Entry for November 28, 2005
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Back to work - fun - no major developments in a week - that's good.The trip to Grandma's was fine. No big events on the drive to and from. Had A LOT of snow - I think they ended up with about a foot (too much). Dan was busy shoveling everyday.
Thanksgiving was celebrated on Friday. It was nice to see Dan's family - it's been awhile. Pictures will be posted later. Dan's cousin's girls warmed right up to him.
On the way to Ohio, we stopped in Frederick, MD to drop off coats to Hot 99.5's coat drive and got to meet Teapot Tim (www.hot995.com) and got a picture with him. Needless to say, Dan sped there so we could get there in time!
We went to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Got to see Rick Springfield's pants from the 80's and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation outfit. The rotating exhibit was The Who's Tommy. Neither one of us has seen this, so now we need to. There was a portion of Pink Floyd's The Wall - need to see that movie also.
After visiting the Hall of Fame, went to Chipotle! YUMMY! I keep telling Dan we need to visit all the Chipotles!
***** (added June 4, 2006)
Forgot to mention about the thunder that we heard during the night once while in Ohio. What the heck?
Thursday morning about 4 AM I woke up to THUNDER! WHAT THE HECK???? When we went to bed it was SNOWING! I said to Dan – is the snow gone? Thinking that maybe it all melted and it was raining – he looked out the window – NOPE. Talk about confused!
Anyway Dan said that the news had said that there might be lightening and thunder. I had to look it up this weather rarity! I NEVER heard of that before!
From a Toledo’s news station website (about 2 hours away from where we were) On Tuesday evening, the snow was falling hard and I thought I heard a rumble of thunder. Is that possible?
Actually thunder occurred with the burst of snow. This is a somewhat rare occurrence, but the strongest of cold fronts have the potential to produce thunder. The process is almost the same as a summertime thunderstorm. Relatively warm air is found near the surface compared to cold air at high altitudes. This leads to strong vertical motions that push air upward and downward. The movement can lead to thunder and even a rare bolt of lightning. When this happens you can bet there will be a very heavy burst of snow that may lead to extremely low visibilities. Thunderstorms that form in winter are weak and short-lived.
From The Popular Science Website
FYI: Snow, Thunder, and Lightning
Why don't snowstorms produce thunder and lightning?
Snowstorms do produce thunder and lightning — only less frequently than summertime thunderstorms. Also, snowflakes — with a larger surface than raindrops — scatter sound and light more efficiently. In addition, visibility during snowstorms is often very low, making the flashes harder to see.
The flashes, or lightning, that you see in the sky are giant atmospheric sparks caused by a sudden release of energy between separated electrical charges in the clouds. Local variations of wind speed and direction — or shear — transport charges to different areas within a cloud, until the potential grows strong enough for a discharge.
In winter, strong localized shears are uncommon and charge separation is weak. Lightning will still occur at the frontal zones, however, where cold air meets warmer air.
In the Great Lakes region, cold air from Canada meets the warmer air over the lakes and causes precipitation. "You'll get thunder snowstorms right along the south shores of Lakes Ontario and Erie," says Rick Watling, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
And although lightning is less common in winter, it is even more deadly than at any other time of the year, Watling says. That's because wintertime strikes tend to carry more current then their summertime counterparts.
I've added pictures of Babe in her newest toy (taken with our new toy - the
digital camera).
YEAH! BACK HOME! All in one piece - minus the tar.
I'm like
"no". So he runs back into the shop and takes the keys back to the register.
He had thought I had left my keys on the counter! 
Here we are - in Hornell - WHAT A DAY! It took us about 10 hours to get here
- usually it's about 6 hours. 
I spent a few
minutes with each of them.