Salt Peanuts Posted March 3, 2009 Author Report Posted March 3, 2009 Due to the lovely direction of the wind yesterday and because we live on the end of a cul-de-sac right next to some woods, we had up to upwards of 2 ft of snow on our driveway when I got home.
Knuckledragger Posted March 3, 2009 Report Posted March 3, 2009 "Global warming" is largely a misnomer. "Global climate change" is more accurate, but really, the phenomenon is global climate instability.
grawk Posted March 3, 2009 Report Posted March 3, 2009 I think the problem is that what they're doing is descriptive rather than predictive. And alarmist to generate funding. That worked really well, NOAA got $170 million for climate research in the obama boondoggle.
Knuckledragger Posted March 3, 2009 Report Posted March 3, 2009 That's still less than cost of one day of the Iraq occupation.
grawk Posted March 3, 2009 Report Posted March 3, 2009 But the boondoggle expenditure is 1.7x the cost of the entire war.
Knuckledragger Posted March 3, 2009 Report Posted March 3, 2009 I have not done the numbers myself, but I do know that the previous occupant of the White House put us $2.7 trillion more in debt than initially reported by keeping much of the cost of the Iraq war off the books. Additionally, even if the stimulus package is more costly than the Iraq war (which is may well be) it does have the distinct difference of possibly doing some good. I also think this is enough idealogue banter. Maybe Dan and I should settle this with an on-topic snowball fight.
Salt Peanuts Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Posted December 9, 2009 Well, it's finally starting to feel like real New England weather around here. I'm also really excited it's all going to turn into slush just in time to freeze up for tomorrow's morning commute.
Aura Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 One of my fav. threads has returned yet again . It's snowing here in IL as I type this, gonna have to push through it for my business law review I have in about half an hour. Very light right now, small flakes, the fun sort of snow that doesn't piss you off too much. It did rain a shitload yesterday and probably froze overnight so that might complicate things.
Beefy Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 I'm also really excited it's all going to turn into slush just in time to freeze up for tomorrow's morning commute. In Halifax we've got snow forecast tonight, heavy rain tomorrow, then a whole week of sub-zero temperatures. Going to have black ice everywhere
Old Pa Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 Just got done communing with the big snowblower in the drive. Yesterday was spent fruitfully swapping winter wheels and tires onto both vehicles and getting gas for both snowblowers. It's been snowing since yesterday morning, but the real factor is the wind - 20-30MPH out of the north/northwest. Brutal. I was sweating and freezing at the same time. Had three foot drifts in part of the drive and bare pavement elesewhere. Oh, joy; the plow just filled the drive's mouth.
n_maher Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 There was 4" on the ground when I left the house this morning and we're scheduled for another 4+ today during the day followed by rain tonight. Tomorrow morning should be fun.
Hopstretch Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 Just did our driveway myself. Nothing encourages you to get out there and get it done now like knowing the rain is on the way to turn it all into wet cement.
n_maher Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 Just did our driveway myself. Nothing encourages you to get out there and get it done now like knowing the rain is on the way to turn it all into wet cement. I sometimes feel it's better to leave the snow there to soak up the sleet/freezing rain/shit so that I don't end up with a skating rink. Since I'm not shoveling the weight of the snow isn't such a big deal.
mypasswordis Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 Helping shovel snow off the driveway was one of the only times I could get out and do something fun in my childhood. And I got called back in pretty quickly. Living far enough south ftw - it rained all of last night and the temps have been rising to a toasty 45 degrees.
Looser101 Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 Our first snow this morning. Took awhile to get in to work. 4WD FTW.
Grand Enigma Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 Nothing like walking out to your car in 4" of slush while it was raining... this is going to be a blast later this evening as we are hovering just above freezing right now...
xand1x Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 Our first snow this morning. Took awhile to get in to work. 4WD FTW. I hear ya! It was really bad this morning in T.O. So many cars in ditches...
Aura Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 Goddamn, high of 19 today and supposed to hit 1 sometime this afternoon. The walk to and from my review was pretty nuts; I don't recall it ever feeling so cold before Christmas. No ice though, just some slush.
Chekhonte Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 We're not getting snow but it's insanely cold for the northwest. It was damn near 0F last night and isn't much warmer this morning. This is why I moved out of fucking Illinois.
aardvark baguette Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 https://dl.dropbox.com/u/724367/animated%20gifs/SNOWED.jpg
Voltron Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 (edited) I forgot about this thread and I actually had something to post about this week! It snowed in the Bay Area on Sunday night and it was more than our already very occasional dusting of a few flakes. Here is a link to a stupid website called "Claycord" which is a combo of Clayton (where my brother lives) and our home town Concord (as well as Dave Brubeck's) that has some photos of the snow. My brother's house is pictured in several of the photos in Slide Show #1, as if you cared. Anyway, it was very cool the last couple of days to look out the window of my office in SF and see the snow on Mt. Diablo, which is the namesake of my high school. Still glad I don't have to shovel anything or fight through lame snow drivers, of course. Edited December 9, 2009 by Voltron
Aimless1 Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 Our first major storm was last weekend and we're under a blizzard warning starting at 1:00 pm and lasting for the next 24 hours. I'm still trying to figure out how Michigan can have a blizzard, but there you have it. Forecasting 12 inches of snow out of this storm. Looking outside at the moment it looks like the rain did finally turn to a light snow. Maybe the National Weather Service and our local weather experts will be wrong once again...
Beefy Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 Alright, updated forecast...... up to 10cm of ice pellets tonight, before rain tomorrow
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