Saturday, February 16, 2008

Still here . . .

So you may be wondering why I haven't been around much. Well, I really have had nothing new to say. The weather still REALLY sucks. I have not run outside in weeks. Literally, weeks. We have so much snow it is crazy. More to come tomorrow. We literally have a foot and a half of snow on our deck and temps haven't been even close to 30 in a LONG time. :( THe roads are covered with snow, so trying to run outside would = injury.

SO, so I am plugging out very low mileage on the treadmill. Yeah, I have made friends with the treadmill, but you, well at least I, cannot "train" solely on the treadmill. So I am in a bad state with my running. I admit it. And I don't want to blog every day about how much it sucks. But I wanted ya'll to know that I am here, just nothing positive to report Winter can't last forever can it?

Fortunately Northwoods Bryan challenged me on mileage, so that should keep me on my treadmill at least (thanks again for that BYW).

See . . .

/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.080217T0600Z- 080218T0600Z/ IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE- GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON... MONROE 558 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT.

A MIXTURE OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING SUNDAY MORNING AND LAST INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS WEST OF MADISON AND MONROE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

1 comment:

Bryan said...

I love the cut-and-pasted government weather warnings... in ALL CAPS TO LET YOU KNOW HOW DRAMATIC THIS WEATHER IS GOING TO BE!!!