Damn snow in the NE

[Bubblehead1980]

I was supposed to go to nyc today, apparently not happening due to flight cancellation.Mother nature is a real ..... sometimes:damn:

[Takeda Shingen]

Yeah, man. I was out shoveling for 5 hours this morning.

[Growler]

Just short of eleven inches down here outside of Baltimore, so I imagine NYC got slammed - again.

Heavy, wet snow, too - looks lovely, but shoveling it is a bit... tedious.

[nikimcbee]

What's snow?

[Growler]

Five to Ten in a Federal Pen.

[nikimcbee]

Five to Ten in a Federal Pen.

:har:

[August]

Another foot dropped last night. This reminds me of the winters we used to have when i was a kid. A real By God New England winter! :yeah:

[nikimcbee]

Another foot dropped last night. This reminds me of the winters we used to have when i was a kid. A real By God New England winter! :yeah:

So are you stuck at home?

[Growler]

So are you stuck at home?

Knowing New Englanders, probably not.

[nikimcbee]

I live in or-gone, you say the word snow and everything shuts down:har::nope:.

[Growler]

Areas of Central and Eastern Maryland are like that, too. These people make goldfish look smart. I mean, it DOES snow here, often enough that more people should know how to drive in it. But you wouldn't know it to watch 'em.

I used to say that, "You could spit on the highway on a clear sunny day and people would immediately crash into each other because the road was wet."

Then I got creamed by a truck on a clear, dry, sunny morning, so I stopped adding the "wet road" part.

[GoldenRivet]

Just to give you something to day dream about:

Its 60F outside my house right now, nice clear blue sky.;)

[nikimcbee]

Areas of Central and Eastern Maryland are like that, too. These people make goldfish look smart. I mean, it DOES snow here, often enough that more people should know how to drive in it. But you wouldn't know it to watch 'em.

I used to say that, "You could spit on the highway on a clear sunny day and people would immediately crash into each other because the road was wet."

Then I got creamed by a truck on a clear, dry, sunny morning, so I stopped adding the "wet road" part.

People here are just stupid. When it rains here, people drive faster. One snow flake, people drive 5 mph, break out the studded tires. Then, there's the moron male drivers in their monster trucks:shifty:.

[Growler]

Just to give you something to day dream about:

Its 60F outside my house right now, nice clear blue sky.;)

Heh. I'm headed to Palm Springs in a week or so, so as long as BWI doesn't get snowed in by then, I'll be good to go. Got enough beer to last til then.:D

[krashkart]

The heavy snows have missed Corn Land this year. So far, anyway.

Now that I've jinxed the weather; we'll be tunneling our way through the snow by tomorrow morning. :shifty:

[nikimcbee]

Just to give you something to day dream about:

Its 60F outside my house right now, nice clear blue sky.;)

56F here:yeah:. No rain though, overcast and foggy.

[nikimcbee]

As long as DC is totally snowed in, the rest of the country is safe.

[AVGWarhawk]

:D:D Remember the snowblower I restored and got running? I was out running that bad boy last night! Worked like a champ. The snow was wet and heavy but it plowed on through.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=176638&highlight=snowblower

We got 10 inches. I95 is a mess around NY. Some parts closed. Truck restrictions on CT. Tomorrow it should be better....provided Bloomberg decides to plow a road or two in NY city. :doh:

[nikimcbee]

:D:D Remember the snowblower I restored and got running? I was out running that bad boy last night! Worked like a champ. The snow was wet and heavy but it plowed on through.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=176638&highlight=snowblower

We got 10 inches. I95 is a mess around NY. Some parts closed. Truck restrictions on CT. Tomorrow it should be better....provided Bloomberg decides to plow a road or two in NY city. :doh:

Don't have a heart attack shoveling all that wet snow.

[AVGWarhawk]

It is heart attack snow for sure.

My snow shovel

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/IMAG0072.jpg

[nikimcbee]

The last time I shoveled snow was in 2008 and was ~8 inches.:haha:

[mookiemookie]

http://i.imgur.com/kXIvB.png

:sunny:

[krashkart]

It is heart attack snow for sure.

