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    Hurricane Irene goes Tropical, devastates Vermont
    Our state took a direct hit in terms of rain. A uniform average of about 7" fell on all parts of the state from South to North yesterday causing towns to flood from Bennington to St. Johnsbury. The state's new emergency management agency in Waterford was evacuated yesterday when Winooski river overflowed it's banks. Many roads and bridges have been washed out. There have been numerous power outages and 1 death reported. There is widespread flooding in all parts of the state. The eye of the storm passed directly overhead of me at 6:10pm yesterday. This was caused when the storm tracked further westward than was forecast, taking a route up the Hudson Valley and then up the westward spine of the Green Mountains. There was no wind but torrential downpours the entire day. This was absolutely a result of climate change and global warming. Hurricanes and tropical storm do not usually cause such severe rainfall. The last time was 1938 for this kind of damage in the State of Vermont. This was a once a century storm for our area.
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    There was a major hail storm when I was on the train back from Paris yesterday. Hail the size of golf balls! Was really weird to hear it on the train-was like sitting in a tin box being pelted by ice bombs. Trees were bent over almost in half, and was an interesting little adventure for a few moments!********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
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    They WAY over hyped Irene. We are now expecting 30mph winds and two inches of rain! That is in VT. Other places will see larger amounts of rainfall and major beach erosion. Don't worry 'bout your cousin, unless h/she is a crazy surfer dude.
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    Yo-ho-ho & A Bottle of Rum!!!
    Aaarrrgh! We pirates have battened down the hatches and left the ship to moor at Hampton Bay. We started Irene's party yesterday even we be far up in the Green Mountains we're still in for a blow. Aaarrrgghhhh! We've laid in the provisions and got the genie all gassed up and laid in provisions. Time to haul out the long glass and really get this party rockin'! Aaarrrggghhhh!!! Avast ye matie! Don't touch that pipe or you be keel-hauled when we get back to the boat. No rest till Monday.... Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!
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    Hurricane Irene...
    ...looks ready to dump 10" of rain in Philly, 8" in NYC and God knows what else South and North of there to a width of perhaps 100-150 miles inland. Batten down the hatches, maties and get the rum out. We're going to have a hurricane party! Aaargghhhh!! Haul up the jolly roger under those two Hurricane warning flags.
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    billowing white clouds strafe a light blue sky; blowing up from the South, a welcome turn from the slate grey drizzle of the last couple days.autumn is coming and can hardly wait!
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    I'm in Maryland and all is OK, thank God. I sure hope everyone else is OK too. What a wild ride this has been... I don't know how you guys on the Other Coast handle this stuff on the regular. Oh and I'll skip the hurricane Oh Great DUDE, if you don't mind. I wanted to go to a local festival so that just isn't gonna work out. I'll take a rain check, if you don't mind.
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    Has that hurricane barrier, Gonz...that'll take care of the storm surge. Well, at least hopefully better than the NOLA levees took care of Katrina. We very much need some rain in my area, but at the cost of death and destruction on the coast, I can live with the drought a while longer.
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    Not here in VT! Endless summer continues. I thought GRTD was in the Boston area but he may be South of there... Looks pretty scary for you guys in NC GDean, but the projected Irene path looks like a direct hit on Rhode Island! GAWD help those swamp yankees!
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Submitted by Warlock on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 20:50

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Last weekend I was in my Forester and I was looking at the outside temp gauge it read 0 and my wife noticed. She asked what temperature it was outside, I said "..there ain't one" A dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago... ________________________ www.autoquoteresearch.com
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Submitted by GratefulGigi on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 05:21

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it's warming up it's 21 degrees not 15 today!! yeah :)
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Submitted by Steve-O on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 14:44

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Warmed up to 30 degrees today in Erie, Pa., but the wind chill was 14 degrees, and we're up to about 8 inches of snow. More snow for the rest of the week and colder temps are returning tomorrow.
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Submitted by Sunshine-daydr… on Wed, 01/23/2008 - 07:14

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Just back from a walk with El Bruto. Most of the Almond blossom is out now. Nice and warm in the sun but still a chill out of it just going to put some photos up on the Blog Bob
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Submitted by Hal R on Wed, 01/23/2008 - 08:57

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It is 4 degrees F. But the sun is out here too.NE Washington Bob, thanks for listing your Blog site and sharing your photos.. You live in an amazing place. Could you continue to list your blog site with your name, so we know where to go. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Submitted by thndrbill on Wed, 01/23/2008 - 14:56

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It's not supposed to be like this in the Bay Area. However my kids did get to play in the snow for the second time in their nine-year lives in the hills above our home. High of about 45 today, degrees that is.
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Submitted by GratefulGigi on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 05:07

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S.NJ is cold this morning and I'm home with a sick little boy, he has a tummy virus...Yucky!!
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Submitted by Steve-O on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 14:04

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Sunny and warm today. Lower 40's. The sun feels wonderfull though!!! Gratefulmom, Hope your son is feeling better. A little TLC can fix anything.
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Submitted by Frankly on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 14:10

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....in the post coldwar country its.....dark and cold!!!!
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Submitted by reedchris on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 15:02

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60 degrees today and sunny. So much for winter. Global Warming...
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Submitted by GratefulGigi on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 04:16

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The sky here in NJ this morning is a strange shade of red.Sun went down in honey and the moon came up in wine
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Submitted by Steve-O on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 14:58

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Woke up to freezing rain, a bit of an icestorm. Our vehicles as well as everything else was a sheet of ice. Then it warmed up about 2 degrees and rained all day. Needless to say my work day as an Ironworker really sucked. Kept telling my crew, there's nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!
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Submitted by Hal R on Sat, 02/02/2008 - 00:24

