[Magdalen] After the storm

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Wed Jan 27 16:22:33 UTC 2016


I managed to get out the other day but got stuck in the driveway going
uphill when I got home. The driveway is now melted and clear (thanks again,
Donnie.........and thanks, Lord, for sunshine and warm weather!) so I can
get out as needed. The road was plowed on Monday.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:

> Still waiting for the state plow.
>
> Kate
>
> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
> humbly with your God?"
> Micah 6:8
>
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I can relate, Michael! I have a well, so if the power goes out, or the
> > pipes freeze, I have no water. So the drill is to keep a couple of
> 5-gallon
> > covered buckets of water in the bathrooms during the winter and then to
> > fill the bathtub whenever a big storm is forecast. Oh yes, and leave
> > faucets dripping when it gets below a certain
> >
> > > On Jan 25, 2016, at 2:42 PM, Michael Bishop <rev at michaelbishop.name>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I could believe that calculation. I know that years ago my water main
> > froze so I was without water for several days. In the end I was desperate
> > for some water to flush the toilet! So I spent an entire morning with 4
> > pans at a time on my cooker melting snow. As soon as the snow melted I
> > poured it into a bucket and refilled the pan with snow. After about 4
> hours
> > continuous work, I finally had ONE bucket of water! I was about to use it
> > when - you guessed - the water in the main came back and I had plenty of
> > tap water for all purposes. I was glad to have running water again, but
> was
> > not happy to have spent an entire morning on melting snow!
> > >
> > > ....
> > > ....
> > > God bless
> > >
> > > Michael Bishop
> > > rev at michaelbishop.name
> > >
> > > Rector of Boylestone, Church Broughton, Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane,
> > Sutton-on-the-Hill & Trusley
> > >
> > > Diocese of Derby, England
> > >
> > >> On 25/01/2016 19:32, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> > >>
> > >> In a message dated 1/25/2016 12:26:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > >> kate.conant at gmail.com writes:
> > >>
> > >> Saturday  afternoon that he had
> > >> measured over 36" at that time.  I suspect our  total was between 38"
> > and
> > >> 40".>>>>>>>
> > >>  What is that in liquid precipitation?  I seem to remember 12"  snow
> > >> usually equals 1" liquid.  It will vary according to the moisture
> > content
> > >> in the snow, of course.
> > >>  We're all plowed/shoveled out and our total in the Pennsylvania
> > Poconos
> > >> was 17".
> > >>      David Strang.
> > >
> >
>


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