[Rhodes22-list] Hey Slim

[Slim]

That's amazing, Hank.  That storm reeked havoc from the Dakotas all the way
to New England and then you-know-what.  The ground here wasn't frozen yet so
the first few inches turned to slush then ice so there was a 4-inch layer of
hard ice under all that snow.  Even the giant Minnesota snow plows weren't
able to get the ice.  Minneapolis was absolutely crippled.  The roads were
horrible for weeks.  Many roofs caved in.  We did nothing but shovel snow
for days upon days.  Nearly every school in the whole state was closed.  It
broke all the records--the earliest blizzard, the most snow in 24 hours, the
coldest, the most people sleeping on our floor, etc.

Slim

On 11/1/06 2:22 PM, "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Slim,
> 
> I used to work with a guy who was the engineering officer on board the Coast
> Guard cutter that was shown in the movie.  It was an older cutter and he
> said that during the storm, things that were welded to bulkheads were
> popping loose due to the torque of the twists the boat was going through.
> When all was said and done, the boat was pretty much ready for the scrap
> heap due to all of the damage.  A fantastic job of maneuvering by her
> captain, though, to successfully rescue all of those folks.
> 
> Hank
> 
> On 11/1/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Brad,
>> 
>> Our doorbell rang only twice last night--the fewest ever.  So at about
>> 7:30
>> we darkened the house and left for dinner.  Halloween is also Mary Ann's
>> birthday and I took her out to an excellent Spanish restaurant and we
>> dined
>> slowly for hours.
>> 
>> The infamous Halloween blizzard came in 1991.  Three feet of snow!  We
>> were
>> having a big bash at our house and about twenty people slept on our floor.
>> That same wx system continued to move east and eventually became one of
>> the
>> three fronts that met in the Atlantic and created the "Perfect storm."
>> 
>> Slim
>> 
>> On 11/1/06 2:06 AM, "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Slim,
>>> 
>>> Someone forgot to light the stove in MSP.  I was getting behind on
>> landings
>>> so I bumped the Captain on the MEM-LCK-MSP-MEM out-and-back trip and was
>> in
>>> Minnie from about 7pm to 9pm last night.  It was friggin -1 degree C on
>>> Halloween night! One of the rampers told me you had a blizzard on
>> Halloween
>>> a few years ago.  Not for me kid, I'm going sailing on Sunday.  I did
>> make
>>> three of the sweetest landings in the Diesel-10.  The fuel pump should
>> be
>>> back on the 'forked tail doctor killer' tomorrow and I'm going to try
>>> landing that damn thing again.  Know where I can find a deal on some
>> runway
>>> jacks?
>>> 
>>> Brad
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