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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 03/08/2008 : 11:53:27 AM
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Here on the North Coast, the worst snow storm in many years has hit. Blizzard conditions, with the wind howling. The snow is to the top of the fire hydrants right now, and snow is still coming down. My next door neighbor used his snow blower on his and our properties twice already today and you cannot even tell he did so. The other neighbor has drifts blown by the wind as high as his window sill. I put out tons of food for the birdies. They scarfed it up this morning in a hurry. I cannot get out to the feeder to refill it. I guess that is OK, because the birds have disappeared anyhow. Paul is off this weekend to Ashley, Ohio for the Buckeye Dulcimer Festival, usually a harbinger of spring. Not this year! Keep in mind, only two weeks until Easter. The keiki will have problems finding the eggs in the snow. Good thing we color the eggs!
My popoki is a lump under the comforter when I made the bed today. Perhaps that is her way of telling me to turn the furnace higher (ypochris -- I've got it set on 68 and I'm freezing. Beta blockers make me cold!). I think I will have a big pot of soup waiting for Paul when he gets home tomorrow. I hope he can get out of Columbus and head north.
I do believe I am officially tired of winter. Two Wednesdays in a row, I have had to miss cardiac rehab because the roads were too treacherous to drive on.
How is the weather where you are?
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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kawikasurf
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 03/08/2008 : 4:08:40 PM
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Aloha e Wanda,
I'm sorry to hear about your awful winter. It just won't let go of you guys this year, will it? I lived in Michigan, Washington, D.C., and Louisville, Kentucky for 35 years before moving to Laguna Beach, CA 22 years ago and so, believe me, I feel your pain. Today, Kay and I we went to San Onofre beach and surfed for a while in 70 degrees and sunshine before settling down with our surfing ohana to grill seared ahi on the beach and enjoy an all-day kanikapila. At one point, we walked up the beach a hundred yards or so to talk with Kenny, from the Hawaiian Surf Club, about having them cater our Hawaiian-themed beach wedding and luau in May. The Hawaiian Surf Club does that sort of thing to raise money for their annual trip to Oahu. Please believe me when I say that, by telling you all of this, I'm not intending to rub it in. When I lived back east I had a friend who lived in Palm Springs. I'd call her on the really cold days so that she could share her day with me - and it actually helped. The nice thing is that your awful weather is almost over. As you know, it's the time of year in your part of the country when you can have a blizzard one day and three days later the mercury will be pushing 70. And I have to admit that I do miss those occasional snowed-in days. Enforced indolence is a good thing now and again. Meanwhile, remember that you have good friends in California and Hawai`i who are all pulling for you. By the way, if you're in the neighborhood, stop by San Onofre on May 21 and help us celebrate. There will be some pretty good musicians (good heavens - not me) jamming throughout the day and, if I know the Hawaiian Surf Club, some really ono grinds. Hang in there, kiddo - and stay warm.
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Edited by - kawikasurf on 03/08/2008 4:10:24 PM |
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 03/08/2008 : 4:13:39 PM
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Wanda- Don't ask! More snow this year than anyone can remember, and cold! I keep the thermostat at 66 and my wife hates me for it. Feels warm to me after working all day in a house with no heat but a few electric heaters to keep the pipes from freezing, but she is used to the overheated hospital where she spends her days-
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 03/08/2008 : 4:45:15 PM
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Wanda......I feel for you! Here in Olympia Washington, after a little morning fog, it was nice and sunny with a high of 57. Not quite spring weather but nice never the less. I actually got out and did some yard stuff. On one of the other forums I frequent, people from Texas were posting that they were expecting 28 degrees and 4-5 inches of snow! Maybe we should move this to the global warming thread? ;0)
It is true that there has been colder temperatures and more snow in lots of places this winter. I've lived here nearly six years now and it's the most snow I've seen. Here they are concerned that some of the rivers won't be able to handle the water volume from the spring melt. |
Aloha,
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2008 : 5:05:03 PM
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| Hey - I'm back. Had a bit of a power outage for about three hours. Just as my neighbor called to see if I needed anything. She tempted fate and said, "Well, at least we have power". As soon as she said that, the power went off. I must tell you, kitties and candles really do not mix. It seemed to make `Oni`oni into a mad monster kitty. She started zooming around the house, dashing here and there and running up the chair, down the magazine rack, up the couch, down the ottoman. Finally, I said the heck with it, blew out the candles and got under the covers (and promptly fell asleep). No electricity, no furnace, if the blower can't blow. It got a bit nippy. But, hooray. Everything is OK now. My neighbor just called again to check up on me and I told her not to say anything else about the weather or the power. It still has not stopped snowiing. The plow just went down the street and now I have a mountain piled up in front of the driveway. The kind neighbor will take care of it tomorrow so Paul and get iin the driveway. He's probably down there at dulcimer camp jamming and having plenty of rowdy fun. You know them dulcimer people, right Mark???? A wild bunch. OK, now going to bed for real, since kitty is now trying to rub her kitty face all over the keyboard. Makes for hard to type. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 03/08/2008 : 7:25:45 PM
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| Hey, Wanda. We get power outages fairly often around here. A year ago we didn't have power for about 30 hours and in some areas for several days! It got quite cold in the house even for only 30 hours with no power. So last December we bought and installed an automatic generator. It comes on automatically if the power goes off and shuts down when the power comes back on. Already we've had to use it once for about six hours........real nice! |
Aloha,
John A. |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 03/09/2008 : 07:30:53 AM
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| Eh, Wanda! I was told that polar fleece comes in aloha prints now. Try google'm. Up here in the upper left hand corner of the map, get planny snow in top da mountains. Like "javeiro" said, not bad here, but we layer against the damp. |
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Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2008 : 08:49:59 AM
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Konabob, not nice. I would love to experience the coffee fields in bloom. One of these days. Do the blossoms smell like coffee? Do the bees like them? Do the bees make honey from the blossoms, and if so, does it taste like coffee?