My snow shovel

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/IMAG0072.jpg

Oh yeah, I remember this. Gotta love the tracks on that. :)

Is it self-propelled?

[AVGWarhawk]

Is it self-propelled?


Yes sir! Tracks work great in the snow.

[nikimcbee]

Oh yeah, I remember this. Gotta love the tracks on that. :)

Is it self-propelled?
AVG-propelled.

[krashkart]

Yes sir! Tracks work great in the snow.

Heh. I figured they weren't just for show. Some days that would come in really handy. :DL


AVG-propelled.

AVG's Snow Panzer :D

[AVGWarhawk]

The way the tracks work is you have a trigger on each handle. Pull the left trigger and the left track disengages allowing the right track to turn the machine to the left. Pull the right trigger and it will turn right. All I need is a turret...no wait...I got the snow shoot that I can direct 180 degrees. :D

[AVGWarhawk]

Now we are talking: :D

http://blogs.pcworld.com/tipsandtweaks/archives/snowblower.jpg

[Growler]

Something that big oughta have a seat and a beer cooler.

[AVGWarhawk]

Good point. If you are going to use a V8 and make modification like this I would think seating and heated covering is in order. Beer cooler inside. Oh, GPS so you know were you are on your driveway. :DL

[krashkart]

Good point. If you are going to use a V8 and make modification like this I would think seating and heated covering is in order. Beer cooler inside. Oh, GPS so you know were you are on your driveway. :DL


Better have some way to redirect engine heat to the grill, too. Those big driveways can take quite a while to clear. :D

[nikimcbee]

Something that big oughta have a seat and a beer cooler.

Red-neck snow-blower races.:har:

[Tchocky]

Something that big oughta have a seat and a beer cooler.

If you need something like that, your beer is cool already!

That snow closed Gander Oceanic Control Centre for parts of the day. Must be crazy up there.

[August]

Nope just finished shoveling out. This winter wonderland is my oyster!

[Takeda Shingen]

I didn't mind the shoveling up until today. This stuff was wet and heavy and lots of it.

[papa_smurf]

Now snow here in the UK, but its getting colder overnight.

[ReallyDedPoet]

We got a butt-load today on PEI ( Eastern Canada ) :yep:

[August]

The way the tracks work is you have a trigger on each handle. Pull the left trigger and the left track disengages allowing the right track to turn the machine to the left. Pull the right trigger and it will turn right. All I need is a turret...no wait...I got the snow shoot that I can direct 180 degrees. :D

It needs sharks teeth. :yep:

http://jeffdavisphotos.com/photo_gallery/aircraft/Aircraft_images/flying%20Tiger.jpg

[Sledgehammer427]

I just shoveled out about 100 feet of pathways here in New Haven, CT.

anywhere from about 9 inches to two feet. my stepdad backed up to a large plowed out back to find the entire back of his car covered in snow. So I shoveled enough to push him out, but that was about 4 feet of snow behind the car. I'm done though, the plow guy just showed up.

[Platapus]

And to think I just picked up my new AWD vehicle from the Dealer last weekend.

Was sure glad to have it this morning. :yep:

[Gargamel]

Sigh... It amazes me when I see people running around screaming "OMG SNOW!!! AHHH WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!"

Grab a hat ya pansies.

:D

[papa_smurf]

Red-neck snow-blower races.:har:

Don't go giving them any ideas.

[Castout]

Blizzard are wonderful time. Time to get that board game onto the table. If not at least the internet is still going.

Better snow and confined at home than having to deal with these on daily basis.

http://i51.tinypic.com/302rguo.jpg

http://lolosianipar.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/giant-traffic-jam1.jpg

[Growler]

Blizzard are wonderful time. Time to get that board game onto the table. If not at least the internet is still going.


I heartily agree. Snow days are Mother Nature's way of telling us to sit down and relax for a few minutes.

[Tchocky]

If you need something like that, your beer is cool already!

That snow closed Gander Oceanic Control Centre for parts of the day. Must be crazy up there.

Count me wrong, Gander closed for a fire :o

[Kaye T. Bai]

I envy NYC and NE and the jizzloads of snow they get every winter.

