Topband: Yikes! Heavy snow, freezing fog and 23 degrees F in Raleigh, NC

[Charlie Cunningham]

HI, Carl! 

Well, I figured folks up in your area are next in line, and considering how
quickly this has moved up here from the Gulf  of Mexico I figured it
wouldn't take too long to arrive up  your way ad impact sopme of my lawyer
friends in Hartford, CT.

Laying in some fuel for the generator and hunkering down sounds like a good
plan! Good luck and stay warm

73,
Charlie, K4OTV

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:27 PM
To: Charlie Cunningham; topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Yikes! Heavy snow, freezing fog and 23 degrees F in
Raleigh, NC

>From what I see on the forcasts I'll also be needing luck.

Once the snow hits about 5AM the winds will be slowly rising with the 
temperature and once it hits about 31 it will be in double digits reaching 
the high 20 mph range which includes 6 hours of snow/ice thru the dark hours

before the temps fall at Friday dawn as the winds shift.

All in all about 14 hours of something falling until 7AM Friday and then 12 
hours of warming up into the mid 40's before more heavy wet snow from 
another front from the SW. This could be a mess, maybe I'll get another 10 
gal of gas early tomorrow before it gets really going, and then just hunker 
down.

I got a feeling that all the utilities tree trimming the past 3 years isnt 
going to stop a lot of wires coming down.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com>
To: "'Carl'" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Yikes! Heavy snow,freezing fog and 23 degrees F in 
Raleigh, NC


> Well, I expect  that you are right, Carl. Perhaps I was in denial! I 
> haven't
> had to deal with one of these in a long time! I should have gotten out 
> there
> and dragged out the generator and fired it up  and run a cable into 
> thehouse
> before the bad weather got here. Perhaps I was complacent because during
> last week's snow and ice storm my power stayed on and it wasn't so bad. 
> This
> one is much worse! The last time I had to deal with one of these, I wasn't
> so crippled
>
> Wish me luck!
>
> 73,
> Charlie, K4OTV
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl [mailto:km1h at jeremy.mv.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 4:51 PM
> To: Charlie Cunningham; topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Yikes! Heavy snow, freezing fog and 23 degrees F in
> Raleigh,NC
>
> Hey, you had plenty of advanced warning this one was going to be brutal!
> I hope you and anyone else in the path get thru it OK.
>
> The 2008 ice storm up here still shows plenty of scars and some of my
> VHF/UHF long booms still arent repaired/replaced. Is easier to play on the
> ground with low receiving antennas!
>
> Carl
> KM1H
> Survivor of the Blizzard of 78
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com>
> To: <topband at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 2:37 PM
> Subject: Topband: Yikes! Heavy snow, freezing fog and 23 degrees F in
> Raleigh,NC
>
>
>> Yikes, HEAVY snow, freezing fog and 23 degrees F in Raleigh!  It's really
>> coming down and accumulating FAST here! Next we're supposed to get   hit
>> with sleet, freezing rain and ice - up to 1/2 inch!  Hope my power stays
>> on!
>> I'm too crippled up and there's too much snow already to try to get out 
>> to
>> the garage and fire  up the generator and ru n a cable into the house! I
>> guess my gas logs can keep me from freezing!
>>
>> Wish; me Luck!
>>
>> 73,
>> Charlie, K4OTV
>>
>> P.S. How are things down Atlanta and GA way?
>>
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