Comments on: Snow in the South! http://janicedean.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:31:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Roger Simpson http://janicedean.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-5367 Roger Simpson Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:46:18 +0000 http://weather.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-5367 Hi Janice! My wife, Susi, and I love to watch your reports. We transplanted from Huntington Beach, CA to Medford, OR some time ago and discovered quickly, that the locals have an incredibly difficult time attempting to "forecast" weather or even "trends" here. It may be their equipment because oour "mountains", here, are really "hills" as most of them are well under 5,000 feet. Thanks for your accuracy. Just a quick question; we understand you worked in Canada on air. Did that require you to speak more than one language? That could present some interesting problems, like which show to speak one and which show to speak the other. Oh yeah; just a point of interest. I wrote to Bill Hemmer a few months back when the bad fires were ravaging Southern CA. Since around the '60's, the "Wind's" name has changed from Santanas to Santa Anas. Have you ever heard any reason why? The winds don't "blow" from Santa Ana (or anywhere even close). Santa Ana means "Saint Ana". Santana means "Evil" or "Devil" Wind. It's not a point of contention or anything but just a curiosity. We, figuring you're pretty smart, may have heard why the name change. Oh well ... we'll most likely all never find out. Any way, keep up the great work. You do a good job and we hope to continue seeing you for a long, long time. Roger and Suz. PS: We got a kick out of seeing you dance on Fox and Friends some time ago. Any more plans for that in the future? You're pretty darned good at it. R and S Hi Janice! My wife, Susi, and I love to watch your reports. We transplanted from Huntington Beach, CA to Medford, OR some time ago and discovered quickly, that the locals have an incredibly difficult time attempting to “forecast” weather or even “trends” here. It may be their equipment because oour “mountains”, here, are really “hills” as most of them are well under 5,000 feet. Thanks for your accuracy. Just a quick question; we understand you worked in Canada on air. Did that require you to speak more than one language? That could present some interesting problems, like which show to speak one and which show to speak the other. Oh yeah; just a point of interest. I wrote to Bill Hemmer a few months back when the bad fires were ravaging Southern CA. Since around the ’60’s, the “Wind’s” name has changed from Santanas to Santa Anas. Have you ever heard any reason why? The winds don’t “blow” from Santa Ana (or anywhere even close). Santa Ana means “Saint Ana”. Santana means “Evil” or “Devil” Wind. It’s not a point of contention or anything but just a curiosity. We, figuring you’re pretty smart, may have heard why the name change. Oh well … we’ll most likely all never find out. Any way, keep up the great work. You do a good job and we hope to continue seeing you for a long, long time. Roger and Suz. PS: We got a kick out of seeing you dance on Fox and Friends some time ago. Any more plans for that in the future? You’re pretty darned good at it. R and S

]]> By: Justin http://janicedean.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3927 Justin Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:57:50 +0000 http://weather.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3927 Here in Southwest Virginia, we had nothing when I went to bed, which was around 2:30 or so this morning. But when I woke up at 8:00, there was snow everywhere, and it was still coming down! It started to taper off late this morning, and is now pretty much all gone. But it was just about the perfect storm, in the sense that it wasn't too much snow, and it didn't cause any power problems at all. It's so beautiful to look at, and even more so this time around, because usually we get plenty of wind, which tends to prevent the snow from really accumulating. But there has been virtually no wind to speak of to this point, which is incredible for us here! I'd have to say that the weather folks got this one right, and I'd be a fool to complain :D Here in Southwest Virginia, we had nothing when I went to bed, which was around 2:30 or so this morning. But when I woke up at 8:00, there was snow everywhere, and it was still coming down! It started to taper off late this morning, and is now pretty much all gone. But it was just about the perfect storm, in the sense that it wasn’t too much snow, and it didn’t cause any power problems at all. It’s so beautiful to look at, and even more so this time around, because usually we get plenty of wind, which tends to prevent the snow from really accumulating. But there has been virtually no wind to speak of to this point, which is incredible for us here! I’d have to say that the weather folks got this one right, and I’d be a fool to complain :D

]]> By: tndeb http://janicedean.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3922 tndeb Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:11:51 +0000 http://weather.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3922 Janice, Well the snow in my south didn't last long..last night snowed about an 1/2 inch..turned to sleet..temps dropped down in mid 20's..ice..temps rise mid 30's..light rain now..currently 40 degrees..the typical rollercoaster weather... But the kids were happy..NO SCHOOL! Drought conditions have improved here..my pond was down about 3 1/2 feet over the summer..now it is almost back to normal+++++.... Have a wonderful Thursday..deb in tn Janice,

Well the snow in my south didn’t last long..last night snowed about an 1/2 inch..turned to sleet..temps dropped down in mid 20’s..ice..temps rise mid 30’s..light rain now..currently 40 degrees..the typical rollercoaster weather…

But the kids were happy..NO SCHOOL!

Drought conditions have improved here..my pond was down about 3 1/2 feet over the summer..now it is almost back to normal+++++….

Have a wonderful Thursday..deb in tn

]]> By: Janice Dean http://janicedean.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3920 Janice Dean Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:08:39 +0000 http://weather.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3920 No probs. Those were the big totals. No probs. Those were the big totals.

]]> By: Janice Dean http://janicedean.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3919 Janice Dean Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:08:21 +0000 http://weather.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3919 Hey Apryl! Pretty cool right? I heard kids were so excited. One of our makeup artists, Sandy is from the deep south and she says they usually get snow once every 7 years. Hey Apryl!
Pretty cool right? I heard kids were so excited. One of our makeup artists, Sandy is from the deep south and she says they usually get snow once every 7 years.

]]> By: Janice Dean http://janicedean.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3918 Janice Dean Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:07:23 +0000 http://weather.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3918 Yes, they are still technically into a major drought despite some relief from the last few storms. Yes, they are still technically into a major drought despite some relief from the last few storms.

]]> By: wenchie http://janicedean.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3917 wenchie Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:06:09 +0000 http://weather.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3917 Thanks Janice for the precip totals in the other thread... :) Thanks Janice for the precip totals in the other thread… :)

]]> By: Susan http://janicedean.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3915 Susan Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:49:14 +0000 http://weather.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3915 Didn't Georgia have a drought here in the summer months? Didn’t Georgia have a drought here in the summer months?

]]> By: Apryl Chapman Thomas http://janicedean.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3913 Apryl Chapman Thomas Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:13:36 +0000 http://weather.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/17/snow-in-the-south/#comment-3913 Yay, it snowed! It was fun while it lasted. Now it is just a rainy, wet slush outside. Being from the South, I can count number of times on one hand that it has snowed where I have lived. Yay, it snowed! It was fun while it lasted. Now it is just a rainy, wet slush outside. Being from the South, I can count number of times on one hand that it has snowed where I have lived.

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