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Post by ceccil » Thu. Mar. 01, 2012 1:26 am

What a night for weather here in the Elmira area. They were calling for some mixed precip. At about 9:30pm it was raining very hard, then came a little bit of thunder. It has progressed into some pretty heavy thunderstorms since. We have had weather statements from NWS for strong thunderstorms. Last 2 hours have been solid thunder and lightning with pea size hail. Also had a neighboring Fire Dept. get called out for a person struck by lightning. Last I heard on the radio, the patient was conscious and breathing. Hope all turns out OK. Now their calling for 2.1" of snow. Been a weather roller coaster tonight.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Thu. Mar. 01, 2012 4:48 am

Yep, thunder was strange last night. Volunteer Ambulance had a real busy day yesterday. Seems like them new fangled " ALL WHEEL DRIVE" vehicles, slide & roll over just as easy as 2WD. Snowin here on the hill this AM.


 
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Post by steamup » Thu. Mar. 01, 2012 9:45 am

freetown fred wrote:Yep, thunder was strange last night. Volunteer Ambulance had a real busy day yesterday. Seems like them new fangled " ALL WHEEL DRIVE" vehicles, slide & roll over just as easy as 2WD. Snowin here on the hill this AM.
All wheel drive get people going better than 2 WD, but then people forget that they still only have 4 tire stopping power

 
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Post by freetown fred » Thu. Mar. 01, 2012 9:47 am

Oh yea, and they do love to get going. :roll:

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