2014 Extreme Weather Thread

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by lungs

When I talked about artificially inseminating in -20 on the previous page, that's exactly what I was doing

Pretty sure that was his point

[flere-imsaho]

I always feel a lot better about my job when lungs posts about his.

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by lungs

When I talked about artificially inseminating in -20 on the previous page, that's exactly what I was doing

And you can get away with that. When any of the rest of us warm up by shoving our arm up a cow society see that as weird.

[flere-imsaho]

TMI, JPhillips, TMI.

[sterlingice]

Our weather this week is silly with the next day's low greater than the previous high: 39/27 -> 48/39 -> 59/55 -> 70/59

SI

[Thomkal]

54 in Boston right now, 19 in Buffalo, 10 in Pittsburgh. Meanwhile its warmer in Anchorage than Atlanta right now. Just crazy

[MacroGuru]

I am pretty sure the movie Day After Tomorrow has covered what we are about to experience...

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Our weather this week is silly with the next day's low greater than the previous high: 39/27 -> 48/39 -> 59/55 -> 70/59

SI

Originally Posted by Thomkal

54 in Boston right now, 19 in Buffalo, 10 in Pittsburgh. Meanwhile its warmer in Anchorage than Atlanta right now. Just crazy

Our weather in Massachusetts is quite fun this week too. 8/-3 -> 22/-3 -> 34/18 -> 56/10 (today) -> 14/7 (tommorrow.

I went for a 6 mile run at lunch today in shorts and a t-shirt with the temperature in the mid-50s. It currently is snowing outside right now 3 hours later. Will be 7 degrees tomorrow less than 24 hours later.

Love the 50 degree shifts in 24 hours

[claphamsa]

JetBlue suspends operations at NY, Boston airports - News Local Massachusetts - Boston.com

thats fucked up, i would want to spend 2 days in any airport!

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Our weather in Massachusetts is quite fun this week too. 8/-3 -> 22/-3 -> 34/18 -> 56/10 (today) -> 14/7 (tommorrow.

I went for a 6 mile run at lunch today in shorts and a t-shirt with the temperature in the mid-50s. It currently is snowing outside right now 3 hours later. Will be 7 degrees tomorrow less than 24 hours later.

Love the 50 degree shifts in 24 hours

That's wild Alan

[JonInMiddleGA]

Pretty much all the school systems surrounding me have announced closure for tomorrow. It's not the ice/snow/etc (we got virtually none), it's the windchill. (-10 to -30).

I've seen some folks actually complaining but it's exactly the sort of common sense I was hoping for (and was surprised to get).

[MizzouRah]

Yep Jon.. our schools are closed tomorrow too.

Now if only after hours sites were closed I wouldn't have to work at 11PM tonight..

[bob]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Pretty much all the school systems surrounding me have announced closure for tomorrow. It's not the ice/snow/etc (we got virtually none), it's the windchill. (-10 to -30).

I've seen some folks actually complaining but it's exactly the sort of common sense I was hoping for (and was surprised to get).

I honestly think cancellation is just a cover for the poor heating units these schools have vs. really caring about kids at the school bus stop, but then again my job is making me quite the pessimist lately.

[claphamsa]

the 2 largest districts in the area have confirmed that they will be open.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by bob

I honestly think cancellation is just a cover for the poor heating units these schools have vs. really caring about kids at the school bus stop, but then again my job is making me quite the pessimist lately.

In our case the bus stop had nothing to do with it: it was the changing classes (think small college styled campus layout)

Likewise at least one of the county systems adjacent to us, where one HS is laid out on what is basically a quad-style while the other has I-dunno-how-many buildings sprawled across campus.

Then put those kind of things on top of the bus stop situations, it's simply not worth whatever risk there might be.

[MacroGuru]

First Blizzard warning issued in Buffalo since 93.... -20's tomorrow with wind chill....

I am enjoying this..weird huh.

[rowech]

Originally Posted by bob

I honestly think cancellation is just a cover for the poor heating units these schools have vs. really caring about kids at the school bus stop, but then again my job is making me quite the pessimist lately.

It is fear of lawsuits. Nothing more and nothing less.

[PurdueBrad]

We're closed tomorrow as well, only 50% of our buses were able to start up today and they figure the same problem tomorrow.

Oh, and the fact that it's -13 degrees at 7 am tomorrow still when the kids are at the bus stops.

[General Mike]

Originally Posted by bob

I honestly think cancellation is just a cover for the poor heating units these schools have vs. really caring about kids at the school bus stop, but then again my job is making me quite the pessimist lately.

Whatever the logic behind their decision, it's the right decision.

It's not just standing outside at the bus stop either. School buses have never been known to be the warmest place on earth, or the coolest place during the summer.

[tarcone]

Im guessing our schools will be closed all week. Roads still 100% snow covered. And 1-2 inches of snow wednesday night into thursday.

We are a rural district with hilly, curvy roads.

[General Mike]

Also, as far as closing schools go, it's better to cancel now and let parents plan for what is going to happen with their kids if the parents go to work, then wait til tomorrow morning.

[Thomkal]

And on the coldest night of the season, something appears to be wrong with our furnace.

[heybrad]

My flight back home to DC (through Chicago) tomorrow was just cancelled and they couldn't rebook me until Friday.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by heybrad

My flight back home to DC (through Chicago) tomorrow was just cancelled and they couldn't rebook me until Friday.

