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The Extra Class Questions

CodeBreaker — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:24:56 GMT

These questions on the Extra Question Pool hurt my head. The electrical and Regulation questions I get more easily than the others.
I just hope I get them down before April so I can go and take my Extra test

Chase Team

CodeBreaker — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:56:41 GMT

My Team is itching to get out and go chasing and it isn't even spring yet :lol:. and we dont have a CB or HAM radio since my friend dropped my VX-170 in water

Nor'easters : to snow or not to snow????????????

lilapsophile — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:48:25 GMT

"To Snow or not to snow, that is the question..........whether we get a sloppy mess of rain and snow , or all snow or all rain, tis dependent on the old benchmark of the 40 -70 line, and how cold the air is and whether the storm 's track carries it close or far away to the distant sea..........":lol:
Yes, this is what Hamlet could have said , had he been a citizen on the East Coast, waiting for an ocean storm or nor'easter.When you live on the Eastern seaboard, there are many variables that determine what precipitation you will most likely see, such as air temperature, storm track, and how far away from a certain benchmark a storm is.Waiting for one of these storms can be very exasperating :mad: because they are so unpredictable a few days out. This storm in question may or may not hit the East Coast. But while I'm watching and waiting, i have plenty else to distract me, like Christmas shopping and wrapping the gifts, and making some jewelry...or:p annihilating Elements of Destruction for the 20th time on my Nintendo DS. or chilling out here, on Skywarn on-line.

dec 11

steve1955 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:48:03 GMT

well major disappoint last week we had a change for a little snow to happened little northeast of here little futher north .temps just didn't drop as expected but good news is we got some much needed rain which would be better than snow.tonight theres a change for some thunder so gonna be up awhile to see what happens with that.mean while we had a nice freeze here monday and tuesday tempts dropped 20 degrees kinda cool seeing frost for the first time this year..

Roswell's first snowstorm causes dangerous travel

KB0QNW — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:42:51 GMT

The southeast plains of New Mexico experienced it's first significant snow storm of the season today. This stretch of US 285 between Roswell and Artesia saw multiple stranded vehicles which has spun out due to ice, snow, slush and, or course, excessive speed. See www.senmwx.com for details of the storm system.

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possible t-showers here

steve1955 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:13:29 GMT

well perhaps i get a chance of getting a thundershower here maybe .getting cameras ready so far only 3 clips for video gonna be making during this fall and winter hoping for alot more clips .whats gonna worry me is usally like last year the heavy prec storm cell splits one goes south one north nothing in the middle hope that makes sence.shall see what today bring .

what i been up to

steve1955 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:31:03 GMT

well fall is here winter is on its way out making videos of some of thing thats been going on lik fog and thundershower ect.i wsh tha someone could take me up to yosemite to film some snow fall .my goal is get enough stuff together for a fall winter and spring dvd thats long range goal .oct 13-14 managed to get some footage nice rain storm with pretty high winds streets that were flooded.sept 12 managed to get footage of a nice thundershower with was cool had a funnel clouds .so thats what i been up to latly.,,

Life has been......

KC8TCQ — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:53:23 GMT

Frantic, hectic etc....

The County Health Dept. has been using the EOC to hold H1N1 vaccine clinics, so my days have gotten longer as I have to stay to close up, and have to be here to open up in the morning.

Tonight on top of the clinic, we are hosting the K8TII amateur radio club meeting, and I am in the middle of several grant projects involving several million dollars (communications systems, regional medical response, disaster animal response) completely remaking the county resources database from scratch as well as collecting all of the data.

I need a vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thinking of taking off to Florida or something.

Edit: Oh the joy of screaming kids "I don't want a shot" and the nurses telling me I can't leave my office as they are going to be giving some kid a shot in the butt around the corner from me grrrrrr. I have told them several times there are two unused offices up front they can use if they need a private area.

Donated Plasma

CodeBreaker — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:53:39 GMT

I think I'm never doing this again. I went to BioLife and donated plasma. They had to adjust the needle so many times my arm still hurts like crazy. Then they had to stick me in my other arm to return my blood because my arm that already had the needle wouldnt take it so both arm hurt now and never again

Brief, heavy rains flood Roswell streets again

KB0QNW — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:09:04 GMT

Today around 7:00 PM a storm came through Roswell dropping heavy rains and lowering visiblity to nearly zero. These pictures were taken along several points from Brasher Rd and South Main Streets, along Brasher west bound to Sunset and north on Sunset at the Hondo River.

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Preparing for NEXT season!

IL Storm Spotter — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:41:54 GMT

Well so far this season was a good chase season. Now its getting closer to winter and time to prepare for next severe weather season.

Next season, I have all sorts of stuff planned including buying a better digital/HD camcorder to publish my videos on youtube with. I also plan to get my laptop installed with mobile technology and use it as my mobile chasing solution using GRLevel 3 software.

I hope to travel to other nearby states as well such as KY, MO and IN.

What do you all do during the not so severe months to keep from going crazy because you want to see the stuff so bad? LOL :p

Looks to be an interesting week

KC8TCQ — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:31:24 GMT

Well this upcoming week looks like it will be interesting, between the local events (county fair this week), the tropical systems going on, and my upcoming birthday.

I was planning on taking Tuesday off to go celebrate my birthday with some friends and former co-workers from the TFD.

Now I'm not so sure about that heheh.

Deluge rolls through Roswell and the Pecos Valley

KB0QNW — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:41:00 GMT

Well we finally got a monsoonal deluge tonight. Roswell experienced flooded roadways, swollen rivers, downed tree limbs and a high water rescue from a vehicle west of the city. The storm continued to the southeast where it caused power outages in Hagerman and Dexter and damaged roofs. Thanks to my son Jared for shooting the video.

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Localized Street Flooding

KB0QNW — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:42:38 GMT

Well we finally got some real water here in Chaves County. I took this as we were leaving for Albuquerque Wednesday morning. It's the corner of Country Club and Main in Roswell. Officially we had .83 inches, but many areas of Chaves County received as much as 4 to 5 inches.

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Eastern Chaves County Flash Flood Warning

KB0QNW — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:27:31 GMT

Well we had some very slow movers in eastern Chaves today. My son Jared and I decided to take a ride and he shot this incredible one second video capturing a massive lightning strike on tape. The area is near State Roads 172 and 249.

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