urinary tract infection?

"Arjun Ray" wrote in message
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:41:11 -0600, Cheryl wrote:

Oh, you might get more than 6". lol But, it looks like NYC might get
hammered and the storm go out to sea from there. Stay safe and warm!!

We are indeed getting hammered in NYC. Casual empiricism through the
window...looks like at least 4-5" already, no signs of letting up. The
forecast said something about high winds too, but that hasn't happened
yet.

Stay in and stay toasty. At least you are in a place where they know what to
do when in snows. Last wednesday, 2 inches paralyzed the "city" of Raleigh,
NC
because it was really cold and it froze as soon as it hit the ground. It
hit at about
12-2pm and nobody forecast it--so 56 schools in my county had children
spend the NIGHT at school because they could not get home due to
gridlock. I was traveling home from a business trip in Virginia, and spent
two hours creeping along before I finally eased my car into a ditch and
walked home. When I got to my street, there was a roadblock on it and
three stranded schoolbuses, one across my driveway, on my street.

On Sat 22 Jan 2005 05:45:54p, Arjun Ray wrote in
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:41:11 -0600, Cheryl wrote:

Oh, you might get more than 6". lol But, it looks like NYC
might get hammered and the storm go out to sea from there.
Stay safe and warm!!

We are indeed getting hammered in NYC. Casual empiricism
through the window...looks like at least 4-5" already, no signs
of letting up. The forecast said something about high winds too,
but that hasn't happened yet.

I see that! The radar has changed from blue and green, to red and
yellow. That low must have formed. Stay safe!! At least you'se don't
drive up there!

--
Cheryl

KellyH wrote:

Hello Jean. I'm also in the Boston area and the forecast keeps getting
worse and worse. I'm north of Boston and at first we were only 8-12", but
now it's looking like 2 feet. I'm on standby to take care of the shelter
animals tomorrow since I'm very close.
Anyway, I've also been through the UTI/blockage road with a cat that
absolutely hates strangers and being away from home. My poor Bartleby would
not pee at the vet's and they ended up having to put in a catheter. Poor
baby also had to get an e-collar He stayed at the vet's at least 24 hrs.
You and Mingy are very lucky that you got him in today. It may be
impossible to get out tomorrow.
--
-Kelly
kelly at farringtons dot net
"Wake up, and smell the cat food" -TMBG

B.
Sigh on all counts. Do I dare turn on the radio? I try to tell
myself it will be what it is........

I was lucky I had access to this hospital, and that I got him in
there! Imagine if he was here just getting worse, maybe
critically ill. I believe in the irony of life, so tonight would
probably have been the night it became apparent he was very
ill............... Better to have him there.

--
Jean B.

Mary wrote:

Stay in and stay toasty. At least you are in a place where they know what to
do when in snows. Last wednesday, 2 inches paralyzed the "city" of Raleigh,
NC
because it was really cold and it froze as soon as it hit the ground. It
hit at about
12-2pm and nobody forecast it--so 56 schools in my county had children
spend the NIGHT at school because they could not get home due to
gridlock. I was traveling home from a business trip in Virginia, and spent
two hours creeping along before I finally eased my car into a ditch and
walked home. When I got to my street, there was a roadblock on it and
three stranded schoolbuses, one across my driveway, on my street.

That sounds just awful! I agree, that at least here we are
prepared and used to it. Doesn't mean the schools are always
smart though. They made the kids go to school in spite of the
forecast a few years ago--and it was very hard to get them home.
--
Jean B.

"Cheryl" wrote in message
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On Sat 22 Jan 2005 05:02:48p, Cathy Friedmann wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav ):

In the NE, a new low pressure system is going to form just off
the coast, which will ramp the storm up... It's wild & woolly
out there now. I did needed errands this morning, & don't plan
on going anywhere till afternoon tomorrow. Still, I think the
most we're supposed to get is 8 -12". Not a big deal - it's the
wind that's the bigger problem.

They were talking about that low all week! We seem to be spared of
it, but the radar shows a very big curve, so I hope it doesn't loop
back around again.

What sometimes happens where I live - upstate NYS, is that after the main
storm's petered out, lake effect snows may set up. Low pressure systems
have counterclockwise winds, so it whips around from out in the Atlantic,
then passes back over Lakes Erie &/or Ontario - & if they're not frozen over
yet - we then get socked w/ more heavy snow, after the main event.

I went to the grocery store last night after work,
and it was just insane! Then on the radio they were talking about
making toilet paper sandwiches, and which brands were good to dip in
milk... hehehe (we don't get the major storms here that you guys
usually do!)

