David,
It looks like you are getting the kind of weather that we usually get, in a
little bit bigger dose.  We have gotten much snow at all this year.  Good
luck on digging out and stay warm!
Tara in Iowa


>From: David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: weather phenom
>Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:34:43 -0500
>
>For those of you who look up once in a while from preoccupation with
>counting plicae and notice the weather: North Carolina just got hit with a
>record-breaking snowstorm.
>
>There was 18.2 inches of snow at Raleigh-Durham Airport compared to the
>1927 record of 17.8. Some spots have up to 22 inches and the drifts can be
>up to 5 feet. Everything is shut down. I tried to go to my job at the
>hospital and got about a hundred feet in one hour of rocking back and
>forth; then I gave up. Can't call in because the phone lines are down or
>something. Even the interstates were impassable after roadcrews had cleared
>them a couple of hours before (this was the situation until at least 1pm).
>
>Cold will continue until at least the weekend with wind chill going down to
>11 Fahrenheit because of wind gusts to 30mph. Possible power outages in
>next couple of days.
>
>Governor Hunt declared a state of emergency for the entire state.
>
>Friends of seashells in the Northeast, this storm is headed your way.
>
>Stay warm,
>David Kirsh
>Durham, NC

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