Hello and greetings.  This is to let you all know that we need to start moving to our new site very soon.  So please take this time and collect all your stuff and head on to the new site.  I think that you will like it a lot!



http://thetortypad.webs.com/



Ning is going to start charging us peeps to use their site and I can not afford it right now. 



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As of May 4th the Ning will shut down all free groups.  I have developed a spot for us to go to.  Please follow the link here to our new home.  
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/thetortypad/

Thanks so much for making this a wonderous place for our Shelled ones.

Melissa Schmidt
Camano Island,WA
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SECOND CHANCE FOR SHUTTLE SIGHTINGS:  Monday's planned landing of space shuttle Discovery was waved off because of bad weather in Florida.  The postponement sets the stage for another try on Tuesday.  Once again, Discovery is slated to reenter Earth's atmosphere over the continental United States, and many sky watchers--especially in the northwestern USA and neighboring Canada--could witness a beautiful pre-dawn reentry.  The exact ground track depends on weather and whether mission controllers… Continue

Credit: KING

by KING5.com Staff

Posted on November 15, 2009 at 1:16 PM

Updated today at 6:26 PM

SEATTLE - A…

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

233 PM PST SUN NOV 8 2009



.A DEEPENING 994 MB LOW WILL REACH THE CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND

COAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PICK UP

OVER MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON AS THE LOW CENTER PASSES BY TO THE

NORTHWEST AND NORTH.…

Statement as of 4:57 PM PST on November 03, 2009…

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...



A RATHER STRONG EARLY FALL COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP NORTHEAST ACROSS

WESTERN WASHINGTON LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE

FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.



BEHIND THE FRONT...THE AIR MASS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AS COOLER AIR

MOVES IN ALOFT MAKING THE REGION RIPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF

THUNDERSTORMS. THIS INSTABILITY WILL BE COMBINED WITH…

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT

SUNDAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND

ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM

PDT SUNDAY.



WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE

THROUGH SUNDAY OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE.

THE SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR D ALENE AREAS CAN EXPECT

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50…