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Posted by: Gustl Mar 5 2008, 03:49 AM

in other forums I always read that guys start their season and already drive their teener ... but in my area the winter is back

we had heavy snowfall half of the night and during the day, even down in the valley where I live we have 1-4 inches snow - in higher areas they have much more, up to 2 feet
as a result they used much salt, so it seems that my season will start much later ...

Gustl

Posted by: Thomas J Bliznik Mar 5 2008, 06:49 AM

Hi Gustl (Wolfgand)

I feel your pain. Woke up this morning with about 6" of snow & will probably get more this week. I am sooooo sick of winter that last night I pulled the trigger and booked a flight to sunny Florida for the Easter week. Leaving March 19th. We are really looking forward to sunshine & warm weather for a few weeks.

Gustl, your winter weather is a lot more severe due to the mountains so have a beer & relax. Think spring.

Tom
BTW: I snapped this snow picture this week.


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Posted by: 914Sixer Mar 5 2008, 07:08 AM

Well outside of San Antonio, it will be a balmy 78 degrees this afternoon. Not to bad this morning in the upper 40's.

Posted by: Gustl Mar 5 2008, 07:34 AM

oooops

it's good to see that I'm not allone

btw - good idea to have a

Gustl

Posted by: SGB Mar 5 2008, 07:50 AM

here in the southern US, yesterday I road my bike in shorts and a T-shirt. Today it is 30 degrees f.

Posted by: davep Mar 5 2008, 08:04 AM

Hey Mark, what is the cost of shipping up some of the nice weather? Usual address.

Dave

Posted by: alpha434 Mar 5 2008, 08:10 AM

Lol.

Here, in CO, it snowed 6 inches last night, and it will all be melted before mid day.

Colorado weather is ridiculous.

Posted by: Thomas J Bliznik Mar 5 2008, 08:15 AM

Gustl,

Another snow picture of the mate to the blue Hudson alongside the road. Notice the radio antenna!!!! Tell Pat Garvey I am going to put one on my 914
Not really, but I like to play CW head games with him.

T


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Posted by: iamchappy Mar 5 2008, 08:21 AM

It's still snowing here!

Posted by: Root_Werks Mar 5 2008, 09:00 AM

Seattle - little frost on cars this morning, but clear sunny and dry!

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Mar 5 2008, 10:46 AM

unseasonably warm in PA right now. Could have had snow, but instead just got a bunch of rain.

In fact, Southern PA pretty much got the shaft as far as snow goes this year. We got one ice storm, and two glorified flurries. Hell, I did not even run a full tank of gas through my snow blower, for a decent storm a tank will just clear my drive.

Zach

Posted by: hcdmueller Mar 5 2008, 10:49 AM

Snowed an inch or so yesterday here in western Germany while I was at work. Today it warmed up nicely and almost all of it is gone now.

Same as Austria though. Salt everywhere. There were piles of it on the roads. The Germans love it.

Posted by: balljoint Mar 5 2008, 11:39 AM

+10 Celsius here on Monday, no need for a jacket.

This morning -5 and 15 cm of snow.

In like a lamb-lion, out like a lion-lamb March always keeps you guessing in Southern Ontario.

Posted by: STL914 Mar 5 2008, 12:50 PM

Ok, here's one for you guys:

Sunday here in the St. Louis area we had a high of 78. Temp's dropped all day Monday, and that evening we started with sleet and finished up Tueaday afternoon with 6 to 10 inches of snow. We lost about 50 degrees in less than 24 hours.

This is about the third time this winter we've gone through similar weather cycles.

Posted by: 73Phoenix20 Mar 5 2008, 02:42 PM

79 degrees and low humidity here in the FL Keys...

Visited the HGTV "Dream House" today... not so much... house looks impressive but the site is so - so... Oh, and it is NOT in Islamorada! Located right next door to Founders Park on Plantation Key; the new owner's willl have a bunch of "Poor Folk" walking on their beach, coming over from the park, and the park has a bunch of noisey "festivals" every year... In fact it is right next door to a tourist trap called "The Rain Barrel", which used to be a sort of nice artists enclave, selling upscale stuff, but is now 90% tourista junk...

In any case, the sun is shining brightly, temps are perfect, and you will never see snow down here... photo taken off the front deck...

