Posted: January-31-2009 at 7:16am | IP Logged	Tweet

Hey ST-1!

My son is stationed at Fort Drum, NY. It's just 25 miles from the Canadian Border and 6-7 miles as the crow flies from Lake Ontario. He sent me a pic via his phone from his barracks room yesterday. He has a double window...the snow was literally blocking his view from the bottom sashes! He had to stand on his tiptoes as of yesterday afternoon to see out!

He also sent me a pic of a drift that to me looked like it was well above 10ft high against the barracks wall...

now that's some snow! They are supposed to get another 6 inches 2day and an inch or 2 tomorrow.

www.accuweather.com to me is the best site for predicting weather beyond 36 hours.

Posted: January-31-2009 at 11:17pm | IP Logged	Tweet

From what local TV weather shows, now Monday it looks like just rain. Then a chance of rain/sleet/snow on Tuesday.

Please, please, please ... hurry up and springtime arrive. HA HA HA

I stopped by a friend of mine's car lot Friday afternoon out here in west Johnson City, and he was out hooking battery booster/chargers up to some vehicles. He had gloves, toboggan and a big jacket on. He said "I'm over this F-ing cold winter weather. We've had more than enough to do us this winter. I'm ready for warm weather to get here."

I laughed and told him "Well, you know I despise cold, snowy, wintry weather."

Hey "ST1," you just need to make a trip to upstate New York where "BugMan's" son is stationed. I know a guy from Watertown, N.Y., which is near where Bug's talking about, and no way would I want to live up there. I just don't see how people can live through winters like they get up there. And you can't tell me people get used to it, either.

Posted: February-02-2009 at 9:15pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Hey "ST1," it looks like you might get your wish and a measurable snowfall occur over the next 36 to 48 hours.

I've seen SKYWARN decals on vehicles before, but I didn't have a clue what it was. Cool deal, hearing you're interested in the weather and maybe one day you just might be a meterologist.

Posted: February-03-2009 at 8:32pm | IP Logged	Tweet

It snowed hard in downtown Greeneville earlier this evening, but hasn't done much at all since. I heard Southeast Greene was getting pounded.

I think Kingsport got the same squall we got. I was up there until about 5p. LadyBug called be at 415 and said she couldn't see across the street. When I got to town it wasn't snowing, but when I came out of the grocery store it was snowing hard again and stayed that way another hour or so before it quit. 

Posted: February-03-2009 at 11:09pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Here in Johnson City, not really all that much snow. In looking out on my deck a few minutes ago, I turned the light on and there's about 1 1/2 inches of snow. 

But dang, it's bone-chllin' COLD!!! My WeatherBug shows at 2:07 a.m. it's 8 degrees. I know earlier tonight I put some garbage out, and the wind-chill was something else.

You guys over in Southwest Virginia, I saw on WJHL TV 11 here in Johnson City when the 11 o'clock news/weather/sports was on that y'all were getting some pretty good snowfall. Always when I look at the weather conditions, the COLDest places showing are either Clintwood or Wise.

It also showed on the 11 o'clock news several accidents tonight in the Tri-Cities. A buddy of mine called me about 9:15 p.m. and he said it was "slicker than snot." HA HA HA HA ... He said Hwy. 11E between Johnson City and Jonesborough was very bad. He said it wasn't from snow, but from where the roads were wet from earlier and they had frozen into ice. The same for Interstate 26 between Johnson City and Kingsport, several wrecks on the interstate.

I was talking earlier tonight with a buddy and said, "You know how we've always heard it said, the best snowing temperature is around 30-32 degrees ... and when it gets in the low 20s or teens that's just too cold for it to snow? Well, as COLD as it is tonight, it's proven that theory to be wrong."

I hope everyone has a safe drive in the morning. I'm sure in a lot of the region the traveling will be quite treacherous.

Posted: February-03-2009 at 11:14pm | IP Logged	Tweet

If everybody didn't make it to the grocery store, I'm sure all the milk, bread and eggs sold out. Why is it when snow is predicted that people go to the store to buy milk, bread and eggs? I've always thought it funny you'll hear of people going to the store to buy those items.

Heck, give me sandwich meat (bread for that), cheese, honey buns and snackin' cakes, chips and dip and Diet Coke and Gatorade. HA HA HA HA ... No milk or eggs for me. I've not drank milk in easily a good 25-28 years. Diet Coke, Gatorade, sweet tea and water is all I drink.