Winter 2011-2012 Thread!
 

I wanted to post this to get us started on the winter weather thread for 2011-2012, not sure if a thread like this already exists, so if so, please merge/delete, etc...

My wife and I woke up at 6:00 this morning and found it snowing to beat the band! We already have 4+ inches on the ground here right now and its still supposed to snow until 8PM or so tonight. Weather is calling for 6-8 inches, so we are right inline with that.

It's crazy to me because I am 27 years old and I can't remember in my entire life having this much snow on the ground 2 days before Halloween. Come to think of it I can't even remember any snow flurries or showers on Halloween or before.

We thank god still have power, but over 3,300 residents in our region are without power due to downed limbs, power poles, etc..

I went to visit my dad this morning (love driving around in my 4X4 jeep and pickup :) ) and seriously in the span of about 15 minutes we saw the next door neighbor lose 3 huge limbs that cracked off and fell to the ground.

Hope everybody is safe wherever you all are and if there are other people that live in my vacinity (Winchester, Harrisonburg, Leesburg, etc...) whats the weather doing where you are and whats it like??

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I hate winter.
I like the desert.
I'd like to retire there but that will never happen.

These pictures are at my house and are a couple years old but they are typical of our winters here in west Michigan.

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On Lake Michigan a few miles from my house.

[IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f237/redstout/lakeice1.jpg[/IMG]
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The last time we had a big storm this early in the year was in 1987, I remember it well, power lines down everywhere, and we had a few days off from school. I don't think this one will be as bad, but snow this early definitely sucks and isn't a good sign of things to come.

Is it April yet?

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anyone know what the weather will be like for the game?

[QUOTE=dmek25;853193]anyone know what the weather will be like for the game?[/QUOTE]

I am pretty sure its a closed stadium so weather won't be an issue.

It is a closed stadium. Also, got a few flakes here in NoVa but nothing stuck and it's been constant rain otherwise.

Personally I hate the snow, as the car I drive is not suited for it, but ever since I went snowboarding I've wanted to do it again, so snow has its plusses and minuses. Looking forward to going again in a couple months.

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Actually its both.....retractable roof.
I've been there but there was no event going on.
They have a Hard Rock Cafe in there with huge windows.
We went up there and had a few beers and looked at the field.

[img]http://www.totalprosports.com/resize/0x546/rc/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rogers-centre.jpg[/img]

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[quote=Alvin Walton;853202]Actually its both.....retractable roof.
I've been there but there was no event going on.
They have a Hard Rock Cafe in there with huge windows.
We went up there and had a few beers and looked at the field.

[img]http://www.totalprosports.com/resize/0x546/rc/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rogers-centre.jpg[/img][/quote]

Oh ok, I didn't know that. Either way I'd assume it's going to be closed tomorrow, due to the game being in the afternoon, and it's probably cold up there too.

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Mostly sunny, high of 50 tomorrow.

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Mercury dipping to 64 tonight. I'll have to break out my winter flip flops.
Incredible to get a storm like that in the NE so early.......

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I sat through almost the entire horrible (if you're a Terps fan) Maryland game today. When we finally gave up and left with about 8 minutes to go in the 4th I literally couldn't feel my fingers. I thought I was pretty well prepared clothing-wise but it was just such a ridiculous combo of snow, rain, and cold that I didn't stand a chance.

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[quote=Hog1;853219]Mercury dipping to 64 tonight. I'll have to break out my winter flip flops.
Incredible to get a storm like that in the NE so early.......[/quote]

You poor thing, you must be freezing. :silly:

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first snow in VA today... it's not even halloween yet. dam.

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[quote=Alvin Walton;853207]Mostly sunny, high of 50 tomorrow.[/quote]

I'm not gonna sit here and pretend to give a shit about the weather patterns in Toronto for a game in a retractable roof stadium, so thanks for the memo.

75 and sunny in FL today. Not to shabby.

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[quote=mooby;853243]I'm not gonna sit here and pretend to give a shit about the weather patterns in Toronto for a game in a retractable roof stadium, so thanks for the memo.[/quote]

hahahaha

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had that wedding in NYC yesterday. plan was to drive up there, spend a few hours at wedding then hop back in car and head home (dogs in cage at house, hotels were too expensive)

left baltimore around 10:30 am. about 30 mins into NJ the check engine light comes on and the engine would start shaking pretty violently when ever i accelerated. ive had fuel injection problems forever now. the other day i put this real good fuel injector cleaner in the tank. should have known better. if your FI tubes are real clogged, this stuff will break down the crude but then you can get pieces of the crude to build up like a dam and not get pushed through.

so we get off the NJ turnpike. i needed to put the car in park to see if it was bad enough that the car would conk out. it usually wont conk out when im driving and forcing some gas through but will when i come to a stop. i was afraid of coming to a stop at a tollbooth or in the city and having it conk out on the road.

car is doing well enough, we pull out of gas station only to have my windshield wiper not work. i mess with it for about 30 mins, get it going but decide to just head back home. for the next few hours i have to pull over on the side of the NJ turnpike and spend 20 mins or so every other mile trying to get the windshield wiper to work again b/c it kept getting stuck. fix windshield wiper, hop in car, drive a mile, wiper stop working, drive another mile with no visibility, pull over, 20 mins fixing wiper, hop back in car, repeat, repeat, repeat.

i really thought we might have to call AAA or 311 b/c the last time i stopped i couldnt get the wiper going at all. the prego lady already prone to freaking out is freaking out.

but then i notice the freezing rain had slowed, i figured if i can just drive up to the next exit we can wait at a gas station or something. so i drive about 10 miles through freezing rain with no wipers. i figure maybe i can buy some rain x and maybe we can push on home. thank goodness the next stop was a truck stop, they had rain x, i dry off the windshield, apply it.

we drive home through the sleet and rain with no windshield wipers but the rain x was doing a pretty good job. thank goodness. my hands, knees feet were freezing standing on the side of the NJ turnpike with tractor trailors flying by spraying me everytime they passed. spent probably an hour and half outside on the side of the road. tried tape, tried pushing the wipers with my umbrella as i was driving, tried everything. thank you rain x!