it is like to live in the Arctic..."
When did they move Lake Simcoe above the Arctic Circle? (;->)
The USCG has been broadcasting "pan pan, pan pan, pan pan, attention all
mariners" ice bulletins with the Inland Waterway I'm at the northern end of,
but even though normal conditions have returned I don't have time for detours
on my short missions to see rime ice on the beach, a frozen canal and back
bays. I WANT TO GET BACK IN MY CAVE! Eh, you know how to pronounce it but for
the land lubbers it's pon pon. (;->)
One thing I don't have is an ASCII snow man, I'll think about it.
If you want to soar like an eagle, don't flock with turkeys.
73 de Warren
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Message timed by NIST: 11-Jan-2014 at 07:14 GMT
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