With all the horrifying and/or sad news in the world right now, let's take some time to remember that you could also be buried in snow and ice, like many of us in North America last year. As Canadian and American Thanksgivings approach, be thankful!
...what's that? The season's first nationwide snow is marching around right now?
So. Let it begin. Again. >:D
(Out of curiosity, did the Boston piles from last Snowpocalypse finally melt? There were doubts in late summer if they'd get there before, well, here.)
Uh.... Canadian Thanksgiving was on Oct. 12, ;)
You all are late.
Quote from: Barthheart on November 19, 2015, 12:16:28 PM
Uh.... Canadian Thanksgiving was on Oct. 12, ;)
You all are late.
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So awesome you cannot even come up with your own holiday. Pfft.
I still use some of the ice from last winter to chill my lemonade.
Quote from: Gusington on November 19, 2015, 07:27:34 PM
I still use some of the ice from last winter to chill my lemonade scotch.
FTFY. 8)
Quote from: Toonces on November 19, 2015, 07:55:50 PM
Quote from: Gusington on November 19, 2015, 07:27:34 PM
I still use some of the ice from last winter to chill my lemonade scotch.
FTFY. 8)
Ice... in Scotch... ? :o
Living through a New England Winter will fix that shit right fast.
^It's almost here, although it's been incredibly warm for the past 2-3 months.
It's been in the 50s these last three mornings. 'Course it gets back up to the upper 70s by afternoon...a veritable blizzard down here.
Been lightly snowing for a few hours but nothing sticking...yet.
Well, we ended up with a bunch of slush over which two inches of snow accumulated. If this had been a couple of weeks from now there'd be some serious snowfall on the ground.
As it is I believe we've managed to donate the majority of this storm to America's Hat, so they have one more thing to be thankful for next week...on the proper day of the holiday.
Thankfully you should go through that nasty freezing and thawing and freezing again process. That makes for some nasty roadways.
The worst weather is ice. I have been seriously injured just trying to walk the frickin' dog on an icy hill. Never mind driving in it. November here in the woods can be really icy. Not this year though.
And you moved to Hoth, why?
I was coming from NYC. That should explain everything.
"Escape From New York"
I get it.
We have a couple of inches of slushy re-frozen stuff pretending to be snow too. Clearly time to uncrate the emergency liquor and bunker down for the season.
New neighbors are from California and their kids have never seen snow, which was cute. The dad was out diligently shoveling the small amount of slush from the driveway and walks, which of course no one else in the neighborhood was doing. Hell, it'll be 50 on Tuesday.
He looked so pleased with himself. I don't think he got that I was grinning not because of his kids and their first snowfall, but because I was imagining the look on his face the first time he needs to clear a foot of snow off of his driveway.
He'll find out REAL fast the need for a snowblower or which kids will shovel for money in the neighborhood.
Yep, already planning to be over with the snowblower the first real snow. Might have to go over and teach him about throwing bags of rock salt in the bed of his pickup, too.
Bring him alcohol now.
^ And Uggs.
You 'Mericans are so cute with yer snow stories.... :2funny:
Alcohol in Uggs should be a hawt chick thing.
Quote from: Gusington on November 22, 2015, 08:20:17 PM
Alcohol in Uggs should be a hawt chick thing.
They are. Toonces just hasn't met Caitlyn Jenner personally yet.
We have a similar problem here in Fla. this time of year. Shoveling Yankees off our driveways when the neighbors have Yard Sales. They're also wet and sticky. ::)
IT BEGINS!
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'Toba plates.
Rear-ended though. Probably not his fault.
Apparently there was a crash to the South involving a truck loaded with paint and another with paint thinner. It's nice when a spill cleans itself up. :)
While I normally look forward to a few snows each winter, I am not looking forward to what the weather heads are saying is coming our way (northern Virginny) this weekend. Current numbers from TWC say 16-25-inches for us :( ..I hope they're wrong. Good luck to all in its path...
Wow. Stock up on food and whiskey now!
So far, all they're saying for Maine is "snow possible".
16-25 inches?? Even Star would be happy.
Here in sorta-upstate NY they are saying "possible snow" to add some variety from Mirth's forecast.
Forecast for 38 degrees here in sunny Fla. in the morning. Stop laughing. It's a Wet Cold.
Happily, it all looks to be going south of us. Ruins my plans for East Front cosplay this weekend, I guess.
Quote from: panzerde on January 19, 2016, 02:32:06 PMRuins my plans for East Front cosplay this weekend, I guess.
Kinky and weird but to each their own I guess.
East Front cosplay is the coolest
Quote from: panzerde on January 19, 2016, 02:32:06 PM
Happily, it all looks to be going south of us. Ruins my plans for East Front cosplay this weekend, I guess.
You had the snow blower and fur pile cap all ready then?
It's been wobbling from 5 to 12" for Rhode Island. I guess we'll see. I'm definitely gonna need moar scotch. And some socks.
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Quote from: panzerde on January 19, 2016, 02:32:06 PM
Happily, it all looks to be going south of us. Ruins my plans for East Front cosplay this weekend, I guess.
You had the snow blower and fur pile cap all ready then?
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Da, gospodin.
Great, now we'll have to the whining out of NYC and DC about all of the snow. Meanwhile, parts of Michigan got 19" yesterday, it closed I-75 for three hours, and probably not a word on the national news about. But hey, it's all about NYC and they're being inconvenienced and the city/state not working fast enough to resolve it. .
...nvm >:(
Well in all fairness, Michigan isn't the northeast. I mean, you guys get 19" on a routine basis.
DC is paralyzed with even an inch of snow. So, it's kinda a big deal, relatively speaking.
In all fairness, DC and the NE get snow every year also. But each time the newsies act like it's never happened before.
Everybody panic!!
I would rather be in Indiana or Michigan or South Dakota where I used to live with 19" of snow than Virginia or NYC with 19" of snow. Places where it snows that much regularly know how to handle it, they have some place to put it when they clear it, and they have a sufficient budget for chemicals, salt (and in the case of SD, sand) to treat it.
Where the heck are you going to pile 19" of snow when you try and plow it in NYC or DC or Boston? Particularly if like last winter, it happens more than once? The impact on a large urban area or a place like Virginia where it doesn't snow like that regularly is all out of proportion to how we in the Midwest are impacted. Not to mention that those cities are travel hubs that are far busier than anyplace in the Midwest other than Chicago, so a lot of non-residents get impacted.
As far as I'm concerned though, 19" of snow anywhere is a PITA and I'd just as soon not deal with it.
Quote from: Gusington on January 19, 2016, 06:01:37 PM
Everybody panic!!
Run to the store to get bread and milk!!!
Im just saying panzerde does not need to post "sexy" photos of his cosplay outfit.
Quote from: Bison on January 19, 2016, 06:22:26 PM
Im just saying panzerde does not need to post "sexy" photos of his cosplay outfit.
