The SNOWpocalypse

Toddzilla · 02-05-2010, 08:42 PM

Snowpocalypse, Snowmageddon, whatever.

How are my DC Metro peeps doing? It's seemed to be pretty tame snow for the most part, but it's really picked up in the last hour or so. Probably 6-8 inches on the ground now.

Apathetic Lurker · 02-05-2010, 08:49 PM

A snowpocalypse with 6-8 inches? Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

SackAttack · 02-05-2010, 08:51 PM

Somebody up here was saying DC was supposed to get around 30" by the time all is said and done.

QuikSand · 02-05-2010, 08:57 PM

forecast here is for 20-30 inches...i usually scoff at the "weather" here but this looks serious

Toddzilla · 02-05-2010, 09:02 PM

Snowtorious B.I.G. is my new favorite name for the storm.

And I imagine ApL will scoff at 30 inches, too. In Buffalo thats called "a dusting"

Eaglesfan27 · 02-05-2010, 09:05 PM

I'm worried about my mom. She is expecting about 24 inches in Southern New Jersey.

claphamsa · 02-05-2010, 09:10 PM

its supposed to start snowing hard around midnight... I have 17 full kegs! im ready

Chubby · 02-05-2010, 09:20 PM

even 20-30 inches = pfft. Let me know when you are talking feet and not inches.

claphamsa · 02-05-2010, 09:44 PM

ijsut went out an shoveled

JPhillips · 02-05-2010, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apathetic Lurker

A snowpocalypse with 6-8 inches

Sounds like a Rick James post-concert party.

Sun Tzu · 02-05-2010, 09:55 PM

Young Drachma · 02-05-2010, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Snowtorious B.I.G. is my new favorite name for the storm.

I LOLed.

cuervo72 · 02-05-2010, 11:03 PM

http://www.weather.com/weather/alert...5b37e796c8f4f0

Issued by The National Weather Service
Baltimore/Washington, MD
9:30 pm EST, Fri., Feb. 5, 2010

... RECORD SNOWFALL FORECAST IN THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON DC REGION...

... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT...

GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES FREQUENTLY FALLING BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT... PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON. ELSEWHERE AROUND THE REGION... NEAR-BLIZZARD WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS.

LOOKING BACK AT THE BIGGEST STORM OF RECORD FOR WASHINGTON DC... THE JANUARY 1922 KNICKERBOCKER STORM... 28.0 INCHES OF SNOW WAS PRODUCED FROM 3.02 INCHES OF LIQUID WATER. CURRENT FORECASTS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE TOTAL LIQUID FALLING FROM THIS STORM APPROACHING 3 INCHES... WHICH ACCORDINGLY WOULD CREATE A SNOWFALL THAT WILL RIVAL THE KNICKERBOCKER STORM TOTAL. GENERALLY ACROSS THE REGION... 20 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY SATURDAY EVENING.

BALTIMORE'S RECORD OF 26.8 INCHES FROM THE PRESIDENTS DAY FEBRUARY 2003 STORM WILL ALSO BE THREATENED.

Galaxy · 02-05-2010, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apathetic Lurker

A snowpocalypse with 6-8 inches? Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

They're pussies.

cuervo72 · 02-05-2010, 11:08 PM

A couple of quick snapshots from the porch taken about five minutes ago. Only had a t-shirt on, so I didn't take a lot of time to work on composition. The snow plow was by about a half hour ago. Driveway across the way was shoveled about two hours ago.

Lathum · 02-05-2010, 11:10 PM

I am so jealous

Edward64 · 02-05-2010, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuervo72

A couple of quick snapshots from the porch taken about five minutes ago. Only had a t-shirt on, so I didn't take a lot of time to work on composition. The snow plow was by about a half hour ago. Driveway across the way was shoveled about two hours ago.

Lots of snow and pretty. Be safe.

lighthousekeeper · 02-06-2010, 12:01 AM

Hey, National Weather Service:

Subby · 02-06-2010, 12:02 AM

Completely beautiful here. 30" would be awesome.

DeToxRox · 02-06-2010, 12:11 AM

Actually envious. Haven't been hit hard at all here. I love a good snow storm.

Subby · 02-06-2010, 12:14 AM

Ack. Just lost power for a split second. With another foot of snow on the way I guess it's inevitable.

gkb · 02-06-2010, 12:17 AM

I'm envious as well. I hope you guys don't lose power though...that always sucks.

Peregrine · 02-06-2010, 12:31 AM

Any minute now Kent Brockman will start reporting on this Class 3 kill-storm - bearing down like a shotgun full of snow.

Ironhead · 02-06-2010, 08:46 AM

Weatherman Freaking Out Over DC Snowpocalypse
by TheDlisted

Toddzilla · 02-06-2010, 08:53 AM

We just hit 20" here in Burke and they're telling us 2-3" per hour for the next 8 hours.

