Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

New one on me Roy but I do live a sheltered life

 

[Thomas]

27F clear sky.

12 hours at pt. job so much for the 5 hours mark down to work because certain person once again had excuse not showing up nuff said.
Kubota and walk behind snowblower gas up ready for action, snowplow attach to pickup,snow shovels by the doors looks like 8-12 inches least it will be fluffy and no gusty winds this time,Mrs. decided to take vaction day Friday because of the storm and she got the grocery done today...let it snow.

Date night afterwards feet up old movie but one thing for certain pillow time will come early to night.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[LouNY]

Well it's well past morning, but hello all;
This danged weather has sure thrown a monkey wrench into my plans for tomorrow.
I was planning on going out to the Farm Show at the State Fairgounds in Syracuse,
but with the potential of a storm I guess I'll stay home. Looking at the different
forecasts the NWS is 10-12Inches, Accuweather is 10"-15" and Weather underground is at 10".
So I took the back blade off and put the inverted blower on this afternoon that should cut the
snowfall down to 2-4" and I'll switch back to the backblade.
But at least it's cold out and the mud has set up good.

 

[rswyan]

34F and cloudy @ 17:00, was sunny earlier. Heading to 28F with rain/snow later. Winter Weather Advisory has been issued.

Ten Day shows highs with a mix of mid-30's to mid-40's ... with one day at the tail end with a high of 53F. Of course, a lot can change between now and then.

Hopper and two sunflower tube feeders refilled plus two suet feeders. Also refilled deer corn feeder with about a gallon and half whole corn.

Also handled some emails, did some banking, and scheduled bills for payment.

Went over to the barn earlier to check on something for a friend, noticed what was left of a raccoon carcass at the north overhead door. Looked like it had been pretty well picked over. One less to be concerned with.

Need to go over some documents this evening.

I believe dinner may be on the stove which I should probably go check on ...

Possibly a movie later.

Hope everyone had a great Thursday ...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

31° and light rain all day. Stayed just at 33° most of day. Salt trucks sitting along roads waiting. Nothing frozen yet.

I had no idea about the haboob stuff either.

Chow time, then quicken updates.

 

[Dftodd]

ADOT did a wonderful jobs on the interstate during this storm.

They neglected to salt the bridges. So we had the classic Arkansas accordian effect going on today. Happens every storm.

People hammer down the road at 75. Forget that the bridges could be frozen still.

Yahoo hits the bridge and realizes it's a solid sheet of ice. So they ride it out across the bridge. Panic, and then slam on their brakes as soon as they hit solid pavement.

They always neglect to take into account the 6 or so cars tailgating behind them traveling at 75mph and no way to stop.

Sat on the interstate for an hour this morning reading a book. Tractor trailer wrecked after crossing one of those unsalted bridges.

Highway patrol shut down the interstate for about an hour while waiting for ADOT to get out there and sand the dickens out of it.

 

[sodamo]

Cataract calendar has started. Got the measurements today. New (to me) that takes 5 pics of each eye. Thought I might be reacting to the green flash, but tech said I did great. Surgery not scheduled until neat end of May,more than 3 months. WOW, Doc said they were backlogged, but geez. Told tech to put my name on the standby list. Scheduled my preop clearance for next Tue. Once cleared I can be called anytime. I’m hopeful.

Roy, did your wife opt for the toric lenses? I have astigmatism so an option. About $1200 each eye not covered by insurance. Thinking seriously that I will get.

 

[rswyan]

Keystone 1 & 2 provide oil to Midwest refineries.

I suppose ... assuming one considers Cushing, OK to be in the "Midwest". (It actually isn't)

Personally, I've never thought of it that way ... but I guess some would consider Ohio to be in the "Great Lakes" (which it is ... while also being in the Midwest ... )

But the Phase III(a) pipeline opened up the possibility the Phase I and II oil could be also sent to Texas ... since the end terminus for the Phase II section and the origin point for Phase III(a) are basically in the same location.

While phase 3 is a larger capacity to TX , that cannot be utilized without the XL.

That's odd ... given that TC started pumping oil into the Phase III(a) section in January 2014.

One news article I read - dated January 8, 2015 - said that Phase III(a) would be pumping on average about 300,000 barrels of oil daily initially and should end the year at an average of about 520,000 barrels per day.

TC's own statements in another article claimed the same number (520,000 bpd) and said that the Phase III pipeline section's capacity could be scaled up to 700,000 bpd.

Evidently there is quite a bit of oil to be transported up near the origination point of the Phase IIIa section (Cushing, OK)

It seems that Oklahoma produces around 12,000,000 bpm on average - just going by the EIA's figures for 2021. That equates to around 400,000 bpd more or less. Production has been even higher (600,000 bpd) in the fairly recent past.

