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Windy here to....does your weather forcast look like this?
I really hate seeing those neg. #

Today: Windy with a mix of clouds and sun. High 27F. Winds W at 20 to 30 mph.
Tonight: A few clouds this evening, but mainly clear overnight. Low 9F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph.
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. Cold. High around 20F. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph.
Tomorrow night: A few clouds from time to time. Cold. Low -3F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.
Monday: Mostly Cloudy. Highs in the low teens and lows 0 to -4F.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy and windy. Highs in the mid teens and lows 2 to -2F.
Wednesday: Snow showers at times. Highs in the mid teens and lows in the low single digits

I just checked and probably shouldn't have done it. We have one high in the forecast and that's for 32 but most are around 20 with negatives of 10 for the lows.

Must go back to rose, dahlia and daylily catalogs right away!

Wow, I just looked outside, and it is near whiteout conditions for us...winds are 40 mph, and it is snowing at a good clip. I can't see across the street. Wind chill is -2, we are under a winter storm warning (snow) until 10 tonight, and wind chill advisory until 10 am Monday. I sure hope it doesn't turn out too bad for you guys.
Jackie

Stay warm!

Thanks!

Hey, Jackie! It's the same by the airport. The same all over the area. I'd hate to be driving. Can't drive if you can't see!

I got this....

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
548 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007

CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>071-077>081-042100-
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-
EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NASSAU-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
548 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007

...VERY COLD CONDITIONS WITH SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE TRI-STATE THROUGH THE EARLY MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...

ON THE HEELS OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLIER THIS
MORNING...WILL BE THE COLDEST AIRMASS OF THE SEASON FOR THE TRI-
STATE AREA. BEHIND IT BLUSTERY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL USHER IN THE COLDEST AIR OF THIS WINTER.
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY CAUSING SUB ZERO
WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE REGION...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

WIND CHILL VALUES THIS MORNING WILL BE FROM 3 TO 8 BELOW ZERO
INLAND AND NEAR OR JUST BELOW ZERO AROUND THE COAST. TEMPERATURES
WILL NOT RECOVER MUCH DURING THE DAY WITH HIGHS ONLY FROM THE MID
TEENS TO AROUND 20 INLAND...AND IN THE LOWER 20S NEAR THE
COAST...WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. PORTIONS OF THE
LOWER HUDSON VALLEY MAY NOT EVEN EXPERIENCE WIND CHILLS ABOVE
ZERO.

IT WILL BE EVEN COLDER TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE CORE OF THE COLD
AIR BUILDS INTO THE TRI-STATE. EXPECT LOWS MAINLY IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS MONDAY MORNING WITH WIND CHILLS FROM 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO...WITH PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY HAVING WIND CHILLS
APPROACHING 15 BELOW. HIGHS MONDAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE
TEENS...WITH WIND CHILLS PEAKING NEAR 0 AT THE COAST TO AROUND 5
BELOW INLAND. MONDAY NIGHT WILL HAVE LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
INLAND AND NEAR 10 AT THE COAST. WIND CHILLS WILL BE FROM 5 TO 10
BELOW NEAR THE COAST...AND 10 TO APPROACHING 15 BELOW INLAND
(COLDEST IN THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT).

TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE SOMEWHAT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT...AND THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH. EXPECT HIGHS
TUESDAY FORM AROUND 20 TO THE MID 20S WITH WIND CHILLS PEAKING IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS. LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS INLAND AND FROM 10 TO 15 NEAR THE COAST WITH WIND
CHILLS AROUND 0...EXCEPT AROUND 5 BELOW IN THE LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY. THE COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED TO GO ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL
THURSDAY...AT THE EARLIEST...AND THEN MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.

EXPOSURE TO COLD CAN CAUSE LIFE THREATENING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
AVOID SERIOUS CONDITIONS SUCH AS FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA BY
KEEPING WARM. MAKE SURE TO WEAR A HAT...HOOD OR SCARF...AS MOST
HEAT IS LOST THROUGH THE HEAD. ALSO...WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING...AS
LAYERS PROVIDE BETTER INSULATION AND WARMTH. IF YOU OR A PERSON
YOU SUSPECT IS SUFFERING FROM FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA...SEEK
MEDICAL HELP IMMEDIATELY OR CALL 911.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO FOR DETAILS OR UPDATES ON THIS
SIGNIFICANT COLD SNAP.

I don't have to leave the house until at least Tues., I work from home on Mondays. I won't even go out for the mail if it's too bad.

Anita - is this your way of cheering us up? :-)

We're going out to dinner tonight. It's our favorite night because the restaurants that are normally crowded are half filled at best due to some big sports game being played. I think it will be the Derringers vs. the Teddy Bears. I don't follow sports - maybe you can tell!

