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It's nasty out there. It's been sleeting and snowing for a few hours now. It's 21 degrees with a 35 mph straight wind and gusts to 45. The wind chill is 1. DFW and Love Field are closed. I'm staying inside for sure.

Rick wrote:It's nasty out there. It's been sleeting and snowing for a few hours now. It's 21 degrees with a 35 mph straight wind and gusts to 45. The wind chill is 1. DFW and Love Field are closed. I'm staying inside for sure.

You pussies in Texas don't even know what snow is Dude...we have two FEET of the shit rolling into Boston over the next 36 hours! They'd probably have to shut the entire state of Texas down until July if that snow ever hit anywhere near you.

Enigma869 wrote:

Rick wrote:It's nasty out there. It's been sleeting and snowing for a few hours now. It's 21 degrees with a 35 mph straight wind and gusts to 45. The wind chill is 1. DFW and Love Field are closed. I'm staying inside for sure.

You pussies in Texas don't even know what snow is Dude...we have two FEET of the shit rolling into Boston over the next 36 hours! They'd probably have to shut the entire state of Texas down until July if that snow ever hit anywhere near you.

wow arent you cooler than Rick cause you live in a place where you get 24" of snow within 36 hours !! You shoud wear this and then re-post what you posted above

Enigma869 wrote:

Rick wrote:It's nasty out there. It's been sleeting and snowing for a few hours now. It's 21 degrees with a 35 mph straight wind and gusts to 45. The wind chill is 1. DFW and Love Field are closed. I'm staying inside for sure.

You pussies in Texas don't even know what snow is Dude...we have two FEET of the shit rolling into Boston over the next 36 hours! They'd probably have to shut the entire state of Texas down until July if that snow ever hit anywhere near you.

You're right, we don't. I'll take 110 degrees over this shit any day.

Going to be 78 here today... it's tough but someone has to do it!

Hope the snow doesn't cause too many headaches!

Yay!, a let's whine about Winter thread.
If tomorrow that four legged little fur ball doesn't come out of his hole to say Spring will be here soonly, I'm going to Pennsylvania so I can slice and serve him to Jack Frost.

Moon Beam wrote:Yay!, a let's whine about Winter thread.
If tomorrow that four legged little fur ball doesn't come out of his hole to say Spring will be here soonly, I'm going to Pennsylvania so I can slice and serve him to Jack Frost.

I second that motion!

And we're getting 2 feet in 24 hours, so put that in your pipe and smoke it, John-Boy!

Hoping to have my first "snow day" in about 12 years tomorrow. Junk food, Wii, and not having a heart attack shoveling are in my plans. Y'all be safe!

Moon Beam wrote:Yay!, a let's whine about Winter thread.
If tomorrow that four legged little fur ball doesn't come out of his hole to say Spring will be here soonly, I'm going to Pennsylvania so I can slice and serve him to Jack Frost.

Why in the hell do you have a picture of Jack Palance and a baby in your avatar? That's fuckin' creepy.

Rockindeano wrote:

Moon Beam wrote:Yay!, a let's whine about Winter thread.
If tomorrow that four legged little fur ball doesn't come out of his hole to say Spring will be here soonly, I'm going to Pennsylvania so I can slice and serve him to Jack Frost.

Why in the hell do you have a picture of Jack Palance and a baby in your avatar? That's fuckin' creepy.

You got good eyes man!

Rockindeano wrote:Why in the hell do you have a picture of Jack Palance and a baby in your avatar?

That dear Dean is a picture of the oldest and youngest members of my family.
My Grandmother and my new cousin.
She hasn't been well lately and I'm keeping her close in sight and spirit.

I'll change it now as to show you how I'm really feeling today, gimme a second.

Shorts yesterday ... Uggs and a parka today ... Gotta love Tejas

Rhiannon wrote:

Moon Beam wrote:Yay!, a let's whine about Winter thread.
If tomorrow that four legged little fur ball doesn't come out of his hole to say Spring will be here soonly, I'm going to Pennsylvania so I can slice and serve him to Jack Frost.

I second that motion!

And we're getting 2 feet in 24 hours, so put that in your pipe and smoke it, John-Boy!

Hoping to have my first "snow day" in about 12 years tomorrow. Junk food, Wii, and not having a heart attack shoveling are in my plans. Y'all be safe!

You young ones don't remember the blizzard of '79

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:

Rhiannon wrote:

Moon Beam wrote:Yay!, a let's whine about Winter thread.
If tomorrow that four legged little fur ball doesn't come out of his hole to say Spring will be here soonly, I'm going to Pennsylvania so I can slice and serve him to Jack Frost.

I second that motion!

And we're getting 2 feet in 24 hours, so put that in your pipe and smoke it, John-Boy!

Hoping to have my first "snow day" in about 12 years tomorrow. Junk food, Wii, and not having a heart attack shoveling are in my plans. Y'all be safe!

