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Post by jamesp on Jan 29, 2014 8:51:58 GMT -5
Photos off the deck in back of the house. A stand of deciduous trees was chosen for a house site. Oaks, hickories, sourwood, dog wood gum, beech, magnolia and a few pines. Hound dogs have swollen bladders. They do not want to go out side. August  November  This morning 1/29/13  |
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Post by garock on Jan 29, 2014 9:12:32 GMT -5
Crazy weather Mr James !! We had about 2.5 to 3 inches here at Sandhill ! Sun is out now and looks beautiful ! Glad I am not working over in Atlanta. A total mess on the interstate highways. Enjoyed looking at the material from over on the Savannah River in another post. I just love looking at the material under my stero microscope. Really cool material. Some hollow cavities of rocks from there have fossil shells in them. Micro-minerals also exsist in some of the cavities. Have seen some really remarkable micro's from there. Take Care and Stay Warm ! It was 11 degrees earlier this morning ! !
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Post by jamesp on Jan 29, 2014 10:04:10 GMT -5
Crazy weather Mr James !! We had about 2.5 to 3 inches here at Sandhill ! Sun is out now and looks beautiful ! Glad I am not working over in Atlanta. A total mess on the interstate highways. Enjoyed looking at the material from over on the Savannah River in another post. I just love looking at the material under my stero microscope. Really cool material. Some hollow cavities of rocks from there have fossil shells in them. Micro-minerals also exsist in some of the cavities. Have seen some really remarkable micro's from there. Take Care and Stay Warm ! It was 11 degrees earlier this morning ! ! Good day to stay at home Frankie. i figured you got more snow over there. Seems like it hit harder south and east of us. I was thinking about you and your scope. Nothing like a stereo scope. And the Savannah stuff has great sized fossils for that scope. You can find used ones on Ebay that were very expensive now reduced. Got my eye on one. Curious what magnifications you like? Seems like a lot of shallow bay type critters like snails and bryozoans. I have to use my imagination figuring the shapes of the creatures since you get so many cross section views. I just imagine the ocean coming up into the shallow draw that the Savannah River flows in. Brier creek runs about parallel to the Savannah and is full of that material too. There was a (state of Georgia) biologist that lived close to me in north Atlanta when i was a kid. He did a lot of studies along Brier Creek and had a fabulous box full of colorful artifacts. He lived on Brookdale Road in my neighbor hood about the early 70's. I wonder if you knew him. He was raising a family and about 35 years old back then. |
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 29, 2014 11:02:13 GMT -5
I don't miss that white crap at all! We are getting our rains now,I like that better......LOL If people realized they have to slow down with ice and snow,there would be less wrecks!...
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jollyrockhound
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Post by jollyrockhound on Jan 29, 2014 11:31:03 GMT -5
wow you got the snow nice picts.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 29, 2014 12:38:42 GMT -5
I don't miss that white crap at all! We are getting our rains now,I like that better......LOL If people realized they have to slow down with ice and snow,there would be less wrecks!... I like hunkering down Micheal. About 10-20 days out of the year. But it would get old. But out west and all the beauty 3 months would be fine. |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 29, 2014 12:40:06 GMT -5
wow you got the snow nice picts. Nice dry dense snow jolly. Lot of sleet mixed. We will have wet ground for a long time. |
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Jan 29, 2014 16:21:16 GMT -5
Don't care what the weather, sure like the view out there, lots more comfortable when it's green though.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 29, 2014 17:49:37 GMT -5
Don't care what the weather, sure like the view out there, lots more comfortable when it's green though. Spring and fall is super nice. Along with the green comes some brutal heat/humidity. Heat OK. Cold NOT. But the heat keeps a lot of people(most) in the house in these parts. It is 5 miles to the next public road/house in that direction. The GBI busted a bunch of utility copper wire thieves back there a mile back. I could smell the wire being burnt for months. They raided w/ATV's and helicopters and felonized 8 local boys. Apparently incarcerated a good while. |
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Jan 29, 2014 18:08:44 GMT -5
James we got hit again with 3 inches of ice/snow...I had a snow day today ...They closed the Mississippi river bridge cause of the ice..Looks as cold there as it dose here....John
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Post by jamesp on Jan 29, 2014 18:28:43 GMT -5
James we got hit again with 3 inches of ice/snow...I had a snow day today ...They closed the Mississippi river bridge cause of the ice..Looks as cold there as it dose here....John Is Vidalia in the south part of the state John? |
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Jan 29, 2014 20:21:18 GMT -5
16 degrees in Tallahassee, FL this morning and it snowed. kids stayed in school overnight so they wouldn't have to be driven home in the mess outside, state capital shut down and everybody went home.... car wreck after car wreck, and not a single plow, sand spreader or anything close to it in the entire state. You would think that in an area like Jacksonville, FL., which gets 2 inches and they shut down the entire city that they would at least hve 1 plow truck to clear the streets for the ambulances and other emergency vehicles? Helllllllll Nooooooooooo !! easier to shut down and deal with all the idiots that don't know or have forgotten how to drive in the snow!!
Makes me wish I had brought my plow with me when I moved here 8 yrs ago, I'd be making money by hiring myself out to the city for 10.00/hr plowing just like back up north!!!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 29, 2014 20:39:07 GMT -5
16 degrees in Tallahassee, FL this morning and it snowed. kids stayed in school overnight so they wouldn't have to be driven home in the mess outside, state capital shut down and everybody went home.... car wreck after car wreck, and not a single plow, sand spreader or anything close to it in the entire state. You would think that in an area like Jacksonville, FL., which gets 2 inches and they shut down the entire city that they would at least hve 1 plow truck to clear the streets for the ambulances and other emergency vehicles? Helllllllll Nooooooooooo !! easier to shut down and deal with all the idiots that don't know or have forgotten how to drive in the snow!! Makes me wish I had brought my plow with me when I moved here 8 yrs ago, I'd be making money by hiring myself out to the city for 10.00/hr plowing just like back up north!!! Some bizarre weather Mario. That's real cold for Tallahassee. When it's that cold in Florida it deceiving. Like it is not possible. And it messes w/your mind. Saw a lot of problems here. But that black ice is tricky. My ATV would not even climb a gentle hill covered with it. |
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The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Jan 29, 2014 20:49:36 GMT -5
Some bizarre weather Mario. That's real cold for Tallahassee. When it's that cold in Florida it deceiving. Like it is not possible. And it messes w/your mind. Saw a lot of problems here. But that black ice is tricky. My ATV would not even climb a gentle hill covered with it. Yeah, they were saying that there was a lot of black ice here too... didn't stop the idiots from speeding around and causing accidents!! |
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Post by Thunder69 on Jan 29, 2014 20:59:25 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jan 29, 2014 23:27:41 GMT -5
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Post by Pat on Jan 30, 2014 1:06:45 GMT -5
James, beautiful country! In the high 60s today, though last night we had dainty sprinkles. We need real rain.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 30, 2014 6:25:55 GMT -5
James, beautiful country! In the high 60s today, though last night we had dainty sprinkles. We need real rain. It is on it's way Pat. I set you up for 2 inches this week. It probably does not rain 2 inches in a day out your way. Two thermometers said -2F this morning. Coldest in my 28 years here.  |
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