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All-Purpose "It's Snowing" Thread 2005-2006

Willets Point Oct 29 2005 08:34 PM

Snow here in Massachusetts today. Big fat flakes falling in close formation. Oddly, the leaves on the trees have not yet changed colors nor fallen so now there's snow gathered on big green leaves.

metirish Oct 29 2005 10:10 PM

I was shocked when I tuned in to watch the MetroStars play New England that there was snow on the field in Foxboro...

Rockin' Doc Oct 30 2005 07:09 PM

Wow, 70 degrees and sunny here both yesterday and today. The weatherman is calling for a warming trend for the coming week. I remember trick or treating in the snow as a kid in Duluth, Mn.

Frayed Knot Nov 06 2005 10:41 PM

Between a bike ride to the beach yesterday and a few games of softball today I think I've got a sunburn. Not an easy thing to do in NY in November. My first game was played this morning in a fog so thick you could barely see the OF from the IF. By game 2 things started to clear. By the 3rd it was warm with near blinding sun off the nearby water. The whole thing took about 4 hours but I felt like each of the games were played on 3 different days. This weekend is prolly the best weather we'll get for ... oh about the next 6 months or so. Man that's depressing.

cooby Nov 16 2005 07:58 AM

My thermometer says 68 degrees this morning. I'll bet that doesn't last

Elster88 Dec 09 2005 09:16 AM

Roads are mess here in southwestern Connecticut. The plows don't seem to be out, probably since it's still coming down.

Willets Point Dec 09 2005 09:19 AM

It's snowing, it's snowing, but off to work I'm going.

cooby Dec 09 2005 09:19 AM

Time to dig out the trusty weathermap... This is the most snow we have gotten in a long time, probably 6-8 inches and still coming down

cooby Dec 09 2005 09:20 AM

We need a map that includes Willets

Elster88 Dec 09 2005 09:21 AM

metirish wrote: I was shocked when I tuned in to watch the MetroStars play New England that there was snow on the field in Foxboro... I'm shocked that there is someone who actually watches MLS on TV. I guess it takes a huge soccer buff like yourself, Irish.

Johnny Dickshot Dec 09 2005 09:27 AM

We're having imposter snow: Looks an awful lot like snow, but turns to soaking wetness upon touch. Me and the godforsaken company xmas party suit I have to wear today are drenched

MFS62 Dec 09 2005 09:50 AM

There's about 8 inches of snow on the ground and its coming down at the rate of about 2 inches per hour. But, since the guy hasn't come top plow me out yet, I can't get to work. Later

sharpie Dec 09 2005 09:53 AM

My xmas party is today, also. I don't have to wear a suit, though.

ScarletKnight41 Dec 09 2005 09:54 AM

We have about three inches, and the storm has passed by us. D-Dad dug out the driveway, and he's heading out to work in a few minutes.

Edgy DC Dec 09 2005 09:55 AM

Our Christmas party is today. Elvis commuted in velvet.

KC Dec 09 2005 09:59 AM

We were supposed to open at eleven, but now we've called the day off. Of course, I was here at nine -- I'm hard corps.

soupcan Dec 09 2005 10:07 AM

My 'Holiday Party' was yesterday so I'm done! I was out on Wednesday with mysterious chest pains (pulled muscles it turns out) and couldn't miss the party. So I'm popping Vicadins (sp?) and swigging Pinot Noir. Afterwards a few of us went across the street to the Odeon in Tribeca and I had a few pints of Guinness (My Goodness!) there. I pretty much bypassed the MetroNorth train and just flapped my arms and flew home last night.

GYC Dec 09 2005 10:09 AM

There was like 2 or 3 inches of snow, and then it turned to rain, and it's supposedly supposed to snow another 2-3 inches of snow... and no school.

cooby Dec 09 2005 10:35 AM

I guess I can take the 'Autumn Greetings' wreath down off the front door

cooby Dec 09 2005 12:08 PM

The sun is out! Also, the son is out, shoveling, that is...

MFS62 Dec 09 2005 01:18 PM

Thank you, Cooby. Well, thank Woolrich. I just came in from shovelling. I was wearing the socks from Woolrich that we bought at their Kittery, Maine store. They kept my toes toasty warm. Later

cooby Dec 09 2005 01:20 PM

Hooray! A positive Woolrich comment! :)

OlerudOwned Dec 09 2005 01:23 PM

GYC wrote: There was like 2 or 3 inches of snow, and then it turned to rain, and it's supposedly supposed to snow another 2-3 inches of snow... and no school. Nothing quite like having to shovel snow while it's pouring rain. Weird morning.

