Hurricane Charley/Celtic Ray

Well, seems like a key part of the Hurricane Charley experience will be changing. It seems that the original owner of the Celtic Ray Public House, which is prominently shown in our award winning documentary of our experience during Hurricane Charley is about to suffer a major blow (pardon the pun). Kevin Doyle, the original owner, who kept "The Ray" open during the entire storm, and were we gathered after the storm to assess our condition and experience, has been forced out the business he started by a greedy and profit hungry owner. The full article featured in The Sun-Herald explains everything.

I will be sad to see the likely changes that the new owner will make now that he's forced Kevin from the business. I also hope that Kevin opens a new pub nearby that we can endorse and help him regain what he lost.

Wet but not wild

It's just rainy and glummy once again. Temperatures should keep Maryland in the liquid precipitation zone. Just north in Pennsylvania, they might see some freezing rain, and a little snow.

But all eyes are already focused on this weekends events. With a lot of uncertainty with the snow/rain line, we could see no snow, or we could see upwards of 12 inches. I'm leaning toward the rainy mix, with short periods of snow. And what snow falls, will likely be hard to stick with the wet ground and roads.

Either way, I'm still at home in surgery recovery mode and won't be able to venture far to cover this one. I might be able to get out in the local area, but I won't be going more than 5 or so miles away from home.

Winter Weather Pages coming online

Well after about a day and half, I'm starting to get the Winter Weather pages updated or created.

Most are from 2003 since that was such a big year for snow. More from 2004 and 2005 will be there soon, and 2006 and 2007 should not take long since neither year saw much snow at all.

Radio Show interview plans in the works

Tentatively planned for next Tuesday at 8pm on IPR internet radio is my interview with Tony Pann and Justin Berk (WUSA ch9 Washington and WMAR ch2 Baltimore respectively).

I will also be adding a link to the WeatherTalkRadio.com website.

Today started out cloudy and then cleared up. It was still cold, but the bright sun really helped a lot.

I've also fixed the link to the Sunsets page.

More Winter weather, not as nice

Today in the DC region we saw some more winter weather, but more of the sleet and rain mix. Was quite cold and somewhat windy. A good thick cloud deck kept the skies darker than normal, and the overall mood was not as nice as with the small snow storm from a few days ago.

There is a chance I'll be doing some Internet radio shows coming up with the folks at WeatherTalkRadio, so stay tuned for details on that.

First snow for DC region 2007/08 season

While at the hospital in Baltimore recovering from Kidney surgery, The DC and Baltimore region received their first snowfall for the 07/08 winter season.

In the Baltimore area, about 3-4 inches fell. After being discharged and retuning home to Gaithersburg, I measured 4 1/2" in and around my home. Other newscasts reported about 5 inches in the Gaithersburg/Montgomery Village area.

Unfortunately I won't have many, if any photos to share since I'm stuck home recovering and can't drive or walk more than a few feet.

But at least it's early and there hopefully will be plenty of snow after I'm recovered and can venture out.

Finally and update, but I had a good reason

Well, after some time without any updates to the website or blog, I'm finally back in action.

After battling some health issues with my dialysis, I now have good news. I've been transplanted.

On the day before Thankgiving, I was in surgery getting my Kidney transplant. Recovery will take about 5-6 more weeks, but I'll be at home doing updates to the website and blog.