What's more current than the weather? - Page 69

lumberjim · 01-20-2016, 08:38 AM

Today's agenda is highlighted by me putting air in the snow blower tires and starting it to make sure it's ready to go. Also a booze run, and maybe some food. I love big storms. Once.

Clodfobble · 01-20-2016, 10:29 AM

This is the weekend we're flying to New York to see Hamilton.

God help everyone if something goes wrong with this trip. I don't care if we're trapped inside the hotel from the moment the plane lands, I don't care if the flight home is cancelled and we stay in the airport for three days trying to get back... as long as we get to the theater on Sunday.

Undertoad · 01-20-2016, 11:11 AM

When is your flight scheduled to land, Friday or Saturday?

Happy Monkey · 01-20-2016, 12:00 PM

Luckily, I have Friday off. 3 feet is unheard of in DC. Maybe once when I was a kid; or maybe it just seemed 3 feet high because I was a kid.

Beestie · 01-20-2016, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Luckily, I have Friday off. 3 feet is unheard of in DC.

I think that will still be the case next week. I doubt we crack 24 inches - my guess is 18 inches.

Happy Monkey · 01-20-2016, 12:21 PM

Apparently 2006/7 had a similar pattern to 2015/6. Minus the 3 feet.

Clodfobble · 01-20-2016, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

When is your flight scheduled to land, Friday or Saturday?

10:30ish Saturday morning.

Undertoad · 01-20-2016, 06:37 PM

This local forecast, using the latest models as of right now, says the heavy parts won't be reaching the NYC area by then. You'l land in an inch or two of snow if they are right, and then by Sunday morning there will be 6-10". So they say. It will probably be wrong because the north side cutoff of this storm is very tight.

http://pix11.com/2016/01/20/winter-s...ri-state-area/

(it's all about me dep't: we'll be making the same trip in a month - J's daughter got her an NYC trip for Christmas, tix to The Book of Mormon)

xoxoxoBruce · 01-20-2016, 06:47 PM

Damn, that's going to be a tough one for the headline typesetters, "The Clodfobble Storm of '16".

Clodfobble · 01-20-2016, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

J's daughter got her an NYC trip for Christmas, tix to The Book of Mormon)

Nice! Do you know the story/soundtrack at all, or are you going in blind?

Undertoad · 01-20-2016, 07:33 PM

I know the basic idea but probably not much more than a Playbill summary. And I already know one of the songs, I think someone might have linked it here.

Griff · 01-20-2016, 08:08 PM

We saw it in Buffalo for Lil' G's Bday maybe three years ago. Great show. And now she goes to Hamilton so this is actually all about me.

Clodfobble · 01-21-2016, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I know the basic idea but probably not much more than a Playbill summary. And I already know one of the songs, I think someone might have linked it here.

That was prolly me.

I'm excited for you, you'll absolutely love it.

In weather news, I'm sitting in the parking lot of an Academy waiting for them to open so I can buy a set of long underwear, and proper gloves, and scarves (of which we own zero) for everyone.

Happy Monkey · 01-21-2016, 08:15 AM

An inch of snow on untreated roads last night. It took me 3 hours to get home. And I had some scary moments. Sometimes it's not great to live at the highest point in DC.

glatt · 01-21-2016, 08:44 AM

That inch of snow caught everyone by surprise and they didn't treat the roads at all.

I had a 7:30pm meeting that was fortunately cancelled, and I just sat at home on my couch watching all the stories coming in on social media and watching the cars failing to make the corner on my street and then once they got straightened out again struggling to make it up the gentle slope (not even a hill) in front of my house.

Check out the time stamps on these two screen shots I took last night. This is way past rush hour.
Look at all the accidents at around 8PM!

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And the traffic jams still going on long after the snow had stopped.
This was 10:13PM!
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01-20-2016, 08:38 AM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Today's agenda is highlighted by me putting air in the snow blower tires and starting it to make sure it's ready to go. Also a booze run, and maybe some food. I love big storms. Once. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-20-2016, 10:29 AM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	This is the weekend we're flying to New York to see Hamilton. God help everyone if something goes wrong with this trip. I don't care if we're trapped inside the hotel from the moment the plane lands, I don't care if the flight home is cancelled and we stay in the airport for three days trying to get back... as long as we get to the theater on Sunday. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-20-2016, 12:00 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Luckily, I have Friday off. 3 feet is unheard of in DC. Maybe once when I was a kid; or maybe it just seemed 3 feet high because I was a kid. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-20-2016, 12:21 PM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Apparently 2006/7 had a similar pattern to 2015/6. Minus the 3 feet. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-20-2016, 06:47 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Damn, that's going to be a tough one for the headline typesetters, "The Clodfobble Storm of '16". __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-20-2016, 11:11 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	When is your flight scheduled to land, Friday or Saturday?

01-20-2016, 06:37 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	This local forecast, using the latest models as of right now, says the heavy parts won't be reaching the NYC area by then. You'l land in an inch or two of snow if they are right, and then by Sunday morning there will be 6-10". So they say. It will probably be wrong because the north side cutoff of this storm is very tight. http://pix11.com/2016/01/20/winter-s...ri-state-area/ (it's all about me dep't: we'll be making the same trip in a month - J's daughter got her an NYC trip for Christmas, tix to The Book of Mormon)

01-20-2016, 07:33 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I know the basic idea but probably not much more than a Playbill summary. And I already know one of the songs, I think someone might have linked it here.

01-20-2016, 08:08 PM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	We saw it in Buffalo for Lil' G's Bday maybe three years ago. Great show. And now she goes to Hamilton so this is actually all about me. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-21-2016, 08:15 AM	#14
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	An inch of snow on untreated roads last night. It took me 3 hours to get home. And I had some scary moments. Sometimes it's not great to live at the highest point in DC. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-21-2016, 08:44 AM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That inch of snow caught everyone by surprise and they didn't treat the roads at all. I had a 7:30pm meeting that was fortunately cancelled, and I just sat at home on my couch watching all the stories coming in on social media and watching the cars failing to make the corner on my street and then once they got straightened out again struggling to make it up the gentle slope (not even a hill) in front of my house. Check out the time stamps on these two screen shots I took last night. This is way past rush hour. Look at all the accidents at around 8PM! And the traffic jams still going on long after the snow had stopped. This was 10:13PM!

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