At least i'm not this guy

claphamsa · 02-06-2010, 09:05 AM

WE have about 14 inches here......

Suburban Rhythm · 02-06-2010, 09:37 AM

Took these from my phone as I attempted to shovel the driveway.

First opening the garage, second after getting a path 1/2 way down the driveway.

DeToxRox · 02-06-2010, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

Took these from my phone as I attempted to shovel the driveway.

First opening the garage, second after getting a path 1/2 way down the driveway.

You gettin' ready to settle your war with Sak with a little trench warfare?

mauchow · 02-06-2010, 09:44 AM

I would love to take my new snowblower and just plow through that in 20 minutes.

Suburban Rhythm · 02-06-2010, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

You gettin' ready to settle your war with Sak with a little trench warfare?

The area Sak is in has been declared a disaster, so right now I've got the upperhand

More importantly-- Pens play in Montreal this afternoon, then scheduled to be in Washinton tomorrow afternoon.

WBS Baby Pens- Hershey Bears have already postponed their game tonight in Hershey.

I am sure Uncle Gary will do the right thing and spare the Penguins.

claphamsa · 02-06-2010, 10:08 AM

were starting to have trees collapse under the weight of the snow...

Logan · 02-06-2010, 10:16 AM

Originally projected to get 18-24 inches in NYC a few days ago, I think it's more like 18-24 flakes on the roof of the building next to me.

terpkristin · 02-06-2010, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by claphamsa

were starting to have trees collapse under the weight of the snow...

Here too. Actually, some branches did fall at my neighbor's house. Shoveling the driveway is tough with the branches hanging so low, trying to duck under or avoid them.

I shoveled about 3 hours ago:

Another one, taken from the other side of the car and from a squat position (note the plow drift near the Xterra on the right side of the image):

My back deck, which needs to be shoveled, taken from a standing position:

My back deck again, taken while seated on the floor:

/tk

M GO BLUE!!! · 02-06-2010, 10:38 AM

That's pretty...

Not a flake here in the Bronx.

EagleFan · 02-06-2010, 10:51 AM

Probably around 16-18 inches here so far. Hard to tell for certain in the area as we have so much wind that we have areas with a couple inches and other areas with 3+ feet. Just shoveling the walkway from the door to the driveway showed that as one half of the walkway had easily over 2 feet of snow but it tapered down to about 5 inches on the other side.

It's much heavier snow than we got in December thanks to the temperature being much higher. Imagine how much higher the snow would be if it was 10 degrees colder like it was in December. As it is we're probably going to beat that storm.

Thomkal · 02-06-2010, 01:26 PM

Just heard from my twin brother in NE West Virginia. They got nailed, sent a picture of his wife standing in a 39 inch snow drift this morning.

Hope all of you in the storm's path are warm and safe right now.

EagleFan · 02-06-2010, 01:37 PM

Watching a movie with the kids and seeing the snow continue out the windows. Nice relaxing day.

Pumpy Tudors · 02-06-2010, 01:58 PM

This shit may be pretty and all, but I can't reasonably get out of my house. I am not happy!

claphamsa · 02-06-2010, 02:12 PM

i installed 4 celing fans

making bread now...ill maybe post some pics... me and my roomate jsut went out, an insignifigant 18 inches of snow.

Marc Vaughan · 02-06-2010, 02:12 PM

It was a little nippy here in florida about 8am ... quite nice out now

QuikSand · 02-06-2010, 02:13 PM

Pretend I added some redundant pictures and reports here. I'll spare you the details. Still coming down more than an inch an hour, though.

sterlingice · 02-06-2010, 02:18 PM

I've got 4.5" in front of my apartment so nothing crazy. We had 11.5" last weekend.

Here are the "official" snow totals:

National Weather Service Text Product Display

36" in the aptly name Frostburg, MD tops the list but some of those totals are old.

SI

stevew · 02-06-2010, 02:23 PM

So I went out last night to do my normal delivery. They were calling for something like 6 inches.

After several attempts to make a couple turns, and/or climb a few hills, I ended up spending all night in a Wal Mart. Waiting for the weather to break enough to get home.

Dr. Sak · 02-06-2010, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

I am sure Uncle Gary will do the right thing and spare the Penguins.

I figured once he realized his mistake of having the Pens play back to back games he would cancel it.

Took me about 6 hrs to shovel my driveway. Not including the 2 hrs last night i spent out there getting the first bit off.

Subby · 02-06-2010, 05:36 PM

The amount of snow I shoveled today can be measured in the tons.

Made a kickass snow fort for the kids with underground passageway action. So it wasn't a total loss.

RainMaker · 02-06-2010, 05:58 PM

Are you guys having to clean off your roofs to avoid a collapse? I remember a huge storm as a kid where we could walk on the roof without a ladder if we piled the snow up right.

Dr. Sak · 02-06-2010, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

This shit may be pretty and all, but I can't reasonably get out of my house. I am not happy!

