Harry Potter Fans With No Life

Didn't get much snow, but the high winds made for an unpleasant time.

Windy here, too.

I should get your address so I can drop in as I blow past.

When Dorthy and the cow flew by, it sort of freaked me out. Maybe you should anchor yourself, and stay put.

the question is ... has the wind blown any trains off the track there?

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Well, looks like Mother Nature has decided to dump on my neck of the woods, starting sometime this afternoon lasting until sometime tomorrow morning. Local news has said up to a foot of the white stuff. So, from the National Weather Service (please note I bolded Old Town, my neck of the woods)...

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
913 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014

MEZ005-006-010-011-015>017-029>032-262215-
/O.CON.KCAR.WS.W.0014.141126T1700Z-141127T1400Z/
NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
913 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A HOULTON TO SHERMAN TO MILLINOCKET TO DOVER FOXCROFT LINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN AT THE ONSET DOWN EAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN SOUTHERN HANCOCK AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES. EXPECT THE LOWER END OF THE ACCUMULATION RANGE TOWARDS SOUTHERN HANCOCK AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES WHERE A HALF INCH OF SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...HIGH IMPACT PRIMARILY FOR TRAVEL. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY CLOSE TO THE COAST. THE SNOW WILL START WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. KEEP THIS TIME IN MIND IF TRAVELING TO OR FROM TO AREA. IF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS ARE AT ALL FLEXIBLE...MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO ARRIVE OR LEAVE EARLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH TOWARDS THE COAST.

* VISIBILITIES...1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

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Oh Great!
You guys have all the fun.

Crap - that is a lot of snow Moo ... hope you don't get it quite so bad as predicted.
(double drats on that wind!!!)


Well Paint ... you could always move to Alaska ... I hear they get lots of xxxx-storms there!

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Well, Paint, if I could just get Mother Nature to pms in your neck of the woods for a change instead of mine...

Started just after 1:30 this afternoon, doesn't appear to be ending anytime soon. The lights have flickered but so far, so good...power is still on. Winds have definitely picked up - the blowing and drifting is on!

From the time I was a child, I've had that idea. Trouble is, our lives often turn out differently then the plans made so long ago...
Always wanted to winter-over in Antarctica as well.

I should put you in touch with the friend who helped with my mom's care, Paint. He spent three tours "on the ice" and has some pretty amazing stories about it. Plus it would be first-hand experience, so you'd have more reliable info than the "promotional" stuff. They pay well, too.