Waiting For The Snow

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family coming in from CT tomorrow to see... Frozen

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link

about that plan, they may have to... letitgo

when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link

11-year-old princess will not let that happen

morning commutes look doable, return not so much

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link

Eh, unless they get in before 5am that's going to be difficult...

Evan, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:51 (six years ago) link

If MetroNorth shuts down by dawn, we must be looking at different forecasts. (but in the long run idgaf)

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link

School will make us come in and then fight our way home, they don't gaf either.

Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 16:40 (six years ago) link

The Disney people are allowing exchanges, so the Broadway outing is off. And we were going to eat at Sardi's.

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link

NYC public schools are closed on Wednesday https://t.co/ZGk6yf2Grx

— NY1 Weather (@NY1weather) March 20, 2018

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link

My work announced that their decision would be pegged to public schools’ decision, so that’s that. Second Wednesday snow day in the last three weeks

when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 23:07 (six years ago) link

still waiting on OPM to call it, but DCPS have already said tomorrow's off

I'm going to be so far behind

El Tomboto, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 23:10 (six years ago) link

seven months pass...

First snow storm of the fall in Toronto. It's really not that bad, but I'm here at school for interview night until 8:30--one no-show after another--it's a parking lot in both directions in front of the school, there are road closures close by, and I fully expect to get home around 11:00 tonight.

clemenza, Friday, 16 November 2018 00:26 (five years ago) link

snowed over here too. we are pleased

mookieproof, Friday, 16 November 2018 00:28 (five years ago) link

It sipple out deh

Buckaroo Can't Fail (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 November 2018 00:35 (five years ago) link

two months pass...

Generic post about how a little bit of snow and this country goes to shit

Your dad's Carlos Boozer and you keep him alive (fionnland), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 08:55 (five years ago) link

Generic riposte about how it's not that surprising given that our temperate climate means it snows (comparatively) rarely and irregularly.

Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 09:21 (five years ago) link

~~~snow squall~~~

mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link

Yuck

tokyo rosemary, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:57 (five years ago) link

Yeah that was something. And then it was gone

calstars, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link

Second time in a week my whole school board has been shut down. (Today for freezing rain.) And there was a preemptive no-bus day mixed in, in anticipation of expected afternoon snow--which did come, so that was a good call. I think that's some kind of a record in the 20 years I've been doing this.

clemenza, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link

This winter is a bit ridiculous. It's seems like it's always either 20 below zero or freezing rain.

silverfish, Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:29 (five years ago) link

Another school-board closure today--third in two weeks. Before that, we probably had four or five complete closures in the previous 20 years. (I might be the only teacher in the whole board who prefers a no-bus day to a closure. No buses means no students, so I go in and get a ton of stuff done. Closure means I get nothing done.)

clemenza, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link

this is insane. the entire weekend my driveway was solid ice, this morning about 12 inches dumped on it in a matter of like two hours. spend 90 minutes shoveling my way out only to almost immediately drive into someone's lawn because I couldn't see where the road was. can't remember another winter like this

frogbs, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 18:22 (five years ago) link

eleven months pass...

this winter is bullshit

i'm not asking to grow flowers in the desert go skating on the hudson, but show some respect

mookieproof, Friday, 7 February 2020 00:17 (four years ago) link

I know
Total fucking ripoff

valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Friday, 7 February 2020 00:36 (four years ago) link

I kind of hate Winter, but this shit gives me the creeps.

We're jumping on the road with @Nickelback this summer! (PBKR), Friday, 7 February 2020 02:36 (four years ago) link

uh we are having a thunderstorm right now

forensic plumber (harbl), Friday, 7 February 2020 14:02 (four years ago) link

like, a summertime-type rain storm

forensic plumber (harbl), Friday, 7 February 2020 14:02 (four years ago) link

closest we're going to get is the monday coming, forecast shows hail all day. but probably won't even get that.

Ste, Friday, 7 February 2020 14:31 (four years ago) link

xp: I saw one notice that said there is "the potential for tornadic activity".

☮️ (peace, man), Friday, 7 February 2020 14:34 (four years ago) link

Wish snow was on the way, but apparently it's all wind and rain w/ Ciara on the way (the storm, not the singer)

Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 7 February 2020 14:34 (four years ago) link

and we have thunderstorms forecast for sunday too

Ste, Friday, 7 February 2020 14:34 (four years ago) link

it has been very dry and windless for the last two days up here, but all weather forecasts are saying it is the calm before days of wind, storms and torrential rain.

calzino, Friday, 7 February 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link

Yeah Sunday here looks extremely grim (torrential rain & 60mph gusts) just when I'm taking my son to his football match

groovypanda, Friday, 7 February 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link

ten months pass...

Here we go.

Notes on Scampo (tokyo rosemary), Thursday, 17 December 2020 03:17 (three years ago) link

Awesome, sooo jealous! I'm losing faith I'll ever see snow again where I live, it's just eternally 3-9 degrees w/ damp and a drizzle ffs

A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 17 December 2020 09:00 (three years ago) link

yeah jealous af here, been watching nyc webcams all night with people having snowball fights. bastards.

Two Meter Peter (Ste), Thursday, 17 December 2020 09:51 (three years ago) link

Haven't been outside yet to really gauge depth, but looking like 8-10 inches instead of 12+ like forecasted.

Any ilxors missing snow are welcome to help shovel the driveway (4-50 feet, 10 degree grade, will be plowed in at bottom, no snowblower).

The Battle of Taylor Swift's "Evermore" (PBKR), Thursday, 17 December 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link

40-50

The Battle of Taylor Swift's "Evermore" (PBKR), Thursday, 17 December 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link

40-50 feet! That's a lot of snow. (har har)

The last big snow we got here I want to say was back in 2015. At least, that was the only time I can remember them having to clear so much snow they had to put it in a big pile, just to get it out of the way. I took this photo of my daughter on the top of the makeshift mountain:

https://i.imgur.com/VEV5y5g.jpg

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 December 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link

Awesome, sooo jealous! I'm losing faith I'll ever see snow again where I live, it's just eternally 3-9 degrees w/ damp and a drizzle ffs


I’m sorry. :(

Part of the reason I couldn’t see myself living in the UK (to cite the to-me-familiar place that comes closest to what you’re describing) for more than a brief spell at a time is because the sheer grey monotony of it drives me up the fucking wall. It was -17 here yesterday, -25 with the wind chill, and while that’s not exactly pleasant when you step outside, at least it feels like variety. Knowing we’ll get 30+ as the pendulum swings back this summer is tremendously comforting.

pomenitul, Thursday, 17 December 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link

We just missed yesterday's storm. On Tuesday night, I had a bedroom window cracked and could smell the snow. But all we ended up getting was rain with a little bit of ice mixed in. Then last night I was out shopping and saw a few cars that had obviously made their way south from snowier climes, which was like "go fuck yourselves".

peace, man, Thursday, 17 December 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link

Good ol' American craftsmanship.
https://ibb.co/FVD7sDk

Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Friday, 18 December 2020 22:29 (three years ago) link

one year passes...

Toronto got his bad today: ~40 cm, close to a one-day record.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-snowstorm-january-17-2022-1.6317236

Not as bad where I am, two hours away, although I think all schools went online (they were supposed to reopen today).

clemenza, Monday, 17 January 2022 23:42 (two years ago) link

"hit"

clemenza, Monday, 17 January 2022 23:42 (two years ago) link

Half an hour of shovelling only let me clear a path to the road this afternoon, the car and the driveway are still mostly covered. I could hear the traffic horns on the 401 as clear as music, because no other cars were driving past; apparently drivers were stranded for eight hours there today.

Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 00:31 (two years ago) link

bury me in snow pls

mookieproof, Saturday, 29 January 2022 05:12 (two years ago) link

Anybody need a couch?

https://i.imgur.com/i31IWia.jpg

calstars, Saturday, 29 January 2022 14:24 (two years ago) link

Only a dusting here in the DC region. Envious of you New Englanders

Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 29 January 2022 14:39 (two years ago) link

Looks like a Bob Ross winter landscape outside my winder.

When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Saturday, 29 January 2022 15:11 (two years ago) link

Not enough snow!

Ima Gardener (in orbit), Saturday, 29 January 2022 15:24 (two years ago) link


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