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Kajira Callista
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sidewalk? havent seen one of those since i moved from NYC... my kids don't even know what a sidewalk is ya know lol
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No problem.
Will I ever stop laughing today, my face hurts.
It's all you damn sadists making me laugh.
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There you go. Then again, I don't think that my kids have ever seen the mountains, nor have they been to the big city. Ah, the unending blandness that is suburbia...
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Love the photo DB.
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UPDATE Current Conditions: Fall River, Massachusetts 6:30PM
It's been snowing like hell here all day since about 12noon.
Cold. Dark now too. WET WET WET.
While 50 miles north of home, got a phone call from the local elementary school announcing that they were dismissing all **elementary students early at 12:00 rather than the usual 3:30PM. Was glad to get home before the first flakes fell.
What started as very dry fluffy lightweight snow at around midday, turned the whole city into one big traffic jam by 1PM.
Elementary school bus finally arrived at the drop off point at 1:15PM.
Two major highways which crisscross at midcity, were also bumper to bumper and at a stand still by 1:30 as everyone tried to drive home at the same frigging time.
**High School was announced as having a full day... BUT.. it dismissed at 1:00PM without notification... and NO buses to take them home (grrrrr... ). Had to drive and pick up over there too...... the normal 10 minute drive took 35 minutes.
Once things got moving most on the highway inched along at about 20mph. Joy joy joy. I honked and stuck my upturned thumb out as I pushed way over to the right and allowed four huge plows to pass me by. Whooooooooosh, hugged their tails tight and was home in a jiffy..... finally.
**elementary school is 2.5 miles from home .. high school is 5 miles from our house.
Accumulation is at least 6 inches out there already. Predicted to finally stop at about 9PM.
The temperature is 27.05F at 6:30PM
Not easy to get good images in the dark while windy and snowing, and here's a few that I just took.
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/h-i-s/121307025.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/h-i-s/121307028.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/h-i-s/snow.jpg
It's been snowing like hell here all day since about 12noon.
Cold. Dark now too. WET WET WET.
While 50 miles north of home, got a phone call from the local elementary school announcing that they were dismissing all **elementary students early at 12:00 rather than the usual 3:30PM. Was glad to get home before the first flakes fell.
What started as very dry fluffy lightweight snow at around midday, turned the whole city into one big traffic jam by 1PM.
Elementary school bus finally arrived at the drop off point at 1:15PM.
Two major highways which crisscross at midcity, were also bumper to bumper and at a stand still by 1:30 as everyone tried to drive home at the same frigging time.
**High School was announced as having a full day... BUT.. it dismissed at 1:00PM without notification... and NO buses to take them home (grrrrr... ). Had to drive and pick up over there too...... the normal 10 minute drive took 35 minutes.
Once things got moving most on the highway inched along at about 20mph. Joy joy joy. I honked and stuck my upturned thumb out as I pushed way over to the right and allowed four huge plows to pass me by. Whooooooooosh, hugged their tails tight and was home in a jiffy..... finally.
**elementary school is 2.5 miles from home .. high school is 5 miles from our house.
Accumulation is at least 6 inches out there already. Predicted to finally stop at about 9PM.
The temperature is 27.05F at 6:30PM
Not easy to get good images in the dark while windy and snowing, and here's a few that I just took.
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/h-i-s/121307025.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/h-i-s/121307028.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/h-i-s/snow.jpg
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Take it ALL !!!
At about 1:15PM as i was sitting inside the car watching drivers slide all over the place like idiots .. due to nothing more than driving too fast...... like idiots do.....
I had to get out and clean off the car 3 times in a matter of 20 minutes.... just to be able to see the bus coming down the road.
At about that time today, Cat'....... I'd have gladly given you ALL this snow.. If I could figure out HOW to... hehehh..
I'll post more photos tomorrow if the snow isn't all gross and dirty by then.
Nieghborhood kids will take care of that too... had about 15-20 out back here with sleds up until about 20 minutes ago.
School aged kids here get very excited at snow causing reason for an early dismissal........ it's only happened twice now in over 40 years.
I am jealous!! No fair....I want snow too!!!!
Catalina
At about 1:15PM as i was sitting inside the car watching drivers slide all over the place like idiots .. due to nothing more than driving too fast...... like idiots do.....
I had to get out and clean off the car 3 times in a matter of 20 minutes.... just to be able to see the bus coming down the road.
At about that time today, Cat'....... I'd have gladly given you ALL this snow.. If I could figure out HOW to... hehehh..
I'll post more photos tomorrow if the snow isn't all gross and dirty by then.
Nieghborhood kids will take care of that too... had about 15-20 out back here with sleds up until about 20 minutes ago.
School aged kids here get very excited at snow causing reason for an early dismissal........ it's only happened twice now in over 40 years.
