On 02/07/2016 5:41 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
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I'm north of Salina give or take. Grand Island got hit the worst last week
with about eighteen inches of snow. We got about a foot.
The kids here got a couple days off from school. The local officials
had enough faith in the forecasts to announce the shutdowns ahead of time.
That storm back in '76 prompted the telephone companies to bury their
phone lines. A co worker from back then had a field day. Some of the
insulators were worth money.

OK, you're "way back east" then... Ice is much more of an issue
there than typical out here...we've got a lot more wind, though, generally.

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