Willets Point Dec 09 2005 02:45 PM

Snow is coming down like gangbusters here. Oh, and there's thunder and lightning to make things more interesting.

soupcan Dec 09 2005 02:47 PM

It stopped snowing in Manhattan quite some time ago.

cooby Dec 15 2005 08:32 AM

Bump so I can find the map easily

Willets Point Jan 03 2006 03:21 PM

All talk about the massive, life-changing snowstorm last night and this morning and I woke up to just some grey skies and drizzle. It's finally snowing now, but it's still pretty wimpy.

ScarletKnight41 Jan 03 2006 03:49 PM

I love it when I'm south of the rain/snow line. It's grey and disgusting here, but at least I'm not driving in slippery conditions.

soupcan Jan 03 2006 04:01 PM

On the other hand I totally dig the white stuff.

cooby Jan 03 2006 04:02 PM

Some guy in Massachussetts told me this morning that they got 3 inches of oatmeal.

seawolf17 Jan 03 2006 04:04 PM

"Now don't ya go makin' fun of the oatmeal. I gotta eat the oatmeal on account of my diabetus."

MFS62 Jan 03 2006 04:40 PM

We had 10 inches of heavy wet snow. And Saturday, I got a letter from my regular snow plower that he was going into the hospital and wouldn't be available to plow my driveway until later in the month. I looked in the paper and found somebody. He came today, but he isn't as good as my regular guy and charges $10 more. I had to shovel all the packed in snow from around two cars. My regular guy usually clears that stuff away to make digging them out a lot easier. Ugh. Later

cooby Jan 23 2006 01:46 PM

We got a wee bit of snow last night, maybe 2 inches. I would not bring it up, except this winter, it is kind of remarkable.

Rockin' Doc Jan 24 2006 11:23 AM

Pennsylvania: 2 inches of snow = "wee bit" North Carolina: 2 inches = "near blizzard" and a reason to close schools (and many businesses) until the sun melts the roads clear. We're just a bunch of wimps here in eastern North Carolina when it comes to winter. Luckily, it's 55 and sunny at present. It can be both exasperating and comical to watch the locals deal with winter weather.

cooby Jan 24 2006 01:09 PM

We just had a two hour delay

cooby Feb 10 2006 09:41 AM

Phil could be right, it looks like a little snow may be coming our way this weekend. We had some "lake effect" snow last night, which hardly ever happens here. Note to Rockin' Doc: No delays, no cancellations. Lake effect snow apparantly isn't real snow.

Yancy Street Gang Feb 10 2006 09:44 AM

Six to twelve inches projected for where I am. Should start late Saturday and end Sunday morning. Good thing I had the snowblower repaired last week.

cooby Feb 10 2006 10:00 AM

My son said we are to get 6.7 inches. I hope this somehow misses Princeton, NJ...

silverdsl Feb 10 2006 10:04 AM

Maybe a foot or more or snow plus possible blizzard-like conditions for the New York area depending on the track of the storm. Argh! If it has to snow like that couldn't it at least happen during the week so I wouldn't have to go to work!?

MFS62 Feb 10 2006 10:07 AM

We're getting snow flurries in Western Connecticut right now. Maybe its Mother Nature's way of easing us into what's coming. Later

soupcan Feb 10 2006 10:14 AM

MFS62 wrote: We're getting snow flurries in Western Connecticut right now. Maybe its Mother Nature's way of easing us into what's coming. Later Really? You're in Norwalk right MFS?

MFS62 Feb 10 2006 10:17 AM

I'm in Danbury right now. I have a mid day meeting in Farmington and there's no way I'd drive route 7 to Norwalk first. Later

soupcan Feb 10 2006 10:21 AM

Interesting, the forecast for Fairfield County was no snow until tomorrow afternoon. Nothing doing in Gotham yet.

seawolf17 Feb 10 2006 10:32 AM

Hey! I've got a great idea! Let's have the only freaking snowstorm the weekend we're going to have a baby! That'd be GREAT! Stoopid Al Roker.

cooby Feb 10 2006 10:36 AM

Seawolf, you are having your baby next Tuesday, calm down!

soupcan Feb 10 2006 10:37 AM

seawolf17 wrote: Hey! I've got a great idea! Let's have the only freaking snowstorm the weekend we're going to have a baby! That'd be GREAT! Stoopid Al Roker. Been there, done that. Our second was born on January 9, 1999. Drove 40 miles in a snow/ice/sleet storm trying to get to the damn hospital with the missus in labor. Good times. NOT. Good luck.

seawolf17 Feb 10 2006 10:50 AM

Thankfully, we only have six miles to go, mostly back roads where there won't be any other cars if it's really coming down. Still tedious, though.