Oof. Where are you now? May be better off renting a car.

[heybrad]

I'm on the opposite coast in SoCal. I guess there's worse places to be stranded.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Our weather this week is silly with the next day's low greater than the previous high: 39/27 -> 48/39 -> 59/55 -> 70/59

SI

F*CK YOU!!!!!

[tarcone]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

And on the coldest night of the season, something appears to be wrong with our furnace.

Is it gas? Or electric?

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by bob

I honestly think cancellation is just a cover for the poor heating units these schools have vs. really caring about kids at the school bus stop, but then again my job is making me quite the pessimist lately.

Georgia doesn't have super cold winters usually, so why do these schools need to spend a good deal of money on great heating units? It's like saying that Canadian schools need to invest in the best air conditioning units in case of heatwave .

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by bob

I honestly think cancellation is just a cover for the poor heating units these schools have vs. really caring about kids at the school bus stop, but then again my job is making me quite the pessimist lately.

I think you're dead on here. No one wants kids sitting outside waiting for a bus in sub-zero temps. But then parents have to figure out what to do with them in the meanwhile. So I dunno. Tradeoffs.

[Fidatelo]

Just got back from a double header of sponge hockey. Feels like -37 with the wind-chill, nothing like spending an hour and a half outside in that. I wore 3 winter running shirts, a winter running jacket, and my jersey, along with running pants, a pair of long underwear, and wind breaker pants on top. My core was reasonably warm but my hands and especially feet are still thawing an hour later. Good times!?

[claphamsa]

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

Just got back from a double header of sponge hockey. Feels like -37 with the wind-chill, nothing like spending an hour and a half outside in that. I wore 3 winter running shirts, a winter running jacket, and my jersey, along with running pants, a pair of long underwear, and wind breaker pants on top. My core was reasonably warm but my hands and especially feet are still thawing an hour later. Good times!?

I had an outdoor hockey game tonight as well.... it was -2 with windchill at game time. breathing was hard (and not because im out of shape).

[EagleFan]

Right about now a move to San Diego sounds like a great idea...

[MacroGuru]

Driving bans in most surrounding cities, but not my area and downtown Buffalo, so guess who is at work today

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by Young Drachma

I think you're dead on here. No one wants kids sitting outside waiting for a bus in sub-zero temps. But then parents have to figure out what to do with them in the meanwhile. So I dunno. Tradeoffs.

Drive them to school themselves?

[tarcone]

Electricity out here. A transformer blew. It's not too bad in the house yet. And the electricity is supposed to be back on in about a hour and a half.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by tarcone

Is it gas? Or electric?

electric, repairmen coming this afternoon. Thankfully we have lots of blankets until he comes

[cartman]

Looks like for the first time in my life I'm experiencing frozen water pipes. I have just a trickle of water coming out of the faucet when I turn one on.

[Castlerock]

Originally Posted by cartman

Looks like for the first time in my life I'm experiencing frozen water pipes. I have just a trickle of water coming out of the faucet when I turn one on.

Leave the water running a trickle. The trickle will help stop the water from freezing completely. If it freezes completely, you may have pipes burst.

[cartman]

Just found out it wasn't an issue with my water pipes in the house. One of the mains broke down the street, and they are out there now fixing it.

[Thomkal]

Thankfully have heat here again, still pretty cold in the house but slowly will warm up.

[Warhammer]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

Thankfully have heat here again, still pretty cold in the house but slowly will warm up.

Let me guess, circuit board?

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by Warhammer

Let me guess, circuit board?

No and my brain was clearly frozen last night/this morning. furnace was what came out of my mind when I should have said heating/air conditioning unit. Busted capacitor shorted out-so it was a quick and relatively painless financial fix.

[boberot]

Originally Posted by MacroGuru

First Blizzard warning issued in Buffalo since 93.... -20's tomorrow with wind chill....

I am enjoying this..weird huh.

This is getting extreme even by Buffalo standards.

Wind chills down here in the "southern tier" of Western NY -- just south of Buffalo -- flirted with -40 this morning and the crazy, well-defined bands of Lake Effect Snow could end up dumping up to three feet of snow south of the city by the time all is said and done.

Driving bans, major highways closed . . . . wow.

[sterlingice]

Selagoncy, Russia Weather Forecast from Weather Underground

(must read in head in bad Russian accent) Selagoncy, Russia laugh at your so-called winter. We had low of -66 but not all bad as we warm up to high of -65.

SI

[cartman]

Just saw an awesome tweet:

I don't have a drinking problem. I have a winter weather solution.

[Apathetic Lurker]

Originally Posted by rowech

It is fear of lawsuits. Nothing more and nothing less.

Not in Buffalo...They always say dont send your kids to school if you think its too cold but they are going to be open.

[lungs]

Made it above zero today!

[TRO]

We used up 20% of our propane tank to heat our home in the last 5 days. We ran out around 7am this morning, thankfully, the refill truck showed up around 9.

[NobodyHere]

Dooooooooooooommmm!

At least for us single guys.

[INDalltheway]

My car wont start. I hasn't been used since Saturday and I am due back at work tomorrow. Attempted to jump it for quite a while with no luck. This experience has jump started (pun sort of intended) my search for a new car.