You got the furry hat, and that's all you're getting without a nice dinner and a movie.
Quote from: Bison on January 19, 2016, 06:22:26 PM
Im just saying panzerde does not need to post "sexy" photos of his cosplay outfit.
His snow blower is a converted T34/85
His blower isn't Star?
Quote from: bob48 on January 19, 2016, 06:24:36 PM
Quote from: Bison on January 19, 2016, 06:22:26 PM
Im just saying panzerde does not need to post "sexy" photos of his cosplay outfit.
His snow blower is a converted T34/85
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Quote from: Gusington on January 19, 2016, 06:41:55 PM
His blower isn't Star?
There is only so much Star to go around.
Quote from: Gusington on January 19, 2016, 03:22:58 PM
East Front cosplay is the coolest
Umm... I saw what you did there...
Quote from: panzerde on January 19, 2016, 06:43:09 PM
Quote from: bob48 on January 19, 2016, 06:24:36 PM
Quote from: Bison on January 19, 2016, 06:22:26 PM
Im just saying panzerde does not need to post "sexy" photos of his cosplay outfit.
His snow blower is a converted T34/85
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I LIKE IT! :D
I used to have to commute from Chesapeake Beach, MD to DC everyday for work. On a good day it was about 50 minutes. I remember once we got an inch of snow and I sat in traffic for 3 hours on the Anacostia Parkway trying to get into DC. After 3 hours I wasn't even halfway and, at that point, I turned around as soon as able and called in to let them know I would be out that day.
Snow sucks. DC sucks. And DC with snow is suck2.
Quote from: Toonces on January 19, 2016, 07:58:01 PM
I used to have to commute from Chesapeake Beach, MD to DC everyday for work. On a good day it was about 50 minutes. I remember once we got an inch of snow and I sat in traffic for 3 hours on the Anacostia Parkway trying to get into DC. After 3 hours I wasn't even halfway and, at that point, I turned around as soon as able and called in to let them know I would be out that day.
Snow sucks. DC sucks. And DC with snow is suck2.
Chesapeake Beach, MD to DC commute? That's bad any day! :o
Panzer, I used to live in SD also. I live in a rural area of NW Ohio now. They know how to deal with the snow, but they don't have the budgets to lay salt everywhere.
My issue isn't with the areas having to deal with the snow, it's the national news outlets acting like they've never gotten snow before.
That's what sells. Panic and chaos.
Now the Weather Channel is telling me we're only getting 4 inches. It is like being with Star after all.
Quote from: MetalDog on January 19, 2016, 09:57:01 PM
That's what sells. Panic and chaos.
And sex. Weather Channel says this will be the sexiest winter storm since the Blizzard of 78.
^The Weather Channel has the hottest weather sluts. This is fact.
I predict this sexy historic storm will produce a lot of October babies.
Quote from: Gusington on January 19, 2016, 10:04:24 PM
^The Weather Channel has the hottest weather sluts. This is fact.
You know that's right.......
Quote from: OJsDad on January 19, 2016, 08:44:16 PM
Panzer, I used to live in SD also. I live in a rural area of NW Ohio now. They know how to deal with the snow, but they don't have the budgets to lay salt everywhere.
My issue isn't with the areas having to deal with the snow, it's the national news outlets acting like they've never gotten snow before.
One of us is apparently stalking the other. I'm originally from western Ohio. When I lived in SD (Chamberlain) I roomed with a guy from Fostoria.
As for the news outlets, my strategy is simple: I stopped paying attention to all of them a few years ago! >:D
Quote from: panzerde on January 19, 2016, 11:18:53 PM
Quote from: OJsDad on January 19, 2016, 08:44:16 PM
Panzer, I used to live in SD also. I live in a rural area of NW Ohio now. They know how to deal with the snow, but they don't have the budgets to lay salt everywhere.
My issue isn't with the areas having to deal with the snow, it's the national news outlets acting like they've never gotten snow before.
One of us is apparently stalking the other. I'm originally from western Ohio. When I lived in SD (Chamberlain) I roomed with a guy from Fostoria.
As for the news outlets, my strategy is simple: I stopped paying attention to all of them a few years ago! >:D
Here here! That's how I do it, too.
Working for a TV news channel was once what I 'wanted to do when I grew up.' When I was a teen I'd religiously absorb the news...of course back then (back in MY day), they only had the news on three times a day. My closest brush was when I was 18 and I applied to work at a local news channel, and they actually called me in for an interview. Didn't get the job...they told me I'd have to be in at 4 am and I expressed concern since I was going to school (to learn R-T-F)...that's probably what shot me in the foot. I imagine he had about 100 similar kids to go through and any minor sign would be enough to put me into the 'thanks but no thanks' pile. Oh well.
I'm sure there's idiocy out there that thinks the news is legitimate and honest, but still, it's fascinating to me that so many people I talk to express disdain and even outright hatred for the news. It seems the majority of people despise it, and yet, the news and their puppeteers advertisers keep on truckin', totally oblivious to how most of the public views them. That can't be the case, but it's how I see it.
It's simple- profit-based News is the New Entertainment. If the producers hokey it up and lots of people watch it then there's nothing broken in the business model.
Sad, but there it is.
Quote from: panzerde on January 19, 2016, 11:18:53 PM
Quote from: OJsDad on January 19, 2016, 08:44:16 PM
Panzer, I used to live in SD also. I live in a rural area of NW Ohio now. They know how to deal with the snow, but they don't have the budgets to lay salt everywhere.
My issue isn't with the areas having to deal with the snow, it's the national news outlets acting like they've never gotten snow before.
One of us is apparently stalking the other. I'm originally from western Ohio. When I lived in SD (Chamberlain) I roomed with a guy from Fostoria.
I'm at about 20 miles SW of Fostoria. I lived at Ellsworth AFB, SD for 3 years.
More weather sluts! Oh and the forecast for my area has changed from a 1 day storm to a 2 day storm and revised up from 4 inches to a foot. Repaired our fireplace just in time!
So far, the prediction is for the storm to stay far enough south that we'll only see snow showers. I'm not buying it though.
In north middle West TN picked up about half an inch of bumpy clear ice. (Or maybe a quarter inch with bumps, makes it seem thicker.)
Theoretically, tomorrow will be rain most of the day, shifting to a snow dump on Friday, but if the various pressure systems move a little higher or lower that could change to all rain (although no one expects Friday to be anything but snow so far) or to frozen slush all Thursday and then snow.
The Weather Sluts were busy here showing pictures of "Downed Tree-Limbs" and "Pools of Water in the Roads" after our last storm came through. :o But when my Weather Alert went off at 4am Sunday morning because of a Tornado Warning, I got up and watched the real Weather Professionals cover the storms properly and without needless drama. A big Thank You to them all. O0
And they don't like it at all when you call them out on it. The last time I did was a couple of years ago and they deleted my comments. :(
Funny, but my local news station doesn't let people post comments anymore. Gee, I wonder why? Not me, but because they're disingenuous buttheads.
Apparently the Weather Channel has already named the impending storm "Jonas"
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/01/20/why-forecasts-flop-or-just-feel-like-they-do/
DC is now supposed to get 300 inches or something. And they changed my forecast to 4 inches...
Quote from: Gusington on January 20, 2016, 03:35:26 PM
And they changed my forecast to 4 inches...
Your wife will be so disappointed.
Insert Your Mom Joke Here.
Quote from: Gusington on January 20, 2016, 03:51:43 PM
Insert Your Mom Joke Here.
My mom will be disappointed too?
actually...she wasn't ^-^
Now calling for 17-28" in our area :(
Can we start panicking yet? I have a lot to do and need to know when to fit the panic into my agenda.
Have you checked with corporal Jones?
Quote from: bob48 on January 20, 2016, 05:15:21 PM
Have you checked with corporal Jones?
Lance Corporal Jones doesn't panic!
Even with snow up to his lance.
4 inches...pfft. I wonder how many times the weather sluts will change it between now and Saturday...
I've seen a range of 1-3" to 6-12". WTF. Weather bubbas are lame! :o
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Hey Ottawa!
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^That chart above says I'm getting 3-6 inches. Lame. And my latest weather slut forecast says I'm getting 2". Lamer!
That chart says that the driveway and walks I cleared today will still be clear tomorrow. As long as everything doesn't shift 75 miles north...
According to that I get twelve to eighteen inches of snow. I wonder if I can get Bread and Milk delivered 2nd day with Amazon Prime, just in case.
You can, but the delivery driver has to be panicking.
Pay an extra 5 dollah for a snow drone.
#disnowppointment
Quote from: Gusington on January 20, 2016, 09:01:48 PM
I'm getting 3-6 inches. Lame. And my latest weather slut forecast says I'm getting 2". Lamer!
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Looks like Rhode Island is going to mostly be spared. An inch or so? I'm ok with that. O0
I can lend you my dog (for a fee).
He is well equipped and trained for snow emergencies and after last year in Boston he knows how to get through feet of snow
I skip the brandy and put single malt whisky in the barrel
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Quote from: Toonces on January 21, 2016, 07:46:30 AM
Looks like Rhode Island is going to mostly be spared. An inch or so? I'm ok with that. O0
Weather Underground is saying about 3-5 inches over here. Just enough to look nice and still be easy to shovel.
Hopefully it doesn't turn to sleet before sundown or there will be a hard ice crust below all that fluffy overnight snow.
Quote from: Con on January 21, 2016, 07:51:12 AM
I can lend you my dog (for a fee).
He is well equipped and trained for snow emergencies and after last year in Boston he knows how to get through feet of snow
I skip the brandy and put single malt whisky in the barrel
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That's a good dog!
Just finished shoveling a good 4-5 inches off of the driveway and sidewalks. Looks like another couple of inches are still going to fall here. I love me some winter snow.
^What about summer snow?
My forecast has changed again...5-9 inches. Better!
And Con - I have to ask you this - my dog is now 8 months old. He is a piece of work...most days I want to hug him and kill him. Beyond that though, he does not like the cold or the snow...WTF he's Swiss!!
However much snow you get, be careful. No stupid accidents.
^Too late.
Summer snow is good too. I support all forms of snow. Especially snow bunnies.
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A tramp stamp covered in snow is just the right thing to do.
The joke's on them. That's the worst snowman I've ever seen. Though he does look happy.
Huh. Didn't notice there was a snowman in the picture.
Me neither.
It comes with age.
I was about to say, that snowman be like, "Yeah, even ugly guys got a chance, if you be chillin' and ur nose is long enough!"
^...
I thought girth mattered? Just ask poor, poor icy cold Pluto and it's many adoring moons.
Mirth matters more than girth.
Quote from: Gusington on January 21, 2016, 01:58:58 PM
^...
I watched
Roxanne enough times, over several years, long ago, that I eventually figure out a nose joke.
^I'll give you a quarter big-nose point for just referencing Roxanne.
Quote from: mirth on January 20, 2016, 03:07:53 PM
Heh. I had forgotten about this. I debated between Kent and the snowman with the dagger. Kent won. :buck2:
^Heh. Good choice.
Now it looks like we're not going to get anything. Weak weather sluts, weak.
Quote from: Gusington on January 21, 2016, 09:42:04 AM
^What about summer snow?
My forecast has changed again...5-9 inches. Better!
And Con - I have to ask you this - my dog is now 8 months old. He is a piece of work...most days I want to hug him and kill him. Beyond that though, he does not like the cold or the snow...WTF he's Swiss!!
I thought our Swissy was retarded for the first 8 months. He was afraid of grass. After two years he is just like the breed description, loving, great with kids, excellent guard dog and prodigious passer of the smelliest gas on the planet. I kid you not he dropped a major deuce in the house (another trait of Swissys is their amazingly large poo) and it actually set off the fire alarm. I mean how is that even possible.
He will eventually love the cold. Our guy breaks the ice in ponds in the winter to lay down in the frigid water. They have a double fur coat that sheds water and keeps them super warm. He will share that fur coat with you later on when he blows it out during spring. Then you will have the enjoyable experience of giant drifting billows of downy Swissy fur tumbleweeding their way through the house and landing mostly in your food.
But he is the best dog ever!
Con
Quote from: Gusington on January 21, 2016, 06:40:36 PM
Now it looks like we're not going to get anything. Weak weather sluts, weak.
Stop yer bitchin
I like the snow and cold weather within reason...I never enjoy weak mild winters.
Thanks for posting Con...makes me feel better about wanting to turn the dog into a dog rug sometimes.
Last winter was not mild. I don't mind a year 'off'.
Quote from: Con on January 21, 2016, 06:42:02 PM
I kid you not he dropped a major deuce in the house (another trait of Swissys is their amazingly large poo) and it actually set off the fire alarm. I mean how is that even possible.
That made my whole family laugh :)
Thanks!
A couple of coworkers are currently in DC. We expect to see them back sometime in April.
It's gettin real
QuoteIn Baltimore, the country music star Garth Brooks postponed two sold-out weekend shows.
God be with you, my friends.
Hmmm. Might be time for some Hope and Change for the forecast.
I'll look for you guys when you thaw-out in the spring.
ah fudge, just checked the latest forecast for us. Looks like 2+ feet of snow with lots of wind and blowing snow. I hatez it when the power goes out... :tickedoff:
Ice on the roads here, but not much stuck to the grass. More snow coming later today. All schools in the area were canceled today, so everyone's home (and still asleep in my house)
Every time I check in with the weather sluts my forecast changes. Last night before bed the forecast called for an inch. Now it's up to 7. Wtf
Job security and TV ratings.
The news is already pulling out the Class 3 Kill Storm (Klass 3 Cill Storm?) graphics. ::)
Do they just not know how f'ing ridiculous they look and sound?
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Good to see that none of the snow is allowed to cross the border..... :P
Quote from: Barthheart on January 22, 2016, 09:10:01 AM
Good to see that none of the snow is allowed to cross the border..... :P
The new border controls are really working.
Quote from: Barthheart on January 22, 2016, 09:10:01 AM
Good to see that none of the snow is allowed to cross the border..... :P
The really scary snow up there won't let our weak snow in.
I'm pretty sure we got about the minimum realistic expectation possible down here in upper middle West TN. It's all over but the microsleeting. Two inches (average, my guess) on some ice.
Y'all can have the rest of it, right?
Shhhh... Guys! Brant's kids are sleeping. Isn't Benadryl wonderful?
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 22, 2016, 11:43:49 AM
Shhhh... Guys! Brant's kids are sleeping. Isn't Benadryl wonderful?
Is that what he's calling 'wine' nowadays? :D
At least it is staying south of us. Those of you in the DC area better warm up your snow blowers! >:D
Quote from: Shelldrake on January 22, 2016, 03:19:25 PM
At least it is staying south of us. Those of you in the DC area better warm up your snow blowers! >:D
To those of us in DC, that sentence can have more than one meaning. :P
If anyone that is missing out on the snow wants, they can watch the blizzard in DC from the Speakers Balcony. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has a live stream (http://www.speaker.gov/snow) going. It'll be up all weekend...or at least as long as the power stays on. Good job :crazy2:
Forecast revised, again: 10 inches. I think the storm is taking a more northerly turn than expected.
Really wish you guys on the East coast would stop hoarding all the snow. Any chance one of you evil genius has a weather machine and can redirect it to the Pacific Northwest?
There has been a dusting in Atlanta. Maybe a quarter of an inch.
It's chaos out there right now. The acrid smell of smoke fills my nostrils from the few dwellings that were unwise and did not fortify themselves.
I can catch the tinge of burning flesh in that smoke. Clearly a meal for the ravagers that have come up from the city.
Tonight I stand silent vigil. I have my trusty rifle at my side, and the barbed wire and traps I set will likely be tested again and again.
If I make it until morning I will try to armor my car and venture forth into the wastes to see what remains of civilization. If there's enough, I might try to make a fresh start from the ashes.
Wish us luck, but I fear all is lost.
Hey, it's been rough here in Fla. too. Today we had only about 5 hours of sunshine. I want my money back. ::)
Quote from: SirAndrewD on January 22, 2016, 09:54:25 PM
There has been a dusting in Atlanta. Maybe a quarter of an inch.
It's chaos out there right now. The acrid smell of smoke fills my nostrils from the few dwellings that were unwise and did not fortify themselves.
I can catch the tinge of burning flesh in that smoke. Clearly a meal for the ravagers that have come up from the city.
Tonight I stand silent vigil. I have my trusty rifle at my side, and the barbed wire and traps I set will likely be tested again and again.
If I make it until morning I will try to armor my car and venture forth into the wastes to see what remains of civilization. If there's enough, I might try to make a fresh start from the ashes.
Wish us luck, but I fear all is lost.
Sounds like the teaser to another zombie game... Can you craft RPGs and acid-filled ditches as well?
we had about an inch of ice on everything yesterday. We've got some very crusty, crunchy now over top of it now, so it's going to suck for snowball fights and show angels, but it might work out for sleeping OK.
I'm just hoping that the temp here stays below 31F so the snow doesn't partially melt to form an ice shell below what falls after sundown.
View out of the back door from the DC bulls eye:
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Lotta snow. Hows the drifting? Can you and yours stay inside until the wind dies down?
@bbmike -- I'm west of you. We're over in Fauquier County. Here's a few snaps from this morning...
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@Staggerwing -- the snow here seems to be pretty dry, so lots of blowing drifting snow. Thats a good thing I think, since the trees are mostly clear and the power is still on even with the blustery winds.
Nuttin' here in Rhode Island yet.
Worst snow storm, ever. >:(
Heh. It just started here.
And, I'd like to point out that the chick on the Weather Channel this morning is extra hawt! :crazy2:
Maria Larosa.
Man alive, what a catch. YGTBSM. :P
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If I have a "type" that's pretty much it. :buck2:
Man alive, now I know that Gussypoo was talking about. This is better than Fox News!
Stephanie Abrams!
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In Maxim?! YGTBSM!
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steve58, beautiful pictures! I guess the same for the rest of you guys. ::)
This is the town just south of us.
There's not a lot of snow; we've got a lot of ice, which is worse because people around here think "hey, there's no snow, so I can drive!"
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click to really enlarge
this road just looks dusted in snow, but there's an inch of ice under there
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Be careful! Better yet be home until tomorrow!
Stop posting these pics! You're causing my wife to want to go north dammit.
uuugg, just ventured outside to check/clear our heat pump. That wind/snow is brutal. We've got 3-4 foot snow drifts all around the house...and of course directly in front of the garage doors :tickedoff:
Quote from: steve58 on January 23, 2016, 11:35:37 AM
uuugg, just ventured outside to check/clear our heat pump. That wind/snow is brutal. We've got 3-4 foot snow drifts all around the house...and of course directly in front of the garage doors :tickedoff:
Yeah, the wind is really starting to pick up now!
It is no joke out here right now- it is snowing HARD! >:(
You can't tell, obviously, but the ocean is just beyond that last tree.
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Uggs in their natural habitat?
Warm, stylish feet are the key to happiness. :coolsmiley:
Here is the view outside my window.
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Just before the snow started getting heavier I went out and filled the bird feeders so I wouldn't have to do it later or tomorrow morning. Well, I just checked out back and a huge flock of Grackles had come from gods-know-where and pounced on the full feeders. They were just about empty by the time I shooed away the marauders. Now the flock is sitting in the trees watching as the cardinals and finches and whatnot I was trying to feed are sadly pecking away at empty feeders.
5 min later- A huge explosion of black feathers as a hawk perches on a tree near my house. Those pesky Grackles were outta the neighborhood faster than a bunch of juvies scattering from a broken store window when a cop car roles by!
Love it. Can't stand Grackles--- the Un-assimilated Syrian Rugees of the Bird World.
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First time playing in snow?
Exactly my thought! Pure joy :)
The kid looks happy too.
It is wonderful stuff if you don't need to shovel it or drive in it. Both items on my list of things not to have to do when I retire.
Quote from: DoctorQuest on January 23, 2016, 06:48:18 PM
It is wonderful stuff if you don't need to shovel it or drive in it. Both items on my list of things not to have to do when I retire.
What is this 'retire' thing of which you speak? Some kind of afterlife you go to when they find you cold and stiff on what then becomes your last day at work?
We only have about 4-5 inches but boy are the roads slippery. Had to drive down to the in laws about a mile away and was sliding all over the place in the one remaining Subaru. Once I got there (in laws are wintering in Hawaii) I decided I was not in the mood for the noise of the snow thrower and used the shovel to clear their driveway instead. I am a dummy.
Quote from: Staggerwing on January 23, 2016, 06:59:33 PM
Quote from: DoctorQuest on January 23, 2016, 06:48:18 PM
It is wonderful stuff if you don't need to shovel it or drive in it. Both items on my list of things not to have to do when I retire.
What is this 'retire' thing of which you speak? Some kind of afterlife you go to when they find you cold and stiff on what then becomes your last day at work?
Retire or expire. Both will have the same effect on my attitude about snow. All I know now is I am enjoying my location in the Great Plains. I do know a lot of folks back east, though.
Quote from: Gusington on January 23, 2016, 07:31:11 PMI am a dummy.
In other late-breaking news, snow is cold.
Why the hell would you shovel if there was a snowblower available?
Quote from: mirth on January 23, 2016, 08:55:49 PM
Why the hell would you shovel if there was a snowblower available?
I was trying to come up with a delicate way of asking that myself. :idiot2:
Why would you shovel their driveway if they're in Hawaii? Speaking of Hawaii, isn't that where Toonces lives? What's with the snow pics?
We use their house all the time. So I clear the driveway and help the neighbors if needed.
I used the shovel because the blower is really noisy and after being in the house with the family the whole day, I just wanted some peace.
Toonces was transferred to Rhode Island some time back.
Best of luck with the snow mofos. My heart, and back go out to ya.
How's the new job going?
Quote from: steve58 on January 23, 2016, 09:18:10 AM
@bbmike -- I'm west of you. We're over in Fauquier County. Here's a few snaps from this morning...
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@Staggerwing -- the snow here seems to be pretty dry, so lots of blowing drifting snow. Thats a good thing I think, since the trees are mostly clear and the power is still on even with the blustery winds.
Steve, what in the world is that snow to the right in the second pic drifted on? That's a bizarre looking snowdrift.
Been watching the news and it looks dreadful, so stay safe all you grogs so effected. Its set to hit the west coast of the UK on Tuesday and Wednesday, but as rain rather than snow, so that mean a lot more flooding for area's that have already been hard hit.
Will you deploy the luftstache?
Whoa, whoa, hold on there, it's not that serious yet.
It is looking rather grim.
I thought the last time the Luftstache was deployed overseas was during the Boxing Day Tsunami. It was either that or during the last Eurovision contest, I can't remember.
Its best to forget about the Eurovision Song Contest. Some of us still bear the scars.
Just making sure. I never put my helmet on yesterday either. We were clearly spared up here with about 4 inches...and about 10 miles north of here there is no snow!
I ended up with around a foot but, as usual, the driveway and front walk areas were drift zones around 18" deep. My back is completely wrecked from shoveling and one of my legs is partially numb above the knee. I hope I didn't rupture my L4 disk. :(
Quote from: Arctic Blast on January 24, 2016, 12:34:55 AM
Quote from: steve58 on January 23, 2016, 09:18:10 AM
@bbmike -- I'm west of you. We're over in Fauquier County. Here's a few snaps from this morning...
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@Staggerwing -- the snow here seems to be pretty dry, so lots of blowing drifting snow. Thats a good thing I think, since the trees are mostly clear and the power is still on even with the blustery winds.
Steve, what in the world is that snow to the right in the second pic drifted on? That's a bizarre looking snowdrift.
Previous owners planted Holly bushes of some kind in front of our house. The snapshot was taken from our dining room window. I gave them a nice trim in mid/late November so the snow had a "smooth" rounded surface to accumulate on. Never saw snow lay on them quite like that before. My wife kept comparing them to the Dracula butt hair :))
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With all the blowing snow, not really sure how much snow we ended up with, but I'm guessing it was well over 24".
Just got in from clearing our driveway and some neighbors. We live on a cul-de-sac and have great neighbors. We all get out and help each other get driveways passable, especially making sure our older neighbors can get out. Heres hoping the county/state doesn't come back and screw up our hard work >:(
Surf was thumping out here today. No surprise, and the word was out so it was actually pretty crowded if you can believe that. I found a little peak down the beach a way and worked it by myself; not the best spot on the beach but I don't like being around other people.
The first 30 minutes were kind of chilly, but once I got the blood moving it wasn't too bad. It was 28 when I paddled out but once the wind backed off it wasn't bad at all. About 36 when I came in, so it warmed up quite a bit.
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Meanwhile at Casa Toonces:
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You've adapted nicely. I think you're ready to move to Maine ;)
Better than we've got here...
Quote from: mirth on January 24, 2016, 07:00:23 PM
You've adapted nicely. I think you're ready to move to Maine ;)
Ok, ok, let's not get all crazy now.
The key is only having one testicle. I only have to stay half as warm as the rest of you guys! :o ^-^
How do you think I've survived in Maine? It's not by having two balls.
Goofing off with snow art on my car. My daughter and I drew the people up front. My son decided to add luggage to the back
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dog helping Bayonette with the sled in the back yard
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the saucer sled on the big hill down the road. There's a big curb at the end, and that thing doesn't steer, hence the bike helmet
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Bayonet Jr bombing down the same hill, but with a steerable sled and a harder head, so no helmet
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That picture of your daughter is awesome!
Brant, Toonces, was this the first time your kids got to play in snow deep enough to have real fun?
We had snow in Norfolk once that was actually pretty heavy, but I think my daughter was only about 2-3. My son spent his first 3 years in Iceland, so he's seen a bit of snow, plus Norfolk. But neither of my kids has spent a lot of time in a snowy place since either was very little.
I didn't see snow until I was in 8th grade, so I can kind of relate. ::)
Quote from: Staggerwing on January 24, 2016, 08:31:54 PM
Brant, Toonces, was this the first time your kids got to play in snow deep enough to have real fun?
nope, not the first time for them... we've had snow every year here since '08 except the one year we were moving into the new house over the winter
Toonces I thought you grew up in NJ...
In accordance with the prophecy, it microsleeted most of Friday on top of maybe 2ish inches. Put a nice glaze on things, took down a fluffy conifer in our back yard, but otherwise the streets were passable by Saturday before noon. (I can drive on ice and snow without much trouble anyway, but I don't intentionally drive far if I can help it. No need to dare chance to do its worst if I don't have to.)
Down 45 minutes south to visit the nieces for the weekend, where they had started building a 6 story tall snow fort and then got bored and went to go play something else. But they had a nice set of five small bricks in a genuine curve! "It must take five weeks to build an igloo!" one judged.
So we played cards and computer games and caught them mostly up on Star Wars movies. Which they have managed to watch rather out of order. (4, 7, 1, 2, 5. Bro and I both agree they should skip Ep 3 until they're a bit older, but they enjoyed my five minute summary re-enactment.) Ate dinner at IHOP last night. Felt weird to get back to snow this afternoon. A lot still on the ground at sundown -- and we didn't get a lot to start with (but, as noted, with ice reinforcement.)
Now I'm about to sleep like the dead at 8:30pm, because little nieces drink life-energy like chocolate milk, and I'm still not recovered yet.
Quote from: Toonces on January 24, 2016, 08:04:21 PM
That picture of your daughter is awesome!
+1
Great pic
Quote from: Gusington on January 24, 2016, 09:14:51 PM
Toonces I thought you grew up in NJ...
My dad was in the Marines, so we did a rotation between Beaufort, SC, Pensacola, and Yuma, AZ a couple of times. When my dad got out, we moved from Yuma to NJ when I was just starting 8th grade, and that's where I did high school and college. So, altogether I had about 10 years in NJ before I joined the Navy and went back to Pensacola, and I so I got exposed to the northeast a bit.
In about 1992, when I was in college, I helped a couple of my friends get a job at the place where I worked. They decided to bail for spring break, and because I felt loyalty to the company, I stayed so the company wouldn't be completely boned when those guys left (I think they just up and quit the job, assholes). So while they were gone, I decided to take the money I would have spent, went down to Sea Isle City over the weekend, bought a wetsuit and surfboard, and started my path to surfing- something I always wanted to learn how to do. This was February in NJ. So, from the first I've been dealing with shitty waves and cold water.
This whole thing didn't start in Hawaii, although it might seem like that sometimes.
Children actually playing outside? :o How did you manage that? Aren't they supposed to play in the snow on their playstations these days? ;D
Yeesh, that's a lot of snow. I'm a little jealous -- but only a little. :P Anyway, everyone over there stay safe!
Staggerwing, how's the back & leg doing? Did you take any break(s) at all while you were shoveling?
Brant's and
Toonces' daughters are adorable when they're playing in the snow. (Actually, I suspect they're adorable when they're *not* playing in the snow too, but that's neither here nor there.)
Quote from: JasonPratt on January 24, 2016, 09:26:59 PM
because little nieces drink life-energy like chocolate milk
QFT!
QuoteHow much snow fell on Washington D.C. during this past weekend's massive snowstorm? Officially, 17.8 inches. But the actual answer may never be known.
The Washington Post reports that the snow-measuring device used by a team of weather observers at Washington's Reagan National Airport was buried in the blizzard, leaving them with no way to record the true amount of snow for hours on end.
The error promped the National Weather Service (NWS) to announce that it will be looking into the procedures used at Reagan National, where the official snow totals for the nation's capital are recorded.
source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/25/measuring-mix-up-leaves-dc-with-underreported-snow-total.html?intcmp=hpbt2
No way it was only 17.8 inches here.
Ha 'only'
Going along with Toonces story I estimate 10 years in NJ equals roughly 5 years in thr USMC.
Sounds like the didn't measure up.
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holycrap
Hey Mirth. I can see you waving. Put some pants on man!
Not gonna happen...
here's this morning, as Bayonette and I got turned around headed down the hill in the back yard and Dexter decided to "help"
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Ha, great photo Brant. O0
Quote from: Martok on January 25, 2016, 02:00:28 PMHa, great photo Brant. O0
Wife's photo - obviously :)
She's a damn good photographer; I just try not to look too stupid in her pictures.
Yes, great photo! O0
Damn, that looks like fun Brant. Everyone there sober I hope. O0
yes - that was at 10am, and I'm not from Maine.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 25, 2016, 02:58:10 PM
yes - that was at 10am, and I'm not from Maine.
Hey!
Oh wait...you may have a point.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 25, 2016, 02:58:10 PM
yes - that was at 10am, and I'm not from Maine Rhode Island.
FTFY.
Quote from: Toonces on January 25, 2016, 04:19:12 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 25, 2016, 02:58:10 PM
yes - that was at 10am, and I'm not from Maine Rhode Island.
FTFY.
in the incomparable words of GI Joe #28
Quotethat's north o' here, ain't it?
RL looks a bit non-plussed there.
I really liked the G.I. Joe toy line and eventually the comic book. But when I saw Torpedo in full SCUBA gear, including flippers, helping the Joes repel a COBRA attack on Washington, D.C. (y'know, running around on concrete and such, nowhere near a bathroom sink let alone a significant body of water), I was pretty much done with it.
Don't get me started on the retarded cartoons. They make the Squidbillies look like citified Mainers.
EDIT: Yeah, here it is. ::)
I mean, WTF. I thought they taught Navy SEALs better than this.
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gotta sell the toys!
I love the guy wearing swimming fins. That's so freaking awesome!
Don't those guys know what happens when you shoot guns around oil drums?
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 25, 2016, 10:49:49 PM
Don't those guys know what happens when you shoot guns around oil drums?
No one dies in GI Joe.
The flippers are freakin' stupid, but the COBRA dude missing a shot at flippin' three feet kind of takes the cake.
They must have given lessons to Stormtroopers.
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You guys really don't have anything at all to do when it snows do you? ;D
Quote from: jomni on January 26, 2016, 12:05:43 AM
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 25, 2016, 10:49:49 PM
Don't those guys know what happens when you shoot guns around oil drums?
No one dies in GI Joe.
The death toll in the comic was actually quite significant, including some named characters, even from early issues. This eventually included the original Cobra Commander himself.
Temps actually made it to the big 50 here today, snow is retreating, at least in the grassy areas. Plows seem to be very active east of us, not so much in my area. Neighbors and I were lucky yesterday to catch the attention of an enterprising tractor owner/driver coming through the neighborhood. Got him to clear some driveways and some of the cul-de-sac/road for some "donations"....$$ well spent.
More snow coming through the upper midwest today. Sky is blue, water is wet, West TN is the Land of Shaking Earth And Sky, etc. (Tornados on the forecast for this afternoon.)
Stay safe Jason!
+1
So far radar shows only two small angry red dots east of Memphis, but best to keep a weather eye out just in case.
+1 Hope you're out of the Danger Zone.
It's been sunny here with temps in the 40s and 50s. Love that AGW!
Quote from: mirth on February 02, 2016, 12:48:17 PM
Love that AGW!
Do not wake the senile old man!
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One possible tornado the next county southwest of us, but otherwise just a rainy night. The tornados stuck to Mississippi and Alabama. At one point I saw seven in MS at the same time on radar. :buck2:
The same low pressure churned out snow all day and night on North, West, and NW Kansas. I heard Iowa got a lot dumped on it just after the Caucus ended, too.
Monday and Tuesday will be our turn, according to the weatherbunnies this morning.
Glad it was quiet for you.
this could be the end!!!! I had to put on a sweatshirt today. :-\
Not six more weeks of Florida, this year? :coolsmiley:
We're getting a helluva little snowstorm right now. Yesterday it was forecast as 'snow showers'. It's been snowing like a bastard for a few hours now and we must have 5-6 inches on the ground already.
time to leave work early? or was that 9am Monday?
What the hell did that Groundhog do on Monday anyway?
We're getting heavy wet snow and the roads are shit. I blew out my back again shoveling and the power just went out as well.
58 degrees F and sunny here. 8)
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 05, 2016, 12:04:53 PM
58 degrees F and sunny here. 8)
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 05, 2016, 11:53:12 AM
time to leave work early? or was that 9am Monday?
Took a personal day. Kids ended up not having school, so the day was effed from the start
Sucks about your back, Wing. Last couple weeks have been rough on ya.
Goddammit! This has turned into a major storm. It was over 50 yesterday and now this BS! >:(
Jake is so pissed with this snow year. We haven't had anywhere enough snow to get the tractor and attached snow blower. Nor enough to enjoy the 4 wheeler in the snow.
I like how the forecast yesterday for my area was 40 degrees and cloudy for today and then turned out to be 30 degrees with snowbursts. Oopsie.
70 Degrees here in Fla. But it feels like... 70 degrees. Except the wind is blowing and so it's chilly out. I actually had to put shoes on go outside. :o Damned Winter.
64 yesterday
42 today
Bayonet Jr decided to wear shorts to school today. Bonehead.
Quote from: Sir Slash on February 05, 2016, 03:37:43 PM
I actually had to put shoes on go outside.
As long as they weren't Uggs...
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 05, 2016, 04:54:52 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on February 05, 2016, 03:37:43 PM
I actually had to put shoes on go outside.
As long as they weren't Uggs...
Uggs aren't shoes, they're part of a uniform that requires yoga pants to complete.
If Sir Slash goes the yoga pants route too, we're not here to judge. Just to point and laugh. ;D
Man, I feel bad for Centurion40 if this is what passes for a weatherslut in Nova Scotia.
He may be a weather slut but he's not my type.
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 05, 2016, 05:05:20 PM
If Sir Slash goes the yoga pants route too, we're not here to judge. Just to point and laugh. ;D
Unless he posts selfies. Then we're judging, laughing, and generally ridiculing.
Heh.
I'm always amused by when I have no idea significant weather is moving in despite being a weatherman. I suppose I'm more of a "surf weatherman" LOL.
My wife took some nice pictures in and around our house today (Rhode Island area)...
Mansion de Toonces: (https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi263.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fii123%2Ftoonces3%2F12631522_10208605802601979_4147701337339108773_n_zps0nogzlsy.jpg&hash=ce67a72fc2622a03cda080edbda7ad7772b2732c)
Jamestown Bridge. So this is about 200 yards down from my house, but it cool because we saw the weather shift from total shit to sunset and my wife pulled on all her snow gear and whatnot to go get the picture. Awesome shot not easily arrived at.
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Should have let this fucker free as far as I'm concerned.
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that third one is pretty awesome
Tooces, those are great pics.
Was that guy yelling so the people of NOVA SCOTIA can hear him through their ear muffs? If there's a Hell, and I'm sent there, then that guy will be my room mate. But the good news is at least there won't be MASSIVE BLIZZARD coming there. Sorry no Uggs or yoga pants here but I could show you all my tan-lines if you want.
Man, we got it BAD here.
I hit ice today...when I put it into my glass to get some water. ;D
Great pics, Toonces.
Toonces [or Mrs. Toonces] is our new Ansel Uggs Adams.
How can you see with your eyes all shut like that?
Quote from: MetalDog on February 07, 2016, 09:18:51 AM
How can you see with your eyes all shut like that?
I'm Bill Fucking Murray. That's how.
More snow today, into tomorrow. Somewhere between 4-8 inches when it's all done. Bitter cold forecast for next week.
I hate that friggin' groundhog.
Great pics Toonces, but Hawaii looks much colder than I would have expected.
Quote from: Bison on February 08, 2016, 09:19:25 AM
Great pics Toonces, but Hawaii looks much colder than I would have expected.
Blame it on AGW.
Quote from: mirth on February 08, 2016, 09:22:03 AM
Quote from: Bison on February 08, 2016, 09:19:25 AM
Great pics Toonces, but Hawaii looks much colder than I would have expected.
Blame it on AGW.
Trading in pineapple futures is going to be volatile this year.
I went heavy into hamburger earmuffs
This friggin' sucks.
Snow day from work? WTF is that all about?
So I'm using this unexpected free time to continue working on my master plan to get back to Hawaii. It's a good plan. :coolsmiley:
Quote from: Toonces on February 08, 2016, 11:12:27 AM
This friggin' sucks.
Snow day from work? WTF is that all about?
So I'm using this unexpected free time to continue working on my master plan to get back to Hawaii. It's a good plan. :coolsmiley:
Does it involve a tunneling machine.
Quote from: Toonces on February 08, 2016, 11:12:27 AMSo I'm using this unexpected free time to continue working on my master plan to get back to Hawaii. It's a good plan. :coolsmiley:
swim?
They give the loitering weatherman a snow day? That is fucked up.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 08, 2016, 11:20:22 AM
Quote from: Toonces on February 08, 2016, 11:12:27 AMSo I'm using this unexpected free time to continue working on my master plan to get back to Hawaii. It's a good plan. :coolsmiley:
swim?
Toonces, P.I.
Excellent wifey photos, Toonces! Color and composition are top notch! (Especially the color.)
Your house is as epic as an epic thing, too! -- actually, my first thought was "That looks just like something a player built in 7 DAYS TO DIE!!" :2funny:
Which I mean as a compliment.
Well... it's not often that we up here in the Frozen North give into winter but we we're told to leave work today. My normal 15 minute drive took about 40 minutes and my residential street already has a foot of snow on it. Weather dudes say it's falling at a rate of about 2 inches per hour.... sure seems more than that.... and it supposed to continue until after 5 pm today.
Looking at the radar images over Ottawa shows that the system has not really moved in the last several hours.... just sorta parked over us..... :P
Oh and it might change to freezing rain later on..... :D
Quote from: Barthheart on February 16, 2016, 11:58:52 AM
Well... it's not often that we up here in the Frozen North give into winter but we we're told to leave work today. My normal 15 minute drive took about 40 minutes and my residential street already has a foot of snow on it. Weather dudes say it's falling at a rate of about 2 inches per hour.... sure seems more than that.... and it supposed to continue until after 5 pm today.
Looking at the radar images over Ottawa shows that the system has not really moved in the last several hours.... just sorta parked over us..... :P
Oh and it might change to freezing rain later on..... :D
Yeah, best to get out of there. Go home and start gluing the corners back on your counters.
Already home... My wife is trying to convince her boss to let her come home as well.... her car is much lower to the ground than my SUV..... I may be going to get her at some point.... at some point even my SUV won't make it though..... :-\
That sucks. Stay safe.
Thanks.
First round with the snowblower. News says 29cm, 12 inches, official so far. Drifts in my driveway and street are deeper than that.... Still no sign of m wife.... May have to just go and steal her. :coolsmiley:
Quote from: Barthheart on February 16, 2016, 01:47:24 PMStill no sign of m wife....
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Just pulled it up on radar. Southeast of Ottawa is getting clobbered hardest but all of it is getting some solid snow, the storm doesn't seem to be moving, and the ice seems to be walking backward. Not a good day for travel.
All good here. I helped my wife and 4 others the last 2 blocks to my house. Should be fun read: snow day tomorrow.
Glad to hear the rain is backing off.
The Good Samaritan lives. O0
Good deal.
Just removed the second foot of snow from the driveway.... and it's still coming..... :buck2:
did you ever rescue the Spousal Control Unit?
Yeah, read four posts up from yers.... ::)
Quote from: Barthheart on February 16, 2016, 08:03:08 PM
Yeah, read four posts up from yers.... ::)
that requires effort! :crazy2:
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Is there ever a time when Canadian driveways don't need to be shoveled?
Quote from: Barthheart on February 16, 2016, 11:58:52 AM
Well... it's not often that we up here in the Frozen North give into winter but we we're told to leave work today. My normal 15 minute drive took about 40 minutes and my residential street already has a foot of snow on it. Weather dudes say it's falling at a rate of about 2 inches per hour.... sure seems more than that.... and it supposed to continue until after 5 pm today.
Looking at the radar images over Ottawa shows that the system has not really moved in the last several hours.... just sorta parked over us..... :P
Oh and it might change to freezing rain later on..... :D
You have officially had more winter in one day than we've had all winter...total. It's like some sort of bizarro Canada!
High of 56 today. Suck it Groundhog!
Freezing rain here to start my day.... 20 minutes chipping out my two cars before work.
Supposed to switch to snow later today. :P
Wheee... here we go again.... 25-35 cm of snow between 2pm today and 2 am tomorrow..... :crazy2:
Quote from: Barthheart on March 01, 2016, 12:57:04 PM
Wheee... here we go again.... 25-35 cm of snow between 2pm today and 2 am tomorrow..... :crazy2:
you're the guy with the polar bear fetish ;)
Yeah but it's the 2 ft of snow followed by inches of rain 2 days later followed by more snow and then warm weather then frickin cold then ore snow rinse and repeat...
It's better if it just snows until spring.... our roads look like WWI no mans land the freeze thaw cycles have done so much damage to them.
Well, these things just have to take their natural course. You can't cut corners.
Oh wait..............
>:(
Quote from: bob48 on March 01, 2016, 03:14:44 PM
Well, these things just have to take their natural course. You can't cut corners.
Oh wait..............
Ha!
80 Degrees here in Fla. all week and two feet of sunshine. And we're about to be over run by hordes of horny college girls in string bikinis. Wish I was young again. 8)
Quote from: Sir Slash on March 01, 2016, 06:58:18 PM
80 Degrees here in Fla. all week and two feet of sunshine. And we're about to be over run by hordes of horny college girls in string bikinis. Wish I was young again. 8)
If they leave any extras please help them escape before Star notices.
Quote from: Barthheart on March 01, 2016, 01:56:59 PM
Yeah but it's the 2 ft of snow followed by inches of rain 2 days later followed by more snow and then warm weather then frickin cold then ore snow rinse and repeat...
It's better if it just snows until spring.... our roads look like WWI no mans land the freeze thaw cycles have done so much damage to them.
Weren't you the one that got upset that I would pick Australia over Canada to escape to from the Marxist States of America? Looks like my case is made :)
Quote from: OJsDad on March 01, 2016, 08:48:15 PM
Quote from: Barthheart on March 01, 2016, 01:56:59 PM
Yeah but it's the 2 ft of snow followed by inches of rain 2 days later followed by more snow and then warm weather then frickin cold then ore snow rinse and repeat...
It's better if it just snows until spring.... our roads look like WWI no mans land the freeze thaw cycles have done so much damage to them.
Weren't you the one that got upset that I would pick Australia over Canada to escape to from the Marxist States of America? Looks like my case is made :)
LOL! O0
It could be worse Barth, you could be on the road in frakking NW Indiana.
Woke up yesterday with about an 1" on the ground. It just about all melted, but it has snowed off and on all day yesterday. There were areas up around Toledo that have over 10". Mother Nature just doesn't want winter to end this year.
It's weird, winter never really began here...now it lingers...
It was actually cold and windy yesterday. I had to wear long pants! RIDICULOUS!
;D
Yes, cool here in Fla. too. I had to wear pants yesterday! RIDICULOUS! Though my wife is happy about it.
Quote from: OJsDad on April 10, 2016, 12:27:58 PM
Woke up yesterday with about an 1" on the ground. It just about all melted, but it has snowed off and on all day yesterday. There were areas up around Toledo that have over 10". Mother Nature just doesn't want winter to end this year.
That's me. We have about 6"-7" on the ground East of Toledo. Kid's soccer games are supposed to start this week. I predict a delay.
I'm at work and it's been snowing-all-night-long. Not a huge amount on the roads, but they are snow covered. Starting to get sweaty palms just thinking about the 24 Km drive home as I've already put the summer wheels on the car...and they are not all seasons by any stretch of the imagination. RWD sports car to boot. Wish me luck.
Mother nature's being a real bag this year :crazy2:
Be careful Rekim, I just took a cab to the airport and the roads are not great. Snow covered and slick. Good thing it's supposed to rain all day... :crazy2:
Well, I made it home in one piece Barthheart. I couldn't get up the driveway, but no biggie there. Glad to see it had mostly melted by time I got up this afternoon. That had better be the end of the white stuff for a while....
Quote from: Rekim on April 11, 2016, 05:51:34 PM
That had better be the end of the white stuff for a while....
Don't you get banned from Canada sent back to the old country for statements like that.
Banned from Canada. That would be terrible :P
Quote from: mirth on April 11, 2016, 05:59:38 PM
Banned from Canada. That would be terrible :P
Uh... Cajuns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajuns)!
They wouldn't go back if they could.
I feel a rousing rendition of the Dukes of Hazard theme coming on.
Were there Cajuns in Dukes?
I would like to sniff Daisy's cooter.
Quote from: Gusington on April 11, 2016, 07:53:00 PM
I would like to sniff Daisy's cooter.
And you just won the Internet today
Yes! Thank you.
The Dukes were Crackers not Cajuns. Big difference. Crackers like Cooters. Cajuns just like Cracks. See?
No.
Quote from: Sir Slash on April 11, 2016, 10:32:46 PM
The Dukes were Crackers not Cajuns. Big difference. Crackers like Cooters. Cajuns just like Cracks. See?
Cannot unsee. :buck2:
With a month to go before the summer solstice, summer has just about almost arrived in New Hampshire this week!
https://www.facebook.com/topic/Mount-Washington/135739836457105?source=whfrt&position=2&trqid=6286013006108643236
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You guys up north better get this cleared-up pretty quick. The birds here in Fla. are getting tired of waiting to fly north for the summer. And the Snowbirds, are starting to come back. :o