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RAIN!!!! i zeroed out my rain meter 4 days ago. it shows 3 inches today. it is warm. 50 degrees this am. that's unusual. for the rest of the winter, i'll be in rain gear...except when it freezes. when that happens, i'll spend my days breaking ice off the water troughs and trying not to fall on my face  . then the east wind will blow and dry things. as a new storm comes in from the west, it will hit the very cold east wind and we'll have an ice storm. trees will come down and so will power lines......then the rain comes back. we get some snow, but not a lot. because we live at the edge of the Columbia River gorge, it's either rain or ice most of the time. i'll look for some ice storm pictures. there is a lot more work to do in the winter, but i wouldn't go back to city life for anything. |
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– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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« Reply #21 on: November 08, 2006, 11:33:54 AM » |
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Winter in Spain is similar to California, but we have not to Schwarzenegger.  He was here making the film Conan the Barbarian. |
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« Reply #22 on: November 08, 2006, 07:24:03 PM » |
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  about an inch of ice on everything. this was '98. we get one about every 3 to 4 years that shuts down everything. that's not snow. it's all ice.
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"Nay, it [this constitution of government] must perish, if there be not that vital spirit in the people, which alone can nourish, sustain, and direct all its movements. It is in vain, that statesmen shall form plans of government, in which the beauty and harmony of a republic shall be embodied in visible order, shall be built up on solid substructions, and adorned by every useful ornament, if the inhabitants suffer the silent power of time to dilapidate its walls, or crumble its massy supporters into dust; if the assaults from without are never resisted, and the rottenness and mining from within are never guarded against. Who can preserve the rights and liberties of the people, when they shall be abandoned by themselves? Who shall keep watch in the temple, when the watchmen sleep at their posts? Who shall call upon the people to redeem their possessions, and revive the republic, when their own hands have deliberately and corruptly surrendered them to the oppressor, and have built the prisons, or dug the graves of their own friends?
– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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« Reply #23 on: November 09, 2006, 12:24:00 AM » |
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Last year was up and down in this part of Arkansas with only a couple weeks of truly cold weather. Otherwise we normally get at least one ice storm a year as severe as kathyps' pictures.
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Everyone said it couldn't be done. But he with a chuckle replied, "I won't be one to say it is so, until I give it a try." So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin. If he had a worry he hid it and he started to sing as he tackled that thing that couldn't be done, and he did it. (unknown)
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« Reply #24 on: November 09, 2006, 06:20:25 AM » |
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:)I'll take snow before ice any day. Ice can be so destructive!Today we are going to see the 60's
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« Reply #25 on: November 09, 2006, 03:58:10 PM » |
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A trip about a year ago to the Poconos I saw an entire mountain side of trees collapsed like dominos from ice. I had never seen such a massive destruction from nature - I can only aquaint it to the damage a volcano can do - I wish I had photos, it was a sight to see. I still wonder how drainage from heavy rains must flood down the mountain side compared to the days when tens of thousands of trees lined the massive hillside to absorb the water.
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« Reply #26 on: November 09, 2006, 08:28:06 PM » |
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it's less about run off and more about ground saturation. it rains and rains, then we get ice and usually wind. over everything goes. in fact, the bigger and older the trees, the more weight and more breakage. natures way of renewal?
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"Nay, it [this constitution of government] must perish, if there be not that vital spirit in the people, which alone can nourish, sustain, and direct all its movements. It is in vain, that statesmen shall form plans of government, in which the beauty and harmony of a republic shall be embodied in visible order, shall be built up on solid substructions, and adorned by every useful ornament, if the inhabitants suffer the silent power of time to dilapidate its walls, or crumble its massy supporters into dust; if the assaults from without are never resisted, and the rottenness and mining from within are never guarded against. Who can preserve the rights and liberties of the people, when they shall be abandoned by themselves? Who shall keep watch in the temple, when the watchmen sleep at their posts? Who shall call upon the people to redeem their possessions, and revive the republic, when their own hands have deliberately and corruptly surrendered them to the oppressor, and have built the prisons, or dug the graves of their own friends?
– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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« Reply #27 on: November 11, 2006, 01:21:08 AM » |
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Pecan trees are especially brittle. Pines can be pretty resilient, I've seen them bent all the way down and by the end of spring are pretty much straight again.
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« Reply #28 on: November 13, 2006, 08:42:56 PM » |
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usually it gets preaty cold hear but some years its all right.
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