dfitzo53 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Just landed at BWI What's everyone whining about lol. Every paved road as far as the eye can see on our approach was cleared. Airport looks to have a few inches on the medians. Guess it is melting quickly I do think it's melting fairly fast today, and the more pavement you expose the faster it melts. That said, "the major roads by the airport and hotels are clear" is not anywhere near the same as "all the little one-way streets in the city with no room to move cars out of the way are clear". I haven't even bothered to venture out, but I would bet the city is still a god awful mess. There are plenty of neighborhoods where there just isn't room for a plow on a good day, let alone when dummies find creative ways to block the streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Ok...serious question.. does your areas have snow emergency parking rules? I know up here that if it's 3 inches of snow, the parking rules go into effect. If youre not parked on the proper side of the street, you're car is towed. Doesn't matter how bad the roads are...tow trucks find a way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 That's not really what I mean. In some spots the streets are so narrow that parking any car on the side of the road means there's just enough room for a second car to squeeze by. It's almost European. So with the street covered in snow and ice and a vehicle as large as a plow trying to get through, forget it. The cars would have to be parked somewhere else entirely, and I don't think there's any real accommodation for that. It's not like that everywhere, just in certain spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Another tactic I have seen up here would be regular trucks with plows being used for those streets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Which one of you is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I do think it's melting fairly fast today, and the more pavement you expose the faster it melts. That said, "the major roads by the airport and hotels are clear" is not anywhere near the same as "all the little one-way streets in the city with no room to move cars out of the way are clear". I haven't even bothered to venture out, but I would bet the city is still a god awful mess. There are plenty of neighborhoods where there just isn't room for a plow on a good day, let alone when dummies find creative ways to block the streets. Here, let's clean that up a little. Too wordy. I'm a huge wuss There that's better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Did you venture to the wrong section of Craigslist by mistake, sir? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Did you venture to the wrong section of Craigslist by mistake, sir? You know..I figured someone would think that. It's been reposted on Facebook a few times today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Which one of you is this? That was me...I needed someone to shovel my driveway!! Obviously I wasn't going to do it myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velocet Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 We were doing belly flops out of the barracks 2nd floor windows in our boxers (alcohol makes you do stupid things lol). It was AWESOME. Wait... is this your unit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2skins Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 3 hour late arrival per OPM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 3 hour delay from OPM with unscheduled leave/telework option. WTF is the point of opening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Wait... is this your unit: Hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I would bet on somebody's report somewhere it looks better to say you were open x days instead of x-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Must have been really bad in McLean...last Wednesday my mom talked to our lawn service and they said they'd come plow our driveway over the weekend once they were finished with the people they have contracts with. Today, still no sign of lawn service. We share a driveway with neighbors, and these guys came down our driveway apparently today offering to shovel the whole driveway (a third of a mile long), for money. Our neighbor paid $400, and the guys talked my mom into paying an extra 100, making it $500 from her. Long story short, how does it take this long for our lawn service people to arrive to plow the driveway?? If not for the random guys walking around offering to shovel driveways, my driveway would still be completely buried in snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 That's a long driveway to shovel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velocet Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Hmmm So the word 'unit' crosses your mind and then your humming reflex kicks in. Fine. But did you really need to share? velocet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Must have been really bad in McLean...last Wednesday my mom talked to our lawn service and they said they'd come plow our driveway over the weekend once they were finished with the people they have contracts with. Today, still no sign of lawn service. We share a driveway with neighbors, and these guys came down our driveway apparently today offering to shovel the whole driveway (a third of a mile long), for money. Our neighbor paid $400, and the guys talked my mom into paying an extra 100, making it $500 from her. Long story short, how does it take this long for our lawn service people to arrive to plow the driveway?? If not for the random guys walking around offering to shovel driveways, my driveway would still be completely buried in snow. Bigger question is why your mom is paying to have hey driveway shoveled when she has a 23 year old son. really hoping u don't have polio or are otherwise physically unable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Bigger question is why your mom is paying to have hey driveway shoveled when she has a 23 year old son. really hoping u don't have polio or are otherwise physically unable He lives in CT. Still, $500 seems absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 3 hour late arrival per OPM Yep. School closings can be found here and include Montgomery, PG, and Howard closed to name a few Maryland school systems: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/weather-closures-in-the-dc-area-for-monday-jan-25/2016/01/23/13cbf26c-c1ff-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html?hpid=hp_local-topic-chain_closings-1130am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory Temp this morning was 37.0 F in upper Montgomery which surprised me. The temp is falling and is supposed to fall to about 34 by around mid morning. Then it will rise back up to about 37 early in the afternoon before dropping again in the evening. Tonight it will drop to around 16 by dawn. DC, of course, will be a few degrees warmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Bigger question is why your mom is paying to have hey driveway shoveled when she has a 23 year old son. really hoping u don't have polio or are otherwise physically unable Haha nope none of the above. I'm at college in CT, which is like an 8 hour drive/6 hour train ride/1 hour flight away from home. So it was physically impossible for me to help out from that far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rictus58 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 my kids school's are shut down for the rest of the week. god willing, they'll keep them in school further into the summer. Then i can spend less on summer camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just654 Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 my kids school's are shut down for the rest of the week. god willing, they'll keep them in school further into the summer. Then i can spend less on summer camp. What will probably happen is since the State Emergency was declared, the schools will ask the states to forgive these dates. So they will not have to make them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacks 'n' Stuff Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 my kids school's are shut down for the rest of the week. god willing, they'll keep them in school further into the summer. Then i can spend less on summer camp. What district? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 "BOOYAKASHA" Kinda why I am laughing at this thread. Even in Albany, the amount of snow you are saying would be a slight headache at best. If it happened in Syracuse or Buffalo...4 feet is a dusting. Last year, they had 9 feet in certain areas by this time. which..obviously means that they SHOULD invest in the equipment needed to clear that snow, and individuals should all have cars/tires/chains to deal with that snow. Should SanDiego invest in the same amount of Snow removal equipment as Bufalo? Should DC? ... if not... should anybody expect those places to be as equipped to deal with an onslaught of snow.... ? on the other hand, both SanDiego and DC have thousands of rooms of hotel space, to deal with onslaughts of visitors ... would Buffalo be able to deal with THAT onslaught...?? (don't worry ..... Buffalo is safe... nobody is coming) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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