WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS--Thursday Edition

February 16, 2006, 11:18 am
Posted by J.B. Elliott in Weather Discussions
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* 1/2 of 1% is the amount of water on earth that is available fresh

* 97% percent is sea water

* 2% of the worlds fresh water is locked in glaciers and ice-caps

* 58 degrees is the contrast in temperature across Alabama in the last two days--from 16 Tuesday morning in Hamilton to 74 yesterday in Jackson (Clarke County)

* 60 mph is how fast the wind is blowing on Monarch Pass, Colo., wuith a blizzard in progress and the temperature 4 below zero

* 54 mph is how fast the wind is blowing on Wolf Creek Pass, Colo., with 1 above zero. I sincerely believe that we came close to leaving this old world late one night trying to cross over the pass in a new 1957 Chevy at the onset of a blizzard, and with NO chains

* 38 below zero was the temperature late this morning at Lynn Lake, Manitoba

* 31 below zero is the coldest reported so far today in the USA, at Embarrass, Minnesota

* 91 was the high in Laredo Texas Wednesday. That is the normal high temperature for Central Alabama in July

* 6 to 10 inches os how much snow fell in the Salt lake area and North Utah in the last 24 hours.

* 200+ is the number of automobile and truck accidents because of that snow. Which proves once more that driving on snow is not easy ANYWHERE

* 0 is how many times I have been to New Orleans in my life

* 4 is the corrected number of times I have been to Atlanta. Forgot about changing planes at Atlanta Airport once

* 2 is the number of times I have been to Kennebunkport, Maine. I love the rocky Maine Coast. No, we were not guests of President and Barbara Bush, however we drove out to where we would see Walker's Point and saw Mrs. Bush walking the dog at a distance

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Posted by Keith  
on February 16, 2006, 11:38 am
I'm sure someone saw you looking at her walking the dog! lol

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Posted by Craig  
on February 16, 2006, 12:08 pm
I went through Wolf Creek Pass a couple of yearws ago in mid june and there was about 6 feet of snow still on the ground. Their ski resort there advertises "The most snow in Colorado." Don't know if that's true or not, but they claim to average 460" of snow annually there.... unbelievable. That's almost 40 feet!!

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Posted by Joe  
on February 16, 2006, 2:21 pm
24,523,871 is the number of people who do NOT want icy rain this weekend

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Posted by  
on February 16, 2006, 6:24 pm
JB, I have never been to New Orleans either, glad to know that I am no the only one. And Joe make that 24,523,872 that does NOT want ice.

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Posted by  
on February 16, 2006, 8:01 pm
Hello JB I went over Monarch Pass this pass June. Wow what a beautiful place. Stopped at the little store there for coffee and other must haves..They had pics of the store covered from last winter. Also have made it to Kennebunkport a few times in years pass and to Walkers Point by the light house once I think, Didn't have the pleasure of seeing any of the Bush's. I'm ready for another road trip...

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