Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, the snowstorm of 2000. At the time, I was very unhappily doing a very unpleasant rotation at Duke with the universally-acknowledged "meanest resident ever to hit Duke" so was _very_ happy to take the "that's a lot of snow" excuse and avoid the hospital for a few precious days. The only problem was that I was trapped at my then-girlfriend's (now wife's) house with nothing warmer to wear then scrubs (!), athletic shoes (!!), and a jacket. I ended up pulling a trash bag over each leg and taping them up around my thighs before putting on my sneakers for the walk to Kroger and Visart (video store) on 15/501. (Perhaps we passed you there?) The trash bags kept me pretty dry, but sneakers don't give the best snow-traction! Glad to see another Duke fan around here...there don't seem to be that many of us at large! We're looking pretty good this year, I'd say. Best from Durham, Aaron At 05:34 PM 2/27/2004, Jack McLain wrote: >I lived in Durham until recently (well, almost 2 years ago) and remember >well the 2 foot snowfall of 2000. It completely paralyzed the place. My >wife and I had to don backpacks and hoof ~2.5 miles from our townhouse to >15/501 to buy food. All the convenience store had was canned Vienna sausage >and beer (we bought both). Leaving the convenience store we noticed that >the Mexican restaurant across the highway was open (all the illegal alien >employees lived in the basement - no commuting problems for them). We chowed >and refueled with Refritos y Margarietas and staggered our way back to our >condo. > >Not surprising that the N. Carolinians were totally unprepared for snow of >this magnitude. They never did plow us out. Their approach to snow removal >was biblical: "The good lord giveith, and the good lord taketh away" (via >melting). > >Go Duke! >cheers >Jack McLain >Tucson, AZ >http://jackmclain-photography.dotcommunity.net > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Aaron Sandler" <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:12 PM >Subject: Re: [Leica] strange orb > > > > Wow, 2 Feet down there?!!?? It's been weird weather around these parts > > recently, hasn't it? > > > > Here in Durham NC it stayed just above freezing most of yesterday so we >saw > > mostly rain. Still, we did have about 6 inches of actual snow on the > > ground this morning. To veer back on-topic, I took a couple of shots of > > snow on blossoming fruit trees...We'll see what comes of them. > > > > Now they're forecasting 60 degrees and sunny for the weekend! > > > > Very confusing! > > > > -Aaron > > > > At 02:08 PM 2/27/2004, Tina wrote: > > >At 08:40 AM 2/27/2004 -0600, you wrote: > > >> Couple weeks of rain, and now this! > > > > > >And here in the sunny South, we have 2 FEET of SNOW!! It's breaking > > >records everywhere. Of course, the entire county is shut down. The > > >interstate between Charlotte and Rock Hill is even closed. We don't know > > >how to drive in this white stuff. It's beautiful, white, fluffy snow but > > >I'd rather have sun and heat any day!! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html