Roost Air Lounge => General Discussion => Topic started by: BrianGMFS on December 15, 2007, 02:11:42 AM
Title: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: BrianGMFS on December 15, 2007, 02:11:42 AM
This is not gonna be fun since I have to work Sunday and have a 80 mile round trip commute.... ::banghead::
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The National Weather Service in Burlington has issued a Winter Storm Warning... which is in effect from 3 am Sunday to 7 am EST Monday... for northern New York and Vermont due to heavy snow accumulations and blowing and drifting snow.
An intensifying low pressure system tracking from the mid Atlantic coast into the Gulf of Maine on Sunday will spread heavy snow across the entire north country. The snow will be heavy at times on Sunday and may actually mix with some sleet over south central Vermont Sunday afternoon. The snow will gradually taper off Sunday night with total snow accumulations by early Monday morning ranging from 18 to 24 inches over the northern Adirondacks of New York and 12 to 18 inches over the Saint Lawrence valley of New York... the entire Champlain Valley... and the remainder of the northern and central Vermont. In addition to the heavy snow... gusty north to northwest winds will be developing late Sunday into Sunday night... which will cause blowing and drifting snow.
This will be a dangerous storm for the north country! The combination of 1 to 2 feet of snow and gusty winds causing blowing and drifting snow will result in very hazardous travel conditions. Please be aware that travel conditions will deteriorate Sunday and Sunday night!
And we already have 14 inches of the white stuff on the ground ::complaining:
Brian
Title: Re: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: Baradium on December 15, 2007, 02:30:32 AM
Time to call in sick?
That or leave for work saturday....
Title: Re: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: BrianGMFS on December 15, 2007, 03:01:35 AM
Actually I have to work Saturday too.... Ahh the joys of being the Weekend Supervisor... I gotta be there..... ::banghead:: ::banghead::
Brian
Title: Re: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: Frank N. O. on December 15, 2007, 03:20:02 AM
Wow, how to travel thrue all that? A 4WD high ground-clearence vehicle with narrow spiked tires? Denmark might be similar soon since new EU-rules makes our national emergency snow clearing system ruined since the drive would have to be ready one week before being allowed to drive out fast in the night, which is impossible to detect, and not economic for the drivers hired by the counties to react within an hour to clear the snow and before that spread wet salt on the road to clear out frost. And even with that there are tons of cars that just keep driving too fast and end up crashing into each other or off the road.
I hope your travels go safely!
Frank
Title: Re: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: TheSoccerMom on December 15, 2007, 07:38:17 AM
Have fun, Brian! My sister sent me the local forecast for her area, it said two to 4.5 FEET possible... JESUM CROW... she was in a big rush, said she HAD to go, seems they are low on beer and the thought of running out while snowed in, is simply NOT acceptable!! ::rofl:: Enjoy!! ::bow::
Title: Re: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: undatc on December 15, 2007, 07:53:10 AM
Time to invest in a snowmobile buddy. At least you only have to to to work and back. Tomorrow morning, the 15th, i start my 1700 mile trek back home to Seattle. Weather predicts lots of snow throughout Montana and Washington. Good luck buddy! :-[
Title: Re: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: Fabo on December 15, 2007, 01:53:52 PM
You are going by car? Ow, good luck then...
just by the way, LHBP Budapest has been closed for snow yesterday.
SWLH0014 LHBP 12151208 SNOWTAM 0014 A)LHBP B) 12151200 C) 13L F) 62/62/62 G) 01/01/01 H) 5/5/5 N) 62 B/A=5 C) 13R F) 62/62/62 G) 01/01/01 H) 5/5/5 N) 62 B/A=5 R) 62 T) ESTIMATED BY CAR/ CONTAMINATION ON RWY 13L/R 90 PERCENT WET 10 PERCENT SLUSH/ ON TWYS AND APRONS 90 PERCENT WET 10 PERCENT SLUSH MEAN DEPTH 01MM.))
