~~**-- The Weather Thread --**~~

[cement]

no, I'm just an idiot. I'm working on my script now:

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Motorist: Is the road closed?

Me, standing behind a huge gate with the flashing lights and sign that says "road closed": Yes, the road's closed.

Motorist: When will it open?

Me: When it is safe to travel.

Motorist: I have snow tires! I'm a local! This is an Audi!!

Me: Go back to Denver sir.

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actually, we volunteer to keep the state patrol available for emergency response and to keep the plow drivers in the trucks.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

hey, it could be worse! I get to go volunteer at the road closure gates if it gets any worse here!

Definitely not something you see in the northeast. I always wanted to see one of those in action, except not really.

 

[Flyer_PE]

I've always liked the "But I have four-wheel-drive" argument. Growing up on the farm, 4WD just meant I had to walk twice as far back to the shed for the tractor to drag my uncle's truck out of the muck.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

Here's the difference between you and me.

Motorist: Is the road closed?

Me, standing behind a huge gate with the flashing lights and sign that says "road closed": Nope, we just needed a place to store our flashing lights and "road closed" signs, and this seemed like as good a place as any.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I've always liked the "But I have four-wheel-drive" argument. Growing up on the farm, 4WD just meant I had to walk twice as far back to the shed for the tractor to drag my uncle's truck out of the muck.

We used to say 4WD just got you 100 yards further before you got stuck.

 

[csb]

Our field crews have to keep the roads closed. Something about patrol is only enforcement and the road closing is the DOT's decision.

 

[FLBuff PE]

What is all this talk of 'work closing'? I just had three days of drilling on the side of Aspen Mountain. And I'm the only one in the office today.

 

[EM_PS]

All day soaker here (i'll take it over your guys' snow though). Standing water in the backyard (haven't seen that before), and a small rivulet flowing pretty steady in our basement laundry room (i have seen this before). Nuts, i see a perf pipe project in my future <_<

 

[Guest]

All day soaker here (i'll take it over your guys' snow though). Standing water in the backyard (haven't seen that before), and a small rivulet flowing pretty steady in our basement laundry room (i have seen this before). Nuts, i see a perf pipe project in my future <_<

Wow .. it has rained some here but I didn't think it was that bad! Then again, it seems that any bit of rain received in MI is near catastrophic. At least when you compare it to the rain in Florida that tends to be much heavier over a longer duration.

JR

 

[Dleg]

Something to truly be thankful for today. From this morning's National Weather Service forecast:

.SYNOPSIS...THE MARIANAS HAVE JUST DODGED A MAJOR BULLET. STY NIDA IS ABOUT

AS INTENSE AS A TYPHOON CAN GET...RECEIVING A 7.5 ON THE DVORAK

SCALE IN THE LATEST SATELLITE FIXES FROM THE JTWC AND NESDIS.

FORTUNATELY...NIDA CONTINUES ON A NORTHWEST COURSE OUT INTO THE

OPEN PHILIPPINE SEA TO THE WEST OF THE MARIANAS. ...

 

[Fluvial]

Whoa, Dleg. Glad that missed y'all.

Today it is COLD here. Under 50 degrees. Brrr!

 

[csb]

That cracks me up...it's 62 here today and you'd think we were in a heat wave.

And congratulations on dodging the bullet Dleg!

 

[Master slacker]

Another beautiful and chilly (upper 50's, lower 60's) day here today. Hope my dad and I can finally finish replacing my car's timing belt today.

 

[EM_PS]

^ sounds like fun

28 here this a.m. - supposed to be sunny & mid 40's today. Got inlaws today for thanksgiving dinner part 2, oh boy

 

[Guest]

28 here this a.m. - supposed to be sunny & mid 40's today.

A little warmer over here in the middle of the state. Nice and sunny though.

Got inlaws today for thanksgiving dinner part 2, oh boy

Oh my ...

I am heading out with mudpuppy and his gf tonight to E Lansing. I wonder what trouble I can get into .... :17:

JR

 

[csb]

It's cold!

 

[FLBuff PE]

It's cold!

Concur. -12 F at the FLBuff fousehold this morning.

 

[Supe]

Rain last night, mid 60's today!

 

[Ble_PE]

^and windy!

 

[cement]

a balmy 5 degrees today, may break freezing on Friday!