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Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:25 am

Western US Super Storm

We are getting pounded by snow here at the foot of the Sierras. How is everyone else faring?

Forecast is for heavy snow for the next week solid.
I love this for skiing, for flying it's not so great.

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Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:12 am

Jr.,

Where do you live?
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Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:14 am

Went to work and plowed snow for 12 hours on Thursday. What we got was knee deep of that wet heavy stuff that freezes solid. When you go out in the morning, you can walk across the top of it.

We’ve still got snow on the ground from Thanksgiving, in SoCal?
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Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:29 am

Light snow and sleet, temp in the 30-40's on Christmas day.
Great weather in the 70's since.
My grass strip dried out in 2 days and have been flying the Cub every day. More ideal weather forecast for another week.
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Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:04 pm

2 1/2 feet here at my house in NW Reno. Snow management is becoming a serious issue.
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Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:59 am

good ski flying

With the 25" that fell here last Sunday and Monday it brings the total to 185" of snow for the year...50" of hard pack on the ground.. No one around here is complaining, our normal yearly average is 325".
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Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:31 am

Here in Alameda, CA, it's just plain wet and I can't fly. It's starting to get old.

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Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:42 pm

It's gonna be a while before we get this road open again.

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This time it was all rain and no snow.

Our lake (7mi. long X 1.5 mi. wide) went up 7 feet in 2 days.
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Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:18 pm

holy crap
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Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:14 pm

Aint that always the way?! It's like washing your car on Friday.

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Jr.CubBuilder wrote:Well heck, the temps here in Eastern WA were in the teens and twenties. So since this is my first winter with my own airplane I went ahead and bought myself a red dragon to preheat the motor with. I fired it up last night and it looked like I was ready to take it out to the airport as soon as we had a nice clear day. The I got up this morning................. it was 38F now it's in the low 40s and melting fast :roll:
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