TheOldMole Feb 10 2006 12:00 PM

Not snowing yet in New Paltz, but my wife says it's started in Saugerties.

cooby Feb 10 2006 01:02 PM

soupcan wrote: [ Drove 40 miles in a snow/ice/sleet storm trying to get to the damn hospital with the missus in labor. Good times. NOT. Good luck. And I thought I lived in the sticks.

soupcan Feb 10 2006 01:14 PM

My father-in-law is a doctor, my wife insisted on having the baby at his hospital which is 40 miles away from our house.

cooby Feb 10 2006 01:17 PM

These women...

ScarletKnight41 Feb 10 2006 01:58 PM

cooby wrote: My son said we are to get 6.7 inches. I hope this somehow misses Princeton, NJ... Thanks cooby. By this point, I'll settle for the timing to start after about 5 pm....

KC Feb 10 2006 02:01 PM

The barometer in my hip and knee are falling.

cooby Feb 10 2006 02:18 PM

Good luck Scarlet! At least the inlaws will be there to help with all your houseguests

ScarletKnight41 Feb 10 2006 02:24 PM

cooby wrote: Good luck Scarlet! At least the inlaws will be there to help with all your houseguests If I wasn't in a crazed panic before, I am now!

cooby Feb 10 2006 02:29 PM

In 30 hours, it'll all be over...

ScarletKnight41 Feb 10 2006 02:57 PM

26, actually.

cooby Feb 11 2006 08:48 AM

They have downgraded our forecast to 1-2 inches. My daughter's says 8 to12 and I hope they get it because she is sooooo hoping for a snow day on Monday

Frayed Knot Feb 11 2006 09:02 AM

Eastern Long Island looking like it's going to get the brunt of this one. Maybe over a foot.

seawolf17 Feb 11 2006 09:55 AM

Effing great. Thanks.

cooby Feb 11 2006 12:47 PM

It's actually very pretty here today. Still hanging in there, seawolf?

SI Metman Feb 11 2006 10:31 PM

Came in from Stony Brook before it got real bad. Already an inch on the ground here with tons more to come.

Elster88 Feb 11 2006 10:32 PM

I hate shoveling.

Edgy DC Feb 11 2006 10:35 PM

Pouring down like cornflakes out there.

cooby Feb 11 2006 11:03 PM

Our son took our Jeep out in it. Who says snow is all bad? :)

ScarletKnight41 Feb 11 2006 11:11 PM

It only started sticking about 45 minutes ago.

KC Feb 12 2006 08:02 AM

I'm a four season person and I needed this for my well being. We woke up to a foot and there's supposedly another 8 - 10" coming. It's the nice light and fluffy stuff that's easy to push around. This is freakin' great.

Edgy DC Feb 12 2006 08:37 AM

I sing at church today. I've got to bundle and trundle. Anybody with a truck out there want to give me a ride?

cooby Feb 12 2006 08:50 AM

We got a half inch

Edgy DC Feb 12 2006 08:55 AM

No huh-way.

soupcan Feb 12 2006 09:15 AM

I'm in the same snow band KC is. About a foot of the light fluffy stuff on the ground with another foot expected. Downside: Can't find my newspaper at the end of my driveway.

seawolf17 Feb 12 2006 09:19 AM

We have a great many inches, but no baby. (Which is good, because I ain't ready to do no shoveling yet.) Metman, you were at Stony Brook?

cooby Feb 12 2006 09:26 AM

Edgy DC wrote: No huh-way. Yes huh-way. I don't think we'll even bother sweeping the walk

MFS62 Feb 12 2006 09:39 AM

I'm right in the middle of the "Route 84 Corridor" where we're expecting 18-24 inches of snow today. The TV just said that there are already 22 inches on the ground in nearby Danbury, and its snowing at the rate of about 2-4 inches per hour. It could be one of the top 5 snowstorms of all time in Connecticut. Yechhh! Later

ScarletKnight41 Feb 12 2006 10:20 AM

It looks like we have about a foot outside. In the afternoon the Diamond Knights will get out there and attack it - there's no point shoveling until the stuff stops falling.

KC Feb 12 2006 11:07 AM

I walked over to Shop-Rite for some breakfast stuff ... er, I needed tomato juice for bloody marys is probably more accurate - the snow is up to my knees and I got pretty high knees.

metirish Feb 12 2006 11:08 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 12 2006 11:14 AM

Just finished snowing for an hour, nice fluffy snow as KC said, no problems,I should get Gold for my shoveling style.

Johnny Dickshot Feb 12 2006 11:12 AM

Drifts are as high as the doorknob out back, and its still snowing (light & Steady) in Brooklyn.

Methead Feb 12 2006 11:15 AM

Bloody marys... I'm totally doing that. I'm in the same situation as soupcan. Snowed in with a SU/St John's game on TV at 2:00. I really don't feel like shoveling twice today, but if another foot's expected I might have to get out there and take care of the first foot.

soupcan Feb 12 2006 11:19 AM

Yup. At least the Orange will have a chance today.

