'Blockbuster' storm heads east, could drop 40 inches of snow. Then an Arctic blast will freeze 200 million.

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snoopy7548

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I always think it's hilarious when snow storms get reported as if they were a tornado or hurricane or something.

I hate it. You'd think people would be used to snow here in the Northeast, but every time there's a storm everybody acts like the sky is falling.
 

Ichinisan

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I sleep with my window wide open. Last night i didn't need my mini-fridge and just kept my bag of milk on the windows sill near the head of my bed. saved me from getting up during the night. :) also a nice layer of snow was on me while I slept
I don't understand why Canadians buy milk in bags. Do you buy other liquid drinks in bags?
 
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destrekor

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I hate it. You'd think people would be used to snow here in the Northeast, but every time there's a storm everybody acts like the sky is falling.

I was talking to a buddy about something similar yesterday. To me, it all generally comes down to people being ill-equipped for driving in snow, and so they think that a) nobody can possibly drive well in this snow, and b) there is no such thing as a vehicle that can handle well in snow.

And it all usually amounts to bad tires. Here in Ohio, finding people who regularly use a dedicated set of winter tires is a rarity. For about 10 years of driving, I didn't use winter tires either, and generally just had the cheapest all season tire that could get me around town. I'll never do that again. Now I use a dedicated "three-season" or "summer" tire, and then swap them in winter for a set of wheels with winter tires mounted.

How many times I've seen cocky 4WD trucks and SUVs, and probably some AWD cars, in the ditch during winter storms is unreal. Now I could really use AWD and basically every next car I'm eyeing is AWD, but I've never been more sure of myself in the snow than I have now. I was always confident because I could recover from slip-ups in previous vehicles, but sometimes I'll admit I just got stupid lucky. Tires that just did not belong on the road, nearly cost me severely on a few occasions. The one, a Dodge Dakota RWD only, even with sand in the back, I had some frightening fishtails on the highway among other mishaps. I look back and it wasn't necessarily 100% the fault of the vehicle, or driver, but a lot to do with the shitty tires.

So people with bad tires go out there in this mess, slip and slide everywhere, feel like they never have real control, and promptly freak the fuck out. I went out last night during some crap, mostly after the snow was over and now just blowing/drifting, and I felt fine. Yes I definitely had tires spinning slightly on occasion trying to push through some deep drifts at the ends of residential streets off a still heavily snow covered thoroughfare, but I had it covered, and even just getting out of my lot required some rocking back and forth. In other vehicles I had this may well have been impassable, but now it just requires maintaining my wits and knowing how to work the traction and momentum. My car is definitely still limited being a lower to the ground and kind of light sedan (just shy of 3000 Lbs), and of course FWD only, so when trucks and SUVs struggle I just have to sit back and laugh/cry wondering how shitty their tires must be for this weather. And then I'm reminded that yeah I still dislike driving in this weather, not so much because I'm worried about my own car and ability, but because I know the majority of those around me are even more terrified driving a vehicle with basically no traction, and I have to somehow share the road with them.
 

snoopy7548

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I think it would be cool if cows' udders were regenerating, like a starfish's limbs. Farmers could just cut the udders off and ship them out. Convenient packaging too, because it's self-sealing and you just squirt out what you need. No plastic waste.
 

LTC8K6

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When the blood clinic is in town you can even get it fresh. It will still be warm when you pour it out. Fits in the same container as is used for milk.
Store your own blood in the good times, then you know the source.
 

PJFrylar

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We're supposedly going to be getting as little as 3 but as much as 10 inches of snow here tomorrow. I need to buy groceries today. I expect it's going to be a mad house of people over reacting to the forecast.
 

Mayne

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I was pleasantly suprised the sidewalks were cleared where I live...usually poor parts of town get ignored.
 

PJFrylar

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It was bad, but not as bad as I expected. I don't know why people react that way. Even if we get hit at the high end of the prediction, it would be like a day and a half from when the snow starts until the streets are well under control. You don't need to stock up your shelters people - it's not Armageddon.
 

sdifox

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It was bad, but not as bad as I expected. I don't know why people react that way. Even if we get hit at the high end of the prediction, it would be like a day and a half from when the snow starts until the streets are well under control. You don't need to stock up your shelters people - it's not Armageddon.


Jim: [consoling Bart] What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"? "Marry my daughter"? You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.
 

[DHT]Osiris

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Anyone have 40" of snow?
We got ~24" where I am in upstate NY. It got fracking cold though (-40 cited), and I swear there was just constant wind. Like one side of my house has snow drifting halfway up the windows, and I've got white sand dunes around the house.

We've had more than that on the ground at once since I've been here (last year, 3x snowstorms in a row), but I don't think we've had more than that at once.
 

zinfamous

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We had 2 straight days of unrelenting Canadian commie wind down here. It's like 24 Freedom degrees right now. so sick of this shit.
 

FeuerFrei

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63 F and misting. Been freezing most nights, but not last night.

We got ~24" where I am in upstate NY. It got fracking cold though (-40 cited), and I swear there was just constant wind. Like one side of my house has snow drifting halfway up the windows, and I've got white sand dunes around the house.

We've had more than that on the ground at once since I've been here (last year, 3x snowstorms in a row), but I don't think we've had more than that at once.
Guess there was a lot of "hunkering down" as news-reporters say.
Facebook people were posting snowy photos of western NY yesterday. Winter sure is picturesque up there. I've been there before - not used to all the hills.
 
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Red Squirrel

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Out of nowhere we just started to get a blizzard here. Started just after I was driving back to work from lunch. At least it warmed up now, it's only -15 or so.
 

snoopy7548

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Going to be 52F tomorrow with an inch of rain expected. How crazy the weather changes... Monday the high was like 2F and we had ~8" of snow the previous day.