First major snow storm of 2010-2011 Winter today
 

Hey everybody, maybe this will be a fun new thread, but i remember the "Snowpocalypse" thread from last year and wanted to make a new one.

I live in Stephens City, and right now we are experiencing the 1st major snowstorm of this winter. We had about a 1/2 of snow last Friday, but it was just a squall that came and went.

It is snowing to beat the band right now, and has been snowing since about 8:45 AM. We are supposed to get anywhere between 2 to 4 inches today. It was right around this time last year that the snow started, and as you know, it was a very snowy, record setting winter.

So is anybody getting snow where you are???

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I'm in Springfield, VA and we're getting some snow right now. Supposedly we'll end up with 1-3 inches.

The downside to that is that I work 51 miles from my house...about 30 of which are spent on the beltway...the afternoon commute is definitely going to suck!

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F...Snow, really I have no desire for it this year at all.

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Already had snow a few times here in NY, think we've had flurries every day for the past week. Nothing major yet in my area, but Buffalo has already been hammered.

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In Chansilly, VA. 1-3 inches projected. Shouldn't be too bad unless the forecast it just off.

It's funny how different areas react to snow. I think it's best displayed by school closings. I have family in Michigan, and they send their kids to school with snow boots so they can play outside during recess. Here it's projected to be 1-3 inches by 9PM and they are letting kids out early lol.

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[quote=mredskins;769414]f...snow, really i have no desire for it this year at all.[/quote]

+1,000,000,000,000

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I'm still having a hard time accepting that summer is over with. :(

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Me too, but the funny thing is, it isn't winter officially until December 21st, which is also my wife's birthday! 2 wonderful things that happen on the same day. Oh and I love snow, obviously, btw...

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Move further north, you'll learn to hate the snow and cold in no time.

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I'll second the f snow opinion. Just tried going to the bank and learned my car has little to no traction in a couple inches of snow. Saw that my neighbor t-boned a garbage truck at the entrance to my neighborhood, and that easily could've been me if didnt know how to work the emergency brake lol. I have no patience for it at all. It just needs to go away and stop disrupting my plans.

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Weirdly enough, even though we haven't had the inches (that's what she said!) that we had last year, the roads are a billion times worse than the blizzard last year.

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;769490]Weirdly enough, even though we haven't had the inches (that's what she said!) that we had last year, the roads are a billion times worse than the blizzard last year.[/quote]

Its because its too cold for the chemicals to work that treat the road.

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I just went outside the office and it looks like we have about 2" of snow here in good old Glen Burnie. Not much, but I'm glad I just installed new windshield wipers and that I grabbed my ice scrapper/brush before I left this morning.

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Snowing in PA...just enough to cover the ground so far...MAYBE up to 1/4 to 1/2 inch by now.

No big deal. My son's been bugging my wife "I want it to warm up and snow so I can go out and play in it".

Mixing up us telling him it's too cold to go out and his desire for snow. Little kids can be funny like that.

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Looked outside the window and it is still snowing here. Thats almost 8 straight hours with no break in it whatsoever. I thought it was stopping, but it picked up pace again about an hour ago.

We have about 3 inches outside right now, and the forecast called for up to 4, so it is right inline...10 more mins here and then its home to get out the snowblower and 4 wheeler...

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Meh. After last year's snowpacalypse, I'd hardly call this "major." Pretty though. I'm glad I don't have to drive in rush-hour today. What a nightmare.

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I should have made a better title. I meant it was the first major storm for my area, the shenandoah valley. We had a skiff of snow last Friday that amounted to about 1/2 inch, but today's 4 inches is our first significant storm of the season...

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It got up to 76 here today,snow melted pretty fast :)

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4 inches ain't no storm, that's a dusting

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[quote=Mattyk;769435]I'm still having a hard time accepting that summer is over with. :([/quote]

I am still running my Air Con 6 out of seven days here. IDK how I would handle snow lasting more than a week.

