Stitches was Re: [at-l] hikers bailing

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

I went home this noon to walk my dogs, and listened to the Weather Channel 
talk about the "1 foot drifts" with today's snows in North Carolina's Blue 
Ridge. OOOOH, AAHHHHH, WOW!

OrangeBug

"Back in my day, we walked barefoot in the snow, up hill, both ways."

At 04:40 PM 3/20/2001 -0600, L. Parker wrote:
> > > ### You're right, OB. -10F t'ain't *nothing* like the days
> > >of thirty to forty below (5-15*F before wind) that accompanied Stitches'
>...
> > >
> >
> > Thats "nothing" like the 10º below F, before adding in the
> > wind chill and the
> > 3 FEET of snow during the bizzard of 1993.
>
>Awww, that ain't nuthin, jus ask Turtle (cuz he lives thar in North Dakota)
>about hiking the Sheyenne River at -20 F with a 20 mile per hour wind
>whistling up the river bed...which natch is frozen solid. Ya'll has to walk
>thar cuz thar be snow taller than a tall man with drifts as tall as the
>chimney on the house everywhar else...and the wind in the field is blowin
>right about fast enuff to nock yall off yourn feet.