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Snowstorm 2016

rain last night and today. Snow flurries later tonight. Maybe one inch.

Chesapeake Bay area is getting a blizzard today and tonight.
 
I moved to Canada and ... I miss snow. (Okay, so Victoria BC is pretty far south, but still ... )


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Just saw on the news that Birmingham, Alabama is getting huge flakes of snow. Along with northern sections of Alabama. Tennessee is getting loads of snow to.
 
10" and more coming.
23 Degrees
Teaching oppurtuinity for the kids ... ( we are moving back to AK)

Igloo should be good for play tomorrow...

I think my son wants to simulate the Hoth battle with his star wars action figures
tomorrow.
 
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All County Orchestra was cancelled here for the weekend. My wife (orchestra teacher) and son (1st chair in his HS orchestra) are bummed. It's not even snowing yet. :rant:

Cheers,

Baron Ovka
 
I was in the territory of Alaska in the mid-ish to late 1950's, left before the big quake and statehood and moved to Texas, I keep coming back to Texas, never been back to Alaska.
My only memories of Alaska was being bundled up so much that I could not move my arms or legs and falling face first into a bank of snow way over my head.

Today in Austin: 40's and 50's with wind to 25 mph.
 
Also in NY. Waiting for the snow. If any. I'm on long Island, depending on which way the storm tracks we may get nothing. Or 12 inches. We'll see. I'm not worried. No plans for tomorrow and my wife and I just got back from the liquor store! :D
 
relatives told me it was snowing about 4 PM local. I haven't looked yet. Its around 4 hours later.
 
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Here in Gnu Yawk, it's supposed to start tomorrow at 6AMish, with eventual total accumulation of 6"-10" (that's 15cm to 25cm for those of you that use sensible measuring systems).

The city proper has "Alternate Side of the Street Parking" rules or "Street Cleaning" rules (same thing, different names depending on how old you are), but, oddly enough, when they're most needed to allow the plows to clear the streets... the city suspends them because there isn't enough parking. OTOH, if Hizzonnerdamayer declares a Snow Emergency, there are a number of streets on which parking is totally banned for the duration of the emergency, so that the city can keep those streets clear for traffic.

"Parking dibs" as described elsewhere in this thread is ... not quite illegal. Some of the "sixty-ones" (Police complaint/incident reports) that show up during a snow event can be interesting.
 
Meteoric Assault said:
I think my son wants to simulate the Hoth battle with his star wars action figures
tomorrow.
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I like the way your son thinks! Sounds like a good idea to me!

lostscout5 said:
Also in NY. Waiting for the snow. If any. I'm on long Island, depending on which way the storm tracks we may get nothing. Or 12 inches. We'll see. I'm not worried. No plans for tomorrow and my wife and I just got back from the liquor store! :D
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Where on Long Island are you?! I was in Levittown until July when I moved very far away... to Seaford. (about 7-8 miles away from where I was for those unfamiliar with LI).

As of 10:14pm Friday there is nothing yet and the Wii U and PS3 are all set and ready for a long weekend of use with the kids being here at my tiny apartment. I got hot chocolate for them and beer (and tequila if required) for me. :)
 
We had a bit of snow starting in Atlanta, after a couple days "off and on" rain.
Clearly ice is a potential. Avoiding traffic is essential. This the city that abandons it's cars and walks with a mere inch of snow or ice.
 
This the city that abandons it's cars and walks with a mere inch of snow or ice.
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same thing in seattle. an inch of snow, and abandoned cars litter the roadside like toy cars in my kids' room and people trudging home like refugees ....
 
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same thing in seattle. an inch of snow, and abandoned cars litter the roadside like toy cars in my kids' room and people trudging home like refugees ....
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Really? Seattle! Wow. I'm from Chicago/Milwaukee/Gary sprawl. This makes no sense to me. I know people that had 12+ hour commutes because the city of Atlanta shutdown last year.
 
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The sad thing is when you wrote Anchorage, my first thought was "I wonder how close Elmendorf is." Then I looked it up. :nonono: :rofl:

You must remember, I said "earliest memories." To a 3-yr old, a short car ride can be an eternity. ;)

Cheers,

Baron Ovka
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Also depends upon what you mean by "Anchorage"...
The city proper is about 8x10 miles from the airport edge and Elmendorf edge to the city limits... (Defined in law predating the muni as edge of EAFB, down muldoon road, then tudor road, then Lake Otis, then Dimond Blvd, to the water, but the airport's about 2 miles wide of the west edge).
The Anchorage urbanization is about 12x15 miles.
The Muni is just about 52x52 miles... with the Elmendorf in the NW corner.

I grew up in Anchorage... with Dad working on Ft Rich, then the muni, then EAFB...

They no longer call it Elmendorf, either... it's now "JBER - Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson"...

I checked the ice depth on the lawn this afternoon. 2" of "crunchy & white" - it crunches like popcorn, it's opaque, and it's ice capped snow. And it's new within the last week. Currently, In Eagle River (a suburb, where I live) it's 20°F; Anchorage proper is 35°F.

Drive safe guys - remember that ice triples braking distance, while actual snow usually only doubles it... and studs increase control but also increase ice breaking distance... Brake early, leave extra space, and get there ALIVE...

Oh, and Oil Pan heaters and/or headbolt heaters can make cold mornings a lot faster warm up on the car.

And, fast way to get frost off the window at –20°F? a spray bottle of rubbing alcohol.
 
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