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Big Storm on Horizon

Kachina624 — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:44:34 GMT

This should be interesting. Mother Nature is about to launch a big storm which will affect most of New Mexico and West Texas starting tonight. Snow up to 1 ft in some places. They're saying Albuquerque could get "significant" snowfall. Rarely do our weather people stick their necks out to say something like that. Mountain resorts are elated. We'll see what happens.

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cherry — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:57:04 GMT

I did warn people about groundhogs

signed

Mother Nature

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Spurt — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:21:25 GMT

@cherry wrote:
I did warn people about groundhogs

signed

Mother Nature

@cherry

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Spurt — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:23:40 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
This should be interesting. Mother Nature is about to launch a big storm which will affect most of New Mexico and West Texas starting tonight. Snow up to 1 ft in some places. They're saying Albuquerque could get "significant" snowfall. Rarely do our weather people stick their necks out to say something like that. Mountain resorts are elated. We'll see what happens.

@Kachina624

Im hoping it will drift a bit east and south we'd love to see some snow here.......my sister has also been hoping for a "snow day" off from work....LOL~!!!

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Kachina624 — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:56:30 GMT

@Spurt. You'll probably get rain and lots of it.

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Spurt — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:09:53 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Spurt. You'll probably get rain and lots of it.

@Kachina624

Yep, we are expecting rain all this week, its expected to be especially heavy on Wednesday....and we NEED the rain, so I'm happy about that.....

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Kachina624 — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:22:11 GMT

@Spurt. Yep, same storm, just warmer temperatures.

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Annabellethecat66 — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:50:45 GMT

@cherry Wait! Hold on! I'm getting a phone call...no..it's a text..maybe an email?!

It's from...(I'm trying to read it...I'm going to have to get my glasses...)...don't worry, they're right here...OK, I've got them on now...

It's in all red...red! I never get red lettered information...that means it's very, very, very important...it..it's from the groundhog...yes, I'm told it's from THE groundhog...he's now mouthing the words I see here on paper. too....

(CAN ANYONE ELSE READ THIS @#$ paper)? Hurry, I have @cherry @Spurt @Kachina624 here....they're looking at me like...what the hay Annabelle?

OK, I'm sorry people. As fast as he came, he left but he did leave a piece of crumbled up paper; and what looks like a picture...maybe?

It's says, "@#$% (Oh! My! I can't repeat those words in public). I'll improvise if it's OK with everyone....it is? They're saying it's ok to improvise...(I know...get on with it).

HE'S SAYING ....HE'S SAYING HE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING...HE'S SAYING THEY WOKE HIM UP AFTER A NIGHT OF PARTYING AND THAT'S WHAT YOU PEOPLE GET FOR WAKING HIM UP......

There's a picture here of some (let's call her a groundhog lady(?)) She's wearing well...nothing except a smile...She's holding up a sign that says..."Where's my hole"?

That's all for now.......heh! heh!

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cherry — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:54:03 GMT

Dear Groundhog....all I can say is ,lots of people would love to find a hole for you

signed

Mother Nature

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this is my nic — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:55:49 GMT

I hope the storm and snow makes it to the east coast! We're in north central NC and haven't had a single flake since early Dec. 2018. I need to see some beautiful snow! My mother told me I was born during a blizzard in eastern PA, so I think that must be why I love snow. My husband's birthday is in July, he hates the stuff!

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Spurt — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:00:56 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 wrote:
@cherry Wait! Hold on! I'm getting a phone call...no..it's a text..maybe an email?!

It's from...(I'm trying to read it...I'm going to have to get my glasses...)...don't worry, they're right here...OK, I've got them on now...

It's in all red...red! I never get red lettered information...that means it's very, very, very important...it..it's from the groundhog...yes, I'm told it's from THE groundhog...he's now mouthing the words I see here on paper. too....
(CAN ANYONE ELSE READ THIS @#$ paper)? Hurry, I have @cherry @Spurt @Kachina624 here....they're looking at me like...what the hay Annabelle?

