> My mistake, doing it from memory, it should be CNW. The only reference to that I can find is it stands for Coastal North West. # Reporting marks for Chicago and North Western. -- Cheers Roger T. See the GER at: - http://www.islandnet.com/~rogertra/

...a cicada in my town, but then again I only saw 3 of them 17 years ago LOL. There have been reports in some Chicago burbs, but I haven't seen any reports of mass groupings in any one spot. With warm weather here, it should be the next few days or the "invasion" is a bust? On an unrelated note I saw my first ...

...his formula by comparing more than 100 years of research on cicada outbreaks and historical weather data. The formula -- E = (19.465 - t)/0.5136, where E = emergence start date in May and t = average April temperatures in Celsius -- is keyed to what kind of weather Chicago had last month. Using the formula in 2004, he was able to accurately predict the emergence in Cincinnati, according ...

"Alai" <alai1974@comcast.net> wrote in message news:1vqdndv0AqDPgzvYnZ2dnUVZ_tmknZ2d@comcast.com... Freakin Chicago weenies talk like they invented winter.. Around here, every kid walks 12 miles to (and from) school every day, and it's uphill in both directions. Their Mom's give em 2 boiled potatoes in the morning that act as hand warmers and later as their lunch. ...

... w/windchill to -37c about 5-6" of snow so far, most of it blowing into much more significant drifts.. I detect a slight amount of boasting in this post. Freakin Chicago weenies talk like they invented winter.. Around here, every kid walks 12 miles to (and from) school every day, and it's uphill in both directions. Their Mom's give em 2 ...

> Freakin Chicago weenies talk like they invented winter.. Around here, every kid walks 12 miles to (and from) school every day, and it's uphill in both directions. Their Mom's give em 2 boiled potatoes in the morning that act as hand warmers and later as their lunch. Sometimes they get a snorkel when the snows get really deep. And they were THANKFUL

...> -27c w/windchill to -37c about 5-6" of snow so far, most of it blowing into much more significant drifts.. I detect a slight amount of boasting in this post. Freakin Chicago weenies talk like they invented winter.. Around here, every kid walks 12 miles to (and from) school every day, and it's uphill in both directions. Their Mom's give em 2 boiled potatoes in the morning...

Tom Mairs wrote: forcast is for 26F wind chill at 19F snow @ 60%% winds 5 mph wsw http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/sports/weather/tenday/60605?eventid=185666&epc=bi&from=/outlook/events/sports/result?attrib=bi&when=thismonth&quer y=EVENTS_DATE_AND_CATEGORY&from=sportsopt3&from=sportsopt3 Oh no, not ...

...@news.nationwide.net... forcast is for 26F wind chill at 19F snow @ 60%% winds 5 mph wsw http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/sports/weather/tenday/60605?eventid=185666&epc=bi&from=/outlook/events/sports/result?attrib=bi&when=thismonth&quer y=EVENTS_DATE_AND_CATEGORY&from=sportsopt3&from=sportsopt3 ...

forcast is for 26F wind chill at 19F snow @ 60%% winds 5 mph wsw http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/sports/weather/tenday/60605?eventid=185666&epc=bi&from=/outlook/events/sports/result?attrib=bi&when=thismonth&quer y=EVENTS_DATE_AND_CATEGORY&from=sportsopt3&from=sportsopt3