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Well the weathermen were right<\/strong> this time.  They had been warning for days about the cold and bad weather coming.  How much can you really trust the weathermen?<\/p>\n

This time<\/strong> it was spot on for us, Wind hit last<\/strong> night at about 10:30pm.  I was Hamming it up on 40 meters doing some PSK31 contacts and having a great time.  I could hear the feed line hitting the outside wall so I knew it was blowing hard as that line it tied down all the way except where it drops to enter my shop-office window.  Anyway the work on 40 was not too bad but a lot<\/strong> of QSB on the signals.  See my last<\/strong> 30 contacts here :  WD0AJG log page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By 11:30pm I was ready for bed time<\/strong> and started out \u2013 there is a short distance from the shop to the house<\/strong> and boy that wind<\/strong> was cold and strong\u2026 no wet stuff yet but damn cold.  Got in the house<\/strong> and went to bed, nice and warm\u2026<\/p>\n

When I woke up at about 6:30 the light on the deck was flashing on and off (motion sensor) due to all the blowing snow, I guess and from looking out the big atrium door to the deck there was about 3 inches on the deck and I could see that it was white out beyond that.so I just decided to hop back in bed.  Everything is shut down anyway so I just as well stay warm.  A couple of hours later I had to get out of bed and this is what we could see from the back side of the house<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2891\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The wind<\/strong> had been just right<\/strong> to channel the snow<\/strong> on the deck.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2890\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The sun catcher is not seeing any sun and the wind<\/strong> chime is not really chiming, both are just hanging on for life.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2889\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Not totally a white out, I have been in worse but not good for 1:30pm\u2026?<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2887\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hard to tell but the Ducks and Geese were not too bothered, and even with the really cold temps the water<\/strong> was not freezing on top?<\/p>\n

Probably had to do with the fact it was blowing enough to keep the water<\/strong> churning in the pond, bringing up warmer water<\/strong> to keep the top from freezing over.<\/p>\n

when the wind<\/strong> quits it will be froze as the temps today are hanging from 6 to 20 ( I think the high was last<\/strong> night after midnight) degrees with a \u201315F wind-chill\u2026<\/p>\n

My WX station<\/a><\/p>\n

So what did I do all day, work on taxes, yuk!\u2026 trying to get all my stuff in the right<\/strong> \u201cpiles\u201d so I can grab what I need to get it in the right<\/strong> spots.<\/p>\n

Would be so much easier if we had a \u201cFair tax\u201d system\u2026 comes out when you spend and every one pays the same share no matter so those that make a lot<\/strong> more and spend a lot<\/strong> more will pay a lot<\/strong> more\u2026 but doubt it will happen as our politicians would get cut out of the freebies and benefits from all the lobby interests.<\/p>\n

I think tonight I will get back on the radio and have some fun anyway\u2026 maybe see someone on 40 meters tonight.  – WD0AJG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well the weathermen were right this time.  They had been warning for days about the cold and bad weather coming.  How much can you really trust the weathermen?<\/p>\n

This time it was spot on for us, Wind hit last night at about 10:30pm.  I was Hamming it up on 40 meters doing some PSK31 contacts and having a great time.  I could hear the feed line hitting the outside wall so I knew it was blowing hard as that line it tied down all the way except where it drops to enter my shop-office window.  Anyway the work on 40 was not too bad but a lot of QSB on the signals.  See my last 30 contacts here :  WD0AJG log page.<\/p>\n

By 11:30pm I <\/p>\n

“And Now the Rest of the Story – “SNOW, BLOW, BLIZZARD great day to stay inside<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-4778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hobbies","tag-pages","odd"],"yoast_head":"\nSNOW, BLOW, BLIZZARD great day to stay inside - And That was How it Went<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/02\/01\/snow-blow-blizzard-great-day-to-stay-inside\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SNOW, BLOW, BLIZZARD great day to stay inside - And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Well the weathermen were right this time.  They had been warning for days about the cold and bad weather coming.  How much can you really trust the weathermen? 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In other words, at the peak of the cycle you can basically make\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hobbies"","block_context":{"text":"Hobbies","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/category\/hobbies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18978,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/31\/it-was-good-bad-and-ugly-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":4778,"position":2},"title":"It was good, bad and ugly today","author":"wd0ajg","date":"January 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, one of those days that fits all three\u2026 Good\u2026 The Cowgirls won a really tough game and did it in a hostile environment\u2026 Congrats to them for sticking with it and getting things back in order.. http:\/\/newsok.com\/brittney-martins-jumper-wins-it-for-cowgirls-at-iowa-state\/article\/5389607 Bad\u2026\u00a0 A weekend day that is cold, wet, raining, and very little\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2898,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/15\/great-article-i-too-got-back-in-to-hf-last-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":4778,"position":3},"title":"Great article \u2013 I too got back in to HF last year.","author":"wd0ajg","date":"October 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Great article, from ARRL pages caused me to think. \u00a0I got back into HF via PSK31 last year about this time. \u00a0Got the urge, got a Windows computer built up, to run the weather station (KOKSTILL5 on wunderground) and an APRS node (WD0AJG-1and 2). \u00a0Then got my dipole up with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hobbies"","block_context":{"text":"Hobbies","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/category\/hobbies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13189,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/04\/jt65hf-and-the-purpose-is\/","url_meta":{"origin":4778,"position":4},"title":"JT65HF? and the purpose is?","author":"wd0ajg","date":"January 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently I have picked up the addiction to use JT65HF.\u00a0 I had been hearing the \u201cflute\u201d play on the digital bands for some time now and finally figured out it was JT65HF\u2026 Like most hams I was curious and had to give it a try\u2026 The software is freely available\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Carl Sprengel\"","block_context":{"text":"Carl Sprengel","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/carl-sprengel\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18961,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/25\/birthdays-and-grandsons\/","url_meta":{"origin":4778,"position":5},"title":"Birthdays and grandsons","author":"wd0ajg","date":"January 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Well it was a busy weekend for some of us..\u00a0 The grandsons from Dallas came up (of course their parents brought them)\u2026 We made the Women\u2019s BB game Saturday\u2026\u00a0 Luke loved the music and Band and was totally engrossed with the cheerleaders and as long as he got popcorn he\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"SAM_2139","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SAM_2139_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SAM_2139_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SAM_2139_thumb.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SAM_2139_thumb.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17843,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4778\/revisions\/17843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}