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A Fox Fan Thanksgiving.

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Hi everyone!

It’s a busy day in the weather department as it is every day before Thanksgiving as many folks get on the road or in the air for the long holiday weekend. 

Two trouble spots that may cause a ripple effect in the air – one is across the Midwest where a system is sweeping across the Great Lakes and into the Ohio Valley, eventually pushing into the Northeast tomorrow and Friday.  The other area is across Florida where a low pressure system pushes in from the Gulf of Mexico and bringing a soaking wet day over much of the “sunshine state”.  We had some ground stops earlier in Miami and Ft Lauderdale, so this could be a tricky day of trying to fly in or out of south central Florida.

Here’s a link to the FAA’s flight delays if you are expected someone, or you are planning to fly this weekend: http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp

Tomorrow we’ve got the big Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade here in Manhattan, and the weather should co-operate for all the balloons, but the parade route has changed, which means some shifting winds are possible.  Here’s the story about the new parade route.

Thanks to everyone for posting their yummy Thanksgiving menus!  I want to hear more!  And, I would love to hear what you’re thankful for as well this year.  My list is plentiful…but the obvious blessing this year, is my little 10 month old boy who has brought so much happiness and joy to my life, its hard to put into words.  He is my life and my love.

I am also thankful to all of you, my faithful bloggers who make it a pleasure to log on to my computer every day to see what you’re talking about.  Thanks again for being kind and considerate here.  I feel very fortunate to have a great bunch of friends.

Janice

Hey everyone!

Hope your week is going quickly, and you’ve got a few days off to enjoy the long weekend!  How many of you are cooking or hosting Thanksgiving at your place?  I will be working the holiday, so Matthew and my husband will be off to Brooklyn for the festivities.  I’m hoping for some leftovers!  Fox does a wonderful job feeding us as well, so I’m sure I’ll have my share of turkey, potatoes and apple pie!  YUM!   I taped a little Thanksgiving Day message last week that should air on Fox in the next few days, so keep a lookout for that.  I must admit, I got a little misted up when I was asked what I was “Thankful For”…it’s overwhelming how blessed I’ve been this year.  

As far as Thanksgiving travel goes, the midwest looks like they could see some delays tomorrow as a storm gets wound up over the next day or so across the plains and into the central U.S.  We’re not looking at a blockbuster storm, but more along the lines of nuisance weather.  The east coast looks ok tomorrow, but Thursday and Friday we’ll see the system across the Midwest move into the region.  The south looks excellent tomorrow as does much of the west.

I’ll be checking in often this week, if anyone is around!   

And, appropriately enough, here’s the “shot of the day”!   These guys are so cute, I might have to skip the turkey this year, and just load up on all the fixins’ instead!

(From AP: Two White Holland Turkeys look at each other in their coop at the Esbenshade Turkey Farm in Paradise, Pa. , Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. )

Here’s some pretty recent pictures of my little man.    He’s getting so big isn’t he?  10 months next week!  Have a great weekend everyone!

JD

Good morning everyone

We got good news last night that we finally have a closing date on the home we’ve been working on over the last few months.  What a stressful process!  It’s going to be a busy next few weeks as we head into Thanksgiving and Christmas, but if all goes well, we should be in our house by Christmas.  Very exciting stuff.  I can’t wait to see little Matt with much more room to move around in.  I will certainly miss my time in Manhattan, but I’ve always been a suburbs kinda girl, so I think the transition won’t be a big problem despite the commute to work every day.  The weekends will seem like a mini-vacation!  One thing is for sure, I have so much to be Thankful for this Thanksgiving!

In weather news, we’re watching two systems right now impacting the U.S.  A strong storm pushing into the west coast is bringing more heavy rain, damaging winds and heavy snow for Washington, Oregon and Idaho down into Northern California and Nevada.  Winds could surpass hurricane force in terms of gusts especially over the canyons and passes.  Once this storm pushes through, there’s another one waiting in the wings for this weekend.  Not fun.

The other storm getting its act together is across the Gulf of Mexico bringing extremely heavy rain to Texas, Louisiana as well as Oklahoma and Arkansas.  Some localized coastal regions could get over 8 inches of rain as we head through the day.

And if you’ve been watching Fox this morning, then you’ve seen my colleague Amy Kellogg reporting on the extreme flooding across the UK.  Believe it or not, part of the moisture our friends “across the pond” are dealing with is the remnants of what was tropical storm Ida – and then transitioned  into the nor’easter that caused historic damage to the Midatlantic region and northeast last weekend.  A lot of the systems we see across the east coast eventually do make their way up towards Europe – and this one is no exception.  Some of the pictures are just devastating with water rescues and reports of people missing.

(Photo coutesy of AP:  Engineers survey the scene after a bridge over the River Derwent collapsed suddenly after heavy rainfall and flooding in Workington, England)

There’s a bit of a break in the weather today, but there’s more wet weather in store for the region this weekend.

So that’s all for now.  I’ve got some cute Matthew pictures that will be on the way shortly!

JD

This was taken on the weekend when the USS New York was open to the public!  You can really see Matthew’s two little bottom teeth!

I’ll post a few more tomorrow.

jd

Good morning everyone!

Had a nice day off yesterday.  The weather was great here in NYC, so Matthew and I took advantage of it.  He’s still not feeling great, but his spirits seem to be better, so I’m hoping the medicine is working.  Time like these I really wish he could tell mommy what hurts the most! 

Back to the green screen today, and the Northwest continues to be in the crosshairs of another massive storm system that’s bringing impressive rain totals (up to 6 inches possible in the mountains) and up to 3 feet of snow in the higher elevations.  Winds could gust up to 80 mph along the coast.   Our friends in Alaska are also getting socked with another low over their region bringing wicked winds, rain and snow too.

Meantime, the storm that’s been hanging over the central U.S. is now on the move across the Ohio River Valley and the Great Lakes.  Eventually pushing into the Northeast tonight and tomorrow morning, but we should have a good-looking weekend in store.

I promised some Matthew pictures, so let me get on that, and try to get those up today or tomorrow!

Talk to you soon!

I think we’re due for a cute break too, so I’ll try to get a “shot of the day” shortly!

My question of the day is:  What are you having for lunch today?   I’m trying to decide what to have!

JD

Hey everyone

Margie sent these last week, and I forgot to post them..until now!

I’m off tomorrow to hang out with my little boy.  See you on Thursday!

JD

Here’s what Margie wrote:

I thought I’d send you a few pictures of the new hospital that I took on Saturday. I won’t bore everyone with a lot of the inside pictures but I did include one of the food court. With all the different stations, I shouldn’t have a problem finding something good to eat! I also included one of a mural on the main floor. All the artwork in the hospital is by local artists and this mural was the most impressive thing that I saw. The other picture is taken from a window at the end of the hall on the 6th floor. The views from up on that floor were spectacular.