OK, I'm sorry people. As fast as he came, he left but he did leave a piece of crumbled up paper; and what looks like a picture...maybe?

It's says, "@#$% (Oh! My! I can't repeat those words in public). I'll improvise if it's OK with everyone....it is? They're saying it's ok to improvise...(I know...get on with it).

HE'S SAYING ....HE'S SAYING HE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING...HE'S SAYING THEY WOKE HIM UP AFTER A NIGHT OF PARTYING AND THAT'S WHAT YOU PEOPLE GET FOR WAKING HIM UP......

There's a picture here of some (let's call her a groundhog lady(?)) She's wearing well...nothing except a smile...She's holding up a sign that says..."Where's my hole"?

That's all for now.......heh! heh!

@Annabellethecat66

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

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Kachina624 — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:13:01 GMT

@Spurt @Annabellethecat66 @cherry. Actually, I've never heard of groundhogs in New Mexico so I looked them up. I was tickled by this posting which sounds like NM is an entity apart from North America. I've often seen marmots sitting on rocks beside roads in the mountains, especially in Colorado. I've even seen "marmot crossings". I've even heard them whistle. I just wonder if they saw their shadows?

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Annabellethecat66 — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:57:47 GMT

When I was young I used to stutter. One of the tongue twisters I had to say very fast was.

"How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood."

I got very good at it but I always wondered as a little kid what a wood chuck was!

I stopped stuttering pretty quickly. My middle daughter used to drop her "R's" when she spoke.

I had her say some of the rhymes I had to learn. She speaks very eloquently these days. Ha!

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Spurt — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:53:09 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Spurt @Annabellethecat66 @cherry. Actually, I've never heard of groundhogs in New Mexico so I looked them up. I was tickled by this posting which sounds like NM is an entity apart from North America. I've often seen marmots sitting on rocks beside roads in the mountains, especially in Colorado. I've even seen "marmot crossings". I've even heard them whistle. I just wonder if they saw their shadows?

@Kachina624

Oh that's interesting to know.....I looked up Texas and the only areas in our State is around Dallas....they dont come south near us....

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SilleeMee — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 01:03:34 GMT

@Kachina624

We're expecting part of that storm to reach up here in Colorado Springs. We've already had significant amounts of snow already. The ski resorts are reporting record new snow amounts just in the past week or so. That's great news for the water supply! I said it before and I'll say it again...there can never be too much snow in Colorado!

Only bad part ...avalanches. They had to close I-70 in the mountains because the snow was covering the highway. Some cars got swept off the road...very scary, especially up there in the mountains.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 01:24:51 GMT

@SilleeMee. We're anticipating strong thunderstorms this evening preceding the arrival of the cold front that will turn it to snow later tonight.

NM has also had great snowfall in the mountains. First time I've ever seen the Santa Fe Ski Area with a thicker base than Wolf Creek. To me, it means less forest fires.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 02:06:51 GMT

@Kachina624

I don't know if you'd be interested in this weather map. It shows real-time radar of precipitation from coast to coast. You can also look at more detailed info by clicking 'LAYERS' at the bottom right and then clicking whatever...just play around with it and see what comes up, it's kind of fun. You can also zoom in and out by adjusting the + or - shown on on the upper left.

https://www.kktv.com/templates/2015_Fullscreen_Radar

ETA - you can zoom in so close that you can actually see individual buildings and houses. Amazing map!

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Kachina624 — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 03:02:08 GMT

@SilleeMee. Thanks! I love things like that. I'm quite the weather junkie, in case you hadn't guessed.

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Desertdi — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 05:04:15 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@SilleeMee. Thanks! I love things like that. I'm quite the weather junkie, in case you hadn't guessed.

@Kachina624 It just started raining in PHX now....10:00 pm

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Kachina624 — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 05:34:41 GMT

@Desertdi. We were supposed to get all this rain and the radar shows rain in my area, but everytime one of my dogs comes in from outside they're dry as a bone. Temperature is dropping though.