From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Fri Jan 9 22:14:12 2009 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Saturday, January 10 2009 Volume 01 : Number 2957 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: [db] major roads still closed... [db] odd news flashes... Re: [db] major roads still closed... [db] flood fotos - 8 & 9 January 2009 Re: [db] major roads still closed... [db] spare rims and winter tires? Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:50:39 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: [db] major roads still closed... I-5 and I-90 are closed, SR 9 is closed... all the major passes are closed... the only way out of Seattle is by way of Canada, or a 2 lane road known as US 2, and Stevens Pass. :) Heading down to the Snohomish River Valley with camera and tripod to take pictures in a bit... they closed off the valley around 4pm today when water went over the levee. we're fine, high and dry, a mile south of the flood and 350 feet up... can easily get to and from work... have power, coffee, food, all the essentials... ;) picked up the starter for my '86 CJ-10A, plan on doing some wrenching on Saturday... blower on my benz isn't working, the blazer and the WJ need some cleaning. things might return to normal starting on Sunday... all we need now is a volcanic eruption and/or an earthquake and that would reduce a lot of paperwork for the federal relief claims... ;) ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://johnmeister.com/fotomeister - Trust Jesus: http://freegift.com SAVE power, avoid viruses, use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf SAVE fuel, use synthetics: http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 19:48:12 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: [db] odd news flashes... imagine seeing a news flash like this: Stevens Pass Reopens The DOT has reopened U.S. 2 through Stevens Pass, providing a solitary link between Western and Eastern Washington. Now all we need is North-South again... :) and a major highway like I-90 to go east-west. BOTH of our major interstates are closed... heading down to take night fotos of the valley... john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://johnmeister.com/fotomeister - Trust Jesus: http://freegift.com SAVE power, avoid viruses, use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf SAVE fuel, use synthetics: http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:10:59 -0500 From: "Richard P. Welty" Subject: Re: [db] major roads still closed... On 1/8/09 9:50 PM, john wrote: > Heading down to the Snohomish River Valley with camera and > tripod to take pictures in a bit... they closed off the valley around > 4pm today when water went over the levee. > here are my ice storm photos from december 13th, all taken within about 1/2 mile of my house: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nfgusedautoparts/sets/72157611290850554/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:27:16 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: [db] flood fotos - 8 & 9 January 2009 just a glimpse of the Snohomish Valley flood, definetly not as bad as previous floods... http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2009/01-Jan-08-and-09-SnohomishValleyFlood/ALL.html ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://johnmeister.com/fotomeister - Trust Jesus: http://freegift.com SAVE power, avoid viruses, use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf SAVE fuel, use synthetics: http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:26:26 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: Re: [db] major roads still closed... nice pictures, beautiful there... nice beard... :) not the best shots, camera malfunctioned last night, the loose nut behind the finder didn't attach the lens completely... not used to the bassakwardness of nikon mounts... old canon/contax shutterbug... http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2009/01-Jan-08-and-09-SnohomishValleyFlood/ALL.html ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://johnmeister.com/fotomeister - Trust Jesus: http://freegift.com SAVE power, avoid viruses, use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf SAVE fuel, use synthetics: http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Richard P. Welty wrote: # On 1/8/09 9:50 PM, john wrote: # > Heading down to the Snohomish River Valley with camera and # > tripod to take pictures in a bit... they closed off the valley around # > 4pm today when water went over the levee. # > # here are my ice storm photos from december 13th, all taken within about 1/2 # mile of # my house: # # http://www.flickr.com/photos/nfgusedautoparts/sets/72157611290850554/ # # ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 22:07:52 -0800 From: Bruce Caruthers Subject: [db] spare rims and winter tires? After the recent storms and the complete lack of government ability to handle the snow and ice, I'm thinking of getting a spare set of rims with serious winter tires on them which I can swap onto my car. Seems like a more usable solution than chains, since I can just keep going at real speeds if I reach reasonable roads, rather than having to put the chains on and off. Any suggestions on where to pick up some basic, inexpensive rims, and what tires to get? The Pirelli Winter 210 Sottozero seems to get good reviews (and has the Canadian mountain and snowflake rating). I'm figuring on the winter rims/tires for at least the '76 240D, perhaps the '93 300D if they're more affordable than I think they're going to be. :) - -bkc Lynnwood, WA (his) '76 MB 240D [W115.117/616.916] (hers) '92 Toyota Celica GT (ours) '93 MB 300D 2.5 Turbo [W124.128/602.962] ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #2957 **********************************