The grocery stores were pretty crowded here this morning. Regular Satruday
shoppers, plus... because of the forecast. But it was either go then, or
else deal w/ lousy driving this afternoon through tomorrow, or... not go.

Cathy


--
Cheryl

"Jean B." wrote in message ...
Cathy Friedmann wrote:

In the NE, a new low pressure system is going to form just off the
coast,
which will ramp the storm up... It's wild & woolly out there now. I did
needed errands this morning, & don't plan on going anywhere till
afternoon
tomorrow. Still, I think the most we're supposed to get is 8 -12". Not
a
big deal - it's the wind that's the bigger problem.

Cathy

Here, the alert (or whatever)

Could be: advisory, watch, or warning.

is until 6 tomorrow night (unless
they have changed that again). It sounds like shoveling will be
brutal--with all that wind. I hope my friend gets dug out if I
can bring Mingy home.

A neighbor is presently out snowblowing. Why now - so early on, is beyond
me. The wind is drifting the snow all over the place - his efforts are
going to be all for naught...

Cathy

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." wrote in message ...
Mary wrote:

Stay in and stay toasty. At least you are in a place where they know
what to
do when in snows. Last wednesday, 2 inches paralyzed the "city" of
Raleigh,
NC
because it was really cold and it froze as soon as it hit the ground.
It
hit at about
12-2pm and nobody forecast it--so 56 schools in my county had children
spend the NIGHT at school because they could not get home due to
gridlock. I was traveling home from a business trip in Virginia, and
spent
two hours creeping along before I finally eased my car into a ditch and
walked home. When I got to my street, there was a roadblock on it and
three stranded schoolbuses, one across my driveway, on my street.

That sounds just awful! I agree, that at least here we are
prepared and used to it. Doesn't mean the schools are always
smart though. They made the kids go to school in spite of the
forecast a few years ago--and it was very hard to get them home.

The Syracuse city schools made that mistake a few years ago - despite a
winter storm warning, they held school, & then couldn't get the kids home
that night. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the kids thought it was a
fun adventure - whereas all of the adults.... ;-)

Cathy

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." wrote in message ...
Karen Chuplis wrote:

Well, remember to use good judgement. Mingy wants a LIVE meowmie not one
stuck in a snow bank.

Yeah, I would have turned around if it was bad. I hate driving in
the snow.
--
Jean B.

I didn't mind it as much when I was younger as I do now. Otoh, I've also
discovered that having tires suited for snow (besides front-wheel Vs.
rear-wheel drive) can make a great deal of difference.

Cathy

"Cheryl" wrote in message
...
On Sat 22 Jan 2005 06:20:43p, Cathy Friedmann wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav ):

What sometimes happens where I live - upstate NYS, is that after
the main storm's petered out, lake effect snows may set up. Low
pressure systems have counterclockwise winds, so it whips around
from out in the Atlantic, then passes back over Lakes Erie &/or
Ontario - & if they're not frozen over yet - we then get socked
w/ more heavy snow, after the main event.

Several years ago (probably '95 or '96) we had a storm that
wouldn't leave. It circled over us for a week or so, and what was
forcast to be a day or two of snow turned into a week. It was fed
from the Atlantic, and from a storm that came up the from the Gulf.
It's rare to happen here like that, though.

That's a classic nor'easter! Like the '93 snowstorm/blizzard. Comes from
the SW, feeds on the Gulf waters, then travels NE up the Atlantic coast,
picking up even more moisture from the Atlantic. And dumps it back down.
;-)

I'm about 300 miles from the shore, and only about 50 miles or less
from the Chesapeake Bay, so we sometimes get "ocean effect snow".
Its very rare to get it this far inland, but it happens. This week
they kept saying the evil words "Nor'Easter". We don't have the
winds down here that are forcast for up there.

Sometimes I'm too far inland to get nor'easter snows - the infamous '96
storm that socked DC, NYC, & Boston - we didn't get one single flake out of
that one here. Depends upon how the storm tracks - how close to the shore
it travels.

Cathy

--
Cheryl

"Mary" wrote in message
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"Jean B." wrote in message
...
Mary wrote:

Stay in and stay toasty. At least you are in a place where they know
what to do when in snows. Last wednesday, 2 inches paralyzed the "city" of
Raleigh, NC
[...]

That sounds just awful! I agree, that at least here we are prepared and
used to it. Doesn't mean the schools are always smart though. They made
the kids go to school in spite of the forecast a few years ago--and it was
very hard to get them home.
--

That really bugs me. The administrators are all worried about "making up
snow days" when the safety of the children is the most important thing.

That's partially true, I think, but otoh, they can't win. If they close
school they can also get crabbed at, working parents having to find
babysitters on short notice.

Cathy