Author Topic: The Weather (2014) (Read 28623 times)

Slateman · « **Topic Start:** January 02, 2014, 08:31:27 PM »

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It's snowing. And its supposed to drop in to the teens by sunrise

mitlen · « **Reply #1:** January 02, 2014, 08:32:17 PM »

Got about 2 or so inches in Eastern Loudoun. Played golf in snow flurries this afternoon .... it was great.

Slateman · « **Reply #2:** January 02, 2014, 08:54:04 PM »

About an inch here in Oakton. It's a wet snow. Which meeans when the cold comes, it's gonna be ice

Which means my PTO will become telework

imref · « **Reply #3:** January 02, 2014, 09:01:17 PM »

About 3-4 in the Gainesville area and still coming down. We weren't supposed to get anything today.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #4:** January 02, 2014, 09:38:06 PM »

Looking forward to tomorrows bike ride

Mathguy · « **Reply #5:** January 03, 2014, 09:58:34 AM »

So how is the weather in the District today ?

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #6:** January 03, 2014, 10:02:10 AM »

Slight breeze but otherwise a fine day.

Quote from: Mathguy on January 03, 2014, 09:58:34 AM

So how is the weather in the District today ?

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #7:** January 03, 2014, 10:12:59 AM »

Beautiful blue sky, 40MPH gusts, still below 20 degrees.

Quote from: Mathguy on January 03, 2014, 09:58:34 AM

So how is the weather in the District today ?

imref · « **Reply #8:** January 03, 2014, 10:22:54 AM »

snow all blew away last night, just a think layer of ice on everything now. I'm not sure where the snow went.

blue911 · « **Reply #9:** January 03, 2014, 11:35:57 AM »

Quote from: Mathguy on January 03, 2014, 09:58:34 AM

So how is the weather in the District today ?

72 and sunny

Terpfan76 · « **Reply #10:** January 03, 2014, 11:39:15 AM »

It was around 14 degrees when I left for work just after 8am... We got about an inch of snow here in the mountains.

Slateman · « **Reply #11:** January 03, 2014, 11:48:56 AM »

It's in the teens, single digits with the wind chill. Over an inch of snow on my car. Watched two cars slide in to a ditch on the dog walk this mornign

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #12:** January 03, 2014, 06:42:25 PM »

Hey, DC is only 13 degrees warmer than Winnipeg...that doesn't happen often in January.

mitlen · « **Reply #13:** January 03, 2014, 06:59:58 PM »

Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on January 03, 2014, 06:42:25 PM

Hey, DC is only 13 degrees warmer than Winnipeg...that doesn't happen often in January.

July either ...

blue911 · « **Reply #14:** January 03, 2014, 07:04:38 PM »

Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on January 03, 2014, 06:42:25 PM

Hey, DC is only 13 degrees warmer than Winnipeg...that doesn't happen often in January.

The Turtle must have brought this crap back from his "Business" trip.

skippy1999 · « **Reply #15:** January 03, 2014, 07:24:51 PM »

Omg my daughter and I were in NYC for New Years, our flight today was cancelled so we rented a car and drove to Baltimore to try to catch a flight and now it's delayed and this airport is freezing and driving in snow totally blows and I've no idea how y'all do this every year!!!

Nathan · « **Reply #16:** January 03, 2014, 07:26:45 PM »

Quote from: skippy1999 on January 03, 2014, 07:24:51 PM

Omg my daughter and I were in NYC for New Years, our flight today was cancelled so we rented a car and drove to Baltimore to try to catch a flight and now it's delayed and this airport is freezing and driving in snow totally blows and I've no idea how y'all do this every year!!!

Oh, oh, oh and this is coming from Mrs. "Oh I love the snow, we don't get any

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mitlen · « **Reply #17:** January 03, 2014, 07:27:45 PM »

Quote from: skippy1999 on January 03, 2014, 07:24:51 PM

Omg my daughter and I were in NYC for New Years, our flight today was cancelled so we rented a car and drove to Baltimore to try to catch a flight and now it's delayed and this airport is freezing and driving in snow totally blows and I've no idea how y'all do this every year!!!

THIS ain't every year. It's been awhile since it's been this cold (though we have had more snow). Trust me, folks in DC do not know how to drive in snow.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #18:** January 03, 2014, 07:53:26 PM »

Back in the aughts, I loved watching the Hummers and Escalades with TX tags that would go flying into an intersection at 50 mph on sheet ice and then go into a spin when Bubba stood on the brakes. They have largely been replaced by people from the northeast who drive small hybrids, so the mayhem on the streets (at least here in the city) is down about 80%.

[edit: they can do what they want about the teaching of evolution, but newtonian physics is a good thing to have some basic comprehension of when driving large vehicles on a low-friction surface]

Quote from: mitlen on January 03, 2014, 07:27:45 PM

folks in DC do not know how to drive in snow.

mitlen · « **Reply #19:** January 03, 2014, 07:56:08 PM »

Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on January 03, 2014, 07:53:26 PM

Back in the aughts, I loved watching the Hummers and Escalades with TX tags that would go flying into an intersection at 50 mph on sheet ice and then go into a spin when Bubba stood on the brakes. They have largely been replaced by people from the northeast who drive small hybrids, so the mayhem on the streets (at least here in the city) is down about 80%.

One of the advantages of being retired/laid off/etc. is I don't have to watch that anymore. It scared the hell out of me Ali. I'd drive in 66 and these characters would go flyin' by me. I always tell the missus about her Explorer .... four wheel drive slides on ice.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #20:** January 03, 2014, 07:57:01 PM »

yep...and abs brakes count for precisely dick

mitlen · « **Reply #21:** January 03, 2014, 07:59:44 PM »

Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on January 03, 2014, 07:57:01 PM

yep...and abs brakes count for precisely dick

I drive my '97 Saturn, front wheel drive, 5 speed and have never been "stuck". Of course in the summer, it's the motorcycle and ... well ... that's a different story.

Nathan · « **Reply #22:** January 03, 2014, 08:00:57 PM »

4WD doesn't do dick to help you stop or turn.

mitlen · « **Reply #23:** January 03, 2014, 08:02:05 PM »

Quote from: Nathan on January 03, 2014, 08:00:57 PM

4WD doesn't do dick to help you stop or turn.

Can I use you as a reference when I tell my wife for the umpteenth time?

Nathan · « **Reply #24:** January 03, 2014, 08:07:34 PM »

Yes. The baseball doge said so.