Seattle. Snow. The usual videos of morons and their cars.

[DoYouKubuntu]

Re: Seattle. Snow. The usual videos of morons and their cars.

today's high for Plover,WI, 2 above. Tonight's low, -6.

OUCH! I feel for you. The only time I saw below zero temps was on a trip to Chicago--in the dead of winter. The lowest temp I actually remember from living in Dallas was 6. You've got to admit, THAT is cold. *brrrrrr just thinking about it*

[richb]

Re: Seattle. Snow. The usual videos of morons and their cars.

You call that snow!

[bsniadajewski]

Re: Seattle. Snow. The usual videos of morons and their cars.

It won't be that way for long. Tomorow's high 9, Saturday's 16, SUnday's into the low 20's. It'll be getting a little warmer next week, but not like a week ago when we had ~40° days (the January thaw?).

[Snowhog]

Re: Seattle. Snow. The usual videos of morons and their cars.

If you can actually see your car, it hasn't snowed.
If you can make out the shape of your car under the snow, it hasn't snowed enough.
If you can no longer see your car or even the shape of your car, then it has snowed!

[SteveRiley]

Re: Seattle. Snow. The usual videos of morons and their cars.

You've never sat in a cockpit of a Cessna 172, have you? It does not have autopilot, and the windows are too small to do anything more than stick you head out, which I had to do once in a Cessna 152 in order to land when I had smoke from an electrical fire in the cockpit blinding my eyes. You are harnessed in and the wheel is about a foot from your belly or chest in flight mode. Besides, even if you could squat out the windows, "it" wouldn't fall straight down. The wind stream would blow it back at your empennage , and you could damage the tail structure enough to bring your plane down. That's also why flying into freezing rain is so bad. Chunks of ice flying off the wings or body could damage the tail section.

Actually, I've got about 25 hours flight time, in a 152 Aerobat and a 172. I love stalls and aileron rolls! Perhaps I should have ended question #2 with a

[GreyGeek]

Re: Seattle. Snow. The usual videos of morons and their cars.

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Actually, I've got about 25 hours flight time, in a 152 Aerobat and a 172. I love stalls and aileron rolls! Perhaps I should have ended question #2 with a

Wow, another 20 hours, 70 points on the FAA exam and passing the FAA check ride and you'd have your "Land, single engine, Private Pilot" license!!! 8) So, you've experienced the JOY of being in command of an aircraft moving in 3 dimensions. It's an overwhelming sense of freedom, isn't it!!!

BTW, If you take a 172 into a spin you are a pilot for 1 1/2 turns, after that you are a test pilot! Good luck!

[lcorken]

Re: Seattle. Snow. The usual videos of morons and their cars.

If you can actually see your car, it hasn't snowed.
If you can make out the shape of your car under the snow, it hasn't snowed enough.
If you can no longer see your car or even the shape of your car, then it has snowed!

You win.

http://garfield.nfshost.com/2000/09/17/

Ken

[DoYouKubuntu]

Re: Seattle. Snow. The usual videos of morons and their cars.

You call that snow!

Hey, I SAID my yard was canopied by huge trees, so that's just what made its way in by blowing.

[cavedweller]

Re: Seattle. Snow. The usual videos of morons and their cars.

I lived on the east side of the state where they are use to the snow. Did spend a few years between Tacoma and Renton. The older I get though the less tolerance I have for cold, snow, and stupid drivers. Here in Arkansas when it snows an inch it is some real funny .... to watch. Every redneck in the area races to get in their 4WD with mudders on it, to show how fast they can shoot off the road, and get stuck.

[SteveRiley]

Re: Seattle. Snow. The usual videos of morons and their cars.

Wow, another 20 hours, 70 points on the FAA exam and passing the FAA check ride and you'd have your "Land, single engine, Private Pilot" license!!! 8) So, you've experienced the JOY of being in command of an aircraft moving in 3 dimensions. It's an overwhelming sense of freedom, isn't it!!!

Is there an expiration time for existing hours? My hours are all from one summer in 1988.

Yes, when your movement includes a Z axis, it suddenly becomes uninteresting to exist on a plane. Hm...isn't that interesting? We have to get into a plane to escape the confines of being on a plane. English is weird!