Once again Arizona has been hit hard by a winter storm. We don't have an snow at our elevation here in the southern part of the state, but I imagine we will see snow in the higher elevations when the clouds clear away. The northern part of the state is pretty much shut down because of heavy snowfall and high winds. We did have high winds last night, at times we had gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour. The neighbor behind us lost about 24 feet of fence but the only damage we had was the safety net on my grand daughters trampoline got blown off. I can fix that, though. A few things did get re-arranged in my outdoor kitchen, but that is easy to remedy. We did get a little ran, but doesn't seem to be very much. There are some power lines down but not in our district. The power went off momentarily through the night, but only for a few seconds. There are lots of businesses in town that had plate glass windows blown out or damaged. Sure hope it doesn't start up again today. Right now we have about 10 mile per hour winds, and that is not bad. Don in AZ

Don, I got a bulletin that the snow was headed our way, so I asked that it get sent somewhere else - I didn't care where, as long as I didn't see it. It must have been Arizona's turn in the barrel. LOL Seriously: I am very thankful that no one was hurt and what damages you received were minimal. I know that Arizona, like some other states, are ill-equipped to handle snow when it falls somewhere other than the mountains. I pray that it gently melts away and that you have no more 'freak' storms. WOW! The weather patterns are surely unusual this year. We have only a tiny bit of snow on the ground here in upstate NY on the PA border. I am thankful that we don't have more because I am truly not fond of winter and we will soon enough have plenty of it. Usually, when we start out mildly here, we end up paying a big price for it later on in January-February. The Wooly Bear Caterpillar I saw was light on both ends and very dark in the center, and so far its prediction is true. Stay warm. Hugs, Mary -----Original Message----- From: padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Don Churchfield Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 11:02 AM To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Subject: [PD-LIFE] Winter weather Once again Arizona has been hit hard by a winter storm. We don't have an snow at our elevation here in the southern part of the state, but I imagine we will see snow in the higher elevations when the clouds clear away. The northern part of the state is pretty much shut down because of heavy snowfall and high winds. We did have high winds last night, at times we had gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour. The neighbor behind us lost about 24 feet of fence but the only damage we had was the safety net on my grand daughters trampoline got blown off. I can fix that, though. A few things did get re-arranged in my outdoor kitchen, but that is easy to remedy. We did get a little ran, but doesn't seem to be very much. There are some power lines down but not in our district. The power went off momentarily through the night, but only for a few seconds. There are lots of businesses in town that had plate glass windows blown out or damaged. Sure hope it doesn't start up again today. Right now we have about 10 mile per hour winds, and that is not bad. Don in AZ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message