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Good morning....

Well, here we go again, another storm moving into the Copper Country today through Sunday morning. Could be as bad as last weekends storm but colder....Oh Well, the price we pay to live in paradise...

KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON
543 AM EST SAT DEC 18 2004

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES TODAY...3 TO 6
INCHES TONIGHT AND ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES SUNDAY MORNING. GREATEST
AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM TWIN LAKES TO
PAINESDALE AND FROM PHOENIX TO DELAWARE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...
NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY MORNING.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF
TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE...REMEMBER THAT SEVERAL
LAYERS OF CLOTHES WILL KEEP YOU WARMER THAN A SINGLE HEAVY COAT. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

I think we'll be having a White Christmas! Brrrr...it is good sauna weather...

Thank you for posting the blast from the past link, it was awesome reading about the Mackinac bridge! This website is fantastic... from history to weather reports to inspiring photography and the link to home alone is the best! Nice photos on the cam page too... Wow!

Great shot of the Mackinac Bridge. Anyone know what the address is for the web cam on the Big Mac?

The Christmas trees are back up in the County Buildings in Pasco County Florida. They were put up, taken down, and up again. Folks are trying to stomp out the Christmas trees......

See yesterday's comments.

We're taught diversity and then they take it away. I respect others and I hope they can learn to respect us (Christians). Let's fight the terrorists not each other.

re: troll with connections:

Netscape search turned this UP:

http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9618_11016_11025---,00.html

Careful out there.
WIth high winds, low visibility, and low temps, it's better for your family to still have YOU rather than that last gift you had to run out to get!
Stay inside and enjoy the beauty of the moment. Worry about the shoveling later!

Here are a few links to the mackinac bridge web cams and other cams across Michigan.

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/index.html

or

http://www.woodtv.com/global/Story.asp?s=1366392

or

http://www.webcambiglook.com/mi.html

Thanks Lori,

I've been sitting here looking at web cams drinking my coffee in cold Joliet, Il. We're suppose to get snow this weekend but it's sunny right now.

When I use to live in Eagle River I use to be able to see the storms come across the lake while I drank coffee. Wish I was still there.

I'm looking for someone who has made GRANDMA'S MISTAKE BARS before. I have a recipe and I made them, but I'm just not satisfied. The fudgie part is too moist. I want the bars to be more dry. So I'm not sure if there's a certain trick to them or if I just need a new recipe! Does anybody know what to do? thanks.

Tina, now there's an idea... how about a separate area like
the Ancestors one just for favorite pasty.com yooper
recipes? Charlie?

Whew! Looks a little snowy at the bridge and off Sharon's patio. Any planes landing at the airport--looks a little chilly to me. Love the bridge pics and thanks for the sites.

Need some advice:
We were planning to drive from Saginaw to the Keweenaw on Dec. 23 and return back to Sag. on Dec. 26. Considering John Dee's forecasts for the entire area, do you think driving would be stupid or too dangerous - across the UP especially? We'll be in a Cavalier, not a 4WD. I have never driven those roads across the UP during a major snowstorm.

Well, I guess I really will have a White Christmas when I get home next week. As long as I can fly in and out of Houghton Airport I don't care. My kids are looking forward to all the snow. Here in VA they are talking about us getting some snow on Sunday night. Hope not everything closes when we get a dusting of snow.

try putting the batter in a 9x13 pan if the recipe calls for a 9x9, or if it is for a 9x13, try a jelly roll pan, sort of a cookie sheet with sides. That should dry the bars out, but they'll cook a few minutes faster as well.

Listen to me giving advice, when my saffron buns didn't rise and look like horse apples!

Said in a whiney voice..."I want a storm...why can't I get a real blizzard"...Here in CO we just get light snowfalls (though they call them storms)...ya, sure...every couple of years we do get more but usually not enough to satisfy...of course I don't have to shovel or clean off the Dish!!

julwisc... Seriously, at this time of the year, driving across the UP is like rolling the dice. You can have good weather in one spot, and a squall or whiteout conditions 10m or 20 miles down the road, especially on the stretch form the Newberry area to Marquette. They get some fairly serious lake effect snow there too. For that short a visit and if i had the cash, I would fly up, but if you do decide to drive, especially in a cavalier, although the front wheel drive is a plus, make SURE you have yourself a winter survival kit of some sort in your vehicle, and don't rely on cell phones in the UP, there are a lot of dead spots in the middle of the UP. Good Luck whatever you decide.....

ELI MORE NEKO HRVARTSI GOVORITI? PISHI MI STO GOT DA BI LAKO GOVORILI CHASI.FALA LIEPA

DB-L.Linden looks like Slovenian to me but what does it say?

Pasco, Florida, seems to me the time is coming when the majority will not tolerate Christian ideals, or morality any more because we won't measure up to their standards of tolerance. Don't we have to draw a line somewhere and stick by it?

Jesus taught tolerance!

Tina:
This version of the recipe calls for a 9 X 13 pan also. They look so wonderful I may have to make me a batch ! I love the idea of a recipe page too. We ALL love copper country foods.

GRANDMA'S MISTAKE BARS

2 sticks butter
1 1/4 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. brown sugar
2 c. oatmeal
1/4 tsp. baking soda
Mix all together making a crumb mixture. Put 3/4 of mixture into a greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Reserve the rest for the top. Melt 1 stick butter with 12 ounce package of chocolate chips. Add 1 can sweetened condensed milk, mix together while hot. Pour on top of crumb mixture in pan. Sprinkle rest of crumb mixture over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cool before cutting.

Bobby & Lori,
Thanks for the web cam sites. There on my favorites list now.