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CJBS2003 #370167 03/26/14 08:21 AM
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We had about an inch on the ground here yesterday...a good bit melted off as the day progressed but there was also quite a lot of patchy ice...passed a dozen or so cars in the ditch on the way to work.

I'm ready for April Showers and May Flowers...as long as the showers aren't snow showers!!


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We got about 3" of snow yesterday, it started around 7 am and ended around 6 pm. So it was never heavy and started and stopped. I am plain fed up with winter and ready for spring! I can remember fishing for hickory shad in 60 degree water by this time of year in past years. Not this one!

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Originally Posted By: esshup
No snow this morning here, but it was 15°F.


The ice on my big pond is making all kinds of noise this morning with pressure waves coming out into the open water of the diffuser.

Airlines that froze up the other morning apparently thawed out yesterday as when I restarted the compressors they were open. I'm thinking the sun on the black air line thawed them.

From now on I'll just leave them on until the ice goes completely out.

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If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.






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In years past, I've picked mushrooms this week. Don't look for that to be the case this year however.


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If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
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Pretty pathetic when forecast highs in the upper 40's gets me excited this time of year!


If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.






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Cecil, I thawed a clients airline the other day for him. Isopropyl Alcohol did it. Removed airline from compressor, poured in as much as I could, re-connected airline to compressor. Ran it until pressure was 22 psi, shut it off. Had to run the pressure up once in the a.m. and once in the p.m. for 2 days until it finally broke thru.

Compressor in an unheated outbuilding. 3/8" dia airline, LONG run.


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Good to know Scott. I'm glad I didn't have to go that route though.


If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.






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We've had about an inch by morning the past three days in a row. Woke up to 12 degrees again! If it wasn't for a Cub Scout committee meeting I would have gone skating on at least 10 inches of good ice.

This is getting old. However we may go downhill skiing again this weekend. All of the slopes are still open, which is rare as hens teeth.

I am just happy that what is hitting or hit Halifax in New Foundland didnt hit us. Category 2 hurricane wind speeds, snow, freezing spray, ice, pelletes... at 100mph plus on the coast. Wow, now that is a blizzard.

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Supposed to snow again in the morning. cry At least 50 percent of the ice is off the trout pond and about 15 percent off the big pond, but that ice doesn't look like it will last much longer. Hatchery ponds are still frozen shut.

Supposed to get into the upper 50's Sunday and low 60's on Monday. It will feel like a heat wave!

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If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.






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I'm North of the line, and this time North of the line means rain or nothing.


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Originally Posted By: esshup
I'm North of the line, and this time North of the line means rain or nothing.


What's your pond look like ice wise?


If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.






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The side of the pond by the feeder is open. The rest is iced over, and by the looks of it it's still 6" or so thick.

The ice melted enough so that the duck decoy that marks the diffuser in the deep water was mostly showing. Warm sun today or warm weather last night melted enough ice around it so it's not frozen into the ice any more. Either last night or today I'm guessing a hawk or owl thought it was a real duck. It's now laying on top of the ice with the rope pulled up a foot or so. laugh


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We lost a lot of snow pack yesterday, and am assuming a lot of ice. Hard not to with dew points in the 40s. Now jnder a winter storm watch for tonight. Sad.

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Snowing here. Ground is covered. Supposed to get up in the mid 50's tomorrow.

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Originally Posted By: esshup
The side of the pond by the feeder is open. The rest is iced over, and by the looks of it it's still 6" or so thick.

The ice melted enough so that the duck decoy that marks the diffuser in the deep water was mostly showing. Warm sun today or warm weather last night melted enough ice around it so it's not frozen into the ice any more. Either last night or today I'm guessing a hawk or owl thought it was a real duck. It's now laying on top of the ice with the rope pulled up a foot or so. laugh


My mom put little bird figurines in a bay window at their house when I lived there and a hawk crashed into the window trying to nail it. I found him outside with a really bad headache. We finally convinced my mom to remove the birds after it happened a second time. Don't know if it was the same bird or not.


If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.






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Originally Posted By: Cecil Baird1

My mom put little bird figurines in a bay window at their house when I lived there and a hawk crashed into the window trying to nail it. I found him outside with a really bad headache. We finally convinced my mom to remove the birds after it happened a second time. Don't know if it was the same bird or not.


Lucky it didn't break the window. At the house that we use when hunting in Wi. the owners bro-in-law went up there one weekend and called the owner, saying there was a break-in. But nothing was missing. Turned out a grouse flew thru one of the bedroom windows.


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Yeah I was surprised the window didn't break as loud as it was.


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I can't believe it is April 15th here in VA and it is snowing. Big giant snow flakes too! Sunday it was over 80 and now snow...

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Freeze warnings here last 2 nights after almost 80 degrees the other day..

My garden is in shambles..


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Snow here in SE Michigan last night and in the 20's at night for a few nights. What would happen to perch eggs if they were present?

Detroit and area suburbs has broken the record for the most snow ever in a winter, 94.8". The old record was over a century ago (1880-1881) at 93.6" .

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Loretta,

If they haven't hatched yet they will probably just take longer to hatch. If they have hatched, which is doubtful where you're at as my perch have just started to drop eggs, there will probably be stiff competition to find suitable zooplankton in the cold water. OTOH in a recreational pond that may not be as dire as a commercial pond where one is attempting to produce high numbers of perch.


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Originally Posted By: CJBS2003
I can't believe it is April 15th here in VA and it is snowing. Big giant snow flakes too! Sunday it was over 80 and now snow...


Same thing happened here, we had rain, sleet, hail, and big snowflakes last night. It was 30 this morning and we had a fairly good frost. Glad I haven't planted tomatoes yet. Its only 36 right now.


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