Hiya Nap, no new snow today, only wicked cold. We've got wind chills at -18 right now.
Stay warm everybody!!

Gram, Bebe's friend,etc.,
I heard that south of Buffalo is expected to get 4 to 6 feet of snow in the next week!!!

Dave - we have to write a letter of complaint again!

I can't envision that much snow. I hope, if it happens, everyone retains heat and electricity.

That's right Pirl. If our petition to have February removed from the calendar was approved, we wouldn't be dealing with this!

South of Buffalo is a very good place for all that snow! It's Ski Country! They like lots of snow. I was out quite a bit today. It was a perfect kind of day for acquiring frostbite.

This arctic cold and wind is no biggie with me - I'm not leaving the house! However, now I'm worried about my rhododendrons. The early winter was so warm, I neglected to put up burlap around them. ...sigh... Hope they'll be okay.

Harper

They should be. Do they get the north wind?

Uh... they're on the north and west side of the house.

If they've been in place for a few years I still don't think you'll lose them. Let's hope I'm right.

Dave, there certainly could be places south of Buffalo that get that much. Depends on where the snow belts settle. My sister lives south of the city (Forestville, for Jackie & Nancy)

Gulp. I just put them in last May.

They're probably well rooted in and do have the escaping heat from the house and the steps to help them. I really wouldn't worry.

Thanks pirl. There's two planted that are about 15' away from the house. Just in case... is there anything I can do?

Harper, those are beautiful! I hope they make ok....they do look good and healthy!!

They are pretty Harper.
Harper, I have to ask...what does your name mean...that is you DG name.. sofonisba?

I was thinking the same thing earlier....curious minds want to know.

Harper (I'm curious about your DG name, too) I'd suggest you go online, to the Garden Hotline. The host is Ralph Snodsmith who is on radio Sunday morning from 8 to 10 on WOR down here, not sure about which station near you. You can email him, through the site, but be sure to include your zone and tell him the Rhododendrons are planted 15' from the house, in the middle of the lawn, and ask what you can do to protect them now. He's very sweet and he has over 5,000 Rhododendrons and lives in NY, zone 5. He will be able to help - just give him a few days to respond.

Remember the zone and be sure to sign it with your name.

'Sofonisba', my DG name is after Sofonisba Anguissola, a woman painter from the 16th century.

http://www.lifeinitaly.com/art/women-artist.asp

I went to art school, so she was an inspiration to me.

'Harper' is my birth name. My parents had a friend with the last name 'Harper' and they liked the name and gave it to me as my first. My sisters are named 'Summer' and 'Winton'. All I can say about that is that it was the 60's.... LOL

Thanks for the info pirl. I will check out R. Snodsmith's site and email him. That's brilliant info! Thank you!! I'm very familiar with WOR... grew up listening to it every morning.

Harper

Very interesting story about your DG name. I think Harper is a lovely first name - not so for Apple.
Ralph is always a gentleman and loves his Rhodies so I'm sure he'll be of help to you.

thanks pirl. Who's Apple? what about Moon Unit? LOL!!

Harper

Isn't Apple the child of some famous Hollywood couple? Who's Moon Unit?

Moon Unit is Frank Zappa's daughter. Moon Unit Zappa. That's the most bizarre name I could think of. He has a son with a weird name too, but I can't think of it.

Harper

I guess the days of Tom, Jack, Ed, and Jim are over.

Nuh, uh. Bite your tongue. I like those names.

Frank Zappa was being weird. I think only men understand him. I don't. His other kids' names are: Dweezel, Ahmet and Diva. I thought being a 'Harper' was difficult as a kid. Can you imagine being a 'Dweezel'?? Ha!!!

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Especially if the kid is some kind of nerd.

Hey I saw Frank Zappa in concert, I can't say that about a lot of people. He pretty much lived his life his way and died too young.

Apple is Gweneth Paltrow's kid I think?

Yes, he did! He died of cancer, right? I can't stand his music, but I recognize there's intelligent thought in it.... just don't like listening to it. My DH has every album ever made of his - and recorded concert... ugh.

yes, brain cancer. Whoa - you're DH is in deep ;) Tell him to crank up "Thing Fish' for you.LOL

I will do no such thing! He tries to get me into Zappa. I listen. I hear. I hear music orchestrated with brilliance... but... eh. That juvenile boyish humor usually makes me laugh (like the Simpsons). Just not with Frank Zappa. Sorry fellas!

I've never heard any of his music...I've never had much of an interest either. The eccentricity was enough to keep me away.