Down here in D.C., all we get is a few inches at best; damn the warm Chesapeake Bay!

[Growler]

"jizzloads"

You need to spend some time out of DC, mate. :har:

[AVGWarhawk]

The Chesapeake Bay creates all kinds of strange weather patterns for MD/DC. Our snow totals as of late and last year have been quite high here in MD. All summer rain storms have tracked out of the south. The past snow fall storm tracked out of the south. They will continue to track out of the south. Eventually we will be nailed again.


You need to spend some time out of DC, mate. :har:


Oh, and that too.

[Kaye T. Bai]

Eventually we will be nailed again.

I hope so. I want to drive my big 1970s FWD car in the snow. :woot:

You need to spend some time out of DC, mate.

Technically MD, but caught within nuclear blast radius of D.C. :up:

Perhaps we should arrange a circle jer- err, get-together? :O:

[Growler]

I hope so. I want to drive my big 1970s FWD car in the snow. :woot:



Technically MD, but caught within nuclear blast radius of D.C. :up:

Perhaps we should arrange a circle jer- err, get-together? :O:

In this weather? Are you crazy? :rotfl2: Kidding. I'm kidding.

Well, I know of a little boat in Baltimore that looks like a submarine might be taking a little trip on Sunday.

[Gargamel]

Blizzard are wonderful time. Time to get that board game onto the table. If not at least the internet is still going.

Better snow and confined at home than having to deal with these on daily basis.

http://i51.tinypic.com/302rguo.jpg

http://lolosianipar.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/giant-traffic-jam1.jpg



Around here, we don't get confined, we just tough it out and go to work anyways. Now take that same photo, add 2 feet of snow, and 90 minutes to your commute.

It's a really bad sign when the snow plows are stuck in traffic.

[Castout]

Around here, we don't get confined, we just tough it out and go to work anyways. Now take that same photo, add 2 feet of snow, and 90 minutes to your commute.

It's a really bad sign when the snow plows are stuck in traffic.

I'd imagine business grinding to almost a halt especially retail. What kind of people would go out unless really necessary.

Cold, slippery and slow business and the dangerous commuting back and forth from home to work only to find yourself checking subsim and youtube once at work :damn:.

[Gargamel]

You'd be surprised, most areas that I've lived in that have regular heavy snowfalls, they don't stop, they just slow down.

[Growler]

You'd be surprised, most areas that I've lived in that have regular heavy snowfalls, they don't stop, they just slow down.

Around these roads, under those conditions, they don't even slow down.

[Kaye T. Bai]

Slippery schmippery!

4X4 and FWD FTW. :yeah:

[Gerald]

A little powder on the ground, it will you cope well with,:DL

[Platapus]

I found out that one of my co-workers was stuck on the road for 11.5 hours before she was able to get home (30miles)

Another of my co-workers was stuck in traffic for over 9 hours... with two small children....one in diapers.....She only had one spare diaper....nine hours.

I can't imagine being stuck in your car for 11 hours. Sure I have driven longer hours but to be stuck like that must really stynk.

[AVGWarhawk]

I found out that one of my co-workers was stuck on the road for 11.5 hours before she was able to get home (30miles)

Another of my co-workers was stuck in traffic for over 9 hours... with two small children....one in diapers.....She only had one spare diaper....nine hours.

I can't imagine being stuck in your car for 11 hours. Sure I have driven longer hours but to be stuck like that must really stynk.

Sounds like you are talking about I83 northbound out of Baltimore. It was a mess with the last storm.

[Growler]

Sounds like you are talking about I83 northbound out of Baltimore. It was a mess with the last storm.

270 was a goat-screw, too, and at one point, iirc, 70 was closed in both directions out near Fredneck.

[Subnuts]

The roof of an auto repair place down the street from me collapsed from the weight of all the snow on top of it last night. Five feet of snow the ground, and I'm moving in three weeks. Going to be fun! :damn:

http://i54.tinypic.com/2iw1umu.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/z8phj.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/2u58aw2.jpg

[Growler]

Damn. Looks like the roof, the walls... bad scene, that. Hopefully, no one was hurt...?

[Kaye T. Bai]

Hopefully they were insured. :cool: