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

[Guest]

If it had just been snow it would have been fine, but it ended up being mostly sleet and rain last night, which froze overnight, so everything around here is covered in ice now. It's not supposed to get above freezing today, so we are pretty much going to be an ice rink most of the weekend it seems.

That's the condition that causes the most problems, IMHO. I would rather that it would stay in the 20s and snowing rather than fluctuating around 32 and allowing for the thaw and re-freeze effect.

Mudpuppy was driving me home one time and the road was so iced over that he ended up missing the driveway to my apartment by nearly 100-ft. :true:

Becareful - not fun weather!

It is pretty chilly here - right now it is 6F (withouth wind chill).

JR

 

[Flyer_PE]

It's a balmy 3F here with an overnight low of -2 predicted. Al Gore can kiss my lily white frozen a$$!

 

[EM_PS]

15 here - though the Lake giveth us lake effect snow, it also giveth us milder temps - all hail the Lake!

 

[Flyer_PE]

^I thought you relocated. Didn't move inland eh?

 

[EM_PS]

no we did, bout 25 mi+- inland as the crow flies. Fortunately, we're on the eastern fringe of lake effect snow, so we catch a break from lakeshore accumulation levels, while still being slightly milder in temp than central areas.

Being over in Detroit on the 3rd, they scarcely had snow on the ground. Even Lansing area was pretty sparse that weekend. different i'm sure after this latest snow event

 

[Flyer_PE]

I'm just glad I'm not working where I was a few years ago. The SE corner of the lake had 2+ feet of snow Tuesday. That would have been a friggin nightmare living out of a hotel room.

 

[frazil]

brrrrrrrrrr!

 

[Fluvial]

Not only cold but woke up to the power being out. Nice.

 

[Dark Knight]

Scorching 33 degres here in my FL side.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

just went for a hike for a couple hours, the wind chill is around 10 or so. I got me some rosey cheeks right now.

I love smartwool by the way.

 

[MA_PE]

^ yep. freakin' cold. good day to stay inside watch football and drink beer.

 

[EM_PS]

man - two sunny days in a row! Blue skies yet again, about 27 today (bout like Florida :lmao: )

neighbor kids have one hell of a sled run/jump built off their backyard deck

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

^ yep. freakin' cold. good day to stay inside watch football and drink beer.

Beer, yes.

Football, no.

FUCK.

They sucked early and often.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

They sucked early and often.

Who is "they"?

 

[MA_PE]

^unfortunately the reference is to the Pats today, who got pounded by the Ravens in the first quarter. It was pretty much downhill from there.

 

[Fluvial]

neighbor kids have one hell of a sled run/jump built off their backyard deck

Did they let you play on it?

 

[Supe]

^unfortunately the reference is to the Pats today, who got pounded by the Ravens in the first quarter on the first play from scrimmage. It was pretty much downhill from there.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

The collective asshole of New England was pretty well puckered by about 1:15 yesterday. They were totally inept yesterday. And of course, I missed the only competitive game of the weekend between GB and Arizona.

 

[Supe]

Apparently, my new motor which has been sitting around for roughly a year, tipped every which way, etc, still had some water sitting in the bottom of the block. Thanks to the freezing temperatures, that water expanded and pushed out a freeze plug. My brand spankin new, never fired by me motor is probably cracked to smithereens internally. There's a lovely $4k expenditure, just as I was finally getting things finished up.

 

[Chucktown PE]

That sucks man.