off to see the snow

Started by icecream-guy, January 22, 2016, 10:48:17 AM

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icecream-guy

January 22, 2016, 10:48:17 AM
Fed is closed early today in DC, due to major blizzard predicted, >2' is the current estimate with gusts to 40mph,
I'll see if I can get some pictures to post, this shuld be a good one.
We're all hunkering down until the power goes out, then hunker down more.
I'd rather get 2' of snow than .5" of ice like predicted in the southern US  areas.
wish me luck.
:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

#1
January 22, 2016, 10:55:12 AM
LUCK!

And who'd-a-thunk the Carolina game would be an ice bowl this weekend?
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Dieselboy

#2
January 23, 2016, 05:06:52 AM
Luck! :)

Why will the power go out?

I might go and get in the pool. Had the A/C on most of today and it's still 32c / 90F at 7pm. Pool is cool and takes a few mins for me to get in because I'm a wimp.
It did rain this morning, though. It was warmer than it is now and there was lightning but it only lasted 5 or 10 mins then clear skies. I was wondering what could happen with all that hot air and cool rain.. From my office in the city I have seen rotation on clouds, and the centre dip down into a V but it never takes and shortly after you see this it kind of blows over and flattens out again. I don't know enough about it to understand what's going on though.

icecream-guy

#3
January 23, 2016, 07:28:22 AM Last Edit: January 23, 2016, 07:31:02 AM by ristau5741
power goes out due to above ground electrical wires, they get heavy with snow and high winds blow them down.

picture is from this morning, out the basement window, I estimate 18 - 24 " with another 8 - 13" predicted for today

It was up to my knees when I dug the morning dog path.
:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

#4
January 23, 2016, 09:33:26 AM
Dieselboy: That there is what you call a funnel cloud. You get them when you're about to have a tornado. Don't ever mess around when there's a tornado. We drill on tornado safety about twice a year here, at least.

Ristau: Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang that's a lot of snow.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

icecream-guy

#5
January 23, 2016, 05:06:47 PM Last Edit: January 23, 2016, 05:13:31 PM by ristau5741
here is one of the neighbors back deck, you can tell a bit of wind and some drifting

I was up to my crotch in the afternoon bird feeding......

I did dig out with the snow thrower this afternoon, estimate 21" with 36" drifts,  snow thrower wasn't happy but pulled through.
Streets still have not been plowed,  word has it that we got plowed in by the county and special hardcore equipment was called in to dig through the 8' pile blocking the neighborhood entrance.

there's a little bit of he neighbors back desk on the first picture to the upper right,
:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

#6
January 23, 2016, 06:03:27 PM
Wow, hope you got your bread and milk all lined up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zaVYWLTkU
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

icecream-guy

#7
January 24, 2016, 07:30:51 AM
snow is finally gone, still haven't plowed the street. so going nowhere.

here is same pic as the first one, just taken this morning
:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

#8
January 24, 2016, 02:07:07 PM
How long before your streets get plowed clear?
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Dieselboy

#9
January 24, 2016, 10:41:43 PM
Quote from: ristau5741 on January 23, 2016, 07:28:22 AM
power goes out due to above ground electrical wires, they get heavy with snow and high winds blow them down.

picture is from this morning, out the basement window, I estimate 18 - 24 " with another 8 - 13" predicted for today

It was up to my knees when I dug the morning dog path.

Wow man. I've never seen snow that high. Be safe.

Here's some footage of my security camera from back home in England, and me leaving home in some snow in my Toyota.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WpjMRK5ZJY
:D

Dieselboy

#10
January 24, 2016, 11:35:04 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on January 23, 2016, 09:33:26 AM
Dieselboy: That there is what you call a funnel cloud. You get them when you're about to have a tornado. Don't ever mess around when there's a tornado. We drill on tornado safety about twice a year here, at least.


Yep! They do happen here but rarely. One ripped through a suburb when I first came here in 2012 and took tiles off the roofs of 4 or 5 houses! It was horrific.. Actually I only saw it on the news and no one was injured.
What I described before was almost a daily occurrence, but never any progress further. I'm moving back to the city for work so more than likely get more pictures in the winter months. I did take a good photo and post on a oz weather website but they never acknowledged it. May be it's a common thing, I don't know.

icecream-guy

#11
January 25, 2016, 06:59:18 AM
Quote from: deanwebb on January 24, 2016, 02:07:07 PM
How long before your streets get plowed clear?
HOA says today. so hopefully..
:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

Nerm

#12
January 25, 2016, 08:46:52 AM
We got lucky (if you don't like snow) as the system went too far south and we only got 3-4 inches out of the whole thing.
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