Toss in Kansas and that's another 70,000 to 80,000 per day.

FWIW, Phase III(b) is a shorter pipeline (47 miles) called the "Houston Lateral" - which delivers oil from near the endpoint of Phase IIIa in Nederland, TX to the refineries in Houston.

phase 1 & 2 restrict what can be delivered to Tx.

Not really ... unless the premise is that oil shipped to refinery locations other than TX somehow restricts what can be shipped to TX (by virtue of it having gone elsewhere ?)

But as I noted above Phase II + Phase IIIa do deliver the capability to send oil to Texas.

Therefore the XL was to provide up to 700,000 to TX in addition to what goes to Midwest in 1&2. It also was to deliver Bakken oil from Montana to Tx.

True (highlighted)

But it seems like a pipeline for Bakken oil could be routed in such a way that wouldn't have to cross such an environmentally sensitive area.

Of course, there's always the NIMBY aspect to deal with - no matter where it's sited.

XL is required to get oil to the Texas refineries with more capacity

Leaving aside the fact that Phase III (a and b) apparently can, do - and are currently - supplying oil - our own domestically produced oil - to Texas refineries, there have been a number of other pipeline proposals floated probably since at least the early 2010's - so it's entirely possible that one of those might receive greater public acceptance than the XL ... which would have crossed one of the world's largest underground aquifers (the Ogallala)

Although I'm sure that there are certainly some folks that would be opposed to that because it's tar sands oil that is being discussed.

As to the rest of your statement which I deliberately omitted, not going to touch that - since it not really a suitable discussion topic for this forum.

 

[Alien]

Torrential rain here at present. Hasn't eased up for 2 days and a lot more coming. We are flooded in at present so no going anywhere. But, have smokes, beer, bourbon and plenty of food to last a few days. Our front porch is under water so stuck inside with 4 dogs! If you look close at the pic you can see the little Koala up near the top of the tree. Must be horrible for the poor little bloke

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 21ºF for the start, overcast, and light breeze. Light wind today, forecast freezing rain no show here. Overcast did stay all day and high temp was 28ºF. (forecast 34ºF).. Cleaned ashes and restoked the insert to start the day. Puttered with bike fender, should be quieter now, not sure when I will get to really test it . Did get bike ride on trainer today and nap in
Kyle I have to wonder how they bent the rods.
Bill hope you had a good trip to town.
Roy sorry no new blower for this storm.
Dennis sorry about AT&T falling down on job.
Drew 1 in sleet, ugh! Glad all accessories removed and surgery sites are healing.
Eric tags are just numbers, ideally fish will be measures for length and weighed and released. Officially lake is catch and release for large mouth, 5 fish daily for white bass (14 inch min). Pesky woodpeckers
Ultrarunner I hear you, but the government in Ca. does not
RNG hope you got clear guide lines on what will be taxable and what is not. Woodpeckers like to hammer on my chimney because of the sound, goes away after mating season. Pizza and beer make nice payment for machining job
Billy did you get some of the cold air Buppies got? Hope you get your pre rain chores done.
Buppies you found our cold air
Ken hope family is safe.
Drew glad new dermatologist will be ok, Sorry about driveway blockage, you would think they know what driveways are for.
Ted good to hear stove ran all night, you got more snow and I am not on your bad list Hope the waxing goes well. Dinner sounds good, we had pot roast mashed taters and carrots
Bird I think the woodpeckers are looking for girl friend.
David hope your cataracts go as well as the wife's did.
Hornett good luck finding and setting up the reloading equipment and getting supplies.
Drew it was not been as warm as 34ºF for 2 days here, tomorrow noon should be above freezing.
Rich I see the humor, but would struggle with the stupidity of the calls while on them.
RNG glad you are not in a tent in the cold.
Buppies but when I saw Johnny Quest I thought of the haboob RNG mentioned.
Roy never saw Tintin.
Thomas and you were doing so good at getting away after 8 hrs.
RS Hope you can handle the snow without the Kubota. Sunday we start a warmup to over normal weather conditions.
Dennis hope the trucks were covered.
Dftood and at the end of the bridge the don't have to slow down that much.
Doug unusual for to have rain like that during summer isn't it? Glad you can stay home for a while. Bet the dogs are restless.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery, living alone, Bird/aging issues/, Don/knee recovery, /mom's pipeline process, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy/ palpitations, /angina, /shoulder, wife/ankle recovery, Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies/surgery infection / wife head wound healing, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes /rib, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery follow up, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues /dog seizure, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /nephew - Covid /5 year plan, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.