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[quote=htownskinfan;769601]It got up to 76 here today,snow melted pretty fast :)[/quote]

Didn't even stick to the ground here it melted on contact. :)

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[quote=Mattyk;769602]4 inches ain't no storm, that's a dusting[/quote]

I know your from NY, Matty, but down here 4-6 inch snowstorms are something to talk about for us small-town folks, lol.. Out of curiousity, where do you live in NY? My dad owns a business in Pulaski, NY, and stays there a few days a month throughout the year. So i definatley have respect for what you guys go through. 2 winters ago we were on the roof and Dad and I were taking turns shoveling snow off the roof lol...

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Just bustin' your chops ;)

I know where Pulaski is, have a friend that used to live there actually, I'm in the Albany area

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[quote=Mattyk;769602]4 inches ain't no storm, that's a dusting[/quote]

might have been four inches and actually maybe less, but you wanna take a stab in the dark at how long it took me to get from old town alexandria to woodbridge going staright down route 1 yesterday? try over 2 ****ing hours, people around here are god damn idiots when snow hits the road, on any other day it should take about 30 minutes and thats hitting every light and maybe a little traffic.

and i guess prince william county doesn't have any snow plows?

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We got around 3" and the worse time for driving was around 1 when most people got let out of work. It turned to rain around 2:30 and the roads where pretty good around 5:00pm when most people should have left for the day. Right now I have had 11 customers file accident claims and I'm sure I'll see more.

This is the best snow story.

A customer of mine a few years back hit some black ice and slid into a ditch. The cop was writing him a ticket for careless driving and told my customer he was driving to fast for the conditions. While he was arguing with the cop another cop drove up and slid on the black ice and ended up in the same ditch. My customer looked at the cop and said "Are you going to give him a ticket also" cop tore up his ticket.

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[quote=Mattyk;769602]4 inches ain't no storm, that's a dusting[/quote]


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I hate when mid westerns and northerners like to pretend they are snow He-Men. I have lived most of my life up north and it is not so much the amount of snow that causes problems but the lack of equipment down here to clear it. 4 inches in Rhode Island was a joke becasue they have a plow for every street but here in MD or below we don't have all that equipment to clear it.

Not to pick on you Matty but it just gets old. Last night when folks were leaving people were saying be careful driving. A few times I heard "Oh I am from XX northern state I think I know snow." Whatever like becasue you use to live in XX northern state you have a immune to snow badge on your car.

And only to be far any one from say SC down shut the f-ck up we don't care that it was 70 degrees out yesterday or today. GO OUTSIDE AND ENJOY IT! Instead of sitting on the internet.

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[quote=firstdown;769678]We got around 3" and the worse time for driving was around 1 when most people got let out of work. It turned to rain around 2:30 and the roads where pretty good around 5:00pm when most people should have left for the day. Right now I have had 11 customers file accident claims and I'm sure I'll see more.

This is the best snow story.

[B]A customer of mine a few years back hit some black ice and slid into a ditch. The cop was writing him a ticket for careless driving and told my customer he was driving to fast for the conditions. While he was arguing with the cop another cop drove up and slid on the black ice and ended up in the same ditch. My customer looked at the cop and said "Are you going to give him a ticket also" cop tore up his ticket.[/quote][/B]


I swear you told that story before as it had happen to you. Give me a minute to scan your post.

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[quote=mredskins;769684][/B]


I swear you told that story before as it had happen to you. Give me a minute to scan your post.[/quote]

It happend to both of us twice.

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Here saved you the trouble

[url]http://www.thewarpath.net/parking-lot/16802-f-ice-storms-2.html[/url]


Heres a funny story from a customer who had a wreck on black ice. He slid into a ditch going about five miles an hour because he just could not stop and the road was just slick ice. A cop pulled up and was writing him a ticket for driving to fast for the conditions. My customer tried to tell the officer that he was only going about 5 MPH but the officer would not listen. Then another officer was pulling up to see what was going on and slid into the ditch right beside my customers car. My customer looked at the officer writing the ticked and asked if he was going to write the other officer the same ticket. He said they both kind of laughed and he tore up the ticket.

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I hate when mid westerns and northerners like to pretend they are snow He-Men. I have lived most of my life up north and it is not so much the amount of snow that causes problems but the lack of equipment down here to clear it. 4 inches in Rhode Island was a joke becasue they have a plow for every street but here in MD or below we don't have all that equipment to clear it.

Not to pick on you Matty but it just gets old. Last night when folks were leaving people were saying be careful driving. A few times I heard "Oh I am from XX northern state I think I know snow." Whatever like becasue you use to live in XX northern state you have a immune to snow badge on your car.

And only to be far any one from say SC down shut the f-ck up we don't care that it was 70 degrees out yesterday or today. GO OUTSIDE AND ENJOY IT! Instead of sitting on the internet.[/quote]

It was just bustin chops bro, I'm full aware that the south isn't prepared to deal with it so even just a little snow causes big problems.

so I'll see your

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And raise you one of these

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You've gotta admit it's funny, an all day storm yields 3-4 inches? c'mon that's not a storm lol

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[quote=Mattyk;769754]It was just bustin chops bro, I'm full aware that the south isn't prepared to deal with it so even just a little snow causes big problems.

so I'll see your

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And raise you one of these

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You've gotta admit it's funny, an all day storm yields 3-4 inches? c'mon that's not a storm lol[/quote]


Actually snow removal is only part of the problem. The real problem is that people don't know how to drive in the snow. Our area had over 300 reported accidents in like a 5 hours.

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People don't know how to drive in it regardless of where they are, believe me. People think they know around here, but they don't.

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[quote=Mattyk;769778]People don't know how to drive in it regardless of where they are, believe me. People think they know around here, but they don't.[/quote]


I know you are bust'n balls but it seriously gets old and it is better for my career to go off on this site then someone in my office.

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[quote=mredskins;769826]I know you are bust'n balls but it seriously gets old and it is better for my career to go off on this site then someone in my office.[/quote]

In the summer you guys will be telling me that a 90 degree day isn't hot, so what comes around goes around.

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[quote=Mattyk;769828]In the summer you guys will be telling me that a 90 degree day isn't hot, so what comes around goes around.[/quote]


MD and NY probably have similar summers, in reality. Lenght my be diffrent but temps the same.


Anywho here is a beer cheers!


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[quote=mredskins;769839]MD and NY probably have similar summers, in reality. Lenght my be diffrent but temps the same.


Anywho here is a beer cheers!


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MD is definitely warmer on average, about 5 degrees. Plus the humidity is worse down your way.

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not to bust on anybody that drives them, but i always see the ricer cars and suv's that are either in the ditch, or involved in the accidents around here. Maybe too much speed??

Us good ole boys in the pickup trucks, most of them time escape unscathed. But keep in mind even in 4X4, i only go about 20 to 25 mph when its snowing, and even slower when it's like 6 inches or so, so i guess speed has alot to do with it.

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[quote=SolidSnake84;769859]not to bust on anybody that drives them, but i always see the ricer cars and suv's that are either in the ditch, or involved in the accidents around here. Maybe too much speed??

Us good ole boys in the pickup trucks, most of them time escape unscathed. But keep in mind even in 4X4, i only go about 20 to 25 mph when its snowing, and even slower when it's like 6 inches or so, so i guess speed has alot to do with it.[/quote]

Speed is always a factor.

4 wheel drive and all wheel drive help you get going, but they don't help you stop and steer any better.

Also, ABS makes your stops longer. Give yourself plenty of room to stop. Chances are, you won't stop nearly as quickly as you believe you will.

The people you see in the ditch are the ones who don't understand this. Well, they may now.

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[quote=Mattyk;769857]MD is definitely warmer on average, about 5 degrees. Plus the humidity is worse down your way.[/quote]


Dude focus on the Celebration Ale!

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[quote=cpayne5;769868]Speed is always a factor.

4 wheel drive and all wheel drive help you get going, but they don't help you stop and steer any better.

Also, ABS makes your stops longer. Give yourself plenty of room to stop. Chances are, you won't stop nearly as quickly as you believe you will.

The people you see in the ditch are the ones who don't understand this. Well, they may now.[/quote]

Actually you can use power to the wheels to help you steer better but most people panic and hit the brakes.