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We have had 40 inches of snow in January, now it is warming up a bit and then turning to slush and freezing at night. Schools have been closed most of this week. Alao a period in there of temps just above 0 F. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Submitted by marye on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 15:32

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cold and rainy today. Unfortunately all the flowering fruit trees were lured by the faux spring into bursting into bloom, which is probably not going to turn out well.
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Submitted by Mr. Pid on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 20:45

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isn't that how it goes? Maybe it will warm up enough so the bees can get busy. Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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Submitted by On The Road Again on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 03:53

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A little bit of everything. Too many storms (bad ones) lately. As the elders say, "If you don't like the weather stick around another 15 minutes. It'll change. . . "
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Submitted by GratefulGigi on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 04:46

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it was 60 yesterday and today it's 25 Brrrrrrrr in South NJ
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Submitted by Mr. Pid on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 06:03

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Just a classic 419 scam. Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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Submitted by nemo on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 07:07

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cold,cold,cold and the water is five feet high and rising!
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Submitted by Steve-O on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 14:51

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How did that post servive the mods??? Sounds like a scam to me!!! Be very careful!! The weather hear in Erie is very cold and yesterday we had a snowstorm, dumped about 10 inches of snow on us at work. I'm ready for summer!!!
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Submitted by marye on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 18:01

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the Ivory Coast scam! Sorry for the aggravation, friends, Ivian should be troubling us no more.
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Submitted by reedchris on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 18:05

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Crazy wind pushes my van into lanes without my consent. 50-60 on average. I'm not used to it man, I miss Vermont's snow. NC is awfully nice though. You can't beat the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Submitted by JolleyRedGiant54 on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 20:19

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Clear night sky and cold but perfect for seing the eclipse and saturn Peace Isaac
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Submitted by Deadicated on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 05:25

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I learned that I will not be meeting with the clients today because ice is falling from the sky - this, of course, avails me the opportunity to have a burn-fest extraordinaire, fire up 2/21/69 and pray for better weather. "Where does the time go?"
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Submitted by Ramble0nRina on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 06:21

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was -1 when i woke up ...time to finally go where the weather siuts my clothes
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Submitted by Steve-O on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 14:47

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When I left for work this morn. BRRRRRRR!! Time for summer, we can skip spring!
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Submitted by GratefulGigi on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 04:27

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Go away!! We got 3 inches of the white stuff and it's still snowing!! I want summer too!!
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Submitted by Deadicated on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 05:22

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They told us to stay home again - not that I'm complaining, I just miss the clients. Speaking of the clients, one of them, a sophomore, has been battling a malignant brain tumour. Sheis one of the sweetest girls - the song "Ripple" comes to mind - in the school and a drive was begun to help fund her mounting bills. The head of the drive said that if $6,000 were raised a day of school would be missed, a number of students would donate their locks and several teachers would shave their heads in front of everyone at the school. The day the news of $ raised and hair removal everyone wore rags that said "stay strong." Several local TV crews showed up to disseminate what had gone down and everyone was overwhelmed as over $21,000 had been raised. Taylor even helped shave a head! In the many years I've been teaching this event has really shown the way the community in which I work can come together - and for that I'm grateful. O.K., time for 2/22/69 and a taste more coffee. Rock on Dead people! "Where does the time go?"
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Submitted by iknowurider on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 08:31

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That is beautiful! It makes me love me fellow man a little more. Well Beams heading her way & Peace to all Thanks for sharing '69 is a great year, go Pigpen! L
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Submitted by marye on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 11:48

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Or so they say. It's dry at the moment, though, giving the water a chance to soak in a bit. Thanks for your tale, Deadicated. Live strong beamz headed to Taylor.
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Submitted by Steve-O on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 14:33

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Alot warmer today, around 25 to 30 degrees today but we got about 6 more inches of snow. I'm tired!!!!
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Submitted by heathaafeathaa on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 14:35

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in for some more stormy weather,this wknd.just came back from mass.and their was snow and ice and rain.but had fun playin' in the snow.sunny sies w/big puff balls streaming across the sky,today.
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Submitted by izzie on Sat, 02/23/2008 - 12:58

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Starting to cloud up here on the coast - it was a gorgeous morning though! I'm spoiled, and am tired of rain! Back home where my hubby and son live, they're tired of snow (something like 80 inches this year so far?), so I guess I shouldn't complain. but hey! It's Southern California, dammit; it's supposed to be sunny!
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Submitted by Steve-O on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 07:07

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Still cold, but should warm to upper 30's today. Nice to see nothing but sun and blue skys.
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Submitted by Buffalo Sailor on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 07:22

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Steve-O, you must be in my latitude. NOAA says we're going for 34 degrees today, & this will be the first day like that since, I think, early January. I'm trying to figure out how to rig the lights to get the tomatoes & basil started indoors."Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world." And the hands, baby. Wanna get those hands dirty.
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Submitted by Ami on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 05:59

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After our first snow of the year on Friday (1-3 inches) we had a snow day! Yeah! A perk of being a teacher. Started to melt out entirely yesterday and now it's climbing up to low 40s, sunny, no precipitation in sight (yeah- no indoor recess for the kiddies!) Able to go sledding and build snow sculptures with my kids on Friday and saturday- perfect snow for it, not a lot of it, but perfect. I'm now ready for spring and getting the garden together....Ami
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Submitted by TigerLilly on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 06:28

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Am going to Cadiz this weekend, and if weather stays like this, we will hit the beach!********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens