Big Snowstorm in South East.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Just now, Nature Boy Flair said:

There is analogy. He is to jokes what Nature Boy is to  English composition.

 

 

Oh man, that sounds like a one-way ticket to the gulag.  Luckily, you bought the Elite VJ plan...

[jg121783 3,907]

4 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Folks we may get up to an inch if snow here. If I don't make it it's been fun playing with all of  you 

 

3 hours ago, charmander said:

I guessed VT with respect to your signuture. Yeah 1” snow in the South is the recipe for disaster. We’re getting 4-5” tomorrow morning in Boston, commute will be fun. 

Here in Northern WI we call that a dusting or flurries. My wife is from the Philippines and this is her first full winter here. She didn't take me very seriously when I told her what a white out was like until she experienced her first one yesterday when we were headed to the store to get stuff for the baby. My step son loves the snow but my wife hasn't fully gotten used to it yet. When we have weather conditions like you guys describe here some people break out their shorts (another thing my wife didn't believe until she saw it first hand) and get ready for spring.

 

I initially think it is a little funny when southerners panic over a few inches of snow but then I think about how being prepared for it like we are here in the north with lots of plows and other things makes all the difference. Not only that but we are used to these conditions and have adapted to accommodate them. Driving in snow and on ice for example is a completely different skill from driving in normal conditions and takes time and practice to get good at. My wife has her driving test in about a month and I have the heart attack inducing task of trying to teach her how to drive in less than ideal conditions.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

13 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

 

Here in Northern WI we call that a dusting or flurries. My wife is from the Philippines and this is her first full winter here. She didn't take me very seriously when I told her what a white out was like until she experienced her first one yesterday when we were headed to the store to get stuff for the baby. My step son loves the snow but my wife hasn't fully gotten used to it yet. When we have weather conditions like you guys describe here some people break out their shorts (another thing my wife didn't believe until she saw it first hand) and get ready for spring.

 

I initially think it is a little funny when southerners panic over a few inches of snow but then I think about how being prepared for it like we are here in the north with lots of plows and other things makes all the difference. Not only that but we are used to these conditions and have adapted to accommodate them. Driving in snow and on ice for example is a completely different skill from driving in normal conditions and takes time and practice to get good at. My wife has her driving test in about a month and I have the heart attack inducing task of trying to teach her how to drive in less than ideal conditions.

I was poking fun at our reaction also. Good luck on teaching her to drive.  I gave up and hired someone  . They are pre dispostioned to ignore the husband 

[TBoneTX 43,057]

1 hour ago, IDWAF said:

There’s another funny mod here.  Well, he tells jokes.  I mean, he tries...  

Fortunately, we thrive on rejection.

1 hour ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

There is analogy. He is to jokes what Nature Boy is to  English composition.

Fortunately, we thrive on rejection.

1 hour ago, IDWAF said:

1.  Oh man, that sounds like a one-way ticket to the gulag.

2.  Luckily, you bought the Elite VJ plan...

1.

2.  Canceled because of snow.

[Dashinka 23,238]

12 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Folks we may get up to an inch if snow here. If I don't make it it's been fun playing with all of  you 

An inch?  That's 2.54 cm!

[Dashinka 23,238]

11 hours ago, IDWAF said:

People who have never lived in the South have no idea the pain that 1” of snow can cause.  To give one perspective on it, the ATL airport, the busiest airport in the world, averages about 2,600 flights per day.  And they have a whopping THREE deice trucks.  Anyone who have ever decided in NY or BOS or any other NE airport knows the pain of de icing before takeoff.  Airports with a LOT more deice trucks and a LOT less flights per day experience delays of 1-2 hours per flight on snowy days.  

 

Yeah, snow causes much pain.  A hospital local to me has already declared it will be closed tomorrow, just with the chance of snow in the forecast.  The white apocolypse may be upon us.  No racism intended.

Never saw that much of a delay at DTW.  They seem to be the experts at Winter weather.  I did see a lengthy delay at Incheon one time of almost 2 hours.

[Dashinka 23,238]

7 hours ago, jg121783 said:

 

Here in Northern WI we call that a dusting or flurries. My wife is from the Philippines and this is her first full winter here. She didn't take me very seriously when I told her what a white out was like until she experienced her first one yesterday when we were headed to the store to get stuff for the baby. My step son loves the snow but my wife hasn't fully gotten used to it yet. When we have weather conditions like you guys describe here some people break out their shorts (another thing my wife didn't believe until she saw it first hand) and get ready for spring.

 

I initially think it is a little funny when southerners panic over a few inches of snow but then I think about how being prepared for it like we are here in the north with lots of plows and other things makes all the difference. Not only that but we are used to these conditions and have adapted to accommodate them. Driving in snow and on ice for example is a completely different skill from driving in normal conditions and takes time and practice to get good at. My wife has her driving test in about a month and I have the heart attack inducing task of trying to teach her how to drive in less than ideal conditions.

Except for all the people with short memories that forget how to drive when the weather is bad.

[charmander 692]

2 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Except for all the people with short memories that forget how to drive when the weather is bad.

Usually starts with a little mist.

[Dashinka 23,238]

2 minutes ago, charmander said:

Usually starts with a little mist.

No doubt!

[OriZ 3,157]

On 1/16/2018 at 6:58 PM, charmander said:

Where is here? Vermont?

lol. An inch of snow in vermont? we get that off the trees.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

13 minutes ago, OriZ said:

lol. An inch of snow in vermont? we get that off the trees.

I was about to say. We got approx .5 inches. It was relatively sane for a Georgia snow event

[Steeleballz 7,550]

2 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I was about to say. We got approx .5 inches. It was relatively sane for a Georgia snow event

 

  Most of us already knew there were a lot of snowflakes in Georgia, but thanks for the update.

[OriZ 3,157]

13 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I was about to say. We got approx .5 inches. It was relatively sane for a Georgia snow event

Well I'm glad to see you made it through OK

[Dashinka 23,238]

14 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I was about to say. We got approx .5 inches. It was relatively sane for a Georgia snow event

Were you able to stay in the middle of the road?