SI Metman Feb 12 2006 11:40 AM

Went to the Binghamton-Stony Brook game yesterday. Just looked out the window here on Staten Island. That's a lot of snow. Well over a foot. Probably going out to attack it real soon.

DocTee Feb 12 2006 01:39 PM

65 and sunny here in California-- gonna play catch with my kids. It's times like these I don't miss NY.

SI Metman Feb 12 2006 02:40 PM

uh, yeah after spending 3 hours out, I'd have to say about 2 feet. Most I saw since '96.

Rockin' Doc Feb 12 2006 02:53 PM

Does anyone have pictures? My kids want to see what that stuff looks like. Actually, it snowed for about 2 hours here this morning, but it was too warm for it to stick. It was pretty to see coming down though.

cooby Feb 12 2006 02:58 PM

I'd like to see that too, if this is truly 2 feet, it'll be amazing. Hot Corner, do you remember the pictures I sent you a couple years ago of my house when it was snowing? If they can remember them, tell them to take that times 4, because that was only about 6 inches, and I remember you said they were impressed with that.

Johnny Dickshot Feb 12 2006 03:05 PM

This was looking up my street about 11 this morning. It's still snowing.

Rockin' Doc Feb 12 2006 03:08 PM

Thanks. If that were here, I wouldn't have to open up the office until next Monday.

SI Metman Feb 12 2006 03:10 PM

let me put it this way, I can't even see the wheels on my car. It's buried in a snowdrift outside my house.

metirish Feb 12 2006 03:12 PM

How do you post pics here, I just took a few.

Willets Point Feb 12 2006 03:19 PM

You need to load them to a personal web site or one of those photo servers and then link to that from here.

SI Metman Feb 12 2006 03:30 PM

22 inches is the official measurement in the backyard.

ScarletKnight41 Feb 12 2006 03:54 PM

metirish wrote: How do you post pics here, I just took a few. Go to [url]http://www.imageshack.us/[/url] and open a free account. They will host any image that's on your hard drive and give you a URL, and you can post the URL here. They will even resize the images for you.

cooby Feb 12 2006 04:04 PM

Whoever owns that black car in Johnny's picture must be an optimist

metirish Feb 12 2006 04:05 PM Edited 6 time(s), most recently on Feb 12 2006 04:29 PM

thanks to SK ,once again :)>

ScarletKnight41 Feb 12 2006 04:06 PM

The owner of the black car must have driven in from somewhere else, and parked in front of that hydrant because that was the only spot around. Hopefully he/she only stayed there temporarily. Irish - I see you took my advice. Nice picture :)

KC Feb 12 2006 04:14 PM

JD's pic is cool, looks like Brooklyn is being attacked by alien snow balls.

OlerudOwned Feb 12 2006 04:19 PM

Low quality Palm Pilot photo of Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

Frayed Knot Feb 12 2006 04:55 PM

Prolly a foot and a half or so. Still coming down although just started to taper off in the last few minutes.

cooby Feb 12 2006 05:28 PM

It will be interesting to see how many of you make it to school or work tomorrow Those are some great pictures! The snow on the roof of Olerud's is ominous looking

KC Feb 12 2006 05:42 PM

I can't speak for the city, but you'll be able to eat off the streets by tomorrow morning in suburbia with all the municipal workers cashing in on Sunday over-time wages. I think I'd like to drive around in a snowplow pounding coffees and taking down anything that gets in my way and spraying salt and sand on it as I finish running it over.

seawolf17 Feb 12 2006 05:46 PM

="KC"]I think I'd like to drive around in a snowplow pounding coffees and taking down anything that gets in my way and spraying salt and sand on it as I finish running it over. For about a bajillion dollars an hour, considering it's Sunday and you'd be getting phat overtime for your 19-hour shift. Not too bad.

ScarletKnight41 Feb 12 2006 06:46 PM

According to NBC 10 in Philly, we got 17" of the white stuff. Our street has been plowed, and we're the third from last development on the plowing list, so I'm sure we'll have school tomorrow. The only quesiton is whether we get a 90 minute delay.

Johnny Dickshot Feb 12 2006 06:52 PM

Manhattan Ave., Greenpoint:

Johnny Dickshot Feb 12 2006 07:02 PM

Out back. The shovel I need to get to the shed is in the shed.

ScarletKnight41 Feb 12 2006 09:56 PM

I called it wrong - the kids have a school day tomorrow. At least they announced it early, so we can kill the early alarm clock.

