Snow is on its way
Jobst Brandt
Donner Pass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLAP99rd8VM
mid west (with extra power):
http://www.maniacworld.com/snow-plowing-train.html
Snow is falling on the high Sierra Nevada now.
Jobst Brandt
landotter
Mmmmm, Donner kebabs!
Norman
I'm planning a Donner Party. Everyone 25BMI & over gets
in free. & remember to stuff yourself with^H^H^H^Hon sage,
shallots, garlic, & rosemary. Err, anyway, wear lotsa butter.
Ronko
jbr...@sonic.net says...
Donner are interesting. And snow for skiing for this winter is most
welcome.
Jobst Brandt
>> Here are a couple of scenes from RR snow:
>> Donner Pass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLAP99rd8VM
>> mid west (with extra power):
http://www.maniacworld.com/snow-plowing-train.html
>> Snow is falling on the high Sierra Nevada now.
> Unclear of the cycling connection, but the '52 historical events at
> Donner are interesting. And snow for skiing for this winter is most
> welcome.
The central Sierra Nevada, seen in these pictures is classically what
can randomly occur with the weather. We don't need to read the fate
of the Donner Party to understand its significance:
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/CA-DonnerParty.html
Jobst Brandt
Ronko
jbr...@sonic.net says...
Thanks, good bit of history that fleshes out (very appropriate in this
context) the story of the Donner Party.
datakoll
Come 10AM and the warm california sun....
Sunrise Highway great at uh uh...
datakoll
when I see a roatry plow acumin, I pull over,
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO problem.
datakoll
andre...@aol.com
That does sound like a pretty awful place to live in. Yesterday it was
about 60 with 20 mile per hour wind. I thought that I was riding in
Antartica. We did a six mile climb with the wind behind. I was covered
to ride in 20 degree weather. It felt like I was riding in the Sahara.
On the way back down it felt like getting showered by one of those
train snow plowers.
andre...@aol.com
When is summer starting again? Tomorrow I'll take my dogs for a run in
the morning and I'll have to dress like a swat commando
datakoll
10:30 AM
datakoll
coastal desert and nooooooooo bugs ! amazing.
AMuzi
You're welcome to show up for our New Year's Ride, just to
put that in perspective.
--
Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
andre...@aol.com
> On Nov 16, 6:54 am, datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 16, 6:28 am, "andresm...@aol.com" <andresm...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Nov 15, 8:54 pm, datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > FREEZING at 6000' Anza Brrrrrago.
> > > > Come 10AM and the warm california sun....
> > > > Sunrise Highway great at uh uh...
>
> > > When is summer starting again? Tomorrow I'll take my dogs for a run in
> > > the morning and I'll have to dress like a swat commando
>
> > 10:30 AM
>
>
> coastal desert and nooooooooo bugs ! amazing.
That sounds just like El Paso. We hit high fifties to low seventies
most of the time. Its the morning in the 40s and 50s that is cold. Or
the 20 mile an hour cold winds even when the temperature is 55. Yeah,
I know, I'm a wimp. I want a low of 72.
My friends all leave at 7:30 to 8:00 AM. I leave at around 10:00 to
get some extra ZZZZs and let the sun warm things up a little. Problem
is that as soon as the temperature increases, warm air rises and cold
wind comes in under it. So I freeze no matter what.
andre...@aol.com
I know that you guys probably mount skies on each side of the bike.
But, some of us were made to live in the tropics and other for the
poles. I hate having to skin a beluga or narwhal so that I can cover
myself for Madison's Jan 1st ride.
datakoll
> You're welcome to show up for our New Year's Ride, just to
> put that in perspective.
No bugs ?
andre...@aol.com
Only the ones in the mescal bottle that you'll be drinking to stay
warm.
AMuzi
>> put that in perspective.
datakoll wrote:
> No bugs ?
