Pshaw. We had "thundersnow" here in Seattle Thursday morning. Quite the thrill! I hear thundersnow can occur around Lake Ontario... perhaps some of our Orkney ancestors who emigrated to that area experienced this.

Here in the great land down under where I live some years we're lucky to get a good frost! Lisa, what is 'thundersnow'? Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Conrad" <nisus00@earthlink.net> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] 1864 Death,James THOMISON > Pshaw. We had "thundersnow" here in Seattle Thursday morning. Quite the > thrill! I hear thundersnow can occur around Lake Ontario... perhaps some > of our Orkney ancestors who emigrated to that area experienced this. > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing > and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

ah. I think that would qualify for talking about off-list . I'll send you a few links. :-) --------- Joy Moloney wrote: > Here in the great land down under where I live some years we're lucky to get > a good frost! > > Lisa, what is 'thundersnow'? >