Road trip Thursday/Florida - #614

[Lady's Human]

12-18" of powdered sunshine inbound.

Don't mind me, I'm just going to sit here by the fireplace.

[Karen]

12-18" of powdered sunshine inbound.

Don't mind me, I'm just going to sit here by the fireplace.

We had a coating of snow last night despite predications, then ice, and now pouring rain - so it looks like rain is pooling on top of snow - but the temp is exactly at 32° F, so no thawing of ice, just water on top - odd!

[smokey the elder]

It's been pouring here all day. No ice, thank goodness! I think I'll make some hot mulled cider (additives upon request.)

[Karen]

It's been pouring here all day. No ice, thank goodness! I think I'll make some hot mulled cider (additives upon request.)

All the ice is gone - our back yard is now a pond!

[Queen of Poop]

We're having a chinook. Snow is disappearing quickly!!

[Karen]

We're having a chinook. Snow is disappearing quickly!!

Is that why all the way over here we have no worry of this deluge to turn back to ice? Hmm?

[Lady's Human]

Okay, no Chinooks allowed.

(Yes, I know what a Chinook is in term of weather, but...)

Chinooks are the US Army's heavy lift helicopters. They are maintenance intensive, and prone to in flight issues. Given that a GOOD helicopter diesn't fly, but beats the air into submission, and defies natural law to do so, chinooks are NOT allowed in the bar.

A crew chief on one, when asked about the barrel of hydraulic fluid in the rear of the bird, pointed up to the mid-shaft synchronizing gearbox and said "See that? When is stops leaking, we stop flying. We give it a few pumps of fluid during flight to keep it leaking."