James Patrick

How much did we get?

First of all, WHAT IS A SNOW SQUALL?
According to the National Weather Service:
A snow squall typically lasts less than an hour. The sudden white-out conditions combined with falling temperatures produce icy roads in just a few minutes. The combination of gusty winds, falling temperatures and quick re…

On Tuesday, January 11, 1983, 'The Joy of Painting" with Bob Ross made its debut on PBS. The show ran for a total of 31 seasons until 1994 featuring a total of 403 episodes.
The first episode was titled "A Walk in the Woods."
Bob Ross painted mo…

It's just a ring of crust embedded with cheese. But you know you'd love to slather it in some ranch dressing, wouldn't you? Yeah, you would.
But unless live in Los Angeles or the Dallas-Fort Worth area, you won't be able to get this appetizer...

Did you receive any candles as a gift during the holidays? You may want to check the brand because thousands of candles in Canada are being recalled because, wait for it ---- they could be a fire hazard.
The recall issued by Health Canada says:
The Revive 3-wick soy candles Winter Cedar…

A sheriff's deputy near the Twin Cities rescued a wounded trumpeter swan from the middle of the road. He placed the bird in the back of his squad car and eventually released it along the river in a safe location.
To repay its gratitude, the Swan relieved itself all over the b…

What? In the cold of winter? Yep.  At 7:51 AM on Saturday, January 2, the Earth will be only 91,399,453 miles away from the sun -- which is roughly three million miles closer than it will be at its furthest point in July. Earth is closest to the sun every year in …

On Tuesday night -- during the snowstorm -- an Iowa State Trooper caught a driver on I-35 driving 114 MPH.
The excuse for driving so fast? The driver was in a hurry to get back to college in Minnesota. 
Between 6 AM and 9 PM on Tuesday, 12/29, the Iowa State Patrol was called out t…

Meteorologist Derek Kevra of Fox 2 News in Detroit appears to be fed up with meeting cars on the roads that are covered in snow.
He posted the video on his YouTube page along with a two sentence description:
It must be a hard concept because I see people driving around with snow covering every wi…

It looks like portions of Iowa could be ushering in the new year with MORE SNOW!
As of Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service in Des Moines says that snow could arrive after lunch in the Waterloo-area on New Year's Day, and may see accumulations of 1-3"...