Elster88 Feb 13 2006 09:08 AM

In lower Fairfield County the temperature is supposed to be a high of 34 today, and in the mid to upper forties this week. Hoping for meltage.

seawolf17 Feb 13 2006 09:45 AM

And apparently, the whole "blizzards trigger labor" thing is a bunch of hooey.

cooby Feb 13 2006 09:53 AM

test

sharpie Feb 13 2006 09:57 AM

When he heard that NYC's snowfall was a record, my son grumbled "record snowfall and no snow day. Not fair."

MFS62 Feb 13 2006 10:51 AM

My town topped out at 26 inches, the highest official amount reported in Connecticut. For a while, Danbury (the next town over - the wipms only got 24 inches) closed the roads to all but "essential" traffic and interstste I-84 was closed for a while through there. I had a guy plow my driveway, but my back and shoulders are likking me from just digging out two cars. And before someone makes a wisecrack, they were the two cars that weren't in my garage. Later

Frayed Knot Feb 13 2006 11:12 AM

sharpie wrote: When he heard that NYC's snowfall was a record, my son grumbled "record snowfall and no snow day. Not fair." Is it just me or does this storm look to be not as bad as supposedly lesser ones despite the claim of a record? That 21 or so inch one from 6 or 8 years ago virtually shut down the city for 2 days.

Edgy DC Feb 13 2006 11:17 AM

It's because the temperature was higher, and so this one has been melting away immediately upon establishing the record, rather than swirling about and throwing killer drifts up against your door.

Frayed Knot Feb 13 2006 11:27 AM

Nah, it's still below freezing up here, although the sun is out. But that's often the case after a strom. In this case (and I know it's not scientific) it just SEEMS like it's not the worst I've seen round these parts, much less a record breaker. I remember more on the sidewalks from days after a supposedly lesser storm. One of Imus's crew was opining that Bloomberg is faking the records to make it seems like he's handling a crisis seemlessly. I don't quite believe that (don't think it was meant entirely seriously either) but it's as the storm was centered on Central Park where they take the records and while there may have been 27 inches there there was 8 or 10 less everywhere else. It's not that the storm doesn't look big ... it just doesn't look BIG!!!!

Rockin' Doc Feb 13 2006 10:07 PM

The family and I enjoyed all the pictures. Snow is beautiful when it is falling and covering everything in a blanket of white, but it can be a pain in the ass to get around it sometimes. I hope the storm didn't cause too much inconveniance for anyone.

Willets Point Feb 13 2006 10:32 PM

No big whoop. See unlike you in the South, we in the North have these things called snow plows that move snow out of the way. Just teasing. I just remember my Virginia days when it felt like there was just one snowplow for the whole state and you had to wait your turn for it to arrive. 2 inches down there were more hazardous than 2 feet up here.

Rockin' Doc Feb 13 2006 11:00 PM

You're dead on regarding how wimpy southerners are when it snows. They'll refuse to evacuate in the face of an oncoming hurricane, but an inch or two of snow is reason to panic in their eyes. I lived in Duluth, Minnesota for 4 years and later in Chicago for 4 years, so I find the locals panic in reaction to a few inches of snow to be both comical and frustrating at the same time.

cooby Feb 17 2006 09:52 AM

Windy today. Scary windy.

Johnny Dickshot Feb 17 2006 10:01 AM

According to the elevator*, we'll hit a low of zero degrees on Sunday. * -- Do you have these little TVs in yours? Dumb and brilliant at the same time.

Frayed Knot Feb 17 2006 10:13 AM

'sOkay. 4 days after this supposedly biggest NYC storm ever the only traces of it remaining are those piles created by plowing plus the occasional patch hiding on the shady side of a building. February storms rarely disappear as fast as this one.

soupcan Feb 17 2006 10:30 AM

="Johnny Dickshot"]According to the elevator*, we'll hit a low of zero degrees on Sunday. * -- Do you have these little TVs in yours? Dumb and brilliant at the same time. 0? Holy crap. That's nice to know since I'll be in Quebec all next week. * do not have TVs in my elevators.

Edgy DC Feb 17 2006 10:43 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 17 2006 11:52 AM

="seawolf17"] ="KC"]I think I'd like to drive around in a snowplow pounding coffees and taking down anything that gets in my way and spraying salt and sand on it as I finish running it over. For about a bajillion dollars an hour, considering it's Sunday and you'd be getting phat overtime for your 19-hour shift. Not too bad. In a lot of jurisdictions these are the same guys grinding it out in the highway department or the sanitation department the rest of the year, so they've earned it. When the jurisdictions bring in the private contractors, they probably do a better job then the gravel-truck/garbage-truck guys moonlighting as plowmen, but multiple jurisdictions are calling on the same contractors, so they really are the ones working 19-hour shifts, sometimes multiple days in a row. They must go nuts.

