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 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com