Snowing its Ass off(bumped)

[stevew]

Yep....first "Real" snowfall of this season, was actually sticking for a minute. 500 dollar heating bills, here we come :(

[Schmidty]

I miss real snow instead of this freezing rain crap that penetrates every part of your body.

[Eaglesfan27]

I miss snow :(

(although we did get a bit of snow that didn't stick last Christmas.)

[CleBrownsfan]

I miss snow :(

(although we did get a bit of snow that didn't stick last Christmas.)

Live in Cleveland for a winter and I bet you'll never say "I miss snow" again :eek:

[FrogMan]

we had a good 4-5 inches fall over the evening yesterday, looked lovely, until the city snowplow dude came and left us with about a foot and a half in front of the driveway at about ten minutes to 11 pm last night, just as I was ready to go to bed... Decided to start up the snowblower and clean it up then and was glad this morning that I did it last night. It was kind of wet last night, but temperature dropped greatly over night and I can tell you that that dang foot and a half would have been a major pain in the behind to showel once frozen thick...

Oh well, here we go for another 4 months of white crap...

FM

[Pumpy Tudors]

OK, all I saw were snow flurries. stevew, I know you're somewhere near Pittsburgh, but I don't know how far away or in which direction you are. I was in Pittsburgh at work all day yesterday, and I only saw flurries. Then I drove to Greensburg and got a little snow there, but it wasn't sticking.

So where the hell are you? :)

[stevew]

OK, all I saw were snow flurries. stevew, I know you're somewhere near Pittsburgh, but I don't know how far away or in which direction you are. I was in Pittsburgh at work all day yesterday, and I only saw flurries. Then I drove to Greensburg and got a little snow there, but it wasn't sticking.

So where the hell are you? :)
About 50 minutes from Pittsburgh off of 79. In Amish country.(Village of Volant). If you ever go to the Grove City Outlets(right off of 79), you'd be right in the vacinity of where i live(and work).

[stevew]

That'd be North West of pittsburgh

[rkmsuf]

I hear the Amish ladies give great helmet.

[Pumpy Tudors]

About 50 minutes from Pittsburgh off of 79. In Amish country.(Village of Volant). If you ever go to the Grove City Outlets(right off of 79), you'd be right in the vacinity of where i live(and work).
Ah, gotcha. Quite a bit northwest of me, then. I gather that some of that snow will start settling near me in the foothills any day now. This Louisiana boy is going to freak out. :)

[FrogMan]

Ah, gotcha. Quite a bit northwest of me, then. I gather that some of that snow will start settling near me in the foothills any day now. This Louisiana boy is going to freak out. :)
Some Pumpy pics in the snow would be pretty funny ;)

FM

[WrongWay]

11 pm last night, just as I was ready to go to bed... Decided to start up the snowblower and clean it up then and was glad this morning that I did it last night.

FM
Some idiot better not be running his snow blower at midnight in my neck of the woods.

Your neighbors must love you. :D

[FrogMan]

Some idiot better not be running his snow blower at midnight in my neck of the woods.

Your neighbors must love you. :D
yeah, riiiiiiight... Me at 11pm, or the neighbors' contracted guy who comes at 4:30am, which is worse? Or even me at 5:30am (or before I go take a shower) instead of 11pm with the snowblower...

Live in a country of snow and you learn to deal with this stuff....

FM

[korme]

There's mass snow everywhere right now. Ugh

[Pumpy Tudors]

Haha! I have found Shorty's one- or two-sentence post for the day! Today is a good day! I hope I can find tomorrow's!!

[SnDvls]

you know the first time I saw this post I thought it said "Showing it's ass off". I oh course clicked to see who was showing their ass, only to see a thread about snow, glad I don't have that here in AZ.

[Blade6119]

you know the first time I saw this post I thought it said "Showing it's ass off". I oh course clicked to see who was showing their ass, only to see a thread about snow, glad I don't have that here in AZ.

Wow, i saw just the same thing...god damn ASU screwing with our minds lol.

What is this "snow" thing you speak of??

[Raiders Army]

Snow would be nice.

[sterlingice]

Who is the "it" of which the ass is snowing off of?

SI

[JeeberD]

I'TS SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Not exactly snowing it's ass off, but any snow here is a special occasion. :)

[Senator]

I'TS SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Not exactly snowing it's ass off, but any snow here is a special occasion. :)


It is??? Looks more like ice or sleet in west FTW.

[JeeberD]

Yup, real snow here. It's tiny little flakes, but it's snow.

Of course I look out my window now and it's stopped. Hopefully there will be more to come this afternoon.

[Ksyrup]

I'll be in Dallas in about 3 weeks. Hope it snows then.

[gottimd]

I think it would be better if snow just came down in one big clump and made a loud noise when it nailed the ground, instead of coming down in all of those sissy little flakes.

[oliegirl]

There is a chance we'll have some "winter precipitation" here tomorrow or Friday...although I am not excited at the prospect of a snow day to be made up later in the year, the thought of playing out in the snow with the kid and dog is kind of cool :)

[sterlingice]

KC and surrounding environs is getting quite a bit of snow. 4-8 inches expected. Better than the usual ice storm. But it's been really cold here for December. Usually we don't get the bitter cold until January but it's not going to get out of the 20s at all until maybe Friday. That's really rare here in December.

SI

[kcchief19]

Yeah, this is a brutal winterstorm this early for Kansas City. They've upped to us to forecasts for 6-8 inches. That means my 35-minute drive home will take 2 1/2 hours this afternoon. Add the single-degrees temperatures and we're golden. We usually don't get this kind of weather until January.

[kcchief19]

Better than the usual ice storm.
I'll take two feet of snow over a half-inch of ice any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

[sterlingice]

Agreed, 100%!

SI

[GoldenEagle]

It might snow here tonight. The critical thing is the tempature. It is only going to get as low as 35. However, I think it will get lower than that.

[cougarfreak]

Us in the Ohio Valley are supposed to get hit pretty hard starting mid-afternoon tomorrow.

[JeeberD]

I got the windows on my car scraped and was sitting at the stoplight just outside my apartment complex when my manager called and said not to bother coming in tonight, that they were most likely closing early tonight and didn't need me to come in... :)

Down into the low twenties now and the roads are starting to glaze over. I'm glad that I'm not going to have to drive home at 10pm when it's even worse.

[JeeberD]

Dola-

Of course, it's now taken over an hour for my fiancee' to get home from work and it usually takes her around 20 minutes. I'm sure she's fine, but I'm starting to get worried. She's not the greatest of drivers even under ideal circumstances...

[JeeberD]

Double dola-

OK, she's home, I can relax again.

[sterlingice]

That's just now snow is, I've come to learn. Take it slow and you'll usually be ok. Ice is another matter altogether.

SI

[gottimd]

She's not the greatest of drivers........I hear that phrase very often.

[Lorena]

Snow? Never seen the stuff. Not here anyway. What I have seen for the past couple days is ice... right outside our apt. complex which really tripped me out. It was in the high 20's the other day... BRRR...

[FrogMan]

Dola-

Of course, it's now taken over an hour for my fiancee' to get home from work and it usually takes her around 20 minutes. I'm sure she's fine, but I'm starting to get worried. She's not the greatest of drivers even under ideal circumstances...
Jeebs, I can understand how you can get worried. I live in the land of snow and we have snow tires, real good ic & snow tires and I always get worried when my wife is out there in a snowstorm. Yeah, for us we need a snowstorm to get worried, not some silly snowfall :p but I can still sympathise

Seriously, we're not getting any snow at the moment but it is unseasonably cold, about 10F right now, -8F with the wind. These are more like January temparatures, even for us...

FM

[Airhog]

Jeebs, I can understand how you can get worried. I live in the land of snow and we have snow tires, real good ic & snow tires and I always get worried when my wife is out there in a snowstorm. Yeah, for us we need a snowstorm to get worried, not some silly snowfall :p but I can still sympathise

Seriously, we're not getting any snow at the moment but it is unseasonably cold, about 10F right now, -8F with the wind. These are more like January temparatures, even for us...

FM

I think canada sneezed on us folks in oklahoma. They said this is one of the coldest air masses we have had in the last 10 years

[FrogMan]

I think canada sneezed on us folks in oklahoma. They said this is one of the coldest air masses we have had in the last 10 years
Sorry about that, I'll try to fart a big one, tell me if it warms up the air a bit :D

FM

[st.cronin]

I would actually rather drive in the snow than in the rain. At least in the snow, the other cars behave as though conditions have changed.

[Airhog]

Sorry about that, I'll try to fart a big one, tell me if it warms up the air a bit :D

FM


Make it a wet one. We could use the rain :D

[Bearcat729]

That's just now snow is, I've come to learn. Take it slow and you'll usually be ok. Ice is another matter altogether.

SI

Ice sucks but can be ok so long as you know it's there. I hit snow on top of ice last year on the Ohio turnpike and damn near hit 2 cars before I was able to get control of my car.

[JeeberD]

Yeah, for us we need a snowstorm to get worried, not some silly snowfall :p but I can still sympathise

The problem yesterday was that the roads were icy, not snowy. I wouldn't have been as worried if it had just been snow...

[stevew]

Its so fuckin cold today. And the heat in my car is not cooperating.

[FrogMan]

The problem yesterday was that the roads were icy, not snowy. I wouldn't have been as worried if it had just been snow...
not to make you worried even more for next time but snow or ice if my wife were driving a car with summer tires (or even all seasons), I'd be worried sick with her out there... We got caught by surprise in early November and she went to work (a 50 miles commute through rural routes) with only all season tires and she stopped midway after giving herself a few good scares. No need to tell you that the winter tires were put on the car the very next day...

FM

[FrogMan]

dola, I'm assuming your fiancée doesn't have winter tires on her car because, why would she? :D

FM

[JeeberD]

dola, I'm assuming your fiancée doesn't have winter tires on her car because, why would she? :D

FM

Exactly! And to make things worse, her tread is a little worn as it is and could use new tires to begin with...

[FrogMan]

Exactly! And to make things worse, her tread is a little worn as it is and could use new tires to begin with...
very similar to my wife's Matrix front tires in the all-season. Let me tell you I learned a lesson that night and will always strive to make the change sooner rather than later ;)

FM

[stevew]

If I had a a house or somewhere in my apartment to keep them, i would invest in some snow tires. But im driving on a set of all weathers that i bought last july....they still look close to new.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I gots me some nice Louisiana tires on my car! Boy howdy, if I have to drive in the mess that'll be out this weekend, I might be drifting in the Monongahela by Sunday! Yeeehaw!

[stevew]

You getting tired of that Y'inz thing the locals say? As in, Y'inz guyz want to go to the store?

[Pumpy Tudors]

You getting tired of that Y'inz thing the locals say? As in, Y'inz guyz want to go to the store?
Fortunately, I haven't had enough contact with the locals to have heard that yet. Of course, I'll be listening for it from now on. GEE, THANKS A LOT.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Hot bloody shit, I just went out to pick up some Chinese food. The place is about two miles away from my house. The round trip (not counting my time in the restaurant) was about 20 minutes. I only skidded about five times, and that's just counting the skids in the car. I skidded several more times while I was on my feet. We've had about two inches of snowfall in the past hour. When I got back home, I asked my wife to come outside and see the fun. I made a snowball and nailed my wife for the first time ever.

[Eaglesfan27]

Hot bloody shit, I just went out to pick up some Chinese food. The place is about two miles away from my house. The round trip (not counting my time in the restaurant) was about 20 minutes. I only skidded about five times, and that's just counting the skids in the car. I skidded several more times while I was on my feet. We've had about two inches of snowfall in the past hour. When I got back home, I asked my wife to come outside and see the fun. I made a snowball and nailed my wife for the first time ever.
Kathy had never seen real snow until she moved with me to New Jersey after we first got married. I still remember how much fun it was to nail her with that first snowball :)

[JeeberD]

You getting tired of that Y'inz thing the locals say? As in, Y'inz guyz want to go to the store?

Heh, my fiancee' says that's what her family from backwoods Tennessee always says, kinda like our "Y'all". I'm gonna meet several of them this Christmas, so she's trying to get me prepared... :D

In regards to the weather, no precipitation today but supposed to get down to around 14 degrees tonight...the coldest it's been here in ten years or so.

[kcchief19]

Well, that 35-minute drive only took 2 hours last night, one hour this morning. Better than ice.

I also finally broke down and purchased a snow thrower. I'd done my research on which one I wanted last year, but decided not to buy one until we got enough snow to make it worthwhile. In Kansas City I'll only need to use it a handful of times a year, but with my surgically repaired knee from the the time I fell shoveling snow two years ago, I think it's a wise investment. We had 10.5 inches at my house and I cleared the driveway in 45 minutes without breaking a sweat. Sweet.

[hoopsguy]

Chicago got some snow today - 2:45 minute drive home (leaving at 7PM) for a drive that is 40 minutes with no traffic, usually about 1:15 leaving at 5PM. Ugh.

[timmae]

Chicago got some snow today - 2:45 minute drive home (leaving at 7PM) for a drive that is 40 minutes with no traffic, usually about 1:15 leaving at 5PM. Ugh.

I guess that you were one of the many sitting still on the freeway when I drove past... it also took me a little longer to get home from work, about 90 minutes to travel down Milwaukee/Western to Addison.

Another things that bites is that the asphalt plants will be closing for sure now... so much for that parking lot!!

[hoopsguy]

Actually, I was heading from Deerfield to Hanover Park, so I wasn't on any of the big expressways. Most of the trip was spent traveling less than 10mph, with a top speed of 30mph until I hit the Elgin/O'Hare near the end. I heard that the Ike was insane and it was 4 hours into the city from Deerfield to Lincoln Park.

[stevew]

So my inlaws visited this weekend and my father in law brought me a snow thrower he bought off some dude. Guy had moved from Michigan to NE TN and probably hadn't used it in 10 years. All I can say is how the hell did I ever live without one. We got close to a foot of snow Fri night and this thing just destroyed all the snow in about 30 mins.