cooby Feb 17 2006 11:50 AM

cooby wrote: Windy today. Scary windy. Make that very scary

soupcan Feb 17 2006 12:02 PM

I can see the East River from my office - The seas are angry today my friends.

cooby Feb 17 2006 05:24 PM

Angry enough to knock out my cable all afternoon. Well, prolly not the seas, but the wind did

Johnny Dickshot Feb 17 2006 05:59 PM

It went from 60 and pleasant this morning to prolly 35 with fierce winds just now. My ears are killing me.

cooby Feb 17 2006 08:53 PM

="soupcan"] ="Johnny Dickshot"]According to the elevator*, we'll hit a low of zero degrees on Sunday. * -- Do you have these little TVs in yours? Dumb and brilliant at the same time. 0? Holy crap. That's nice to know since I'll be in Quebec all next week. * do not have TVs in my elevators. Hey soupcan, make sure you take your warm wool socks.

Willets Point Feb 21 2006 03:55 AM

The first sentence of this article pretty much sums up what Rockin' Doc and I were talking about on the last page. Of course, Virginians drive like maniacs regardless of the weather.

MFS62 Feb 21 2006 06:40 AM

Willets Point wrote: The first sentence of this article pretty much sums up what Rockin' Doc and I were talking about on the last page. Of course, Virginians drive like maniacs regardless of the weather. But taking public transportation is no answer, either. The bus route down there is called ABW, for "Arlington, Baltimore and Washington" We used to say it stood for "Always Better to Walk". Later

cooby Mar 02 2006 09:26 AM

Walking to work today, I figure that will take less time than chipping the ice off of my car

Yancy Street Gang Mar 02 2006 09:50 AM

Schools are closed here today. No weather yet to speak of.

Frayed Knot Mar 02 2006 09:57 AM

Just started lightly in NY. Last report I heard downgraded the 4"-8" predictions to 2"-5" -- although with some sleet possbily mixed in and colder weather projected for the next week the remnants of this one could hang around longer than did the big one last month.

cooby Mar 02 2006 10:09 AM

Not a bad walk. My friend Shirl stopped to pick me up and I waved her off, and I still got here first :) It's pretty icy but the sleet on top gives it traction for walking

TheOldMole Mar 02 2006 04:05 PM

I was out a little earlier, and it was icing -- little granules of ice falling from the sky.

cooby Mar 02 2006 04:13 PM

Everybody, please be careful driving home in it.

ScarletKnight41 Mar 02 2006 04:24 PM

It's just been wet and disgusting here today. But later tonight D-Dad will have to pick up La Diva from her high school musical rehearsal - I'm hoping things aren't too icy at that point.

Rockin' Doc Mar 03 2006 08:13 AM

It was 80 degrees and sunny here yesterday. A "cold front" is rolling in today, so the high temperature is only expected to reach around 55 degrees. Hopefully, some warm air will blow into the northeast. It's time for baseball weather to settle in before the season starts.

cooby Mar 03 2006 10:34 AM

I hope youre' right; I'd love to see a flower

Elster88 Mar 03 2006 10:36 AM

Funny commerical from a ways back: Two guys in a snow plow driving up a mountain in a blizzard. They both look terrified. The passenger is trying to calm the driver and saying "Just stay in his tracks....stay in his tracks." The shot expands to show the snow plow is following a car up the mountatin. I can't remember what kind of car.

soupcan Mar 03 2006 10:37 AM

Jag-you-ar.

Yancy Street Gang Mar 03 2006 10:52 AM

cooby wrote: I hope youre' right; I'd love to see a flower How about some crocuses?

cooby Mar 03 2006 10:59 AM

Aw, thank you! If I could remember where the crocuses were in my yard, I'd go look for them. I did bring some forsythias in, and they bloomed. Non snow point. When did it go from Jaguar to Jag you are? That just rubs me the wrong way.

Elster88 Mar 03 2006 11:02 AM

Stupid Brits. They talk English real bad.

Yancy Street Gang Mar 03 2006 11:09 AM

I remember when a shiek: was pronounced "sheek". Now it's pronounced "shake." I don't know how that happened, but for some reason I think it's Peter Jennings' fault.

Willets Point Mar 03 2006 11:12 AM

Rockin' Doc wrote: It was 80 degrees and sunny here yesterday. A "cold front" is rolling in today, so the high temperature is only expected to reach around 55 degrees. Hopefully, some warm air will blow into the northeast. It's time for baseball weather to settle in before the season starts. Sometime this summer, I'm going to check the weather report in North Carolina, see that it's 95 degrees with 97% humidity and I'm going to brag about how it's 75 degrees with sunshine and pleasant breezes in Boston.

Willets Point Mar 03 2006 11:14 AM

I remember when Uranus was pronounced "your anus" and now it's pronounced "urine us" which really isn't any less embarrasing.

Elster88 Mar 03 2006 11:15 AM

The changes in pronunciation of sheik and Uranus are news to me.

cooby Mar 03 2006 11:18 AM

I can't even think about the word "Uranus" without hearing little kids giggling in my mind

seawolf17 Mar 03 2006 11:55 AM

Elster88 wrote: The changes in pronunciation of sheik and Uranus are news to me. Dammit! We worked so hard to keep it a secret from you, and then Yancy and Willets had to ruin it. Thanks, guys.

Frayed Knot Mar 03 2006 01:42 PM

Brown 25. Another fine product of Uranus Corporation

Rockin' Doc Mar 03 2006 01:59 PM

WP - "Sometime this summer, I'm going to check the weather report in North Carolina, see that it's 95 degrees with 97% humidity and I'm going to brag about how it's 75 degrees with sunshine and pleasant breezes in Boston." Sorry, I didn't mean to hit a nerve. Not trying to be an irritant, just trying to take part in the discussions. I guess it probably is annoying when you're experiencing freezing temperatures, ice, and snow and I pipe in that it is spring-like with flowers blooming here in North Carolina. O course, I also discuss what wimps we are in the south when confronted with the mildest of winter weather. I think it will be tough for you to beat us weather wise too often, outside of a few weeks during the heat of the summer. Now, if Seo chimes in with weather reports from southern California, then I will be envious.

Willets Point Mar 03 2006 02:08 PM

Nah, I was just funning with you. It's actually been a pretty mild winter overall (for here). Sounds like New York is getting it worse.

MFS62 Mar 03 2006 02:14 PM

Willets Point wrote: Nah, I was just funning with you. It's actually been a pretty mild winter overall (for here). Sounds like New York is getting it worse. Or as they pronounce it there, "woiss". Later

cooby Mar 11 2006 11:18 AM

Today I had my coffee on the deck; this is more like it!

ScarletKnight41 Mar 11 2006 11:27 AM

I'm going to do the same thing in a minute :)

Willets Point Mar 11 2006 11:40 AM

Time to retire this thread. Although there's still time for April Fool's surprises.

MFS62 Mar 11 2006 01:21 PM

Not to snow on your parades, but I remember one year it snowed so much the first week of May that they closed the schools up here in CT. Keep it open. Later

Frayed Knot Mar 11 2006 01:34 PM

I took the bike out today for about a 45 minute spin.

ScarletKnight41 Mar 14 2006 10:50 AM

]...fire weather watch in effect from wednesday morning through wednesday afternoon... the national weather service in mount holly has issued a fire weather watch...which is in effect from wednesday morning through wednesday afternoon. Fire Weather Watch? WTF? This is definitely a sign of Armageddon.

Elster88 Mar 14 2006 11:36 AM

Snow scheduled for CT on Friday.

cooby Mar 14 2006 05:15 PM

It is snowing here now. Yesterday it was 70

soupcan Mar 14 2006 05:25 PM

Elster88 wrote: Snow scheduled for CT on Friday. Really? Damn I wanted to take the bike out this weekend. Maybe I'll go skiing instead!

Herb Gardner Mar 15 2006 08:43 AM

Bikes and skis Are bad for knees

Elster88 Mar 15 2006 09:08 AM

What's up new guy?

ScarletKnight41 Mar 15 2006 10:10 AM

]a red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or will shortly. a combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and dry fuels will create the potential for rapid fire growth. Now it's a Red Flag Warning? I've never heard of this before.

cooby Mar 15 2006 10:32 AM

I wouldn't worry about it unless you see Jim Cantore standing in your yard

ScarletKnight41 Mar 15 2006 10:32 AM

Who is Jim Cantore?

Iubitul Mar 15 2006 11:43 AM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: ]a red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or will shortly. a combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and dry fuels will create the potential for rapid fire growth. Now it's a Red Flag Warning? I've never heard of this before. I said the same thing to my daughter when I heard that on the radio on the way to taking her to school...

Iubitul Mar 15 2006 11:45 AM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: Who is Jim Cantore? He's one of the Weather Channel guys - He usually goes where a hurricane (or any major storm) is most likely to hit. In other words, if you see Jim Cantore stepping out of a Weather Channel truck in your immediate vacinity, run screaming in the other direction.

