Well, here I am waiting for another massive snowstorm. The second one in less than a week!
Here in Philadelphia, we're 9 inches away from the all-time seasonal record for snowfall... and forecast to receive up to 18 from this next snow monster!
I was out with my brother and his crew doing snow removal from 3 am Saturday to 3 am Sunday non-stop, and it looks like I'll be doing that again Tuesday-Wednesday night. X_x
Who else is in for a blast from this storm?
*raises hand in an irritated fashion.*
And I've never liked snow, even little white dustings. This is just awful. If I didn't have to work, I'd lock myself in a windowless room and wouldn't come out until it all melted.
We're getting hit as well, although Indiana isn't getting it as bad as the east coast.
We're not getting hit. We had a dusting of snow yesterday, though, and the temp dropped from about 12-14C down to, well, around zero.
Given we don't usually have snow at all, or maybe once or twice a year, the last couple of years have been a little strange...
I will simply hijack this thread, and say that as I woke up this morning, without any prior knowledge, a snowstorm moved in.
It's coming down like a storybook. Flakes as big as your eye. Absolutely gorgeous.
Third time this year Texas has had snow. Probably the third time in the last couple of years too. :P
Sounds chronic.
Yeah, us here in Ireland had our freezing weather around the turn of the year. A country that normaly only has a week of snow and suddenly having more then 2 weeks of the coldest longest weather conditions the country has had in decades. The extra irony being that Dubliners tend to wish for a white Christmas given that snow is so rare, even Guinness has this add they show during the season where it shows the snow starting in Dublin on midnight of Christmas Eve and then wishes that everyone will hopefully have a white Christmas ("from the home of the white stuff"). After all that happened last month, I wonder if they will be showing it this year...
So yeah, from someone who knows how snow can bring a complete standstill to places not prepared for it, and how can suddenly require doing normal things a whole new way, I hope the best for everyone dealing with it.
I'm handling it in the only way Canadians know how.
Snowshoes, snowboards and Snowmobiles! :mowninja
*digs himself out from the massive snowdrifts*
Well, it was a huge snow blast indeed. I helped my brother yesterday with plowing as much as I could, but he's still out as of writing this and I need to struggle my way into Philadelphia to work on timed experiments this afternoon.
Philly was pretty much in a mandatory shut-down mode yesterday, so I'm glad I didn't even think of going in.
We had sporadic power loss all last night (never have had that before in a snowstorm!) and trees were breaking all over the place (again, never had that happen before!). Philly and Washington and a number of other places also broke their all-time record seasonal snowfall since records were kept in 1884.
And now for some funny! Here we have a picture of a dead dude from Greenland 4000 years ago:
He's a Klingon in disguise! (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/University-of-Copenhagen/photo//100211/ids_photos_ts/r2581449510.jpg//s:/nm/20100210/sc_nm/us_human_genes)
Seriously, add some of those brow ridges, and what do you get? Klingon spy! D:
Quote from: Alondro on February 11, 2010, 12:01:47 PMSeriously, add some of those brow ridges, and what do you get? Klingon spy! D:
Maybe he's the other type of Klingon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6KGOkzbf_c).
Forecasters are now calling for another 5-8 inches Tuesday, and a possible major blizzard next weekend.
Winter sucks. :<
Quote from: Alondro on February 13, 2010, 03:35:30 PM
Forecasters are now calling for another 5-8 inches Tuesday, and a possible major blizzard next weekend.
Winter sucks. :<
Not so bad here in maine. nice moderatly warm days, lots of snow melt hell this past week we havent even started fires in the woodstove till it got dark...
It's been realy rather nice
My city is currently under siege by snow and ice. They attack in waves, flooding the streets on the weekends and reteating to their fluffy airship barracks through the weeks. This weekend was relatively quiet, but they'll be back.... They'll be back.... :cry
Good luck with your current blizzard, Alondro.
Quote from: Alondro on February 13, 2010, 03:35:30 PM
Forecasters are now calling for another 5-8 inches Tuesday, and a possible major blizzard next weekend.
Winter sucks. :<
Quick this is important.
Give me all your snow.
DO IT NOW :3
Quote from: Drathorin on February 16, 2010, 08:29:55 PM
Quote from: Alondro on February 13, 2010, 03:35:30 PM
Forecasters are now calling for another 5-8 inches Tuesday, and a possible major blizzard next weekend.
Winter sucks. :<
Quick this is important.
Give me all your snow.
DO IT NOW :3
*melts all the snows so no one can have it!* I caused all the global warming! :mwaha
Quote from: Alondro on February 16, 2010, 11:11:13 PM
*melts all the snows so no one can have it!* I caused all the global warming! :mwaha
Now all of Canada and Russia knows who to kill.
*adds the name to the list*
Ok, after a hellish work week, which saw me in the lab from Saturday night to Wednesday evening NONSTOP (!!!), my area goit pounded by DOOM SNOW PART III, also known as the 'Snowicane', which brought nearly hurricane force wind gusts last night and nearly another foot of snow.
