So, I started watching for the "Not Quite the Storm of the Century" that AccuWeather told me was coming ...

It was supposed to hit at around sunset.

Sunset came and went.

Around 2100 hrs I had a bit of a lull and went outside to check ...

I thought I saw something ...

http://eva.alexandersguns.com/cellar/salt.JPG

But it turned out just to be some prophyllactic salt thrown onto the bricks by our maintenance guys at around 1610. I had supervised this activity (I'm really good at annoyingly pointing out "hey, you missed a spot").

I wandered about a bit more and DID finally locate some actual snow that had accumulated by that point.

There was some by a storm drain. You have to be careful around this storm drain. It has a tendency to eat employees keys ... and by tradition, a couple of hefty guys lifts the grate, and then hold you by the ankles headfirst into the hole to recover your keys so you learn never to do this again.

http://eva.alexandersguns.com/cellar/grate.JPG

I also took the opportunity to check on my car, which was pretty much covered with snow by then. You may have trouble identifying the wolfmobile here, there is an awful lot of snow!
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End of shift was really not much more impressive, although there was a thin layer of really slippery stuff on the roads. I expect tomorrow AM to suck, and so am grateful that I will not be driving until tomorrow PM. The drive home would have been pretty much stress free, except for the inevitable asshole who decided that 1/4 carlength following distance was appropriate for the road conditions. And I KNEW that I had traction control and ABS and HE DID NOT. so I wasn't able to really enjoy the drive.

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As I went past the PennDOT building on the way home, they were still all in there drinking coffee and getting ready. I don't expect them to really be out on the roads until there's a significant accumulation.

Umm.. Fred, we were talking about the weather,
 

Not your love life!

Schools out! Looks like we got about 7" of snow but its the cold scaring everybody. This ain't Minysoda, so Darwin hasn't done his work here. As a result various officials feel they're responsible for kids not wearing coats to school so they gotta close.

You know it's cold when your town's waterfall freezes over. This is my hometown: Lewiston, Maine. Lewiston is supposed to get all the way up to -2 today.

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Re: Umm.. Fred, we were talking about the weather,
 

aww damn. do you have to remind me???:(

I was hoping our company would let us come in 2 hours late...no such luck. (This being the same company that opened 2 hours late when Hurricane Isabel hit...and all we got out of that was moderate rain and a bit of wind.) Roads weren't plowed and the trains were running late...but I only got to work 10 minutes late. My God...it is cold...it wouldn't be so bad if not for that damned wind. I swear, this city is almost as windy as Chicago.

UT, THIS is nuts...the low for Monday references tomorrow night going into Tuesday.

Damn global warming

Damn Cain...where are you? Canada?

I don't have to go to work until 10:30 this morning. Unfortunately, I don't have my car (it's at the repair shop--blower motor crapped out yesterday morning), so I have to take the bus down to Torresdale station and wait 20 minutes for the train. :p