Snow Storm '09

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I just started taking pictures from my phone to show you guys how rapidly the weather changed:

this picture was from around 1:50 PM  (my brother took this first picture to comment on the lack of snow, and it started snowing continuously as soon as he took this picture):

this picture is from 1:59 P.M:

this picture is from 2:02 PM

2:20 P.M:

i'll update as the day progresses if there is a significant difference.

4:05 PM:

4:53 PM:

6:43 PM (the following pictures are all from my camera, unless otherwise noted, since it is now too dark to take pictures from my phone):

the next two pictures are from 9:03 PM:

the next two pictures are from 11:08 PM (tires half way covered = decent amount of snow!):

1:03 AM (sunday):

and one last picture from around 11 AM this (sunday) morning (from my phone)... unless it snows more:

Better than nothing, I suppose?

Live Blogging - Election 2008

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Thursday November 6th; Obama wins North Carolina! Final Electoral College numbers: Obama 364 - McCain 174.

Wednesday November 5th; 9:02 AM - McCain is the "apparent" winner of Missouri. Obama 349 - McCain 174.

From whats left over - Obama wins Indiana. McCain wins Montana and Alaska. Obama 349 - McCain 163. North Carolina and Missouri are still too close to call ! Not that it matters anymore, but I still want to know.

11:25 PM - McCain wins Arizona. Obama 338 - McCain 157.

11:22 PM - Obama wins Hawaii, California, Washington, Nevada and Oregon. McCain wins Idaho, South Dakota, and Nebraska. Obama 338 - McCain 147.

11:16 PM - Obama wins Florida. Obama 256 - McCain 125.

11:11 PM - Obama wins Colorado. Obama 229 - McCain 135.

11:00 PM - MSNBC and CNN announce Obama as President-elect!!!!!!

10:58 PM - Obama wins Virginia. Obama 220 - McCain 135.

10:09 PM - McCain wins Mississippi. Obama 207 - McCain 135.

10:00 PM - Obama wins Iowa. McCain wins Utah and Kansas. Obama 207- McCain 129. Nebraska and South Dakota are still too early to call.

9:55 PM - McCain wins Texas. :( Obama 200 - McCain 118.

With a definite Obama win for California, Oregon and Washington -- we will be at at least +3 in electoral votes. We now unofficially have the first African American President-elect.

9:31 PM - Obama wins New Mexico. Obama 200 McCain - 84.

9:26 PM - McCain wins Louisiana. :( Obama 195 - McCain 84.

9:23 PM - McCain wins West Virginia. :( Obama 195 - McCain 75.

9:22 PM - Obama wins OHIO. Obama 195 - McCain 70. No republican has gone on to become president if they lost Ohio. Woohoo! AND Ohio is a red state that Obama flipped!

9:07 PM - McCain wins Arkansas. :( Obama 175 - McCain 70.

9 PM - Obama wins Rhode Island, Michigan, New York, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
McCain wins Wyoming, and North Dakota. North Dakota is the first toss up to be called.

Texas, Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraka, Ohio are too early to call. Arizona is too early to be called. :) Florida and North Carolina are still to chose to call.
175 - 64. McCain needs to go 7 - 0 in order to have a chance to win.

8:36 PM - McCain wins Georgia. :( 103 - 58.

8:33 PM - McCain wins Alabama. :(

8:30 PM - Arkansas is too early to call.

8 PM - Obama wins PENNSYLVANIA, Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, District of Columbia. :)

McCain wins Tennessee, Oklahoma. :(

Missouri, Alabama, Mississipi is too close to call. Whoever has won Missouri in the past, has usually won the presidency.

Obama 103; McCain 34

7:46 PM - McCain wins South Carolina. :(

7:30 PM - polls close in North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, but cannot project as it is "too early to call".

7 PM - McCain wins Kentucky, Obama wins Vermont. Unable to call Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina, and Virginia.

McCain 8; Obama 3

How about CNN's holograms, huh? Pretty neat.

Results As They Come In...

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and the fun begins!

9:38 AM: New Mexico is still too close to call for the democrats.

1:36 AM: In the democratic race, the popular vote is divided at 49% for Clinton and 48% for Obama.

1:23 AM: Obama wins Missouri.

12:46 AM: Obama wins Alaska.

12:26 AM: McCain gets a huge win in Missouri by narrowly defeating Huckabee. It's another "winner takes all" state.

12:25 AM: McCain and Clinton win California. :(

12:13 AM: Clinton wins Arizona.

12:04 AM: Huckabee wins Tennessee.

Feb 6th 12:03 AM: Romney wins Montana.

11:48 PM: Romney wins Colorado.

11:46 PM: Obama wins Utah.

11:41 PM: Obama wins Colorado and Idaho.

11:29 PM: Huckabee wins Georgia (72 delegates...it was a really tight race between McCain, Romney and Huckabee throughout the night -- think about it: Georgia's poll was the first one to close at 7 PM).

11:11 PM: Romney wins Minnesota.

11:02 PM: Romney wins North Dakota.

10:-- PM: Huckabee says "A lot of people have been trying to say that this a two-man race. Well, you know what? It is. And we're in it!" :)

10:41 PM: McCain wins Arizona (another "winner takes all" state).

10:31 PM: Obama wins Minnesota.

10:30 PM: Huckabee wins Alabama.

10:21 PM: Obama wins Kansas and Connecticut.

10:06 PM: Obama wins North Dakota.

10:04 PM: McCain wins Oklahoma.

9:59 PM: Romney wins Utah.

9:49 PM: Clinton wins New Jersey.

9:46 PM: Clinton wins Massachusetts (even though they definitely announced this already at 8:58 PM).

9:25 PM: Obama wins Alabama.

9:20 PM: McCain wins New York. It's another "winner takes all" state( with 101 delegates).

9:07 PM: Obama wins Delaware.

9:01 PM: Severe weather in Tenn., Ark. forces early poll closures
Ayaz's response: "God is on Hillary's side". No wonder she won both of these states :)

9:00 PM: Clinton wins New York.

8:45 PM: McCain wins Delaware

8:33 PM: Clinton wins Tennessee.

8:32 PM: Huckabee wins Arkansas.

8:30 PM: Clinton and Huckabee win Arkansas.

8:09 PM: McCain wins New Jersey (winner takes all delegates for the republican party in New Jersey).

8:01 PM: CNN projects Romney wins Massachusetts, McCain wins Connecticut and Illinois, Obama wins Illinois, and Clinton wins Oklahoma.

8:00: Polls close in many Super Tuesday states.

7:02 PM: Obama wins Georgia.
It is way to close to call for the republicans..it's a three way tie as of now.

7:00 PM: Polls close in Georgia.

2:26 PM: Huckabee wins West Virginia