How's the weather for everyone out there? Any of you without power and heat? Here in West Virginia (southern WVA) it's just plain ugly. My child hasn't been to school since last Friday. The county is on its 6th snow day for the year. The sky is falling again on us. We had nasty rain/sleet/ice storms last night that brought power lines and trees down everywhere. The are thousands upon thousands without power across the state.

I looked out the window to check it out... Cops are out there because it appears the mailman nearly plowed through a house. The city and PD are here as the road next to my house is a solid sheet of ice and sleet.

Be smart folks.., stay home if you can and don't brave the weather. We've had several weather related deaths here too.

Minus 32 Celsius(-25F) here on Cape Breton Island...colder than a mother-in-law's kiss...ice pellets and then about 11 inches of snow expected tonight...gonna warm up to -10C(14F)...downright balmy.

It's even cold in Louisiana. Yesterday at noon it was 72. By 1:00 it was 47. Right now it's 30, but we dodged the ice storm that hit above us.
But it will warm up by the weekend!
I feel your pain!
DonM

Maybe this explains your icy demeanor here just lately, Ian

Come on down and thaw out in Florida... you are always welcome, son...

Two inches of snow yesterday, followed by two additional inches last night, then a nice layer of freezing rain. It's currently 34 degrees, raining, temperatures are going to dip to the upper 20s tonight so everything that melted will freeze up. If global warming gets any worse I'll freeze to death.

One of the smartest things I ever did in this business is to issue a NEW contract to all of my accounts every December that lists all of the next seasons play dates. In that contract, in clear, concise language, it clearly states:

"5. Term/Termination. This agreement may be terminated by either party up to 45 days prior to the performance without penalty. Cancellation within the period of 30 to 45 days of performance date will result in forfeiture of deposit. Cancellation within the 30 day period prior to performance requires full compensation to the service provider by the contractor. No refunds will be made after that date. Cancellation due to inclement weather conditions such as snow or freezing rain may be made by either party without penalty. Cancellation due to illness may be made by the service provider without penalty."

I've had to cancel a few jobs because of weather since the first of the year, and in each instance the event was rebooked for a later date.

Cheers,

Gary

I'm cool Diki...but hardly icy (although it being -33 right now might help it along) although I can be just as determined (some would say pigheaded ) as you when it comes to proving a point.

Cape Breton is a place of extremes...-32C in the winter, and +32C in the summer.

I'm not much for beaches...I like the rugged landscape of this little island, and it's clean air and easy life style.

For a small place, it is very rich in music...probably more musicians here per capita than any other place in Canada...nearly everyone plays an instrument...and most of them, very well.

Still it would be nice to hear you and Richard, and not have to be concerned about snow and ice for at least one winter.

Thanks for the invite, son...much appreciated.

Ian

Troy has 10.5" of snow and we're sitting at 21 degrees.

Rescheduled two gigs today, stayed home except for a quick run to the market for a few groceries.

I'll be calling my township offices over the next day or two and compliment them on the stellar job they did cleaning up the roads. At Noon, they were totally covered, with 3-5 inches of snow...it was coming down so fast they weren't even trying to plow it. By 3:30, streets are clear of snow...amazing...



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Bill in Dayton

My weather is the same as Gary's. I did go out last night and today to play jobs. But I've had the wife and 15 year old in the house since last Friday. It was funny, at last night's job they had a poster that said, "Come see and hear Joe Ayala. He's the perfect cure for cabin fever." I told them at the beginning of the show, you guys were my salvation. I've been watching the clock all day. My son was bored and my wife was wanting to start up new projects. Plus, after I got back from the jam, I ordered a Zoom H2 and I couldn't wait to fire it up. I recorded both shows and it's amazing the quality I'm getting. Oh well, tomorrow is another day in the frozen Peoples Republic of Maryland.

Joe

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Songman55
Joe Ayala

2" of ice/rain slush this morning.....
hard rain since 3pm all gone 45 degrees now....sunny tommorow... Yeah!!

Some snow earlier today, changed to freezing rain, then rain ... fortunately, the temp is supposed to stay above freezing overnight ...

Lydia has a cousin who lives in California and plays drums with different groups ... one group he is working with is appearing in Waterbury CT tonight -about 2 hours from us- ... we had scheduled to drive down, catch the show, stay over ... forecast for Waterbury was 5 - 7 inches of snow followed by ice, with a 1/4 inch of ice accumulation expected ... We canceled the trip ...
Snow I can handle ... ice is something else ! ...

t.

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