[PRCo] Re: Here comes Snowzilla

[bobrathke at comcast.net]

The blizzard is expected to hit Chicago within the hour, and the forecast was just updated to 24+ inches of snow.  Since Noon, Metra has been adding trains that leave the downtown stations as soon as they are full. 



Bob 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net> 
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 12:54:38 PM 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Here comes Snowzilla 

Did you retire or does CTS shut down in snow storms like Washington Metro? 


On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Herb Brannon wrote: 

> Here in the snowy Cuyahoga Valley National Park my sidewalk has 14 inches of 
> snow on it and it is now raining. Of course, the rain is freezing on contact 
> with the surface. I took care of Giant Eagle, Sams Club, gas station, 
> and one cat to the vet before the rain started. I'm inside for the next 12 - 
> 24 hours. Usually today (1st of the month) would have been a Pittsburgh 
> trip to UPMC. Had to put that off until next week. 
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:14, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
>> If he's smart, in Florida. 
>> 
>> Realize that global warming does not mean all places on the globe are 
>> simultaneously going to be warmer, only that the aggregate is, which 
>> would change weather patterns. 
>> But that's not happening, right? 
>> 
>> Derrick 
>> my sidewalk is clean. it's raining lightly. 
>> 
>> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
>> <jerry.matsick at comcast.net> wrote: 
>>> 
>>> The Question comes to mind: Â  Â "Where is (AL GORE) in the midst of one of 
>> the worst Winters in 
>>> 
>>> recent history? Â  Â Here in Sunny Florida we are going to 73 and partly 
>> cloudy! Â  Â Had to sweep 
>>> 
>>> sidewalks today, the had some sand on them! 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> J.Matsick 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: bobrathke at comcast.net 
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 9:41:42 AM 
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Here comes Snowzilla 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Snow is starting to fall in Chicago. Â Forecast is for 18-22" by tomorrow 
>> morning. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bob 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams2 at comcast.net> 
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 7:11:27 AM 
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Here comes Snowzilla 
>>> 
>>> It's 37 degrees and raining this morning. Â So much for doom and gloom. 
>> But 
>>> don't tell the Weather Channel. 
>>> 
>>> There is a forecast for a lot of rain today and into tomorrow, then it 
>> turns 
>>> cold again for a day or two. 
>>> 
>>> Hey, it's February. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Derrick 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Herb Brannon 
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park 
> 
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