The DC Blizzard

[Aegis]

Are the phone lines still working? If so you guys should call whine-one-one!

I'm sure you'll be the first to tell that joke to the families of those who have died, been injured or received tens of thousands of dollars in property damage during this storm.

Never claimed it was frequent. Only that when a once-in-a-century storm hits here, it's a bit... different. My point wasn't that their suffering is non-existent, but that you'll survive just fine and go back to shutting down schools and forgetting how to drive with a 4 inch snow fall.

I'm still waiting for you to link a source to your supposed three-week power outage. You can thump your chest about how bad you have it when bad storms hit your your neck of the woods, but what happens there does not detract from what happens here.

 

[emzie]

I'm still waiting for you to link a source to your supposed three-week power outage. You can thump your chest about how bad you have it when bad storms hit your your neck of the woods, but what happens there does not detract from what happens here.

Still waiting? You never asked for it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_ice_storm_of_1998

 

[illram]

I'm sure you'll be the first to tell that joke to the families of those who have died, been injured or received tens of thousands of dollars in property damage during this storm.

Man you guys are uptight for getting the week off work. Relax. Live a little. Take your chiwaah-waah for a walk around the block or something.

 

[Aegis]

Still waiting? You never asked for it.

I asked for it back in post #77.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_ice_storm_of_1998

Hey, good for you. It still does not detract from those who lost power over the weekend here.

Man you guys are uptight for getting the week off work. Relax. Live a little. Take your chiwaah-waah for a walk around the block or something.

I have worked every single work day this past month, snow be damned.

The recent snowfall not only pushed Massachusetts past the previous record total for a January -- 39.8 inches, set at Logan in 1996 -- but it also broke the monthly snowfall record at Logan -- 41.6 inches, set in February 2003, according to statistics kept since 1892 by the National Weather Service. As of 9 o'clock last night, 4½ inches of snow was reported at Logan International Airport. That brought the total snowfall for January to 42.2 inches.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...1/27/1_month_snowfall_a_113_year_high?mode=PF

We just got 29.8" more snow than Massachusetts' all-time monthly high, and you're going to come in here and talk trash about how people here are crying?

Reality check: Your winters are mild compared to DC's storm season this year.

 

[warpus]

not temperature wise.. but don't you guys think it's a bit silly to argue about who gets the craziest storms?

 

[JerichoHill]

It is, but basically we are seeing a few members bait and troll a bit.

I am not participating. When this thread gets back to normal, I'll contribute

 

[warpus]

I'd love to see anyone not from Winnipeg survive a winter there.

It is freakin' insane. Not only is it the coldest large city on this continent - the windchill also makes it feel like you're submerged in ice cold water.

I don't think they get much snow though.

 

[illram]

We just got 29.8" more snow than Massachusetts' all-time monthly high, and you're going to come in here and talk trash about how people here are crying?

Reality check: Your winters are mild compared to DC's storm.

29.8 inches? That's almost as big as the sob-marine sandwich I got for you!

 

[Joecoolyo]

not temperature wise.. but don't you guys think it's a bit silly to argue about who gets the craziest storms?

I know, because these guys don't even compare to Chicago's weather, I mean, call me up when you guys get a tornado in the middle of January

 

[JerichoHill]

I'd love to see anyone not from Winnipeg survive a winter there.

It is freakin' insane. Not only is it the coldest large city on this continent - the windchill also makes it feel like you're submerged in ice cold water.

I don't think they get much snow though.

I wouldnt want to attempt that

 

[warpus]

Yeah, I decided I never want to live in Winnipeg when I went to get some sour cream from the convenience store for our pierogies.. a 3 minute walk! the first night it was "regular cold" there.. My friend gave me a key to get back.. and it was so cold that I had to constantly switch hands, and I couldn't get the damn key in.. it felt like my fingers were going to fall off. It really felt like I was getting close to frostbite, and my hands weren't out in the cold for longer than a minute... it was really crazy and I have no idea how they put up with it.

 

[madviking]

I haven't gotten out of my house very much. Since last Thursday, just twice...

My street is an inch of ice. No plow trucks have come in about a week. I have freaking four foot icicles hanging next to my window.

I've had school a grand total of two days in February so far. It's the snowstorm(s) that have made me play civ again.

This is what its been like for a week outside my house about a week now.

 

[MobBoss]

Thread title made me think this was about a WoW expansion. Frozen Throne maybe?

 

[Dachs]

Thread title made me think this was about a WoW expansion. Frozen Throne maybe?

kill it with fire

 

[Kerozine]

Wish I could visit DC with all that snow. Very picturesque scenery round the Mall, I presume.

 

[Yeekim]

it was so cold that I had to constantly switch hands, and I couldn't get the damn key in.. it felt like my fingers were going to fall off. It really felt like I was getting close to frostbite, and my hands weren't out in the cold for longer than a minute... it was really crazy and I have no idea how they put up with it.

Protip:

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Obviously I understand why 5 ft of snow is a big deal in an unprepared city. I live in a city that does not own a single snow plow, and gets largely shut down with just a few inches of the white stuff.

So you get a few inches - that doesn't even cover your ankles - and the whole city shuts down?

Where is this delicate place, anyway?

2 days? Try 3 weeks.

It's not that what you're going through isn't bad -- it's an awful series of storms by any standard -- but your reaction is humorous to anyone who has seen that type of snow fall before. It's not the end of the world. Suck it up, grab your shovel and just get it over with.

That was a terrible ice storm, and although I was far-removed from it (a couple thousand miles' worth of being removed), I couldn't help but shudder when I saw the pictures on TV and in the paper. I can't imagine living through such an ordeal.

It was bad enough in the Blizzard of '86 when Red Deer shut down for several days when we got a huge freakin' blizzard on MAY 29th! My family was okay - we had a camp stove, candles, and lots of quilts. I remember basically snuggling up in bed under every blanket I had, my cat had all four of her feet tucked up under my chin (she was cold, too), and we slept the next three days.

I'd love to see anyone not from Winnipeg survive a winter there.

It is freakin' insane. Not only is it the coldest large city on this continent - the windchill also makes it feel like you're submerged in ice cold water.

I don't think they get much snow though.

Well, they do call it "Winterpeg."

 

[MagisterCultuum]

So you get a few inches - that doesn't even cover your ankles - and the whole city shuts down?

Where is this delicate place, anyway?

I'm in Atlanta, Georgia.

Snow might actually be a bigger problem in somewhat warmer places, as it allows the snow to partially melt and refreeze as black ice.

I've long hearing that Georgia Tech would never shut down for snow like all the other schools in the area on account of loosing a lot of money from research grants if they didn't always stay open, but apparently that wasn't the case. On Friday we got maybe 3 or 4 inches of snow, and from some facebook statuses I saw that at least the latter classes were canceled. I don't have any classes on Friday anyway though, and actually didn't bother leaving my apartment. (I was busy trying to clean my apartment in case my lunch date the next day wanted to come in, but she ended up canceling because she was iced in. Her roommate, a girl from Michigan, said that the roads in their neighborhood, or at least on the first big hill she'd have to get over to leave the neighborhood, were still too icy to risk driving.)





I remember one time when I was still going to elementary school (in the Atlanta suburb of Tucker) when over a foot of snow fell while I was at a neighbors house. It was also very windy, enough to knock me down a several times and make the ~1000 ft walk home take about an hour. The really odd thing was, I think that was in late August, and that it did not snow at all that winter. A hurricane had triggered a freak blizzard. It was back over 70 degrees Fahrenheit in less than 2 days. We had about 4 snow days off from school, even though it was warm and sunny and had no snow on the ground most of the time. (I think that may have had something to do with the fact that the storm had damaged a lot of power lines and much of the neighborhood was still without power.)

 

[civ_king]

I live in Northern VA, and when I was shoveling my driveway & sidewalk out on Saturday night I decided to wade out towards a tree in our yard in order to shake the snow off of it so it would not break. The snow in this untouched area came halfway up my chest (I'm 5'10" w/ boots on) The snow was so deep that I could not lift my legs out of it in order to walk forward. I literally had to swim towards the tree & back again.

I'd say my neighborhood got a little over 24" on the weekend, but the wind created snow drifts, which made it a lot deeper in certain places. The weather report called for another 12-20" on Tuesday/Wednesday, but I doubt we got even another 4". The side roads have been FUBAR'd all week and even the main roads & highways have had lanes blocked with excessive snow.

you never heard of tennis rackets?

 

[dirtyparrot]

Protip:

Those gloves are not going to do you much good in Winnipeg.