However local is SWLZ0027 LZKZ 12150325 COR SNOWTAM 0027 A)LZKZ B)12150325 C)01 F)NIL/NIL/NIL G)XX/XX/XX H)5/5/5 CAR N)NIL R)APN1-NIL APN2-NIL T)DANGEROUS CONDITIONS CEASED.)
making me kinda jealous :) I'd be happy if we got at least 3-4 inches for the christmas.
Title: Re: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: BrianGMFS on December 15, 2007, 02:05:29 PM
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Wow, how to travel thrue all that? A 4WD high ground-clearence vehicle with narrow spiked tires?
Nope, Just a Mecury Sable (front wheel drive) with a decent set of Nokian Snow Tires, should be interesting ::rofl::
Title: Re: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: TheSoccerMom on December 15, 2007, 04:21:03 PM
Well, when I lived there, I didn't know one person who owned a 4WD... no such thing.. they just weren't around then. You made sure you had weight in the trunk if you had a car, or sand in the back of a pickup, and that was that. And, people didn't get all wigged out about blizzards or bad weather. When it got WAY cold, in the days of unheated garages and barely-heated houses, my dad drained the oil out of the car and it sat in a bucket in the kerosene stove in the kitchen... then he poured it back into the frozen car at 5:00 a.m. to make it to work... many years of which was outdoors, the poor SOB.
Fast forward to Boise..... where 95% of the transplants from other places drive humongous SUVs, 100% of which are 4WD, but no one uses studded tires, so when it snows the usual amount of ONE INCH here, the roads are instantly slick with ice and there are 300-400 accidents per DAY. Black ice is very common as well, so even on dry days (precip-wise), the roads can be coated with invisible ice, and ditto.... people are flying all over, with bad wrecks, and fatalities are common. A "storm" (that is the phrase they use on the TV channels here for ANY cloudy day) ::loony:: that snows one inch will make headlines for 2-3 days.
So, I have to admit, it is just amusing as hell to watch nor'easters dump on the east coast and bury the area in tons of snow, and then listen to people here get totally freaked out if it snows 3 inches.
OOH EEK, I see snowflakes!! Time to call in the Mounties!! ::loony:: ::loony:: ::loony:: ::loony::
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: FlyboyGil on December 16, 2007, 10:03:10 PM
What's this about Canada being the land of snow?! We just got a major hit, and it came from the U.S.!!! From Texas!!! Is W sending weather our way? :D :D In fact the US gets more snow than we do. Well our part of Canada. We had at least a foot in a 12 hour period.
Title: Re: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: BrianGMFS on December 17, 2007, 01:30:11 AM
There's about 15-16 inches on the ground as of 8 pm tonight.. snowin' like crazy still. Probably 2 feet by morning.... Glad I bought my company's old snow blower... Already used it once tonight.
Brian
Title: Re: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: Baradium on December 18, 2007, 11:10:55 PM
I can't even bring myself to repeat the article's headline. Sooo corny....
Title: Re: Look whats heading my way....
Post by: BrianGMFS on December 19, 2007, 01:54:42 AM
I spent almost all of my shift on Sunday and about half of Mondays shift in the company pickup plowing snow... Kinda like Gordy's "Yep, it's a powerline" mantra, mine was Drop the blade go forward, pick up the blade, back up, angle the blade, drop it, drive forward, pick up the blade, back up, drop the blade drive forward... whoops turn quick... Why the hell did Fed Ex park the bloody ATR there! Procede to pile snow all around the ATR parked in the middle of the ramp >:D Resume my Drop the blade go forward, pick it up and back up for 4 hours straight.... ::banghead:: ::banghead:: Peel myself out of the cab, stagger inside for the restroom and another coffee, and then for some variety, crank up the snowblower for an hour.... Time for more coffee, back in the truck, Drop the blade go forward, pick up the blade, back up... Sheesh ::rofl:: ::rofl::
