taking up Ice carving on the gulf coast

[Guest]

Wow 1.30 inches of ice and sleet in Mobile. Not snow. Big deal down here. chill factor 10 this am. I may not go to the beach today.

[Arthur C.]

Re: taking up Ice carving on the gulf coast

Same situation in Baton Rouge, LA area. Streets all coated with ice, highways closed, very quiet.

[Dicky]

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I am not trying to make light of the situation you guys are facing, but welcome to Canada.

[Guest]

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Canada is great for the summer!! That must be it, to many Canadans came to the Alabama beaches this winter and the cold weather followed :-)

[Brian T]

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Summer is fun in Canada, huh? By the end of June in McBride, we have hoards of mosquitoes which are the size of vampire bats. But last summer, we had long spells of dry heat that fried most of them.

The story is that there are very few prison escapes in the summer. What with the bugs, running off to "hide" in the forest can be a near-fatal blood-letting exercise.

[Brian T]

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It's coming up very soon!
Feb.08. 10A - 4P: Canmore, AB., Civic Center Plaza
Winter Carnival Ice Carving Competition
Not exactly melting swans on a banquet buffet table.
Google Canmore+Ice Carving and select 'images'.

[Dicky]

Re: taking up Ice carving on the gulf coast

Our ice sculpting as a part of Winterlude opens This week. They won't be melting this weekend.

[Buffalo Bif]

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Buffalo NY- my 'Ice sculpting' involves a snow shovel and frozen curse words that dont thaw till spring.

Who said that??!?

But seriously- I've lived at this latitude (with attitude) for all my life, it amazes me what one can get used to. I do feel for those of you in the south who are well out of your elements this year.

Stay warm, shavings make good tinder.....

[Guest]

Re: taking up Ice carving on the gulf coast

Summer is fun in Canada, huh? By the end of June in McBride, we have hoards of mosquitoes which are the size of vampire bats. But last summer, we had long spells of dry heat that fried most of them.

The story is that there are very few prison escapes in the summer. What with the bugs, running off to "hide" in the forest can be a near-fatal blood-letting exercise.

More fun than Mosquitoes, hurricanes, alligator's, 100% humidity, 100 degree temps and a annual rain fall of over 5 feet (60") of rain. Most of which comes in the summer. That's fun on the gulf coast. :-)

[Brian T]

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OK, your summers trump my winters. Maybe 2" fresh snow in the night.
20F? Crept up to maybe 30-32F this afternoon.
Roads sloppy and dirty spray from previous salt & sandings.
I get 6 months of no mud, no bugs and a neighbor kid that shovels when it snows.

The local mountain ranges are both east and west of the house so the winter days seem very short. Dec.21.13 solstice, I saw the sun go behind the mountains at 1:44PM.
Theoretical sunrise and sunset data is a joke. The days are much longer now, quite welcome.

[Guest]

Re: taking up Ice carving on the gulf coast

OK, your summers trump my winters. Maybe 2" fresh snow in the night.
20F? Crept up to maybe 30-32F this afternoon.
Roads sloppy and dirty spray from previous salt & sandings.
I get 6 months of no mud, no bugs and a neighbor kid that shovels when it snows.

The local mountain ranges are both east and west of the house so the winter days seem very short. Dec.21.13 solstice, I saw the sun go behind the mountains at 1:44PM.
Theoretical sunrise and sunset data is a joke. The days are much longer now, quite welcome.

We must like it we live in our own areas of stuff. I would move but then I would have to live in new stuff. And I am used to this stuff.

[Brian T]

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You got it absolutely right. There are no faults in no place. When you can optimize your living conditions, for what you enjoy and for what you're willing to endure, summer or winter, that's as good as it gets.

The last couple of days, I can imagine that you would appreciate my ice tires with crushed walnut shell traction compound in the rubber!

[Guest]

Re: taking up Ice carving on the gulf coast

You got it absolutely right. There are no faults in no place. When you can optimize your living conditions, for what you enjoy and for what you're willing to endure, summer or winter, that's as good as it gets.

The last couple of days, I can imagine that you would appreciate my ice tires with crushed walnut shell traction compound in the rubber!

They would have been helpful. Most people down here have no winter equipment as well no idea how to drive on ice and created many of their own problems. Having live for a number of years in the Texas panhandle I knew how do deal with the ice. But it was sheet ice and with out winter ties it was just bad.