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[nevermore]

2 feet? That's it? Here in Buffalo that just means you need to get up a bit earlier to shovel more snow.

Snow is only really bad when there's high winds to blow it around...and even then schools won't close. It needs to be a least -15 windchill before they consider closing due to cold as well.

Yeah, well, it's petty damned unusual for us. No one here has snow blowers or snow tires. Shit, many don't have snow boots; I didn't until I went out and bought some the day of the December storm. The largest snow storm on record here was the 2003 blizzard that brought 28.2 inches. This one is supposed to come close to that, and that's on top of the 20+ we got in December. Most of the counties in MD have already more gone waaay over their snow-removal budgets, so this is looking like it will be around a while. Here's some perspective from the Baltimore Sun:

If the weekend snowfall does top 20 inches in Baltimore by the time it ends Saturday evening, it would be the first time the city has recorded two 20-inch storms in one season since the first official snow totals were recorded here in 1883.

The area has never even had two 12-inch storms in the same season, said Jared Klein, a National Weather Service forecaster at the Sterling office. He scoured the record books and concluded that the closest the area has come was in 1996. After the historic 26.6-inch storm on Jan. 7-9 that year, the city got 10.5 inches Feb. 15 and 16.

Seven weeks ago, Baltimoreans were walloped by a storm that left 21.1 inches on the ground at BWI. It was the biggest December snow on record for the city, and it made that month the snowiest and wettest December on the books.

Until the snow starts to fly today, the season's total for Baltimore stands at 35.6 inches of snow, nearly twice the annual average. That makes this the snowiest winter since 2002-2003 brought more than 58 inches to the airport, the second-highest seasonal total on record for the city.

And this is what happens at the supermarket when said forecast in made:

People freak the fuck out. Every aisle was like this. I waited 90 minutes to check out.

I waited 1 hour and 42 minutes last night. And then the woman in front of me tried to pay with a check. She was buying $325 worth of groceries. They don't accept checks for over $300. So she argued with the check out girl for another 10 minutes about it. A friend of mine has been in line at the same store for about an hour thus far this morning... I fully expect at least one shopping-related gun death in the city today.

And I still need to get to the liquor store.

 

[Pingfah]

^ If your supermarkets didn't suck, you'd already have been

 

[Squiggy]

I fully expect at least one shopping-related gun death in the city today.

It is Baltimore.

And I still need to get to the liquor store.

Luckily, I have one within walking distance of my house.

 

[nevermore]

And I still need to get to the liquor store.

Luckily, I have one within walking distance of my house.

I have 4 within a 2-block radius, I just have to go to one and then wait in another line, I'm sure. I also have a dozen bars that, in all likelihood, will be open for the duration.

Forecast for Baltimore just got bumped to 20-28 inches.

 

[Marc]

And I still need to get to the liquor store.

Luckily, I have one within walking distance of my house.

I have 4 within a 2-block radius, I just have to go to one and then wait in another line, I'm sure. I also have a dozen bars that, in all likelihood, will be open for the duration.

Forecast for Baltimore just got bumped to 20-28 inches.

Well I guess we all know where Vancouver's snow is

 

[Purdy Bear]

Did you see that cloud formation looks like Voyager is over head! Beautiful photos by the way.

 

[Purdy Bear]

Just snapped this a little while ago. It's one of our two Cairn Terrorists. When she gets all comfy and nappy she sticks her tongue out just a wee bit. I don't know, there is something about this that strikes me as just too cute and goofy and she cracks me up every time i see her do this!

Heres my Cairn X saying a woofy hi to yours!

 

[Yeoman Randi]

Purdy Bear! Awww so cute! Cairns are so great. Here are my two knucklehead about to face off in a crazy round of play. I just love the look on Zoe's face.

 

[John Picard]

Purdy Bear! Awww so cute! Cairns are so great. Here are my two knucklehead about to face off in a crazy round of play. I just love the look on Zoe's face.

How is the temperament of these dogs? I have a precocious Calico cat who gets full of piss and vinegar. I keep telling her that one of these days, I'm going to bring home a little dog that will go "barkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkbark" and chase here all over the house -- which is what she needs.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

^ That is most likely what will happen. Don't get a Cairn if you don't have the patience for the barking and strong will. They seriously run this shit.

However, they are GREAT dogs, very smart, very loyal and energetic.

My two have no respect for personal space. You could be sitting on the couch and if they start to play they'll trample right over you (god forbid you have a full stomach)... but i love 'em. They are delightful and they are a joy to have around.

 

[Marc]

Purdy Bear! Awww so cute! Cairns are so great. Here are my two knucklehead about to face off in a crazy round of play. I just love the look on Zoe's face.

How is the temperament of these dogs? I have a precocious Calico cat who gets full of piss and vinegar. I keep telling her that one of these days, I'm going to bring home a little dog that will go "barkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkbark" and chase here all over the house -- which is what she needs.

I'm not sure that would work.

We had part-Siamese who could be very bad tempered and one day she even managed to put the fear of God into our Rottwieler.

So you cat might just make mince meat of a small dog

 

[B.J.]

^HA! Our 110 pound dog, who thinks she's going to take down everyone that just walks near our house, is absolutely *terrorized* by our tiny 6 pound cat who doesn't even have her front claws!

 

[Kira's Mom]

Big blizzard in Virginia...

It's still snowing hard. We'll probably get over two feet before it's over...

 

[RoJoHen]

^ My goodness, DC-ers just aren't equipped to handle snow, are they?

No one is anywhere. I see that kind of nonsense all of the time when they call for a couple inches of snow here. People act like they'll be trapped in their homes for days and unable to get out and they must have their cocoa-puffs!

Well, in the case of DC, that may literally be the case. DC pretty much shuts everything down (so even if you can get out of your house, odds are the stores will be closed).

Now, here in Chicago, we handle snow just fine.

"We're getting two feet of snow tonight. You wanna go to a bar?"

 

[Squiggy]

The Blizzard of 2010. Day 2, 1 PM. 18 inches.

 

[Marc]

The Blizzard of 2010. Day 2, 1 PM. 18 inches.

well if the local weather dweeb can be believed you can thank a high preasure weather system. It's resulted in all that lovely snow being dropped over the southern most parts of Ontario and and into the U.S.

No high preasure system and we'd be wearing and you'd be laughing

Instead I look out my window and the sun is shining in a clear blue sky

 

[Tim]

Well, "lake effect snow" has been a lie today. About 3" on the ground. The only excitement is from the little bits of road that nobody every bothers to plow.

And I still need to get to the liquor store.

Be like Shackleton and store your whisky in a safe place.

 

[Timby]

God damn, son ... usually the 20-inch blizzards hit us in eastern Iowa.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ And eastern Nebraska.

 

[Alpinemaps]

Because I feel bad for you east coast folks, here's a couple of pictures of my daughter playing in the snow when we drove up to the mountains a couple weeks back.

Kissing her snow man:

Hugging her snow man:

I'll admit - there was maybe 2" on the ground, and the gloves and jackets were probably not necessary.