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From: Marlene Creech <>
Subject: Re: [S-I] Worse weather?
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:29:04 -0500
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Gee, Beverly:
I wonder if my Scots-Irish ancestors who come from two or three
different counties,
had high blood pressure. I wonder if occasional meaningless chatter
bugged them.
M.
On Feb 1, 2009, at 12:18 PM, Beverley Clarkson wrote:

> OK All, I m going to bite the bullet.
>
> I LOVE this list and Linda is a WONDER, but, frankly, if we wanted a
> weather
> list, I could probably outstory everyone here. If not, you have my
> deepest
> sympathies.
>
> The odd mention is fine, but please, couldnt we get back to Scotch
> Irish
> history? ENOUGH already!!!!!
>
> I say this including you, Linda, who once called me a bottom feeder
> for, I
> seem to recall, possibly looking at family history less than 200 years
> old,
> and I didnt respond; just stood corrected and ready to learn.
>
> But I am going CRAZY here.
>
> Its WINTER.
>
> The seasons, and climate, are changing. Snow falls. Get over it.
>
> Sorry for anyone I ve offended. I just needed to explode. Way too much
> provocation.
>
> Beverley
>
> Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
> also lived in points far north!
>
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:50 PM, <> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>
>
> --
> Beverley Clarkson
> Sambro Head, Nova Scotia
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