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Blech!
Increased chance of snow midweek in Jackson; 2 to 4 inches possible
Snow, then even colder weather is moving into Tennessee.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation reported patches of snow and ice on roads in the Tri-Cities area this morning, but the greater concern is widespread snowfall expected Wednesday night and Thursday.
The National Weather Service said accumulating snow at midweek would be followed by an Arctic outbreak of bitterly cold air that will produce the coldest weather of the winter so far.
Accumulations of 2 to 4 inches are now expected midweek over West Tennessee and Middle Tennessee, with the heavier amounts closer to the Kentucky border.
In Jackson, snow is likely after midnight Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Memphis. The chance of precipitation Wednesday night, which was predicted at 50 percent Monday, has increased to 70 percent, according to the weather service.
On Thursday, there’s now predicted to be a 90 percent chance of snow Thursday before noon.
We are 45 minutes from Jackson. We moved to Tennessee to get away from the cold and snow. Excuse me, but I really, REALLY, hate to be cold. I REALLY hate snow! Snow makes me cold just thinking about it!
HEY! Boracle! 
Al Gore’s Natural Duct Tape
Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict
Britain is bracing itself for one of the coldest winters for a century with temperatures hitting minus 16 degrees Celsius, forecasters have warned.
In case you are wondering, that’s about 3 degrees Fahrenheit. In other words….THAT’S BLOODY COLD!
They predicted no let up in the freezing snap until at least mid-January, with snow, ice and severe frosts dominating.
And the likelihood is that the second half of the month will be even colder.
Weather patterns were more like those in the late 1970s, experts said, while Met Office figures released on Monday are expected to show that the country is experiencing the coldest winter for up to 25 years.
Has The Boracle been spending time in Britain recently? Seems he’s got a knack for freezing the cajones off a variety of citizenry with his presence.
Now, granted, we don’t live in Great Britain. As a matter of fact, we’re not even close (about 4300 miles). Tennessee is on this side of the planet, don’cha know, but if you take a gander at this little screen shot I grabbed this evening from Weather Underground, you’ll see that our neck of the woods is a mite nippy as well.
If you will notice, the NORMAL low is 29. That would be at the coldest part of the night. Ok, yesterday’s low was 22. Nothing all that unusual when the temp gets a little below the norms. What is really starting to annoy the bejabbers outta me is the predicted lows for Monday, when we get home: 10! If I wanted to live where the lows were 10 degrees all the time, I would have stayed in Wisconsin fer the love of pete! Or was that the highs? Hmmm…. And snow???? They are predicting SNOW??? I’m gonna die! sigh….
Seriously Big Ice Cubes
I’m seriously glad we didn’t get all that they were predicting, if this is any indication of what could have been. 
:/
Oh, Yippee! :/
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR… HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE… EAST CENTRAL MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE…
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 1119 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ADAMSVILLE…OR NEAR SELMER…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHILOH…MORRIS CHAPEL…SAVANNAH AND OLIVE HILL.
HEY! BORACLE!
| Severe Weather Alert |
ALCORN-BENTON-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER- CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD- CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DECATUR- DESOTO-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON- GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD- HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE- LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE (MS)-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY- MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA- PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS- POINSETT-PONTOTOC- PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS- TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH- TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION- WEAKLEY- YALOBUSHA- 405 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009
…FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID SOUTH…
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY BRINGING THE COLDEST AIR THIS SPRING TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING VERY FAVORABLE FOR A HARD FREEZE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S.
RECENT WARM WEATHER HAS STARTED THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
Happy Sunday!
When the Mr and I moved down to Tennessee from Taxconsin, we were expecting mostly mild winters and little to NO snow. This winter has been extremely chilly, at least to my tastes, and snow???? Well, we had basically a dusting last night, and I thought it had stopped. What greeted me this morning was a smidge more than a dusting. Granted, no where near what we experienced up in WI, but when you live down a quarter mile drive of dirt, potholes, and dips, you tend to wish there was an easier way to get to the street. So much for getting to church this morning. 
Out the front window…
From the kitchen, right and left…..
Granted, I could probably walk to church, but like I said….quarter mile, one way…hilly….cold….muddy….blech! I’ve no doubt it’ll be mostly gone by this evening, so I can go then, but for now, I’m going to stay bundled up in my nice warm house.
Snow?
Thankfully, we haven’t gotten any where near as much as they did in Memphis, but I understand there’s another storm coming up behind this one. And yes, I know, it’s barely a dusting, but this is Tennessee fer the love of pete! It’s going to be March in a few hours! It’s going to be gone by tomorrow afternoon, but it’s the principle of the whole thing. Global worming? Yes, intentional spelling! I’d like get the SOB wormed!
Psst! Hey Chris!!
Those little green stubby things are daylilies. 
When they are all grown up, they should look like 
in a few days.
Yeah, there are a couple of weeds sprouting up to, but what the heck. Heh.
One Year Ago Today
One year ago this evening, a devasting tornado ripped through Tennessee. Since that fateful evening, Savannah has rebuilt and moved on, but no one has forgotten. Jr and I were huddled in the pantry, which is away from the outside walls, and heard the tornado pass overhead. We were extremely lucky. Others in our neck of Podunk were not. This isn’t a large populated area, so the loss of life hits hard. One of the worst hit was Sharon Baptist Church, where thankfully, no one was killed. It really was a miracle as there were a few people in the church at the time.
Here’s a video of the devastation they suffered:
My posts from a year ago here, here, and here.
Obviously, the church wasn’t the only place hit, but from those pictures, you can tell it was bad!
To look back, The Jackson Sun has a page full of what was going on at the time: the destruction, the loss, the personal stories, and the hope that being self sufficient, with the help of neighbors, can give.
And A Good Morning To You Too!
Pfft! The whole purpose, other than escaping the tax hell, was to get away from this kind of nasty stuff. Yes, I realize it’s ‘winter’, but this is the SOUTH fer the love of pete. Winter is suppose to be high 50s, low 30s. But what greeted me when I got up this morning?
Yeah yeah…it’s not much, and it had already started to melt, mostly just a few patches left now, dripping off the roof and such. It’s the principle of the thing. I don’t want to see snow on my magnolia trees!
On a serious side, I do know this storm has done some damage and I hope everyone will be careful!
Back Side of Ike
Got this picture from my brother in law from last week’s visitor, Ike. He says this is from the back side, so I’m going to take his word for it. I’m guessing he is back on the boat or now has electricity at the home place?
I don’t think dumpsters are suppose to be in the middle of a lake.
And I’m pretty sure the docks are suppose to be above water too!
Stay OUT!
Galveston Urges Residents Not to Return in Aftermath of Ike
The mayor of Galveston pleaded with residents not to return, saying the city’s resources are “stretched to the max” by Hurricane Ike’s devastation.
Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas, whose city was nearly wiped off the map 108 years ago by a hurricane and is now facing flooding, said a cruise ship will be sent to house those displaced by the storm as search and rescue operations continue.
If even the dead folks are trying to get the hell out, it’s a good indication Galveston is not a real good place to be right now!
“Sometimes the aftermath of the storm is worse than the storm itself,” Thomas said. City officials warned people to stay away from beaches because oil appeared to be floating on the water.
Galveston City Manager Steve LeBlanc said Monday that the city could no longer safely accommodate the population due to the lack of water, sewerage and gas services. He predicted it would take “days, weeks and months” to clean up the island.
“Quite frankly we are reaching a health crisis for the people who remain on the island,” LeBlanc said. At least a third of the community’s 60,000 residents remained in their homes.
At least a third obviously didn’t get the message to leave. (sarcasm) I’m not making light of the tragedy, but when you are told to leave, excuses are a dime a dozen. One had to be rescued because she was taking care of an elderly man. I’m questioning why she didn’t call for help to evacuate? How many man hours have been wasted by the people who thought staying was a good idea? How many lives have been put in danger rescuing the hardheaded?
More than 48 hours after Ike swamped the Gulf Coast, rescuers flew into a hard-to-reach area Monday and uncovered a swollen landscape: Hurricane Ike had swamped entire subdivisions, and emergency crews feared they would find more victims than survivors.
It was the first time anyone had gotten a look at the damaged resort barrier island of Bolivar Peninsula, just east of hard-hit Galveston. Homes were splintered or completely washed away in the beachfront community that is home to about 30,000 people in the peak summer season.
KHOU has a video of some of the devastation. To say it’s unbelievable is an understatement. I’m absolutely amazed anyone lived through that!
Painting a Vivid Picture
Galveston Is Transformed Into an Island of Second Thoughts
by Joel Achenbach
This island has been beaten to a pulp. There is debris everywhere: chunks of asphalt, sheet metal, roofing tiles, uprooted trees, unidentifiable flotsam. The ocean ripped heavy concrete benches from the seawall and threw them across the road as if they were made of Styrofoam.
The landmark Balinese Room used to sit on pilings just off the sea wall. It’s gone. The storm surge chewed it up and spit it out onto Seawall Boulevard. Souvenir seekers rummaged Saturday through the debris field.
The worst place to be in a hurricane is just on the right side of the eye wall as it spins onshore, the wind speed of the eye combining with the forward motion of the overall storm to deliver a roundhouse blow. Saturday, that worst place was Galveston.
The residents had ample warning. The city issued a mandatory evacuation order for the island. But thousands of people chose to stay, many of them fearing a repeat of the horrendous traffic jams in advance of Hurricane Rita three years ago. They stayed even as Ike grew to stunning dimensions, seemingly filling up much of the Gulf of Mexico.
Family Update
I finally got a hold of my friend in Houston. Amazingly, her biggest complaint, her ice has melted. Being the hard headed type, she was talking about heading out to hunt down a few bags. Heh. I worry about that woman. Ok, she’s fairly old, but if she doesn’t have power, what on earth would make her think that the C store down the road would have power. sigh…
I also spoke to my niece, who lives next to my sister, her mom. Her house got hit by a tree, but it was way too nasty right now to check the extent of the damage, if there is any. They also are without power, but since they live out in the boonies, they have generators….just in case. I guess this is one of those ‘in case’ moments. They are located about 130 miles from Galveston, so this is one seriously nasty storm.
Talked to Ick also a little while ago. He’s at work, in Dallas, and the wind is cracking one of his store’s windows. Granted, a rock had already gotten it started, but it’s being spidered even more. They were working to get it boarded up before it blows in on ‘em.
