This weather is wierd

[CG6468]

They shut down the schools at 1pm here.  It's raining. 

They shut down the schools at 1pm there. Why? 

[IassaFTots]

They shut down the schools at 1pm there. Why? 

I believe they have sleet there now.

[debk]

Was near or over 70's Friday thru Sunday. In the 40's yesteday, today in the 30's....ight now it's 40 with a chill temp of 33.

It's been raining for DAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS!!


School closing list is expanding. It was mostly for flooding but sleet areas are increasing between here and Nashville....we're supposed to get another inch of rain today. 

[Teri]

I'm thinking about investing into a good sun lamp, tropical wall mural and some plastic palm trees.  Toss a good lounge chair and some ocean wave music and wala...you're on a secluded tropical beach until the hubby yells down the basement stairs for his supper.

[Eupher]

At 4 AM got up to walk the dogs -- all three of them -- for 40 minutes. 

The temp was a frigid 9 deg. F. The dogs didn't seem to mind, but I think I heard a distinct clinking sound as they peed. The stuff was freezing before it hit the ground.

[CG6468]

I believe they have sleet there now.

OK. That's a good reason, depending on the section of the counry.

25^o here now, but next Monday the highs go to about 5^o maximum, lows below 0^o.

At least that's what they say now. But we all know they can't find their own asses with both hands.

[Teri]

At 4 AM got up to walk the dogs -- all three of them -- for 40 minutes. 

The temp was a frigid 9 deg. F. The dogs didn't seem to mind, but I think I heard a distinct clinking sound as they peed. The stuff was freezing before it hit the ground.

 

[IassaFTots]

I had Thundersnowpellets in my morning.  Looked like dippin dots ice cream. 

Got to work before the stuff had a chance to freeze, now we are sitting right on 32 degrees, so I may have a funtimes commute on my way home.

[NHSparky]

I live in a part of the country that features a lotta guys and a lotta pickup trucks.

These were the yahoos wheeling past me heading home and one or two of 'em I might've seen spun off into the median.

I laughed as I slowly drove past 'em.

Oh yeah, I've seen it happen...guys tear-assing past me on the Spaulding/I-95 transition, then getting loose, doing a couple spins, and getting slammed into the guardrail.

Can't say it ever surprises me who does it and when.

[seahorse513]

I had Thundersnowpellets in my morning.  Looked like dippin dots ice cream. 

Got to work before the stuff had a chance to freeze, now we are sitting right on 32 degrees, so I may have a funtimes commute on my way home.

Becareful driving dearest!!!

[Gina]

I had Thundersnowpellets in my morning.  Looked like dippin dots ice cream. 

Got to work before the stuff had a chance to freeze, now we are sitting right on 32 degrees, so I may have a funtimes commute on my way home.

don't know about yall but that is an awesome word! 

[IassaFTots]

don't know about yall but that is an awesome word! 

Thanks lady!   

[Teri]

I had Thundersnowpellets in my morning.  Looked like dippin dots ice cream. 

Got to work before the stuff had a chance to freeze, now we are sitting right on 32 degrees, so I may have a funtimes commute on my way home.

Be careful, stay home if you can. 

[IassaFTots]

Be careful, stay home if you can. 

It was all dried up by midday, still cold though.

[formerlurker]

Meh...still got 6-8 inches on the front yard, and while it's nice that all the snow has melted off the roof (although Scoobie may not agree with it dripping on her every time she hits the sliding back door) it's supposed to get back to "normal" (read: highs in upper 30's, lows in single digits) by the end of the week or early next.

Ditto here, and we are getting 5-8 as I type this now.   No school in most of MA today.

[Gina]

We had an ice storm here. Streets are slick and people are driving really fast.    makes no sense, pretty sure they don't have insurance too 

[seahorse513]

Now we are getting snow!!!!

[NHSparky]

Ditto here, and we are getting 5-8 as I type this now.   No school in most of MA today.

It's been all snow here since it started, but because it was SLIGHTLY above freezing, the initial snow melted, then froze on the roads, make getting into work this morning 45 miles of pure hell.  Almost two hours to get into work, and I stopped counting how many times I fishtailed the Jeep.  I had at least 3-4 people wreck/lose it AS I WATCHED, to say nothing of all the cars on the side of the road, pinballing at intersections/lights/etc.

This would have been one of those days where it would have been a DAMN good idea to pretreat the roads, but noooooooooo...

Scoobie got the word earlier not to bother trying to go into Danvers, and as soon as I saw the guy behind me spin out and take out the center guardrail on the Spaulding, I told her there's no way she should even THINK about going in today and work from home.  She hemmed and hawwed, but as soon as she saw what the street was like when she put the kids on the bus (no, they did NOT cancel school here in a lot of towns) she agreed.  Girl child slipped and busted her ass just crossing the road for the bus, and was 25 minutes late for the boy child.  According to Scoobs, it's pretty impressive watching a school bus doing a Tokyo Drift down the hill trying to stop.

I want to dickpunch the idiot who thought it'd be a good idea to have school today.   They better get an early release, because trying to clear the roads when it has this crap AND another 6 inches of snow on top of it is gonna suck.  Getting home this afternoon is gonna be HI-larious.

