This advisory was issued just a while ago by the US National Weather Service. We'll see what this is like. :-) Tonight I walked to the post office and as I headed north on Main Street I could hear the clips on the flag poles banging against the pole. It was "breezy" but it felt a lot colder than it has before. The bank sign said it was 7 degrees but "breeze chill" is just a milder wind chill and it was chilly! I only had one letter and it was a membership renewal. Definitely NOT worth the trip to the post office. ;-)
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from weather.gov:
Wind Chill Advisory
Northern Franklin (Maine)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
302 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007
...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES ON TAP FOR LATER TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS...
.ANOTHER ARCTIC BLAST IS SET TO MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND ONLY
RECOVERING TO AROUND ZERO FRIDAY...COMBINED WITH A GUSTY NORTHWEST
WIND...WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES LATE TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Central Maine Ice Fishing Report
Yes, that's an official category in the sports section of the Morning Sentinel newspaper. And it's a serious article about the shorter ice-fishing season for this year.
I hope it's still linked:
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/sports/stories/3541415.html
I guess I'll have to start reading the sports section daily to get the latest ice-fishing report. :-)
Directly above the article was a picture from the 2004 "$150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza." It looks like dotted Swiss fabric, but each dot is a person fishing on this lake. It's wild! I wish you could see the photo but I can't find it online. However, I did find the announcement for this year's Ice Fishing Extravaganza. It's in Minnesota, not Maine, but their "Tips for people coming to fish in the extravaganza" is an informative list that gives you a feel for the "sport".
http://www.brainerd.com/ice/index.html
I hope it's still linked:
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/sports/stories/3541415.html
I guess I'll have to start reading the sports section daily to get the latest ice-fishing report. :-)
Directly above the article was a picture from the 2004 "$150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza." It looks like dotted Swiss fabric, but each dot is a person fishing on this lake. It's wild! I wish you could see the photo but I can't find it online. However, I did find the announcement for this year's Ice Fishing Extravaganza. It's in Minnesota, not Maine, but their "Tips for people coming to fish in the extravaganza" is an informative list that gives you a feel for the "sport".
http://www.brainerd.com/ice/index.html
Later that night . . .
NOTE: Don't read this posting unless you've read the prior one titled, "Coca Cola, Mentos, and Buckfield Maine."
When I got home on Monday the 22nd (the day I posted the last posting about Mentos and Diet Coke), MRM said, "Check out the cartoon for today." And there was Zits . . . about Mentos and Diet Coke! King Features doesn't post their cartoons on the web anymore, you have to subscribe to their service. So try to go find your newspaper from January 22, 2007. In frame 1, two boys are outside the faculty lounge. One is crouched down holding the door open, the other is flicking something into the dark abyss of the lounge and shouts, "Mento in the Hole!" In frame 2, both boys have their fingers in their ears and their eyes shut tight. The faculty lounge door is off the hinges, a very large "ka-foosh!" is overhead, and something is spraying out of the lounge. In frame 3, as both boys are running away, one says, "It's surprising how many teachers are Diet Coke drinkers." The other replies, "I'd call it 'fortunate.'"
When I got home on Monday the 22nd (the day I posted the last posting about Mentos and Diet Coke), MRM said, "Check out the cartoon for today." And there was Zits . . . about Mentos and Diet Coke! King Features doesn't post their cartoons on the web anymore, you have to subscribe to their service. So try to go find your newspaper from January 22, 2007. In frame 1, two boys are outside the faculty lounge. One is crouched down holding the door open, the other is flicking something into the dark abyss of the lounge and shouts, "Mento in the Hole!" In frame 2, both boys have their fingers in their ears and their eyes shut tight. The faculty lounge door is off the hinges, a very large "ka-foosh!" is overhead, and something is spraying out of the lounge. In frame 3, as both boys are running away, one says, "It's surprising how many teachers are Diet Coke drinkers." The other replies, "I'd call it 'fortunate.'"
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