Northern weather

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Several books written about this type of occurrence by ???, oh my I just forgot the authors name.

Immanuel Velikovsky?

[robert.]

About 2 dozen robins in my front yard today. ( Fact Robert with a .)

[rogruth]

Several books written about this type of occurrence by ???, oh my I just forgot the authors name.

Immanuel Velikovsky?

Same idea but the---it just came to me. Charles Fort.

[Seaboard Air Line Fan]

They're predicting up to 10" of the white stuff here in southeastern Va this weekend That will bring everything to a standstill.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They're predicting up to 10" of the white stuff here in southeastern Va this weekend That will bring everything to a standstill.

They predicted up to 1" in the DC area at rush hour and later yesterday - the prediction brought everything to a panic,

[Seaboard Air Line Fan]

Was it the 1" of snow, or the snow job that's about to hit the capital Jan 20

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Was it the 1" of snow, or the snow job that's about to hit the capital Jan 20

We didn't get any or barely anything at all. The mere forecast of snow is paralytic.

I'm sort of looking for a serious storm on the 20th - maybe cancel and close everything...... It has happened - Reagan's 2nd inauguration was so cold that it was canceled - I was up at my place in PA and it was -10 outside - near 80 inside!

[robert.]

Pendot threw some brine down yesterday and people panicked. Long lines at the gas station milk and eggs flew off the shelves. 2 inches fell over night . Big deal. Weather guy never said "snow was coming" I guess it was not enough for them 2 hype

[Seaboard Air Line Fan]

I went to the local hardware store to get some Pliobond for my 2 kits I'm gonna start (didn't have any but they had some Weldwood for plastics) and the owner said I was the only one so far that had NOT bought a snow shovel. Around here all you have to do is wait a couple of days and it'll be back up in the 60s!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

........... and the owner said I was the only one so far that had NOT bought a snow shovel.

Every year there's a mass sales of shovels and stores sell out of them. Does no one keep their shovel from last year????

I've had mine for ~30 years now and it's still in working order,

[rogruth]

I was wondering about that.
I bought one in 1957 and gave it to a neighbor when I moved to Georgia in 1975.
It was a good shovel but I still don't miss it.

[robert.]

Snow shovels are cheap Chinese plastic now. To top things off they place a bEnd in the Handel so it's easier to lift. Now you can lift more snow then the shovel can.

[E7]

Every year there's a mass sales of shovels and stores sell out of them. Does no one keep their shovel from last year????

I've had mine for ~30 years now and it's still in working order,

I have 2 with heavy steel concave faces. One about 24" wide and one about 36". Not very good for shoveling, but great to push the white stuff off the driveway used like a small plow. Bought years ago at an actual hardware store, before the BIG BOXES chased them away.

Occasionally the operator gets lazy, the shovels have yet to fail.

If there is serious snow, I break out "Big Bertha", a 16 1/2 horse commercial grade Simplicity snow blower with a 36" or so mouth. Takes about 3 swipes to do the driveway.

Got about 1/2" last night....will drive right through that.

[healey36]

About 2 dozen robins in my front yard today. ( Fact Robert with a .)

Was over at Sarge's yesterday and he has robins flying all over his back yard as well, and I've seen a few around me recently too. Somebody must have forgotten to reboot the migratory navigation system...

A dusting over the last couple of days:



We're on the western edge of this storm moving up the east coast today...not expected to get much. Mike Dench and the folks over on the Delmarva are expected to get blizzard conditions. Hope he's got his snow-shovel waxed...

Healey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Maybe looking at closing on an inch right now, but it's on/off and slow on the west side of DC outside the beltway.

Disappointing.........