You young ones don't remember the blizzard of '78

Worst weather *I* have seen in my life....although not the coldest. That storm was epic in scope. We didn't have school for TWO weeks.

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:You young ones don't remember the blizzard of '79

Is 40 young to you?, if so I think you're wonderful.
The biggest snow storm I recall in my area was in 1977.
I was having my tonsils out and it kept the hospital staff and my Father there
for a couple of days.

and we used to WALK TO SCHOOL... ... not have our mommies drive in this like they do now... just saying...

if you look at the nws weather site winter storm warnings all the way from NY to NEW MEXICO... crazy...

first time STL has ever had a blizzard warning...

and back in the spring of 1973... that was a doozy for Iowa...

and more recent.. forgot the JANUARY of 1996... three weeks of blizzards 15 inches or so each storm bitter cold... dang... two weeks with below zero temps...

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:You young ones don't remember the blizzard of '79

Well, even if I had been alive for that... I still didn't move to Chicago until 3 years ago...
I've been in one other "real" blizzard before, the whopper Nor'easter in March of 1993. We got 30"+. Plus Appalachian snowdrifts of 10' in places = digging tunnels to help people get out of their houses.

You can keep your snow, thank you very much. I may be a wimp but I'm a warm, fucking wimp.

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:

Rhiannon wrote:

Moon Beam wrote:Yay!, a let's whine about Winter thread.
If tomorrow that four legged little fur ball doesn't come out of his hole to say Spring will be here soonly, I'm going to Pennsylvania so I can slice and serve him to Jack Frost.

I second that motion!

And we're getting 2 feet in 24 hours, so put that in your pipe and smoke it, John-Boy!

Hoping to have my first "snow day" in about 12 years tomorrow. Junk food, Wii, and not having a heart attack shoveling are in my plans. Y'all be safe!

You young ones don't remember the blizzard of '79

We used to get blizzards here all the time, but they shut the Dairy Queen down.

In 78, in Erie, the snow piles were so high, you could walk down the street and not see homes. Drifts were as high as rooftops on some homes. I vividly remember walking in my back yard to my swing set (I was 10) and the only part of it not covered by snow was the metal bar across the top. Our shed was buried. The piles of snow were so high in some streets and parking lots, they had to haul some of the snow out of the city. I believe we were out of school for a couple of weeks that winter. A RARITY for Erie. Those people can get 2 feet overnight, and they are at work the next morning. That city is not for wimps I'm happy to be in my 78 degree Orlando weather today though

Can't believe some of you had two weeks from school because of a Winter storm....wow, lucky!
Most we ever saw was a two day shut down.


For those of you in warmth!

Moon Beam wrote:Can't believe some of you had two weeks from school because of a Winter storm....wow, lucky!
Most we ever saw was a two day shut down

Well, they get winter storms all the time and normally the most they do is delays for school. It's rare to cancel there. It was just a unique storm I guess. I think it was because the blizzard lasted so many days. The part of Lake Erie that Erie sits on, is a dumping ground. It's a snow belt every winter. So they had this blizzard and lake effect snow. With all the TONS of snow I grew up with, from October through March, that is the worst year I can remember! There were other years with blizzards. Just not like that!

S2M wrote:

Yeah, kinda hard to get out and go to work and school if you can't open the front door!

S2M wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States_blizzard_of_1978

See, yours was in Feb caused by a Noreaster! I think ours was in January? And more like the storm that is going through the Midwest and through PA today and tomorrow. Plus the lake snow. I think there was more than one that year! I was only 10 though. The 70's had WAY worse snow storms than the 80's and 90's! It seems maybe that pattern could be starting again? Who knows. It seems like bad winters are hit or miss these days.

S2M wrote:

Looks like The Blizzard Of 78 to me, which was essentially a hurricane with snow. Truly a once in a lifetime storm. No school for an entire week and I enjoyed every second of it.

StevePerryHair wrote:

S2M wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States_blizzard_of_1978

See, yours was in Feb caused by a Noreaster! I think ours was in January? And more like the storm that is going through the Midwest and through PA today and tomorrow. Plus the lake snow. I think there was more than one that year! I was only 10 though. The 70's had WAY worse snow storms than the 80's and 90's! It seems maybe that pattern could be starting again? Who knows. It seems like bad winters are hit or miss these days.

While the overall trend during the next 100 years is a warming one, there will still be a few cold snaps over that time period. We are currently in the second year of a 10 year cold spell.

Moon Beam wrote:Can't believe some of you had two weeks from school because of a Winter storm....wow, lucky!
Most we ever saw was a two day shut down.


For those of you in warmth!

We were out for an entire month when I was in 9th grade. Big Nor'easter hit the day after we came back from Christmas break and snowed every Wednesday and Saturday for the following three weeks. Finally went back on Valentine's Day that year. We had to make up so many days. School didn't let out for summer that year until June 28th.

Anyone who lives in snow areas ever have this happen?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PiQiuA-WbI