None at 0F (unless you count cooties on your fellow cyclists).
http://www.yellowjersey.org/NY9I.JPG
datakoll
THERE'S A PATENTABLE IDEA for snowbound LBS !
bar mounted with LED and a sensor lookslika....
illuminated at extra cost, off course.
RonSonic
>>> You're welcome to show up for our New Year's Ride, just to
>>> put that in perspective.
>
>datakoll wrote:
>> No bugs ?
>
>None at 0F (unless you count cooties on your fellow cyclists).
>http://www.yellowjersey.org/NY9I.JPG
Michelin / T-Mobile cross promotion, or is that Jan in the off, off, off, off
season?
Sorry, obviously just a guy wearing arctic gear under his jersey.
Ron
--
Oh damn. There's that annoying blog. Again. http://dumbbikeblog.blogspot.com
Pat
>
> That sounds just like El Paso. We hit high fifties to low seventies
> most of the time. Its the morning in the 40s and 50s that is cold. Or
> the 20 mile an hour cold winds even when the temperature is 55. Yeah,
> I know, I'm a wimp. I want a low of 72.
>
> My friends all leave at 7:30 to 8:00 AM. I leave at around 10:00 to
> get some extra ZZZZs and let the sun warm things up a little. Problem
> is that as soon as the temperature increases, warm air rises and cold
> wind comes in under it. So I freeze no matter what.
If you get snow, send some to Dallas. I haven't seen any in a long time.
Pat
andre...@aol.com
We get some on top of the mountains on rare occasions. However, it'd
be muy macho of me to go into those inhospitable heights to pick up
some snow and send it east. I try to stay in as low altitude as
possible. You need to ask Jobst to email you some.
andre...@aol.com
> >> You're welcome to show up for our New Year's Ride, just to
> >> put that in perspective.
> datakoll wrote:
> > No bugs ?
>
With all that clothes, I doubt that they'll ride very far. I
especially liked the nose ring on the lead rider.
Jobst Brandt
Elsewhere there's lots of it, including the closure of the great Passo
Stelvio:
http://webcam.popso.it/stelvio.php?PASSOALTO2y
Jobst Brandt
datakoll
PLACING N-S WEBCAMS ON EXPLORER TABS is a good reality check.
www.catalinachamber.com/island/webcams+CATALINA+WEBCAM&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
datakoll
odds.
The BC cams are well lit: when the snow starts, you'll see flakes
Cam at Prince Rupert and cam at Vancovour cover a lotta winter
climate.
Jobst Brandt
> Here are a couple of scenes from RR snow:
> Donner Pass:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLAP99rd8VM
> mid west (with extra power):
> http://www.maniacworld.com/snow-plowing-train.html
> Snow is falling on the high Sierra Nevada now.
...and here it is:
http://video.dot.ca.gov/asx/d3-floriston-80.asx
If you hit it right, you'll see a UP freight passing toward the right
on the new right of way going west, or one on the old main going east
on the lower track. This causes left hand traffic for many trains,
including AMTRAK using the Donner pass route.
Years ago, Southern Pacific in a suicide price cutting move made a
single track ROW with better horizontal and lateral alignment, but now
that it's all UP it uses both alignments to achieve double track.
Unfortunately they didn't consider laying the other track on the new
ROW, so they use the ancient ROW for downhill eastbound traffic with
its curvy and steeper alignment.
Jobst Brandt
andre...@aol.com
Its 8:10 and 34 degrees here in El Paso. I just had a look at the live
camera and even though I,m indoors I got cold. I imagined riding up
the snowy pass and the humidity and the after snow chill work itself
into my bones. I am waiting here indoors until around 10:30 when it'll
be up to fifty. Then I will put on four layers, sky mask and winter
gloves for my midday to afternoon ride. When I get back home, it'll be
64 and warm. Please keep the snow or if you send some to Texas, just
make sure it goes to central and east and skips the West. Also, keep
you cold fronts. The homeless have to go to the shelters where they
make them pray.