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LOL, I know what that is like. I had never seen snow in my life before coming here and I wasn't here long when they got their biggest snow storm in 20 something years at the same time I was due to drive his lovely new company car 45 minutes to pick him up from work. I left early seeing the weather closing in and it took me 2 hours, but I was proud of the fact I was not one of the many cars which had either slid off the road or into other cars on the road and sheesh they were all Dutch and should have been used to driving in snowy conditions. I didn't have a mobile phone either so he was frantic by the time I got there knowing I had never driven in snow in my life and could barely see as far as the front of the car all the way.
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Enjoy those warmer temps if you can and be certain to bring a warm coat for the Flea in January...... coldest here then, usually. In thinking of it, I recall a friend one time who described an average cold day in January in Massachusetts as being, "Colder than a witch's teet.". I didn't get it then... still don't now. I just know it is colder than any other time of year here, to me at least.
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Wow. I can't imagine never having driven in snow......... frigging good for you!!LOL, I know what that is like. I had never seen snow in my life before coming here and I wasn't here long when they got their biggest snow storm in 20 something years at the same time I was due to drive his lovely new company car 45 minutes to pick him up from work. I left early seeing the weather closing in and it took me 2 hours, but I was proud of the fact I was not one of the many cars which had either slid off the road or into other cars on the road and sheesh they were all Dutch and should have been used to driving in snowy conditions. I didn't have a mobile phone either so he was frantic by the time I got there knowing I had never driven in snow in my life and could barely see as far as the front of the car all the way.
Catalina
My drivers test was in a snow storm... large enough to be a burden and pain in the ass on my nerves..... not serious enough to cancell without loosing $$ and having to wait forever to be rescheduled though. Passed anyway......
I don't mind driving in snow at all. I just mind the others who are on the road and can't drive for shit ........ and those who just THINK they can drive. They are usually the cause off all the travel delays, no matter where a person may live, one way or another.
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What kind of temps are we talking? In the negatives? How deep? Lotsa snow? I don't even own a pair of snow-capable boots, let alone any serious coats. Just no need for them around here. The only time it gets cold is sdue to wind chill, so a good shell is more important than insulation.
I may have to buy some clothes for this trip =P Though a buddy of mine has a really good ski-jacket that I could probably borrow if it isn't too cold around here at the time.
And anyways, you guys can all gloat when I'm griping about the humidity or hurricane season next year.
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still snowing, wet, and cold
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ditto. same here.
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My favorite moment of ice storms happened this morning, when the sun finally came out after three days of grey-blanket skies and freezing rain. Every tree is made of diamonds, every single blade of grass is a sculpture in crystal. Makes it all worth the power outages and getting stranded and cold and stuff. Worth every bit of it. It was simply gorgeous here all day.
I hope to have some pics soon.
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I hope to have some pics soon.
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weather here is cold and getting colder.
Temp: -1F (-18C)
Feels like: -19F (-28C)
windspeed: 15mph
we got some light snow today, but it is really the wind that has made it bad outside. With the temps so low and the wind every road was covered in black ice. yuck!
I have to agree with Sinn about driving in snow. It doesn't bother me to drive in it. What makes me nervous is the idiots who think that just because they drive a 4-wheel drive SUV that they can drive like it is the middle of a dry summer day.
Temp: -1F (-18C)
Feels like: -19F (-28C)
windspeed: 15mph
we got some light snow today, but it is really the wind that has made it bad outside. With the temps so low and the wind every road was covered in black ice. yuck!
I have to agree with Sinn about driving in snow. It doesn't bother me to drive in it. What makes me nervous is the idiots who think that just because they drive a 4-wheel drive SUV that they can drive like it is the middle of a dry summer day.
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It stopped snowing here... hopefully the kiddos willl be going to school tomorrow lol.
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A sight of comparison, though probably not as intense, was on display here earlier this week. IYM noticed it first and brought it to my attention. The only thing that I find prettier than trees and everything else coated in ice: the same coated in snow. THAT to me makes the whole world look like it has been dusted in white confectionate sugar. I recall IYM laughing at my explaination of this one time, and telling him that the sight alone made me want to just run out there and lick it all (wouldn't really do it though .. I would be worried about getting my tongue stuck hard to something).
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??? where where where
???I can't keep track of who is where.
And when I read posts about weather I like to know where so that I can get a clue of how it may eventually effect 'here'.
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upper right hand corner of pa??? where where where
I can't keep track of who is where.
And when I read posts about weather I like to know where so that I can get a clue of how it may eventually effect 'here'.
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oooh.. ty, Kajira Callista . Not that far off from here, really. IYM was born and grew up (attended high school etc) in Reading, PA.
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Yep.. ty Fi. I know you are in NJ though ... says so as your Location: .. under your avatar.
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