Oh, yeah; it's for sale if anyone is buying, and I will throw in the new (20 HOURS) 22' Center Console... perfect for Bay or Ocean, and we have caught some nice Red Grouper and Yellowtail from that boat...

Or, just strap on the skies and enjoy Winter!!!

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Mar 5 2008, 03:59 PM

It's about 80 F today, about 20mi east of Palm Springs, been really nice this

winter. My wife has been in New Jersey sence last July, she wishes she was home

now. Hang in there Guy's, spring is coming.

Posted by: 1970 Neun vierzehn Mar 5 2008, 04:21 PM

uh-huh?


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Posted by: So.Cal.914 Mar 5 2008, 04:28 PM

What's all that white shit?

Posted by: SirAndy Mar 5 2008, 06:52 PM

got my first sunburn of the year today at the racetrack (infineon)

it was hot and no clouds in sight ... time for some cool ...
Andy

Posted by: dw914er Mar 5 2008, 07:24 PM

poor hudsons!!
lol

san luis obispo, and redlands california have been high 70s, mid 80s


now fix those fi leaks, and perfect driving weather



lol

Posted by: craig downs Mar 5 2008, 09:36 PM

wheres global warming

Posted by: SirAndy Mar 5 2008, 10:25 PM

in hibernation?

Posted by: jsayre914 Mar 6 2008, 08:09 AM

This was before I had a garage.


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Posted by: Gustl Mar 6 2008, 09:33 AM

holy sh*t

I pay a lot for my garage, but now I really know what for ...

Posted by: ConeDodger Mar 6 2008, 09:43 AM

Definately still winter in Northern California. I am looking out the window now at clouds.

Posted by: 1970 Neun vierzehn Mar 7 2008, 10:09 PM

And now they are predicting another 6" overnite.....


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Posted by: PRS914-6 Mar 8 2008, 01:01 AM

Hmm, not liking the weather in Austria uh? Anyone who has been to Austria in summer will not feel sorry for you. Talk about great roads for a 914 and a beautiful green country!! Suck it up buddy, I live in sunny California and I'm still jealous.

I'll bet Arnold did not come for the weather....

Posted by: Gustl Mar 8 2008, 07:09 AM

o.k., o.k. ... it would help if I would like skiing ... but I don't

Gustl

Posted by: PRS914-6 Mar 8 2008, 10:00 AM

Well, we are pretty spoiled in California (for weather, not politics and taxes)
Last week....51 degrees at the ski resort


You can go a few miles down the road and get this:


A couple of hours further you can have this:


You could hit it all in one day this time of year but it still doesn't compare to Austria

Posted by: iamchappy Mar 8 2008, 10:40 AM

It's been below zero the past few days. Looks like a warm up's coming next week maybe even as high as the 40's...

Posted by: davep Mar 9 2008, 09:27 AM

I've just spent a whole day trying to dig out. Yesterday I was out 3 times moving about 4" each time. It was coming so fast one time that I could not keep up. Today dawned bright and sunny so we'll be able to finish the cleanup before the next storm hits. Just finished one stint outside, and now that the plow has just gone by I'll have to move another pile. I'm running out of places to push it. Fine time for the carb on the snowblower to fail.

Posted by: Gustl Mar 22 2008, 04:48 AM

we got another 3" last night - down in the valley

at the higher places they have more than 1 ft ...

Gustl

Posted by: PRS914-6 Mar 22 2008, 08:10 AM

Summer is here in central California it seems.......... Forecast:
Today: Sunny, with a high near 72. Calm wind becoming west between 4 and 7 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 73. South southwest wind between 5 and 7 mph.

Posted by: gopack Mar 22 2008, 10:16 AM

I just took this [picture out the window, we just hit 100 inches to shatter the old snowfall record of 72! I think we only got about 8 inches yesterday!




shot through the window screen, so not the best pic, but you get the idea! notice the guy out with his snow blower!

Posted by: iamchappy Mar 22 2008, 10:36 AM

We just returned from our Sat morning hike, there was a good 10" of new snow we slogged through. It is beautiful outside with the evergreens heavily laden with the snow but i am ready for it to come to and end.

Posted by: KaptKaos Mar 22 2008, 11:39 AM

I hope this means that the water levels this summer will be higher than last year. We have a place north of you, and it was so low last year it was scary.