I WANT SPRING NOW!!! :<
We got sleet of the ice pellet variety in West Palm motherfuckin' Beach. It was pretty puny compared to what the other states have received, but it was still sleet.
Holy shit, I've entered the Twilight Zone. :dface
*still sitting in maine watching the snow melt away so the rain can play*
Snowicane is here, too, and everyone's panicking.
I'm not sure why, exactly. It's really not that bad.
Speak for yourself, superluser! :mowdizzy We got nearly two feet of the heavy stuff in my neck of the woods yesterday. The drifts were some three to four feet tall in some places; one buried my car.
On the bright side, though, I got a lot of studying and baking done while I was stuck indoors during the storm. Cookies and flash cards galore!
Quote from: Liatai on February 27, 2010, 03:22:02 PMSpeak for yourself, superluser! :mowdizzy We got nearly two feet of the heavy stuff in my neck of the woods yesterday. The drifts were some three to four feet tall in some places; one buried my car.
Same here. Like I said, I'm not sure why people are panicking. Then again, I did grow up in Erie, PA.
Quote from: superluser on February 27, 2010, 06:44:53 PM
Same here. Like I said, I'm not sure why people are panicking. Then again, I did grow up in Erie, PA.
The folks in reception at work run home even if the snow doesn't settle.
We did have about 7" last month, which caused a lot of disruption since we don't usually get that much, but apart from that it's been nothing special.
Ah, lucky folks getting snow. I wish we'd get even maybe 6 inches or so on the ground down here in Houston. It would be absolutely hilarious. >:3 And the walk into work would be so nice; the office would be so wonderfully quiet too. :3
(I think I saw one or two snowflakes float by out the window a few evenings ago when we had "up to a half inch" of snow on the forecast. Oh well...)
Listening to you guys hissing about snow makes me wish I was still in Virginia. :< I miss snow. We had a grand total of two to three inches a few weeks ago, and almost all of it melted before the sun set. And given that that snow was apparently the first snowfall here in a few years, my chances for another snowfall aren't so good.
For people who didn't get their fair share of snow, I've uploaded these which I took in January:
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k216/tapewolf/cwmbran/cwmbran10-1.jpg
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k216/tapewolf/cwmbran/cwmbran10-2.jpg
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k216/tapewolf/cwmbran/cwmbran10-3.jpg
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k216/tapewolf/cwmbran/cwmbran10-4.jpg
...some of the doomiest snow I've seen for a number of years, although it's chickenfeed to what you'd get in parts of the US or Canada.
You call THAT a snowstorm?! Geez, man! The pristine spots in my front yard almost go up to my friggin' KNEE! (And I'm 6ft tall, btw.)
Well, it's not as bad now since we've gotten above freezing temps the last couple days and it melts quickly... (I'm in Ohio, btw.)
I have to admit I laughed my ass of when I saw Tapewolf's pictures of "snowstorm"... sadly :<
Where I live the snow is one whole meter high(39.37 inches), not to mention that I still have to walk to school D:
Quote from: Sind on February 28, 2010, 05:35:26 PM
I have to admit I laughed my ass of when I saw Tapewolf's pictures of "snowstorm"... sadly :<
The whole idea of posting them was for the benefit of people who
didn't get snow, not people who got
more. That is why I said they were chickenfeed compared to what you'd get in the US or Canada. Though no-one seems to be able to read that somehow.
EDIT:
Apologies, that probably came off too harsh. Right now isn't the best time to take the piss, but it'll probably be a different matter in the morning.
Sorry, I just clicked on the links and didn't notice the line below said links. Thus, I overreacted. Again, my apologies.
Quote from: Drayco84 on February 28, 2010, 06:58:11 PM
Sorry, I just clicked on the links and didn't notice the line below said links. Thus, I overreacted. Again, my apologies.
Sorry, I was rather sleep-deprived and cranky. FWIW, it was billed as "Pictures of snow in January", not "Bet you can't beat that!" because I know that it's fairly mild by comparison >:3 This was in the south of the country - up north it was closer to knee-height from what I hear tell.
However, that said it was enough to bring the entire country to a grinding halt, because we only usually get a couple of centimetres and weren't prepared for something on this order. 2006 was the closest I can remember lately, but the last time I remember it being quite so deep was in 1981.
Quote from: Tapewolf on March 01, 2010, 07:53:30 AMSorry, I was rather sleep-deprived and cranky. FWIW, it was billed as "Pictures of snow in January", not "Bet you can't beat that!" because I know that it's fairly mild by comparison >:3 This was in the south of the country - up north it was closer to knee-height from what I hear tell.
However, that said it was enough to bring the entire country to a grinding halt, because we only usually get a couple of centimetres and weren't prepared for something on this order. 2006 was the closest I can remember lately, but the last time I remember it being quite so deep was in 1981.
If it makes you feel better Tape, however much snow you got will always be more than what I'll ever get in Florida. :P
I thought it looked like a lot :<
Silly Edit: Neon Genesis Evangelion in the news header? NICE <3