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Jackalope1977 · Jan 21, 2016

GoIrish41 said:
Southern PA, 55 minutes north of Baltimore.

Wow! I might have to go check out the weather channel. That's a lot of snow.

Quinntastic · Jan 21, 2016

Jackalope - my family has a cabin near Lincoln (about 20-30 mins from Alpena). I live in GR now, but travel to the cabin once every summer. Love it up there

So hard to even imagine summer when it's so friggin cold and snowy outside. I feel like it's been like this since November when, in reality, it has been like 3 weeks or less. We had a green new years this year!

MNIrishman · Jan 21, 2016

Circa said:
Their calling for up to 30".... I'd say Congress just wanted to take Monday off and fixed the Haarp thingy..

Haha, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about this:

A light dusting did that.

Jackalope1977 · Jan 21, 2016

Quinntastic said:
Jackalope - my family has a cabin near Lincoln (about 20-30 mins from Alpena). I live in GR now, but travel to the cabin once every summer. Love it up there

So hard to even imagine summer when it's so friggin cold and snowy outside. I feel like it's been like this since November when, in reality, it has been like 3 weeks or less. We had a green new years this year!

Cool! I lived in GR for four years during my college days and I love it there but I'm a small town guy at heart so I moved back. Let's meet for golf and cocktails at Monarch Ridge next time you come up.

pkt77242 · Jan 21, 2016

Tomorrow should be in the mid 70s here in southern AZ.

MNIrishman · Jan 21, 2016

Minnesotans announce plans to downplay snow, insult locals | Stuck in DC

Jackalope1977 · Jan 21, 2016

MNIrishman said:
Haha, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about this:

A light dusting did that.

I'm not sure what this means.

MNIrishman · Jan 21, 2016

Jackalope1977 said:
I'm not sure what this means.

Well, living in Alpena I'm sure you wouldn't. It basically means what you get every day during the winter caused DC to go full disaster movie.

BGIF · Jan 21, 2016

MNIrishman said:
Well, living in Alpena I'm sure you wouldn't. It basically means what you get every day during the winter caused DC to go full disaster movie.

And how many million people are concentrated in your area?

The DC area and the surrounding states don't have the equipment to deal with the snow that states in the snow belt do.

MNIrishman · Jan 21, 2016

BGIF said:
And how many million people are concentrated in your area?

The DC area and the surrounding states don't have the equipment to deal with the snow that states in the snow belt do.[/QUOTES]

I hear this a lot and I know that makes a big difference for when there's 30", but Lansing blows at clearing the roads. A lot of times they do nothing at all unless it's 6+ inches. You don't need equipment to deal with an inch of snow. You need a level head that isn't stuck firmly in your behind.

GoIrish41 · Jan 21, 2016

Just bumped up our forecasted accumulation to 30 inches. A few years ago we got 30 inches and 4 days later got 28 inches. Crazy amount of snow.

Quinntastic · Jan 21, 2016

Jackalope1977 said:
Cool! I lived in GR for four years during my college days and I love it there but I'm a small town guy at heart so I moved back. Let's meet for golf and cocktails at Monarch Ridge next time you come up.

I will have to dig out my trusty clubs from the back of my storage unit. Been almost a decade since I've hit the links.

Quinntastic · Jan 21, 2016

MNIrishman said:
I hear this a lot and I know that makes a big difference for when there's 30", but Lansing blows at clearing the roads. A lot of times they do nothing at all unless it's 6+ inches. You don't need equipment to deal with an inch of snow. You need a level head that isn't stuck firmly in your behind.

Don't forget a basic understanding of how brakes work and the common sense to increase stop length. That's where people tend to be idiots. They think they can keep their one car length distance going 75 mph on the freeway during a snowstorm. Duh.

Circa · Jan 21, 2016

Jackalope1977 said:
Where are you guys?

I'm in DC at this moment.. Going home tomm

Circa · Jan 21, 2016

MNIrishman said:
Haha, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about this:

A light dusting did that.

I had a 15 minute drive as usual this morning. 2 hours later..

kmoose · Jan 22, 2016

pkt77242 said:
Tomorrow should be in the mid 70s here in southern AZ.

White Privilege!!

GowerND11 · Jan 22, 2016

GoIrish41 said:
Just bumped up our forecasted accumulation to 30 inches. A few years ago we got 30 inches and 4 days later got 28 inches. Crazy amount of snow.

Crazy to see that Southern PA will get blasted compared to up here in Northeastern/Central PA. We're only expected to get up to 10 inches.

Stay safe down that way.

wizards8507 · Jan 22, 2016

GowerND11 said:
Crazy to see that Southern PA will get blasted compared to up here in Northeastern/Central PA. We're only expected to get up to 10 inches.

Stay safe down that way.

Sitting here in freaking western New England and we've had zero inches so far this year.

Bogtrotter07 · Jan 22, 2016

I don't think we are getting anything, and I am not sure Cleveland or Buffalo is.

We have had an El Niño early winter, here. I completed some landscaping in the front circle in November (outright balmy), planting seed (buried under fine mulch) expecting it to germinate in early spring. But by Christmas it had germinated well enough that I am going to have a full lawn by spring! It is something that never happens here.

Jan we have only had about three inches of snow. It all came the morning of the 12th, enough to close schools, because driving was near whiteout. The 12th would have been my fathers 98th birthday. I could just see him trying to leverage the kids a day off!

MNIrishman · Jan 22, 2016

Been a pretty lame winter in MI. I'd trade DC in a heartbeat.

Irish Insanity · Jan 22, 2016

MNIrishman said:
Been a pretty lame winter in MI. I'd trade DC in a heartbeat.

I'm looking outside of my MI window right now enjoying only seeing 3"

dshans · Jan 22, 2016

Staying out of this discussion this go-round. I sold my Minneapolis home of 32 years in July and hit the road, mooching off family in NY. Now I'm mooching off family in Jacksonville, FL and looking for an apartment.

I can still keep cold and snow bragging rights for a year or two, can't I?

MNIrishman · Jan 22, 2016

dshans said:
Staying out of this discussion this go-round. I sold my Minneapolis home of 32 years in July and hit the road, mooching off family in NY. Now I'm mooching off family in Jacksonville, FL and looking for an apartment.

I can still keep cold and snow bragging rights for a year or two, can't I?

Say it with me now, Dick:

tussin · Jan 22, 2016

Philly is going to get blasted -- 20 inches in the city.

drayer54 · Jan 22, 2016

You can always buy an Ariens snowblower.....

BGIF · Jan 22, 2016

drayer54 said:
You can always buy an Ariens snowblower.....

I hear that model tends to stop 5 times a day.

drayer54 · Jan 22, 2016

BGIF said:
I hear that model tends to stop 5 times a day.

It used to. Not anymore.

dshans · Jan 24, 2016

MNIrishman said:
Say it with me now, Dick:

I wouldn't say "abandoned." True, he's back in the Twin Cities and I'm not, but I visited him at Christmas and he's welcome to sleep on my couch any time.

GowerND11 · Jan 25, 2016

Seems the meteorologists were wrong about how much we would get here. My hometown ended up getting roughly 28-30 inches. They predicted no more than 10. What a storm.

MNIrishman · Jan 25, 2016

GowerND11 said:
Seems the meteorologists were wrong about how much we would get here. My hometown ended up getting roughly 28-30 inches. They predicted no more than 10. What a storm.

I'm so jelly you could call me smucker

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