LD0506 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Gripe, gripe, gripe, at least y'all SAW snow, not a single flake fell here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 people aren't ripping the predictions because some towns 30-40 miles west of D.C. got hit. The maps they focused on were D.C. and the North/West. Rockville, Gaithersburg....and then North up to Bmore. That's where they kept doubling down through the midday. Look who hasn't tweeted in over 12 hours. https://twitter.com/fox5weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins4Life6388 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Is it safe to assume the chances for any winter weather are dead until next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Is it safe to assume the chances for any winter weather are dead until next year? Pretty safe until Nuclear Winter sets in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVaSkins21 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Is it safe to assume the chances for any winter weather are dead until next year? Probably. That Winter Storm Nemo would've been a helluva one, but NY and Boston got all of its punch. I think this was winter's last hurrah and it's good that the DC area got in on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 For a good laught: http://www.buzzfeed.com/danoshinsky/washington-dc-is-the-worst-during-a-snowstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Probably. That Blizzard of 2013 would've been a helluva one, but NY and Boston got all of its punch. I think this was winter's last hurrah and it's good that the DC area got in on it. Sigh I despise Weather Channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom [Giants fan] Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Long Island is getting 2-4 inches tonight and than I think that will be it for winter. Any snow that falls will completely disappear this weekend and it will be wait til next winter after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 For a good laught: http://www.buzzfeed.com/danoshinsky/washington-dc-is-the-worst-during-a-snowstorm ahahahaah that is pretty accurate. i can not count how many times in my life Fairfax County has canceled school because of a rumored snowstorm, and then it just rains that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 ahahahaah that is pretty accurate. i can not count how many times in my life Fairfax County has canceled school because of a rumored snowstorm, and then it just rains that day. To be fair, even at 11am and possibly later, forecasters were still saying that we'd get 8-12 inches in Germantown. We ended up with maybe 1-2 inches of snow on the grass, and none on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz4Life12 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 To be fair, even at 11am and possibly later, forecasters were still saying that we'd get 8-12 inches in Germantown. We ended up with maybe 1-2 inches of snow on the grass, and none on the road. Yea it was barely sticking to the grass in Arlington. Oh well, weather.com says a high of 57 on Saturday which will be nice for the tailgate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 What we just missed... Pic taken at intersection of rt 664 and Blue Ridge Parkway, near Wintergreen VA. Wintergreen got 28" of snow yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 66 degrees here in Denver today. people are out and about in shorts and t-shirts. Tomorrow night were supposed to get 14 inches of snow and a low of 18. Gonna be a 58 degree temperature drop over the course of the next 30 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 66 degrees here in Denver today. people are out and about in shorts and t-shirts.Tomorrow night were supposed to get 14 inches of snow and a low of 18. Gonna be a 58 degree temperature drop over the course of the next 30 hours Do the schools ever get canceled there with 14 inches of snow? or is it just what denver is used to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Do the schools ever get canceled there with 14 inches of snow? or is it just what denver is used to? 14 inches would definitely do it, but it usually takes 7-8 inches or more to shut things down. Dept of Transportation out here is built to handle a lot of snow. They don't even salt the roads out here, plow trucks dump magnesium chloride on the streets. We got 6 inches of snow last week, right in the middle of the morning rush hour commute. Federal/local gov't offices and most school schools didn't even get a delay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Do the schools ever get canceled there with 14 inches of snow? or is it just what denver is used to? 14 inches would definitely do it, but it usually takes 7-8 inches or more to shut things down. Dept of Transportation out here is built to handle a lot of snow. They don't even salt the roads out here, plow trucks dump magnesium chloride on the streets.We got 6 inches of snow last week, right in the middle of the morning rush hour commute. Federal/local gov't offices and most school schools didn't even get a delay It's not just an issue of what they're used to - it's an issue of having the resources to clear the roads as well. I lived in Minnesota for one of their snowiest winters on record, and I think schools closed once (after the storm that collapsed the Metrodome roof). And just to be clear - drivers in snowy states aren't really that much more skilled at bad weather driving than people here are. They just aren't as scared of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi Skins Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 It's not just an issue of what they're used to - it's an issue of having the resources to clear the roads as well. I lived in Minnesota for one of their snowiest winters on record, and I think schools closed once (after the storm that collapsed the Metrodome roof).And just to be clear - drivers in snowy states aren't really that much more skilled at bad weather driving than people here are. They just aren't as scared of it. Yea, my roomie told me that places like Boston, NYC, etc. have a snow budget of like almost triple what we have around NoVA/DC area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 14 inches would definitely do it, but it usually takes 7-8 inches or more to shut things down. Dept of Transportation out here is built to handle a lot of snow. They don't even salt the roads out here, plow trucks dump magnesium chloride on the streets.We got 6 inches of snow last week, right in the middle of the morning rush hour commute. Federal/local gov't offices and most school schools didn't even get a delay well heck, i wanna move to denver now! at least even if i have school during the day, i would be able to play in some measurable snow afterwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I guess it'd be bad to say we are getting up to a foot of snow up here in Boston from this very system.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom [Giants fan] Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I guess it'd be bad to say we are getting up to a foot of snow up here in Boston from this very system.... Wow, really? I didn't know they were expecting that much. We may be getting up to 6 here on Long Island tonight. It is white outside. The roads are just wet right now but the temps are very close to freezing. It will be sticking everywhere overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I guess it'd be bad to say we are getting up to a foot of snow up here in Boston from this very system.... :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantarace17 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I guess it'd be bad to say we are getting up to a foot of snow up here in Boston from this very system.... Boston GTFO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Heavy snow overnight here in Boston. Moderate snow now falling with no end anytime soon. Places inland are at over a foot of snow already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticVillain Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Heavy snow overnight here in Boston. Moderate snow now falling with no end anytime soon. Places inland are at over a foot of snow already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 It is dangerous up here. All the forecasts busted miserably. People are out and the work commute was a nightmare. This will likely be widespread one foot plus. Some areas will hit 20 inches. Complete fail as no snow emergency was announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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