I guess it has not snowed since about 4 a.m. Today when the neighbor used his snow blower on our driveway, it has stayed clean. Supposed to be almost 50 by Wednesday or Thursday. Now where is all the snow going to go when it melts? Probably into my basement. There's hope yet. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
928 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2008 : 10:08:47 AM
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Bees do love the coffee blossems, and they smell a little like those white candies that have almonds inside. I have never had honey made from exclusively coffee... The blossoms only last two or three days, so the bees probably hit and run, so to speak. Right now, the bees are really excited about my avocado tree. Don't ask me what avocado honey tastes like. I haven't a clue.
On the other hand, occasionally the breeze here blows from the south, and there is a coffee roasting company that smell really good!
Hope you all warm up soon. Spring is nice where ever you are.
Aloha,
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 03/09/2008 : 3:04:30 PM
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| Official count in our little burg -- 18 inches. Paul is home and all is well. Down where he was at for the dulcimer festival, they were not permitted out on the roads because it was a state of emergency - $1,000 fine. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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islandboo
Lokahi
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2008 : 3:27:24 PM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Supposed to be almost 50 by Wednesday or Thursday. Now where is all the snow going to go when it melts? Probably into my basement. There's hope yet.
Yikes, Wanda - that's just what happened to us this week. Busted sump line and snowmelt made for quite a mess, plus a big repair bill  On the "bright" side, when they were digging the trench to repair the line they found that the same settling that broke the sump line was about to bust the sewage line, so we got that fixed before we had an even uglier mess  Sigh...I am SO ready for spring... |
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Julie H
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 03/09/2008 : 7:22:53 PM
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Wellllll,
Here in supposedly warm California we had a monster storm hit in January. One night hubby and I were out at 1 AM putting frost blankets on our outdoor plants after the temperautre hit 30 degrees. Then our power went out. Not for several hours, but 6 days!!!
Thank goodness for generators, except then you have to hustle for gasoline. As it was, I had to go out and hustle for firewood because the propane company "forgot" to fill my tank, luckily I have the woodburning stove for emergencies. 
Man, it was cold. But no snow that time.
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 03/10/2008 : 02:15:00 AM
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Sadly, it has come to the point where I actually consider 30 degrees warm! It makes me laugh now to think of what "Hawhiners" we used to be- if it got above 78 everyone complained about how hot it was, too hot to work, all you could do is surf or play in the river to keep cool. And when it dropped to 72 we whined about the cold; never considered that we could wear something besides a tee shirt and shorts and we would be warmer. Fortunately in Waipi'o it is almost always between 72 and 78! Although I remember one night many years ago it dropped to 58 in the wee hours- all we could do is huddle under a pile of blankets, shivering and thinking we were going to die of hypothermia...
Chris
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 03/10/2008 : 02:28:37 AM
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Originally posted by Julie H
Thank goodness for generators, except then you have to hustle for gasoline. As it was, I had to go out and hustle for firewood because the propane company "forgot" to fill my tank, luckily I have the woodburning stove for emergencies.
Julie, our generator runs on natural gas and is hooked in right to the system serving the house.....so no hunting for gasoline. The instructions told you what to do to make it run on propane too instead of natural gas. We got it at Costco. Of course, I imagine that in California you probably don't need it as much as in colder places. |
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alika207
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 03/10/2008 : 1:45:36 PM
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| It's not that snowy as of now. What was predicted to be snow last weekend was rain, mahalo ke Akua! Snow days during the school week are fun unless you have a million of them to make up at the end of the year. I think we have to. Yuck! |
He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.
'Alika / Polinahe |
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