ScarletKnight41 Mar 15 2006 02:04 PM

OK - thanks for the explanation. I've been out for a few hours. It's windy, but I don't see any fire blowing around.

soupcan Mar 15 2006 03:39 PM

Herb Gardner wrote: Bikes and skis Are bad for knees Skis and bikes Are things me likes

Herb Gardner Mar 15 2006 09:58 PM

Your knack for rhyme Is so sublime

soupcan Mar 15 2006 11:07 PM

Herb from Mizzou, A Met fan are you?

cooby Mar 15 2006 11:09 PM

Mets fan or not, he's a helluva good poet

Frayed Knot Mar 16 2006 12:03 AM

Maybe if new friend Herb stats showing up and posting on a regular basis we should start calling him .... ... wait for it ... The Constant Gardner

Herb Gardner Mar 16 2006 07:43 AM

Yes I live in the Big M.O. But that wasn't always so. They say that older fellows like us Should stow the bike and take the bus. It is fun matching wits with you Soupcan

soupcan Mar 16 2006 09:22 AM

First of all I'm not that old That stuff in my ears? Its wax not mold. My knees are fine Although a bit creaky As new posters go I think you are freaky.

Johnny Dickshot Mar 16 2006 09:56 AM

Smoke a bowl with Soup's new partner The Show-Me poet they call Herb Gardner

Frayed Knot Mar 16 2006 03:39 PM

HERB CAME FROM BIG MO

Frayed Knot Mar 16 2006 03:40 PM

JUST TO SWIM IN THE POOL

Frayed Knot Mar 16 2006 03:40 PM

NOW CAN HE "SHOW ME" WHY

Frayed Knot Mar 16 2006 03:41 PM

HE THINKS THE METS WILL RULE?

Frayed Knot Mar 16 2006 03:42 PM

BURMA SHAVE

cooby Mar 16 2006 03:44 PM

Maybe Herb Gardner can plant some beans in soupcan's waxy ears.

soupcan Mar 16 2006 04:33 PM

What is this - pick on soupcan day?

cooby Mar 16 2006 04:39 PM

I meant that in a friendly way, of course.

cooby Mar 30 2006 10:12 AM

I saw a crocus in my front yard!!

Willets Point Mar 30 2006 10:13 AM

It's beautiful today. Definitely no call to bump this thread. We're only tempting the snow gods.

cooby Mar 30 2006 10:16 AM

I was hoping the crocus is the final nail in this winter's coffin :)

sharpie Mar 30 2006 10:20 AM

Willets, archive this thread NOW.

cooby Mar 30 2006 10:22 AM

But isn't it fun to reminisce over old troubles once they're over?

sharpie Mar 30 2006 10:23 AM

No.

Willets Point Mar 30 2006 10:25 AM

sharpie wrote: Willets, archive this thread NOW. That would also be tempting the snow gods. We need to just let this thread pass away, not paying it much mind.

MFS62 Mar 30 2006 10:43 AM

I still have a snow shovel in the back of my car. You never know. Later

Willets Point Apr 04 2006 04:05 PM

] Tonight: A slight chance of rain showers before 10pm, then a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Breezy, with a west wind 19 to 22 mph decreasing to between 10 and 13 mph. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Wednesday: A chance of snow showers before 10am, then scattered rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high around 45. West wind between 7 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. I blame cooby.

sharpie Apr 04 2006 04:12 PM

I blame you, Willets. The existence of this thread is causing any possible snow.

cooby Apr 04 2006 04:13 PM

Don't blame me, my forecast is exactly the same!

cooby Apr 05 2006 08:47 AM

We got about three inches of snow last night. I still have a sunburn from last weekend and my son has a two hour delay. April is bizarre.

Willets Point Apr 05 2006 08:49 AM

April is the cruelest month.

MFS62 Apr 05 2006 09:11 AM

I had to brush about an inch of slushy snow off my car this morning. Later

ScarletKnight41 Apr 05 2006 09:30 AM

cooby wrote: We got about three inches of snow last night. I still have a sunburn from last weekend and my son has a two hour delay. April is bizarre. At least it didn't happen 24 hours earlier. I've been dodging the snow gods like that all winter....

cooby Apr 05 2006 09:59 AM

At least it didn't happen 24 hours earlier. Or 48 :)

ScarletKnight41 Apr 05 2006 12:00 PM

The snow is clearing Central NJ - I think the system will be well offshore at gametime. We only had a dusting down here.

cooby Apr 05 2006 12:02 PM

That's what my husband said when he got up at 5. By 7 we had much more.

cooby Apr 05 2006 12:10 PM

If it makes you guys feel any better, the sun has been out here since about 9 am and it's been a beautiful day, so it's coming your way!

ScarletKnight41 Apr 05 2006 12:27 PM

The sun is out here. The snow has already melted.

Willets Point Apr 05 2006 04:38 PM

SI Metman Apr 05 2006 06:45 PM

Well today was an interesting lunch break with the snow. It was thundering at 10:30 and then blizzarding at 11:00.

Rockin' Doc Apr 05 2006 07:42 PM

Crazy baseball weather in New England.