General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Shuffler on January 20, 2025, 11:15:49 AM
Title: Holy Cow.....
Post by: Shuffler on January 20, 2025, 11:15:49 AM
3 to 5 inches of snow expected. Extremely rare. Even snow expected in Galveston Texas. LOL we are closing the shop tomorrow and Wednesday. We don't drive on snow and ice.
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Post by: RUSH1 on January 20, 2025, 11:32:37 AM
Pretty wild. They're calling for 5-8 inches in New Orleans. 3-5 in Pensacola and 2-3 in Tallahassee. Not enough cows farting this year, I guess.
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Post by: Meatwad on January 20, 2025, 12:02:31 PM
I can imagine down there its like "I dont know what this white stuff is but I should still be able to drive 80 on it"
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Post by: Shuffler on January 20, 2025, 12:09:03 PM
I can imagine down there its like "I dont know what this white stuff is but I should still be able to drive 80 on it"
With 345/25R21 slicks under the Corvette...
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Post by: AKIron on January 20, 2025, 03:37:04 PM
You'll likely see poorly made snowmen in every other yard.
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Post by: Busher on January 20, 2025, 04:54:04 PM
Those of us that live in the north tend to laugh at the havoc a dusting of snow causes down south.
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Post by: Lazerr on January 20, 2025, 04:59:43 PM
Snow day for folks that don't have 4wd/AWD sounds appropriate
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Post by: AKIron on January 20, 2025, 05:05:13 PM
I've lived in the north and south. Even in the north come that first big snow and ice storm you get idiots in 4 wheel drive trucks driving like they can stop better because of the 4WD. They cannot and do not. I had a 4WD Silveraydo so know this first hand. You see one coming up to a 4 way stop better wait for them to stop.
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Post by: Shuffler on January 20, 2025, 08:35:02 PM
I only have 4wds, and because I have lived all over the US and Canada, I know to keep it in 2wd on snow and ice.
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Post by: Animl-AW on January 21, 2025, 12:38:29 AM
I only have 4wds, and because I have lived all over the US and Canada, I know to keep it in 2wd on snow and ice.
Unless everyone stays home you're gonna see a lot of vehicles, especially trucks, plowed into guard rails along the roads. Happens in the Dallas area whenever the roads get icy.
The worst is on bridges. Some drive along too fast thinking this is not bad. They come to a bridge, start sliding, and hit their brakes. Only experience teaches you don't do that but they have no experience.
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Post by: Eagler on January 21, 2025, 09:03:47 AM
Blizzard warning, snow in New Orleans and the panhandle..
Why they switched it from global warming to climate change..
Eagler
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Post by: Maverick on January 21, 2025, 09:30:53 AM
Yesterday was cold, never got above about 37 here with a low of 19. Today the low was 24 and there is a light dusting of snow. The precip didn't arrive in my area until well after midnight so the light snow stuck on the ground. Sun is out now and even though it's still only 26 it's melting on the street. I didn't hear the school bus so I think they closed the schools down due to icy roads. Yeah to the north it wouldn't be any big deal but no one here has even snow tires much less studded tires or experience with ice. Better to just say stay home and resume operations tomorrow.
So far the grid has held up. Got my fingers crossed some moron doesn't take out a power pole due to stupidity and ice. Got an all electric house here as gas not very common in my town.
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Post by: Shuffler on January 21, 2025, 10:07:00 AM
Minimal power outages at this point in Texas. Snow is 6 inches deep on my driveway. I am about 30 miles east of Houston. It is still snowing but has lightened up.
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Post by: RUSH1 on January 21, 2025, 10:10:22 AM
I can't get the YouTube link to work today for some reason. Anyway, here's some live video.
New Orleans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KSiFHrFxfY
Santa Rosa Island - I believe the weather is supposed to move in around 1 pm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z1fqZi_Tfw
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Post by: Shuffler on January 21, 2025, 10:10:33 AM
Yesterday was cold, never got above about 37 here with a low of 19. Today the low was 24 and there is a light dusting of snow. The precip didn't arrive in my area until well after midnight so the light snow stuck on the ground. Sun is out now and even though it's still only 26 it's melting on the street. I didn't hear the school bus so I think they closed the schools down due to icy roads. Yeah to the north it wouldn't be any big deal but no one here has even snow tires much less studded tires or experience with ice. Better to just say stay home and resume operations tomorrow.
So far the grid has held up. Got my fingers crossed some moron doesn't take out a power pole due to stupidity and ice. Got an all electric house here as gas not very common in my town.
I have a Generac. Promised my wife, no more outages here. Did that after the big freeze.
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Post by: RUSH1 on January 21, 2025, 10:13:00 AM
Minimal power outages at this point in Texas. Snow is 6 inches deep on my driveway. I am about 30 miles east of Houston. It is still snowing but has lightened up.
My dad's in Pt. Arthur right now. Couldn't get a flight back to Florida until tomorrow evening.
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Post by: LilMak on January 21, 2025, 05:35:01 PM
Made it to work this morning. Wasn’t so bad but I took the quiet route to try to avoid the majority of the idiots. Some guy wiped out his Corvette near work and another guy ran a red light in front of me. All the airports were shut down. Even Hobby and Intercontinental.
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Post by: Molsman on January 23, 2025, 10:39:30 PM
lol its that global warming thing shuff time to invest in a snowmobile so ya can make more margaritas one of these lol its just a p38 for the snow
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Post by: potsNpans on January 24, 2025, 05:18:59 AM
Subject line had me thinking this was about Shuff's margarita induced conversion to Hinduism. However this global warming event has been caused by the malicious cow farting in the wind. Another reason to eat more beef, and fire up the coals to cook and stay warm. Think the kid's are out shoveling snow for cash?
