Scotch-Irish-L Archives

Archiver > Scotch-Irish > 2009-02 > 1233588784


From: "Karen" <>
Subject: Re: [S-I] Worse weather? Researching MCFARLAND
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 10:33:04 -0500
References: <1909560539.3175871233507028383.JavaMail.root@sz0106a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net><498676AF.000009.03280@NANCY>


Well, I live in Maine, and all this talk about so-called bad weather is
funny.
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [S-I] Worse weather? Researching MCFARLAND


> Well I am one of those "mopes up in Michigan" as Bill called us! I am
> just
> south of the Mackinaw Bridge which spans the 2 pennisula's. Yes, we get a
> lot of snow and cold up here. I don't know what our snow total count is
> right now but it's pretty average. Our lakes have long been frozen over
> and
> the "big" lake (Lake Michigan) is getting pretty frozen over up here in
> the
> northern region. We don't expect spring for a few months yet and can't
> plant our veggie garden until Memorial Day weekend most years. So not
> sure
> if we beat you out with our regular kind of winter up here or not? As
> Beverly said, it's just winter! And we're use to it! LOL I will say
> though that we've had a cold winter with temps below zero and single
> digits
> pretty regularly.
>
> On the genealogy front, I am still working on DH's MCFARLAND history and
> not
> having a lot of luck getting past ROBERT MCFARLAND born 1748, where we
> aren
> t sure. Some accounts say Dauphin, PA and some accounts say Ireland but
> no
> idea where in Ireland. Have found a few land records in Trumbull Co. Ohio
> where he moved at one point. We did go down there and did some scouring
> around and found a few more tidbits of info but can't seem to find when or
> if he came over from Ireland or even who his parents are. Stumped.
>
> Nancy McFarland
> In Harbor Springs, northern Michigan
>
>
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From:
> Date: 2/1/2009 11:51:02 AM
> To:
> Subject: [S-I] Worse weather?
>
> Bill, yes, how thick is the ice? The ALlegheny has froze over and people
> are
> watching for ice jams here in balmy south-western PA.
>
> So....who among us has the worse weather? Maybe we can aware some kind of
> prize.
>
> Apparently Bill in Erie is the man to beat with his 129 inches of snow
> this
> year. Can anyone beat this?
>
> Linda Merle
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W.F. Stephens" <>
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2009 6:01:39 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [S-I] Researcher recommendation
>
> Bill:
>
> How thick is the ice on the lake?
>
> Woody Stephens
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William McKinney" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [S-I] Researcher recommendation
>
>
>> Linda,
>>
>> Since you ask, here's Erie snowfall picture so far:
>>
>> Friday's total -- 6.9 inches
>> January's total -- 59.2 inches
>> This season -- 129.5"
>>
>> So, we boast the fifth snowiest winter since they've been keeping records
>> of
>> such things here in Erie, and we still have February, March and April to
>> go.
>> Yes, I said April. For those of you not fortunate enough to have grown up
>> in
>> northwestern Pa., we have Aprils on record of up to nearly 20 inches, and
>> routine months of February and March with accumulations of 30 inches.
>>
>> Will we set a record this year? Let's put it this way, we now need less
>> than
>> 20 inches for the rest of this season. So, it's hard to imagine a
>> scenario
>
>> in which we do not shatter our record.
>>
>> Unfortunately, we didn't break our January snowfall record. We came in a
>> putrid third. The snowiest was 62.4 inches in 1978; the second snowiest
>> was
>> 59.9 in 2004. But neither of those years had preceding months with any
>> kind
>> of real snowfalls.
>>
>> Gotta wonder what it was like for our ancestors who didn't have snow
>> blowers, automobiles with heaters, stores within easy reach. Guess that's
>> why so few of us up here in Pennsylvania's ice box don't complain much.
>> Fact
>> is, we kind of like setting records.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>
>
>
>
> -------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to
> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the
> quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This thread: