Snow

[AVGWarhawk]

It is snowing like heck here in Maryland. After 10pm it is to be the heaviest....it is! Adding the wind for blizzard like conditions....I feel like I'm at Ice Station Zebra. Been going out every 2 hours to shovel. I much rather shovel 2 inches at a time then 24 inches all at once. :yep: I will post some pics tomorrow.

Happy Climate Change! :O:

[frau kaleun]

We are supposed to get hit here in SW Ohio sometime overnight. We've had precipitation all day, rain this morning turning to a rain/snow mix this afternoon although temps stayed just above freezing and it was all just melting on the pavement and turning to slush everywhere else.

Temps are supposed to drop low enough tonight for it all to turn into a proper snowfall and since they're saying the system's slowed down and taken up residence over top of us, we may get upwards of 6" of it by morning. Naturally all that lovely slush is going to be frozen solid underneath it.

Oh well, at least it's on the weekend and not a work day for most folks. And if I make it to the dojo myself, I'm guessing the class won't be crowded for once, lol. Nothing like a "bad weather private lesson" to start off a Saturday. :O:

[krashkart]

It is snowing like heck here in Maryland. After 10pm it is to be the heaviest....it is! Adding the wind for blizzard like conditions....I feel like I'm at Ice Station Zebra. Been going out every 2 hours to shovel. I much rather shovel 2 inches at a time then 24 inches all at once. :yep: I will post some pics tomorrow.

Happy Climate Change! :O:

Welcome to Iowa; Maryland, Ohio! :) Global warming my patootie!

Got a spare snow shovel handy here.

"Climate Change". I could get along with that, if it really came down to it.

[Task Force]

YEA!!! Why are we getting snow down here...:o
Ither sumptins up, or global warmings on vaication.

[frau kaleun]

Welcome to Iowa, Maryland, Ohio! :) Global warming my patootie.

Lol, we were just saying at work today that we've dodged the bullet on most of the bad winter storms that everyone else in the country seem to be getting hit with this season. Just one major snowfall that really only shut or slowed things down for one day.

Unless it's worse than they're predicting, this one will probably have about the same effect. We've been lucky compared to a lot of winters I remember. OTOH, as my pop used to stay, it ain't spring yet. :O:

[AVGWarhawk]

Maryland get it's weather from the Ohio Valley! :o

[Highbury]

Well I can tell you it is NOT snowing where I am right now, and that is not good. Vancouver, BC. Winter Olympics starting in less then 2 weeks and I can see bare mountains.. woohoo!

Why they would put the winter games in NA's rainiest city is beyond me... :damn:

[CaptainHaplo]

We have had about 2 feet over the last 3 weeks - which is highly unusual even for us being in the mountains. Had about 2" last eve, which isn't bad, but it started to sleet about 1:30 am and didn't stop all day - temps hovered between 30-32 so occasionally it was mixed with rain. This morning I had a solid inch of ice on the car, steps, etc.

Work isn't worth dying over, and mountain roads with ice are not my preference for the way to do either.

Wherever ya'll are - stay safe and be sane if you go out in the mess.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

I suited up and went outside for a walk. It was amazing what was happening. After much effort, I got home after what I thought was about a 40 min walk, but only 15 mins had passed. I'd say more, but I'm on a Droid.

[krashkart]

Maryland get it's weather from the Ohio Valley! :o

Missouri blows because Iowa sucks. :rotfl2:

[AVGWarhawk]

We got spanked but good. I have over 2 feet. The storm is not done yet. :down: Cleared my deck of the heavy snow. Cleared a path in the yard for so my pups have a place to take care of business. Cleared my walk out front. I did the deck after the walk out front. I came back to the front after about 30 minutes clearing the deck. There was an inch of snow were I cleared 30 minutes ago! :stare: I hate snow! I have a heat pump that needs to be watched in snow like this. You can not allow the outside unit to get blocked with snow. On top where the large fan pushes the exhaust air was covered by two feet of snow. Where the hell the fan was pushing the air is beyond me. At any rate, I push the damn snow off and the damn fan kicks on leaving me with a face full of snow. WTH! :stare: I hate snow! So I dug the snow out and around the unit. I guess I will be out there in another two hours to shovel some more damn snow. Did I tell you I hate snow? :06:

[AVGWarhawk]

My shed. I wish there was a damn snowblower in it.


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/Winter201005.jpg


Give you an idea of what is on the roofs!


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/Winter201004.jpg

Opposite my shed. This is a six foot fence at the top of the arch.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/Winter201003.jpg


On the left is my wife's Mercury Mountaineer. On the right is my VW Passat.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/Winter201002.jpg


Looking to the right standing outside my front door. Note the height of the snow to the fence.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/Winter201001.jpg


Snow is to stop sometime this evening. The the temp will stay well below freezing.

[TarJak]

Looks kinda cool over there AVG.:D

[AVGWarhawk]

Man, just did some more snow removal. It is heavy snow. I will do a little at a time. I think it is safe to say the state of Maryland is paralyzed by this snow. We will not be right for days.....

[LiveGoat]

SW Ohio? My old stomping grounds (Cincinnati and surrounding area, Newport, Covington).

I got snowed in in Tennessee while visiting family last week now it looks like the same will happen here in NY. Oh well, I need to catch up on patrols.

We are supposed to get hit here in SW Ohio sometime overnight. We've had precipitation all day, rain this morning turning to a rain/snow mix this afternoon although temps stayed just above freezing and it was all just melting on the pavement and turning to slush everywhere else.

Temps are supposed to drop low enough tonight for it all to turn into a proper snowfall and since they're saying the system's slowed down and taken up residence over top of us, we may get upwards of 6" of it by morning. Naturally all that lovely slush is going to be frozen solid underneath it.

Oh well, at least it's on the weekend and not a work day for most folks. And if I make it to the dojo myself, I'm guessing the class won't be crowded for once, lol. Nothing like a "bad weather private lesson" to start off a Saturday. :O:

[Skybird]

It is snowing like heck here in Maryland. After 10pm it is to be the heaviest....it is! Adding the wind for blizzard like conditions....I feel like I'm at Ice Station Zebra. Been going out every 2 hours to shovel. I much rather shovel 2 inches at a time then 24 inches all at once. :yep: I will post some pics tomorrow.

Happy Climate Change! :O:

Do not mistake "weather" with "climate". In Germany we also have the most snowish winter since decades.

However.

January 2010 has been the warmest january in all the 32 years of satellite-based weather measurement and -recording.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/02/04/january-uah-global-temperature-warmest/

Pro and contra camps alike agree that satellites are more precise in measuring temperatures than measurements on the ground.

[AVGWarhawk]

Do not mistake "weather" with "climate". In Germany we also have the most snowish winter since decades.

However.

January 2010 has been the warmest january in all the 32 years of satellite-based weather measurement and -recording.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/02/04/january-uah-global-temperature-warmest/

Pro and contra camps alike agree that satellites are more precise in measuring temperatures than measurements on the ground.


Get out of my snow thread with you climate voodoo. :stare: Pro and contra camps....tell them to go earn some merit badges and leave precise measurements to the professionals! Like me who is standing in it! :O:

[frau kaleun]

[QUOTE=LiveGoat;1259840]SW Ohio? My old stomping grounds (Cincinnati and surrounding area, Newport, Covington).

South of me, then. Butler County, altho I work just over the county line in Springdale.

Get down to Cincinnati proper once in a while, but I do drive across the river occasionally - usually to buy cigarettes, lol.

We got maybe 5-6 inches of snow here, it's still coming down but not as heavily. Went out this morning and most main roads in my area have been treated and plowed and are passable with care, but they're saying the highways and particulary the on/off ramps are awful. Visibility in some areas was pretty bad. My sensei was late to the dojo because he was one of many people stuck (literally) on a highway overpass at an exit ramp. Fortunately he had a snow shovel in his car and was able to help dig a path, then everybody helped push each other's cars this way and that until everybody got unstuck.

Heard somebody say we are due to get another storm on Monday.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Well, I cleared a space for my dogs to do their thing, and about 2 hours after that it would seem that quite a large amount of snow has filled up that area. As they're Chihuahuas, I can't let it get too high.

[sharkbit]

Nothing like getting snowed in and being forced to sit in front of your computer playing Silent Hunter 3/4 and ignoring your wife and kids.
:)

[AVGWarhawk]

Nothing like getting snowed in and being forced to sit in front of your computer playing Silent Hunter 3/4 and ignoring your wife and kids.
:)


My butt has been tied to a snow shovel since 1400 yesterday! Time for some games now! :smug:

[Skybird]

Well, I cleared a space for my dogs to do their thing, and about 2 hours after that it would seem that quite a large amount of snow has filled up that area. As they're Chihuahuas, I can't let it get too high.

Don't send them walking up a hill. They might end in an snowballing avalanche. :O:

[Platapus]

We got hit with 34 inches of snow. Even my two Labs need a cleared place to piddle.

Sooo happy with my snow blower.

[Seeadler]

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/91/3063991/1680_3037326464623331.jpg
:D

[Skybird]

We got hit with 34 inches of snow. Even my two Labs need a cleared place to piddle.

Sooo happy with my snow blower.

Feed them plenty of tea all day long, and you don't need the blower! :D

[Blacklight]

*points* HA !!! HA !!! The snow was supposed to hit us in Connecticut but stayed to the south so we didn't get hit with anything !!! :D

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Don't send them walking up a hill. They might end in an snowballing avalanche. :O:

I think one of them would actually be amused by that.

Anyway, here is skyview not far from my home shortly before sunset:

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8794/20100206173122.jpg

And here's an image of a house I saw while walking around, last night:

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/524/20100205221725.jpg

[frau kaleun]

*points* HA !!! HA !!! The snow was supposed to hit us in Connecticut but stayed to the south so we didn't get hit with anything !!! :D

*throws snowball in general direction of CT*

The next one will have a rock in it! :O:

[longam]

Only got about 12" up here in central Ohio, wasn't to bad. Most the roads are cleaned up.

[frau kaleun]

Only got about 12" up here in central Ohio, wasn't to bad. Most the roads are cleaned up.

Yeah, what I saw of the news, it looked like north of here was getting the worst of it. Yesterday it was already really getting bad up towards Dayton and we didn't have anything but rain coming down.

[longam]

Yeah, what I saw of the news, it looked like north of here was getting the worst of it. Yesterday it was already really getting bad up towards Dayton and we didn't have anything but rain coming down.

No, up around the I-70 area it was constant of about 12". The only problem now is the temperature drop of about 8-deg tonight and if any winds pick up the drifting could be bad.

[frau kaleun]

No, up around the I-70 area it was constant of about 12". The only problem now is the temperature drop of about 8-deg tonight and if any winds pick up the drifting could be bad.

Ah, no, when I said "here" I meant south of there, nearer Cincinnati. Sorry for the confusion.

It didn't do much more than rain here until Friday afternoon, but on the radio/news from farther north it looked like they were already getting hit a lot harder.

[longam]

Well it seems its cleared up now for the most part. Shovel time!

[SteamWake]

Woweee I went out to my garden shed tonight to tweak my telescope... my goodness it must have been nearly 40 degrees..... darn clouds.. :03:

Viva la Florita..

Yall take it easy shoveling that snow.. something about snow shoveling is hard on pepole . :salute:

[frau kaleun]

Well it seems its cleared up now for the most part. Shovel time!

Sadly I don't think we'll need any shoveling here in my little complex. The lot's been plowed and someone - probably the landlord - came around this afternoon with a snowblower and cleared away most of everything else.

I say "sadly" because apparently I'm the only person in my apartment building who owns a snow shovel... which comes in mighty useful when things get so bad that the private plows and municipal crews can't get to us for a day or two, and the landlord is snowed in like everyone else.

The last time this happened I was the only person who was able to dig my car out.. someone else saw me at it and offered me $5 to rent the shovel. I told them hell no, just take it and leave it outside my door when you're done.

I found it propped up outside my apt a few hours later, and $5 in an envelope taped to my door. Well, whatever, I thought. Five bucks is five bucks, if you insist on paying me, it's your money. An hour later someone knocked on my door and asked to "rent" my shovel. Hell no, I said, just take it and put it back when you're done. They did - and once more there was cash taped to my door.

Finally I just left the shovel outside the door with a big sign that said IF YOU NEED TO USE THIS JUST PUT IT BACK HERE WHEN YOU'RE DONE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO "RENT" IT.

People kept borrowing... and kept taping money to my door. I think I made around $20!

*sigh*

We haven't had a snow like that since.

[longam]

Finally I just left the shovel outside the door with a big sign that said IF YOU NEED TO USE THIS JUST PUT IT BACK HERE WHEN YOU'RE DONE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO "RENT" IT.

People kept borrowing... and kept taping money to my door. I think I made around $20!

*sigh*

We haven't had a snow like that since.

Making a profit off your own property isn't a bad thing.

[Méo]

In Germany we also have the most snowish winter since decades.

Funny, it's the complete opposite for me. :woot:

Seems like you guys all got what we usually get. :yeah:

[Onkel Neal]

My butt has been tied to a snow shovel since 1400 yesterday! Time for some games now! :smug:

Hey, cool pics, thanks. The winter weather missed us, sunny and 63, just like the old days.




http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/91/3063991/1680_3037326464623331.jpg
:D


:yeah: I recognize that, I was there 5 months ago.

[Shearwater]

Heh almost looked like spring was already rearing its ugly head in SW Germany during last week. Rain + snow = dirty slush. At least we had a decent winter here (never snows much in Heidelberg anyway).

[frau kaleun]

Making a profit off your own property isn't a bad thing.

No, and I appreciated having it, let me tell you. :O:

It just amused me that the more I insisted to people that they could just borrow the thing for free, the more they wanted to pay for the privilege.

But to be fair, that was the worst winter storm we'd had in a long time - right before Christmas, and some places were snowed in for over a week. And I don't mean rural areas, I mean people who lived in prominent residential areas of good-sized municipalities. The roads where I live got cleared very quickly, they usually do, but for the first few days there was no way for us to get out of our parking lot without moving the snow there ourselves. People were freaking out and just being able to get down the street to the nearest store for basic stuff became a really big deal.

[Rilder]

The snow seems to be melting here in Wisconsin. Its T-shirt weather at least for me.

[Tchocky]

Lots of snow came down this morning in Vienna. Enough to soften up the landscape so it's not quite so depressing and cold :O:

[nikimcbee]

What's snow? It's 50 and rainy here:haha:. On a side note, you better be building one hell of a snow fort!

[Platapus]

Just got word that the Federal Government is closed on Monday. Forecast for my area (North Virginia.. yes it is a separate state, you just did not get the tweet) is that on tuesday/wednesday we will have an additional 5 inches minimum. The rest of the week will be below zero so this snow aint going anywhere fast. :nope:

Still have not heard whether my company is open or not tomorrow. Knowing them they will stay open and force people to take vacation. :damn:

I was able dig one of our cars out (the FWD one) but I don't know when my Prius will get out.

[Platapus]

I found it propped up outside my apt a few hours later, and $5 in an envelope taped to my door. Well, whatever, I thought. Five bucks is five bucks, if you insist on paying me, it's your money.


So "renting your snow shovel" is what it is called nowadays huh?

:D

[frau kaleun]

So "renting your snow shovel" is what it is called nowadays huh?

:D

Why yes, yes it is. :O:

BTW the same warnings regarding weak hearts and bad backs also apply.

[Snestorm]

Do not mistake "weather" with "climate". In Germany we also have the most snowish winter since decades.

However.

January 2010 has been the warmest january in all the 32 years of satellite-based weather measurement and -recording.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/02/04/january-uah-global-temperature-warmest/

Pro and contra camps alike agree that satellites are more precise in measuring temperatures than measurements on the ground.

Gee, that's "funny", TV2 (Danmark) reported 2010 to be the COLDEST januar in 23 years.
(And the snow just keeps on falling).

[Platapus]

The weather forecast has upped the snow on Wednesday from 5-10" to 10-20". We got 34" last weekend. Even another 10 will be a lot. :(

[Blacklight]

NOOOO !!! My previous words in this thread are coming back to haunt me ! We're supposed to get 10+ inches of snow dumped on us on Wednesday ! :damn:

[frau kaleun]

Started snowing here sometime in the wee morning hours - coupla inches already on top of what was left over from the weekend. S'posed to get 5-8" total with snow continuing all day and into the evening, with some areas switching to snow/rain mix off and on.

Naturally I'm in the part of town where it's supposed to be all snow and the most accumulation... but OTOH maybe that's preferable to the dreaded "wintry mix" other places might get.

At least it's fairly dry, light snow this time and not the heavy slushy stuff we got last time.

[AVGWarhawk]

We have 12-20 more inches coming this evening into tomorrow. Right on top of the 30 we already have. :down: Most roads are clear to some extent but there are ruts created by the snow/ice that dictate how you will be steering. Getting in and out of my neighborhood one would think they are on safari because you just bounce in and out of the ruts like mad. The highways are clear but sometimes you lose a lane due to unplowed snow. It nuts.

[frau kaleun]

Well, just looked outside and if it keeps coming down like this for as long as they were predicting this morning I think we're going to get at least what they predicted if not more.

Hard to tell what was done to the roads overnight, I think they were out trying to treat/clear them but they were already covered again when I was driving in to work. They plowed our lot about an hour ago and in another hour I don't think anyone will be able to tell they were here at all. Patients are saying it's getting very difficult to get up the short hill to where our complex is, and it's not that steep an upgrade.

I'm sure getting back down it this afternoon will be a right treat! :O:

[AVGWarhawk]

That hill will be the white knuckle express :har: I have been on that train before! You look something like this :o when your vehicle goes were it wants.

[frau kaleun]

That hill will be the white knuckle express :har: I have been on that train before! You look something like this :o when your vehicle goes were it wants.

Yes and it makes a slight S-curve on the way down... towards the stoplight at the bottom, where all you can do is pray that the left turn arrow is green when you get there.

:woot::woot::woot:

Adrenalin rush, I will haz it!

Fortunately after that it's a relatively straight/level shot for a few miles on a 4-6 lane state highway, two more left turns and I'm in my parking lot at home.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

We have 12-20 more inches coming this evening into tomorrow. Right on top of the 30 we already have. :down: Most roads are clear to some extent but there are ruts created by the snow/ice that dictate how you will be steering. Getting in and out of my neighborhood one would think they are on safari because you just bounce in and out of the ruts like mad. The highways are clear but sometimes you lose a lane due to unplowed snow. It nuts.

Warhawk: Maryland is SUPPOSED to be a warm(ish) state, dammit!!! :damn:

Sigh...well, at least I should have developed some more muscles to help w/the shoveling on this next storm.

[AVGWarhawk]

MD averages I believe about 18 inches for the season. This latest winter is just way over what I have experienced since I moved here in 1973. My kids school is now closed until Monday.

[Task Force]

Hmm... this is the most snow weve gotten around here in around 6 years or som:hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

MD averages I believe about 18 inches for the season. This latest winter is just way over what I have experienced since I moved here in 1973. My kids school is now closed until Monday.


Lucky kids :DL

[longam]

Just got slammed again today, about 10". But the worst parts was the slush frooze under the snow making an ice bowl. I got stuck in my drive, then at work, I miss my 4X4...:wah:

[frau kaleun]

The snow here turned to a cold drizzle mid-afternoon. Patients were then saying that the roads were clear and treated and the main ones were no problem for the time being. Supposedly it's gonna to start snowing again as soon as the next system moves in later today or this evening.

So we got to leave work half an hour early so everybody could make it down the hill before it got messy again. I sort of missed the adrenalin rush!

[AVGWarhawk]

Started my shoveling. :-? It is like a damn marathon trying to keep ahead of it. Soon there will howling winds and blowing snow...oh goodie:down:

[Jimbuna]

Started my shoveling. :-? It is like a damn marathon trying to keep ahead of it. Soon there will howling winds and blowing snow...oh goodie:down:


http://www.fistofblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Snow-Fairy.jpg

[frau kaleun]

Ya know, I used to think there was nothing more beautiful than a full moon shining over a fresh snowfall.

Now, not so much. :O:

[AVGWarhawk]

http://www.fistofblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Snow-Fairy.jpg


Self portrait Jim? :06: It is about time we meet face to face. :har::har::har: :O:

Snow sucks........:down:

[AVGWarhawk]

Just friggin dandy, 35 mph wind coming. Blizzard like conditions. Two storms are coming together just about over Maryland. Welcome to Ice Station Zebra!

[Jimbuna]

Just friggin dandy, 35 mph wind coming. Blizzard like conditions. Two storms are coming together just about over Maryland. Welcome to Ice Station Zebra!

Don't be so soft....it's at roughly the conditions your describing that the Brits start to consider whether to put on a T shirt or not :O:

[AVGWarhawk]

Aye! There is damn snow everywhere. It will be weeks before anything is considered to be normal.

[FIREWALL]

To all my SubSim members.

Be carefull and safe if you have to go out on those roads.

[AVGWarhawk]

My kids school roof has collasped due to the heavy snow.

[frau kaleun]

My kids school roof has collasped due to the heavy snow.

:o

Hey, Jim boy, can he at least put on a t-shirt now? :O:

[AVGWarhawk]

:o

Hey, Jim boy, can he at least put on a t-shirt now? :O:

:har::har:

Touche' :up::up:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Aye! There is damn snow everywhere. It will be weeks before anything is considered to be normal.

Wimp :O:

Edit: I do hope nobody was hurt at your kids school.

[AVGWarhawk]

You are old hack with snow RDP! You can have it! Including mine!

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/PIC_0017.jpg


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/PIC_0016.jpg


Ok Jim, can I get an article of clothing on? :-?

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Well, I have lost power. Yay.

Looks like I'll be posting from my Droid for awhile. And leaching power from my battery back-up for my PC to the Droid.

[AVGWarhawk]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/2-1.jpg

[frau kaleun]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/2-1.jpg

Don't do that! You'll just make it angry!

[AVGWarhawk]

Old man winter is already pissed. Might as well add fuel to the fire or is that snow? :hmmm:

[AVGWarhawk]

Still snowing :shifty: The wind makes some interesting shapes in the snow!

[AVGWarhawk]

The snow is so deep that my kids are jumping off my deck (about 15 feet total) into the snow. Whatever happened to sledding?

[Jimbuna]

Tell them not to eat the yellow snow :DL

[nikimcbee]

@AVG
I just want to thank you for your patriotic sacrifice:salute: Now if this ice age can just last 3 more years, the rest of the country will prosper. Having DC totally shut down is not a bad thing.:yeah:
Thanks for taking one for the team.

ps I want a picture of the mammoth.:D

[Jimbuna]

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2008-07/woolly-mammoth.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Tell them not to eat the yellow snow :DL


Speaking of which I had to dig a path for our pups so they can drop a steamer. My terrier thought it would be cool to see how deep the snow was. She went flying and disappeared. She surfaced a few feet away.



@AVG
I just want to thank you for your patriotic sacrifice:salute: Now if this ice age can just last 3 more years, the rest of the country will prosper. Having DC totally shut down is not a bad thing.:yeah:
Thanks for taking one for the team.



Yes sir! The checkbook to our tax money is not accessible at this time due to the snow. We are saving trillions/day as a result! :up:

I have some video of my kids jumping off the deck (which is 15 feet off the ground). Watching them do this I thought someone has been watching some episodes of Jackass without me knowing. Really, it looks like something they would do.

[Platapus]

Tell them not to eat the yellow snow :DL


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tafG52xITjc

[Jimbuna]

LMAO :rotfl2:

[Bill Nichols]

I too am in Maryland and in the middle of this mess. Having lived in Wisconsin this isn't the most snow I've seen, but it's definitely the most I've seen in the DC area over the past 25 years I've lived here.

Good news is, my office has been closed since last Thursday ( a week ago). Bad news is, much of that time I haven't had power, the temperature in my house has been as low as 47F, and my supply of firewood is getting short.

:lost:

[AVGWarhawk]

Hey Bill, I did not know you lived in the DC area. I'm in good ol' Glen Burnie. I was surprised this morning as the main roads were down to pavement. The lump packed snow and ice were gone. The neighborhoods are still not great but I had no problem navigating through it. I give the plow guys an A+....at least were I live. Baltimore is still very much under the snow and I understand DC is as well. Now we need a slow melt or flooding is going to be ugly.

I guess your Mitsu EVO is not going out in the mess. Fortunate for me my wife has a Mountaineer. I have commandeered her ship for the high snow seas! :D

[ReallyDedPoet]

Now we need a slow melt or flooding is going to be ugly.


:yep:

I hope you have a sump pump in your basement.

[AVGWarhawk]

I do and to be honest Kevin, it cycles all the time. I'm on a peninsula on the bay. The water table is very high. Personally I think my house floats:-?. As a result my pump cycles all the time. I have a back up if the pump fails. One time the electricity went off and the secondary that works on a battery was overwhelmed. We had over 6 inches of rain in three days. My basement got about an inch of water. Had to install new carpet. Some furniture was ruined but yep, we need a slow melt!

[AVGWarhawk]

Outside my office the day after the second storm:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/PIC_0020.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/PIC_0019.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Oh hell, you can kept that kind of snow. One inch and DC is paralyzed for days. :har:

[AVGWarhawk]

We are at 74.8 for the season and the season is not over. The record was 62 inches.

[Carotio]

Just curious, why not just continue the snow discussions and the photo posting in the thread I started up just before X-mas?
It's snowing!!!!!!
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=159222

Or maybe even just merge them?
Last post of thread 1 is not made after post 1 of thread 2, so it wouldn't be messed up.

It's exactly the same topic and about the same winter 2009-2010.

[AVGWarhawk]

I thought about that when I posted this but I though others would join in with pics for this particular storm and the second storm behind it. :up:

[Bill Nichols]

Hey Bill, I did not know you lived in the DC area. I'm in good ol' Glen Burnie. I was surprised this morning as the main roads were down to pavement. The lump packed snow and ice were gone. The neighborhoods are still not great but I had no problem navigating through it. I give the plow guys an A+....at least were I live. Baltimore is still very much under the snow and I understand DC is as well. Now we need a slow melt or flooding is going to be ugly.

I guess your Mitsu EVO is not going out in the mess. Fortunate for me my wife has a Mountaineer. I have commandeered her ship for the high snow seas! :D


Yep, I'm in Silver Spring. The Evo is in the garage, my wife's Subaru Forester is parked at the foot of the driveway. She happens to be out of town on business for the next 3 weeks, so I will be putting miles on her SUV until the snow melts.

:sunny:

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Yep, I'm in Silver Spring. The Evo is in the garage, my wife's Subaru Forester is parked at the foot of the driveway. She happens to be out of town on business for the next 3 weeks, so I will be putting miles on her SUV until the snow melts.

:sunny:

I'm actually up in Glenmont (right next to Brookside Gardens).

I got my driveway nice and cleared. Yay.

[Bill Nichols]

Between AVG, yourself and me we almost have enough for a Subsim meet!

:salute:

[frau kaleun]

Started snowing again sometime overnight - had put down about 2" by the start of morning rush hour and shows no signs of stopping. We're supposed to have another 3-4" by late afternoon with a total accumulation of 8-9" by the time it lets up sometime tonight.

They closed our offices at noon but told us to be ready to leave at 11:30 if the patients were all gone by then... which they were at my location. Ended up getting home right around noon which is fine with me, I was supposed to stay til 6 tonight to close up the place and I was NOT looking forward to that drive home.

Golly what am I gonna do with my extra 6 hours of free time?

:hmmm:

Oh that's right SINK EM ALL!

[AVGWarhawk]

Yeah, stop sending that crap this way Frau kaleun. I see we are to get 2-4 tonight into tomorrow. We had a front end loader cleaning up snow in front of my house. Finally, two cars can pass at the same time. These one lane snow roads suck. :down:

[Platapus]

My street is still one lane on top of packed ice. :nope:

I think VDOT plowed it once at the start of the first storm.

We are looking at 2-3 inches which while not a lot by itself, will be over hard packed ice on my street. :nope:

The good news is that if I can get out of my neighbourhood, the other streets are just great.. just not mine. :damn:

[AVGWarhawk]

The ice ruts suck for sure. Thankfully my wifes truck stands tall. My VW Passat not so much.....I used her truck most of the week. Finally drove my car yesterday.

[frau kaleun]

Still snowing here but judging by the view from my window, my street is in a lot better shape than it was 3 hours ago when I was coming home. Probably they've had time to treat it and run the plows over it again. Fortunately the temps are staying high enough that whatever they treat the roads with is actually working.

Doesn't look like that much additional accumulation on my car where I brushed everything off before driving home... but it's pretty windy, and the snow is dry and light, so it's probably not gonna build up on our cars as much.

The worst part of coming home early is that I put a pot roast in the slow cooker this morning and normally I wouldn't be here to smell it cooking, I'd just come in and it would be done and I'd have dinner. Now I've got at least 2-3 hours left of cooking time and it's already starting to smell wonderful even back here where my computer is, and nothing else I eat for the time being is hitting the spot because my brain is sending constant "POT ROAST! POT ROOOOOOOAAAAAST!!!" messages to my tummy.


EDIT: Snow day bonus - Young Frankenstein is on!

"Yes... yeees... say it... he... vaz... my... BOYFRIEND!!!"

:har:

[Jimbuna]

http://toons.artie.com/halloween/arg-frankenstink-488x338-url.gif

[Platapus]

I put a pot roast in the slow cooker this morning and normally I wouldn't be here to smell it cooking, I'd just come in and it would be done and I'd have dinner.

I love my crockpot. Nothing better than coming home and having that smell of good food. <drool>

[frau kaleun]

I love my crockpot. Nothing better than coming home and having that smell of good food. <drool>

I know. I've learned to put it on before I leave for work in the morning on a week day, as opposed to cooking something on Sunday, when I'm usually home most of the day.

I love walking in and the whole place smells delicious.

[Platapus]

I stopped using my crock pot when I got my dogs. I figured it would be torturous to have them in the house smelling all that good cooking food all day.

I have tried using my crockpot on the weekends and I can't stand it. <drool>

[AVGWarhawk]

NO SNOW! Yeah! Crockpots are great. We use ours for corned beef and cabbage. Good stuff. My favorite pot is actually my Lodge Dutch oven. I love cooking in that thing. The food tastes the best. We made a roast in that oven to die for.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Between AVG, yourself and me we almost have enough for a Subsim meet!

:salute:

Actually, there's more than just the three of us!!! I seem to recall there are others in the D.C.-Baltimore area.

EDIT: Indeed, we could totally sponsor the 2010 meet!! :D (though I might not actually be here at the time :C)

[frau kaleun]

http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/funny-graphs-reactions-snowstorm.jpg

[OneToughHerring]

Off days from work and school because of snow...That's just funny. We don't have those. I remember a story of Russian kids our teacher used to tell us when we complained it was too cold to do sports outside. The Russian kids in Siberia or someplace like that got a day off from school when it went below -50 deg Celsius (Fahrenheit: Pretty god damn cold!) What did the kids do with their day off? They all went ice skating on an outdoors skating place. :o

[Morts]

the snow just wont stop falling over here :D
and here is a couple of pictures from where i live

Driveway
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/morty-dk/P3190005.jpg

Backyard
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/morty-dk/P3190004.jpg

Road by the house
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/morty-dk/P3190007.jpg

Same road
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/morty-dk/P3190006.jpg

[Skybird]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oIS-Cej0Ys&feature=related

Cute!

[OneToughHerring]

Here's a musical tribute to the Saami culture. Just to a give another perspective into the Fennoscandian way of life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbEfoOMlo4Y

Yesterday in a place in Finland we had temperatures below - 40 deg Celsius, record for this February.

[magic452]

At least it's staying the same.

Today I was in the backyard pretending to do some yard work.
Was wearing a pair of shorts, about 1:00pm.
By five it was snowing and we're expecting something like 6 or 8 inches.

From sunbathing to snowboarding in 4 hours. :damn:

Magic

[Biggles]

-20C this morning and a huge snowstorm the entire weekend. Stockholm is in chaos, almost all subwaytraffic above ground is cancelled, instead they use buses, buses who are waay too small for the amount of people who needs them. Utter chaos! :nope:

And more snow is coming up, apparently...

[ReFaN]

down in Skane we have gotten about 10cm more snow this night :woot:

[Biggles]

Yeah I heard that Malmö had it's share of accidents during the day. But up here in Stockholm, aprox. 75% of communal traffic is out! This is a city with 1 000 000 inhabitants! Also, I'm sure that we had alot more than 10cm snow between Saturday/Sunday:smug:

[ReFaN]

Yeah I heard that Malmö had it's share of accidents during the day. But up here in Stockholm, aprox. 75% of communal traffic is out! This is a city with 1 000 000 inhabitants! Also, I'm sure that we had alot more than 10cm snow between Saturday/Sunday:smug:

Thats what you get for living there. :D

[AVGWarhawk]

Morts, looks like a beautiful street you live on. Do you have any spring time shots?

[Biggles]

Thats what you get for living there. :D

That's what we get for incompetent leadership...SJ blames the gov. and the gov. blames SJ for all the problems with trains across the nation. I blame them both, to be honest!:O:

[ReFaN]

That's what we get for incompetent leadership...SJ blames the gov. and the gov. blames SJ for all the problems with trains across the nation. I blame them both, to be honest!:O:

i dont travel with train nor bus at the moment, so im not bothered by it, got friends who is dependant on it tho.

[Biggles]

i dont travel with train nor bus at the moment, so im not bothered by it, got friends who is dependant on it tho.

Actually I'm not suffering personally, but my dad had to stay home from work today. And loads of people I know lives in far off places and has a hell on the way to school. Also, it's abit annoying not being able to get into town. I will give it a try tomorrow, gotta keep looking for jobs...

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Well, I'm glad I can actually get out of my house, but the potholes are murder (on tires)!!!