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plague311 said:
Our local story is that it's going to snow a hell of a lot over the next few days and you shouldn't drive without a winter survival kit.

That's it. Nothing else going on.
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Oh. Oh. I just took a look at The North American Surface Analysis chart and
The North American Weather Radar and see that is on it's way here.

AES Canada has an advisory:

Special weather statement in effect.

A wintry mix is expected starting Thursday.

Hazards:
Ice accretion from freezing rain.
Snowfall accumulation of 5 cm.
Southeasterly wind gusts up to 80 km/h.

Timing:
Strong wind gusts are expected to begin early Thursday morning and persist until Thursday evening. Freezing rain is expected Thursday morning until early Thursday afternoon, where it will then transition into snow.

Impacts:
Icy and slippery roads, power outages, damage to trees and property due to freezing rain and strong wind gusts. Consider postponing non-essential travel until conditions improve.
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Not unusually unusual for us but anytime a storm arrives in time for morning rush hour, chaos ensues. I just stay home.
 
deadrose said:
I first read that as Bobby & Honey Sherman. Now I blame you for having a disgusting song stuck in my head. Yes, I know it's actually Bobby Goldsboro.

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I have the antidote for that! The Smothers Brothers version:



It's stuck in my memory from when I first saw it on their show in 19 mumble mumble.

A classic put down. Stay to the end for the final scene.
 
bruto said:
We have no local news. To the outside world there's no here here.
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I should mention, though, in response to remarks about weather, that it is cold and snowy, and the weather forecasts for the area can be quite amusing.

"Wave heights are for ice-free areas" is a common qualifier for Lake Champlain.

"Freezing fog" is not as uncommon as one might wish.

Not too long ago the "Eye on the Sky" weather report remarked "...about as cool a May day as you could find if you didn't count the day before."
 
Gord_in_Toronto said:
Not unusually unusual for us but anytime a storm arrives in time for morning rush hour, chaos ensues. I just stay home.
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Yeah, it's not at all uncommon for Grand Forks either. I'm actually shocked we made it this far with the few dustings we've received. This should be a doozy and the bulk of North America is getting hit with some form of extreme weather. It's nuts.
 
I'd have to look because I have no idea. National news takes all my "news" time. I forgot I even had a local area ;)
 
mgidm86 said:
I'd have to look because I have no idea. National news takes all my "news" time. I forgot I even had a local area ;)
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Local news is convenient for weather and traffic-impacting news. I've been helped by articles such as "Oh yeah, this major interchange will be closed for six months" and "welp, this part of the city is currently underwater". Also if you are considering one day purchasing real estate it's handy to keep a mental note of how many times you see particular neighborhoods mentioned in the local news. My limit is a hundred shootings a year.
 
Norman Alexander said:
Top of our local news is growing anger at the city council's pathetic attempts to fill the potholes in the roads exacerbated by our recent prolonged heavy rainfalls. Letter to the editor of the local newspaper said a resident saw a road-mending crew from the council works team shovel a few bits of cold asphalt from a truck into a hole, pat it down with shovels, then drive away. And as they did so, the truck went over the patch, the tar stuck to the tyre, and it was all pulled out. Our council rates at work. :rolleyes:
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Oh, the potholes are a major issue here, too. The ACT Government is actually reimbursing people for wheel damage caused by potholes.

It's not constantly raining any more, so they are actually starting to make some headway with repairs, but it's costing heaps.

Potholes have become a recurring meme on the Canberra Community Facebook page, almost as popular as "Did you hear that huge bang?" Which was actually an issue last year when a kebab shop near me exploded. That literally rattled my windows.
 
GlennB said:
Just down the road from me:

"Man, 89, with broken hip taken to hospital strapped to a plank in Wales

Family of Melvyn Ryan say he could have died if they had not driven him in a van as no ambulances available" The Guardian

What makes it worse is that the 999 operator recommended that the family get him to A+E sitting in a car, which could have been fatal if the broken bone had severed an artery.
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Why is the hospital strapped to a plank?

The only thing that's happened in my town lately was the town Christmas Parade on Sunday. All of Main Street (on which I live) had to be blocked off from traffic for several miles so that a ragtag motley crew of vehicles with some guy in a cheesy Santa costume could pass through town for four miles. I paid no attention to it, as always.
 
Our top story tonight:

Albuquerque hospitals address capacity as tents are set up to triage patients

Covid? Nope... well partially.

They include COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza, rhinovirus and the flu

https://www.koat.com/article/new-mexico-hospital-capacity-rsv-flu-covid-2022/42218494

Oh and wonderful weather to put sick people in a tent. Low is gonna be about 25F tonight and 20 tomorrow night. Like - 4 to -7 for you civilized people.
 
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Local news today is that I’m at Melbourne’s second biggest football stadium with thousands of others………..watching our children graduate. Youngest daughter is an about to receive her Masters of Education. We might get out of here in a day or two…
 
And in Mexico we have reports of freezing temperatures in Sonora, and even snow.

No drug cartel shooting or the usual focus on insecurities during slow news days. That's refreshing.

Other items are the obsession with soccer and the world cup thing. But soccer is about half the time during the news that isn't ads being run.
 
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