[seahorse513]

It's been all snow here since it started, but because it was SLIGHTLY above freezing, the initial snow melted, then froze on the roads, make getting into work this morning 45 miles of pure hell.  Almost two hours to get into work, and I stopped counting how many times I fishtailed the Jeep.  I had at least 3-4 people wreck/lose it AS I WATCHED, to say nothing of all the cars on the side of the road, pinballing at intersections/lights/etc.

This would have been one of those days where it would have been a DAMN good idea to pretreat the roads, but noooooooooo...

Scoobie got the word earlier not to bother trying to go into Danvers, and as soon as I saw the guy behind me spin out and take out the center guardrail on the Spaulding, I told her there's no way she should even THINK about going in today and work from home.  She hemmed and hawwed, but as soon as she saw what the street was like when she put the kids on the bus (no, they did NOT cancel school here in a lot of towns) she agreed.  Girl child slipped and busted her ass just crossing the road for the bus, and was 25 minutes late for the boy child.  According to Scoobs, it's pretty impressive watching a school bus doing a Tokyo Drift down the hill trying to stop.

I want to dickpunch the idiot who thought it'd be a good idea to have school today.   They better get an early release, because trying to clear the roads when it has this crap AND another 6 inches of snow on top of it is gonna suck.  Getting home this afternoon is gonna be HI-larious.

I know, I shouldn't be so happy about getting snow....but becareful driving home today Sparky....

[vesta111]

I know, I shouldn't be so happy about getting snow....but becareful driving home today Sparky....

I got one of the bitching phone calls today from Mom who had a great point to make.   

Seems her neighbors came home an hour ago from Conn. to Maine, called to check on her and  told her about their interesting ride, usually 2 1/2   hours, today took twice that. 

Complaint was in the 4 states they went through they only say ONE State Plow on the interstates, just One.

Seems the neighbor was very worried about this as the States are running out of money.   Time for me to wise crack about Obama and if they voted for him ---why worry, he will fix things.

Poor Mom a die hard Democrat that now at 91 years has to rethink her whole life, she was not amused.

This reminds me of a January early morning and a freak snow and ice storm in Tenn. I had an early morning flight to go home for an emergency.   I lived in the boonies of Lewisville and the airport in Nashville was 50 miles north.

One hell of a ride just getting to the main road, then it was a surprise to me to find well plowed roads that came to a sudden stop and no plowing at all.   I was told that the wealthy counties had the money to plow, the poor counties did not.   

We finally got to Nashville and the roads were clear and no delay in take off time.   Then I got to Atlanta and a 6 hour layover as they had few equipment to clear the runways. Not from lack of money but lack of equipment that was seldom used.

As I look out my window today I see that the highway has finally been plowed, traffic is moving along at a smart 25 mph it seems, half the speed limit.   

Oh and Frank, MY Scanner is on today, no I do not NEED one but when Hubby is ready to come home from work I can advise him on the rout to take that is safest.     

[Scoobie]

It's been all snow here since it started, but because it was SLIGHTLY above freezing, the initial snow melted, then froze on the roads, make getting into work this morning 45 miles of pure hell.  Almost two hours to get into work, and I stopped counting how many times I fishtailed the Jeep.  I had at least 3-4 people wreck/lose it AS I WATCHED, to say nothing of all the cars on the side of the road, pinballing at intersections/lights/etc.

This would have been one of those days where it would have been a DAMN good idea to pretreat the roads, but noooooooooo...

Scoobie got the word earlier not to bother trying to go into Danvers, and as soon as I saw the guy behind me spin out and take out the center guardrail on the Spaulding, I told her there's no way she should even THINK about going in today and work from home.  She hemmed and hawwed, but as soon as she saw what the street was like when she put the kids on the bus (no, they did NOT cancel school here in a lot of towns) she agreed.  Girl child slipped and busted her ass just crossing the road for the bus, and was 25 minutes late for the boy child.  According to Scoobs, it's pretty impressive watching a school bus doing a Tokyo Drift down the hill trying to stop.

I want to dickpunch the idiot who thought it'd be a good idea to have school today.   They better get an early release, because trying to clear the roads when it has this crap AND another 6 inches of snow on top of it is gonna suck.  Getting home this afternoon is gonna be HI-larious.

There's a good 5-6 inches out there already, and the snow is still coming down HARD. Roads haven't been touched in over 3 hours. School never let out early. I will be worried sick until my little ones are safely back in the house.

[Dacabeti]

We've had snow on the ground here since Thanksgiving. Monday it is supposed to get down to sub zero temps for a few days.

Going to be some great ice fishing next weekend.

[CG6468]

Right at freezing, sunny, and slightly windy here.

[thundley4]

35 and sunny today. 

[debk]

35 and sunny today.  

 

Outside of about 10 minutes last Saturday afternoon, we haven't seen sun in what seems like forever!!

All the counties around us closed schools today. Not for snow or ice, but because of the rain. As of the 6pm news last night we had had 5.5 inches of rain since Sunday night. It was still raining at the time. It rained from steady to hard all night. It's not raining now and hasn't for a couple of hours but is supposed to start back up at any time. Turning to snow tomorrow - maybe.

TVA has stopped river traffic due to the water levels and currents.



it's raining again...  need to go work on the ark.