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Winter Weather / Re: Possible Winter Storm in the south Sunday and Monday

« on: January 15, 2011, 05:44:26 PM »

Well, up in the northern portion of Alabama, like in Huntsville, snow remains on the ground.

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Winter Weather / Re: Possible Winter Storm in the south Sunday and Monday

« on: January 15, 2011, 03:14:40 PM »

For places north of here that did get snow, a lot of that hasn't even melted since it has continued to be cold all week.

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: January 14, 2011, 09:56:25 PM »

It's so cold

here that the fires in people's fireplaces around here are frozen.

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General Discussion / Re: Sports Thread

« on: January 11, 2011, 06:04:06 PM »

The Auburn Tigers defeated the Oregon Ducks 22-19 last night in the BCS national championship game to win their 1st national title since 1957. The game was played in Glendale, AZ.

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General Discussion / Re: Follow The Rules

« on: January 10, 2011, 11:21:42 PM »

Quote from: twcfan68 on January 10, 2011, 06:33:34 PM

I take you're an Alabama fan, TWCC_Lightning. (I'm also one myself, but I'm an LSU fan first.) I do agree, though, that over time the NCAA will dig up all this dirt and prove that Cam Newton was ineligible this whole time. Knowing that, he's going to go pro before that happens to him.

Just like Reggie Bush, who played at USC is pro now, before all this stuff came out. But, it's not fair that the insitution is punished and Reggie Bush isn't even affected by it (though he gave up his heisman trophy).

And, yes I'm an Alabama fan. Roll Tide. Your team beat us, just like Auburn did.

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General Discussion / Re: Follow The Rules

« on: January 10, 2011, 05:52:38 PM »

Here is another situtation regarging this topic about following the rules. For those of you who follow college football, you know who is playing in the BCS National Championship game tonight. Auburn and Oregon. The only reason that the former is playing in this game is because they cheated and have a quarterback who cheated. Nontheless, the NCAA cleared him to play, after all the investigations and even the FBI being involved. His father was shopping him and Cam Newton claimed he did not know his dad was doing such a thing and they believed him and let him off the hook! This guy formerly played second string quarterback at Florida behind Tim Tebow, Tebows sophomore season.

While he was there, he stole laptop computers, cheated on numerous tests. He playing last year at a junior college. The head coach at Mississippi State University, Dan Mullen, the former offensive coordinator for the Gators wanted him to play there at State and he said he was going to State. Then, he gets an offer from Auburn and goes there because Auburn bought him. He is off the hook and elgible to play. Anyone would have to just be stupid not to believe that Cam Newton knew all that time that his father was shopping him. He lied and cheated. He got off the hook because he had the money! So, Auburn is playing in the game with an illegal player.

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Winter Weather / Re: Possible Winter Storm in the south Sunday and Monday

« on: January 10, 2011, 02:46:50 PM »

In my area, at least where I live, they blew it way out of proportion. We were supposed to get 4-8 inches of snow in my area and we didn't even get enough to cover the whole ground. They also started saying how the ice storm threat was increasing for my area and our power never went out. They made it sound like it was going to be the end of the world. It was uncalled for. They got me worried and all upset for no reason.

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Winter Weather / Re: Possible Winter Storm in the south Sunday and Monday

« on: January 09, 2011, 06:26:44 PM »

Here is out Winter Storm Warning from the National Weather Service:

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY.

ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY OVER WEST ALABAMA THIS
AFTERNOON AND SPREADING EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING. THERE SHOULD
BE A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW GENERALLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR...WHILE AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WILL SEE A MIX OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 3
AND 6 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WITH UPWARDS OF A TENTH OF AN
INCH OF ICE.

AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 IN THE WARNED AREA WILL MIX WITH
SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF
SLEET...SNOWFALL TOTALS MAY BE LOWER. GENERALLY EXPECTING 1 TO 3
INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH UPWARDS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF
AN INCH OF ICE BY MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE
COULD VERY WELL DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

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Winter Weather / Re: Possible Winter Storm in the south Sunday and Monday

« on: January 09, 2011, 06:13:00 PM »

At least here in Birmingham, the weather people (both the NWS and the local media) are making this sound like it's the end of the world. Like it's doomsday. They are dramatizing this way more than they have to. I don't like it, one bit.

I hope to get some thundersnow, though. That would be nice.

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Winter Weather / Possible Winter Storm in the south Sunday and Monday

« on: January 07, 2011, 02:18:07 PM »

I am sure you all have heard about the possiblity of ice, snow and sleet across the deep south for Sunday and Monday. Why are these kind of weather events so tricky, complicated and difficult to forecast?

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Where is Jim Cantore?

« on: January 07, 2011, 02:13:40 PM »

He'll never be in the Atlanta studios, ever again?

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: January 06, 2011, 06:25:14 PM »

It snows in Florida in August.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 06, 2011, 06:18:33 PM »

I have a PS2, with two NCAA Football games, the '08 version and the '10 version by EA Sports. They both feature ESPN commentators Brad Nessler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit. They are fun games to play!