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> Pogonip wrote:
>> BEI Design wrote:
>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>> Ursula Schrader wrote:
>>>>> "BEI Design" wrote...
>>>>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>>>>> BEI Design wrote:
>>>>>>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>>>>>>> BEI Design wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> <about violent weather and their near
>>>> There are lots of pictures and stories about people
>>>> ice skating on the small lakes (ponds?) around here in
>>>> winter years ago, but
>>>> in the 40 years I've lived here, they've never frozen
>>>> solid enough
>>>> for that.
>>> I have seen pictures from the early 20th century of the
>>> Willamette River, which runs through Portland, frozen so
>>> solid that cars were able to cross from one bank to the
>>> other. Thankfully, nothing like that in the 70 years
>>> I've lived here.
>>> The Missoula Flood covered the are where Portland,
>>> Oregon is now with 200+ feet of water...150 centuries
>>> ago.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missoula_Floods
>>> Some think that the West Linn Meteorite was floated to
>>> it's location south of Portland on an ice floe during
>>> one of those floods.
>>> http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorclak/WillametteMeteorite.html
>>> I'm thankful for calmer weather.
>>> Beverly
>> There is an upside to global warming....
>
> Climate is cyclical, if you don't like what's happening
> today, wait a few thouands years....
>
> Beverly
>
>

> BEI Design wrote:
> > Pogonip wrote:
> > > BEI Design wrote:
> > > > Pogonip wrote:
> > > > > Ursula Schrader wrote:
> > > > > > "BEI Design" wrote...
> > > > > > > Pogonip wrote:
> > > > > > > > BEI Design wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Pogonip wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > BEI Design wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > <about violent weather and their near
> > > > > There are lots of pictures and stories about
> > > > > people ice skating on the small lakes (ponds?)
> > > > > around
> > > > > here in winter years ago, but
> > > > > in the 40 years I've lived here, they've never
> > > > > frozen solid enough
> > > > > for that.
> > > > I have seen pictures from the early 20th century of
> > > > the Willamette River, which runs through Portland,
> > > > frozen so solid that cars were able to cross from
> > > > one bank to
> > > > the other. Thankfully, nothing like that in the 70
> > > > years I've lived here.
> > > > The Missoula Flood covered the are where Portland,
> > > > Oregon is now with 200+ feet of water...150
> > > > centuries ago.
> > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missoula_Floods
> > > > Some think that the West Linn Meteorite was floated
> > > > to it's location south of Portland on an ice floe
> > > > during one of those floods.
> > > > http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorclak/WillametteMeteorite.html
> > > > I'm thankful for calmer weather.
> > > > Beverly
> > > There is an upside to global warming....
> > Climate is cyclical, if you don't like what's happening
> > today, wait a few thouands years....
> > Beverly
> Uh..........how would I go about doing that, Beverly?

> Pogonip wrote:
>> BEI Design wrote:
>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>> BEI Design wrote:
>>>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>>>> Ursula Schrader wrote:
>>>>>>> "BEI Design" wrote...
>>>>>>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>>>>>>> BEI Design wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> BEI Design wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> <about violent weather and their near
>>>>>> There are lots of pictures and stories about
>>>>>> people ice skating on the small lakes (ponds?)
>>>>>> around
>>>>>> here in winter years ago, but
>>>>>> in the 40 years I've lived here, they've never
>>>>>> frozen solid enough
>>>>>> for that.
>>>>> I have seen pictures from the early 20th century of
>>>>> the Willamette River, which runs through Portland,
>>>>> frozen so solid that cars were able to cross from
>>>>> one bank to
>>>>> the other. Thankfully, nothing like that in the 70
>>>>> years I've lived here.
>>>>> The Missoula Flood covered the are where Portland,
>>>>> Oregon is now with 200+ feet of water...150
>>>>> centuries ago.
>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missoula_Floods
>>>>> Some think that the West Linn Meteorite was floated
>>>>> to it's location south of Portland on an ice floe
>>>>> during one of those floods.
>>>>> http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorclak/WillametteMeteorite.html
>>>>> I'm thankful for calmer weather.
>>>>> Beverly
>>>> There is an upside to global warming....
>>> Climate is cyclical, if you don't like what's happening
>>> today, wait a few thouands years....
>>> Beverly
>> Uh..........how would I go about doing that, Beverly?
>
> Huh? Are telling us you're NOT immortal???
>
> ;-p
>
> Beverly
>
>

> A major (for here) thunderstorm just passed directly
> overhead about 45 minutes ago. Fierce winds, a LOT of
> rain,some hail, thunder and lightning about a half second
> apart. I battened everything down, no damage here, check in
> Kay.
>
> Beverly, in the usually mild NW U.S.A

> BEI Design wrote:
>> A major (for here) thunderstorm just passed directly
>> overhead about 45 minutes ago. Fierce winds, a LOT of
>> rain,some hail, thunder and lightning about a half second
>> apart. I battened everything down, no damage here, check
>> in
>> Kay.
>> Beverly, in the usually mild NW U.S.A
> Glad you came through just fine. Sounds like an Arkansas
> thunderstorm went
> through there. That's about what we get here with most of
> them.

> I hope it
> was a one time thing for you!!!