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Post by: Shuffler on January 24, 2025, 01:02:31 PM
:rofl good stuff y'all
Nice snowmobiles
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Post by: Ramesis on January 24, 2025, 03:47:13 PM
I used to go out to the interstate and watch the cars slide across the bottom of the exit ramp! I live in Alabama :bolt:
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Post by: RUSH1 on January 24, 2025, 07:53:06 PM
I've lived in the north and south. Even in the north come that first big snow and ice storm you get idiots in 4 wheel drive trucks driving like they can stop better because of the 4WD. They cannot and do not. I had a 4WD Silveraydo so know this first hand. You see one coming up to a 4 way stop better wait for them to stop.
I was in Tuscon AZ in 1988 when it got a nice blanket of snow. It was pure pandelerium I tell you!
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Post by: Maverick on January 25, 2025, 08:52:15 AM
I was in Tucson at that time as well, working for the city on a motorcycle. Snowflakes hurt at any speed over 35 MPH. There was another significant snowfall about 2010 I think. We were wintering in Tucson while living in our RV full time. The RV park at DM-AFB got hammered pretty good. Fortunately we had plenty of propane.
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Post by: icepac on January 31, 2025, 08:31:51 AM
70 here @ 2:14pm Central.... we had a cold front come through yesterday
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Post by: Animl-AW on January 31, 2025, 02:24:46 PM
And ppl in the midwest having a good laugh.
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Post by: Lazerr on January 31, 2025, 03:17:47 PM
Lots of fun to be had in the snow and cold..
Ice fishing Snowmobiling Sledding Tubing Skiing
I enjoy living somewhere where I can experience all of the seasons.
When temperatures drop below 0 it can get kind of annoying, but even here in Wisconsin that is getting pretty rare in comparison to when I was a child.
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Post by: AKIron on January 31, 2025, 06:23:33 PM
My wife is from Indiana and lived there 30 years. The last 3 of that with me. I've offered to move back and her response is "hell no".
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Post by: JimmyD3 on February 01, 2025, 07:48:29 AM
Lived in Kenai Alaska for 25 years, worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline for 21 years, from Prudhoe Bay to the Valdez Terminal. I have had enough snow and and -40 deg. temperatures. :cheers:
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Post by: Animl-AW on February 01, 2025, 08:08:15 AM
I enjoy living somewhere where I can experience all of the seasons.
When temperatures drop below 0 it can get kind of annoying, but even here in Wisconsin that is getting pretty rare in comparison to when I was a child.
Anyone who’s lived in our 3-4 state area, and old enough, have noticed a definite climate change. When we used to get 2’ of snow that would stay on the ground through the season 20 yrs ago through several snow storms, now we’re lucky to see 4 inches last a week. We haven’t even had 3” yet this year.
If you look into whats happening to the polar dome that holds the cold air in the arctic, the warmer air blows over it now blows through it, and the jet stream is pushing it further south turning humidity into snow. It didn’t drop anything on the way, it was just the cold jet stream pushing further south than normal.
Since wind usually blows from the west if there is drought out west it tends to limit moisture for our snow.
Most deniers live in the south where they notice almost nothing. The rest if it notices. More and harsher hurricanes because of warmer water isn’t breaking through. So for people in the north think deniers are bat crap crazy on the subject.
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Post by: Animl-AW on February 01, 2025, 08:52:39 AM
Lived in Kenai Alaska for 25 years, worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline for 21 years, from Prudhoe Bay to the Valdez Terminal. I have had enough snow and and -40 deg. temperatures. :cheers:
I had several friends who worked on that too. Strait out of high school.
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Post by: RUSH1 on February 01, 2025, 08:56:34 AM
Anyone who’s lived in our 3-4 state area, and old enough, have noticed a definite climate change. When we used to get 2’ of snow that would stay on the ground through the season 20 yrs ago through several snow storms, now we’re lucky to see 4 inches last a week. We haven’t even had 3” yet this year.
If you look into whats happening to the polar dome that holds the cold air in the arctic, the warmer air blows over it now blows through it, and the jet stream is pushing it further south turning humidity into snow. It didn’t drop anything on the way, it was just the cold jet stream pushing further south than normal.
Since wind usually blows from the west if there is drought out west it tends to limit moisture for our snow.
Most deniers live in the south where they notice almost nothing. The rest if it notices. More and harsher hurricanes because of warmer water isn’t breaking through. So for people in the north think deniers are bat crap crazy on the subject.
Anyone who’s lived in our 3-4 state area, and old enough, have noticed a definite climate change. When we used to get 2’ of snow that would stay on the ground through the season 20 yrs ago through several snow storms, now we’re lucky to see 4 inches last a week. We haven’t even had 3” yet this year.
If you look into whats happening to the polar dome that holds the cold air in the arctic, the warmer air blows over it now blows through it, and the jet stream is pushing it further south turning humidity into snow. It didn’t drop anything on the way, it was just the cold jet stream pushing further south than normal.
Since wind usually blows from the west if there is drought out west it tends to limit moisture for our snow.
Most deniers live in the south where they notice almost nothing. The rest if it notices. More and harsher hurricanes because of warmer water isn’t breaking through. So for people in the north think deniers are bat crap crazy on the subject.
The precipitation in your area is being affected just like greenland's ice sheet.
The water that used to evaporate into the winds that pass your area now evaporates in southern california and then goes out to sea instead of passing over you on the way to greenland.
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Post by: nopoop on February 01, 2025, 02:07:32 PM
John Kerry now has the stone tablets Algore brought down from the mount..
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Post by: RUSH1 on February 01, 2025, 03:22:49 PM