Toto you aint in Kansas anymore

SackAttack · 02-06-2010, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I've got 4.5" in front of my apartment so nothing crazy. We had 11.5" last weekend.

Here are the "official" snow totals:

National Weather Service Text Product Display

36" in the aptly name Frostburg, MD tops the list but some of those totals are old.

SI

That list has Colesville with 40".

Pumpy Tudors · 02-06-2010, 07:19 PM

So the official report from Greensburg, PA, is that I want to die.

sterlingice · 02-06-2010, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SackAttack

That list has Colesville with 40".

They keep updating the list with newer reports.

SI

02-05-2010, 09:05 PM	#6
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02-05-2010, 09:10 PM	#7
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	its supposed to start snowing hard around midnight... I have 17 full kegs! im ready __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-05-2010, 09:44 PM	#9
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02-05-2010, 11:03 PM	#13
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	http://www.weather.com/weather/alert...5b37e796c8f4f0 Issued by The National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington, MD 9:30 pm EST, Fri., Feb. 5, 2010 ... RECORD SNOWFALL FORECAST IN THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON DC REGION... ... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT... GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES FREQUENTLY FALLING BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT... PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON. ELSEWHERE AROUND THE REGION... NEAR-BLIZZARD WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS. LOOKING BACK AT THE BIGGEST STORM OF RECORD FOR WASHINGTON DC... THE JANUARY 1922 KNICKERBOCKER STORM... 28.0 INCHES OF SNOW WAS PRODUCED FROM 3.02 INCHES OF LIQUID WATER. CURRENT FORECASTS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE TOTAL LIQUID FALLING FROM THIS STORM APPROACHING 3 INCHES... WHICH ACCORDINGLY WOULD CREATE A SNOWFALL THAT WILL RIVAL THE KNICKERBOCKER STORM TOTAL. GENERALLY ACROSS THE REGION... 20 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY SATURDAY EVENING. BALTIMORE'S RECORD OF 26.8 INCHES FROM THE PRESIDENTS DAY FEBRUARY 2003 STORM WILL ALSO BE THREATENED. __________________ null

02-05-2010, 08:49 PM	#2
Apathetic Lurker College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Buffalo,NY	A snowpocalypse with 6-8 inches? Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

02-05-2010, 08:51 PM	#3
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	Somebody up here was saying DC was supposed to get around 30" by the time all is said and done.

02-05-2010, 08:57 PM	#4
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	forecast here is for 20-30 inches...i usually scoff at the "weather" here but this looks serious

02-05-2010, 09:02 PM	#5
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	Snowtorious B.I.G. is my new favorite name for the storm. And I imagine ApL will scoff at 30 inches, too. In Buffalo thats called "a dusting"

02-05-2010, 09:20 PM	#8
Chubby Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Syracuse, NY	even 20-30 inches = pfft. Let me know when you are talking feet and not inches.

02-05-2010, 11:10 PM	#16
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	I am so jealous

02-06-2010, 12:01 AM	#18
lighthousekeeper College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Hey, National Weather Service: __________________ ...

02-06-2010, 12:02 AM	#19
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	Completely beautiful here. 30" would be awesome. __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

02-06-2010, 12:11 AM	#20
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Actually envious. Haven't been hit hard at all here. I love a good snow storm.

02-06-2010, 12:14 AM	#21
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	Ack. Just lost power for a split second. With another foot of snow on the way I guess it's inevitable. __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

02-06-2010, 12:17 AM	#22
gkb High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado	I'm envious as well. I hope you guys don't lose power though...that always sucks. __________________ BALLERZ YO, fo shizzle. - QuikSand

02-06-2010, 12:31 AM	#23
Peregrine Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cary, NC	Any minute now Kent Brockman will start reporting on this Class 3 kill-storm - bearing down like a shotgun full of snow.

02-06-2010, 08:46 AM	#24
Ironhead College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Barnegat, NJ	Weatherman Freaking Out Over DC Snowpocalypse by TheDlisted

02-06-2010, 08:53 AM	#25
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	We just hit 20" here in Burke and they're telling us 2-3" per hour for the next 8 hours. At least i'm not this guy

02-06-2010, 09:05 AM	#26
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	WE have about 14 inches here...... __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-06-2010, 09:44 AM	#29
mauchow Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Murfreesboro, TN	I would love to take my new snowblower and just plow through that in 20 minutes.

02-06-2010, 10:08 AM	#31
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	were starting to have trees collapse under the weight of the snow... __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-06-2010, 10:16 AM	#32
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Originally projected to get 18-24 inches in NYC a few days ago, I think it's more like 18-24 flakes on the roof of the building next to me.

02-06-2010, 10:38 AM	#34
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	That's pretty... Not a flake here in the Bronx.

02-06-2010, 10:51 AM	#35
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Probably around 16-18 inches here so far. Hard to tell for certain in the area as we have so much wind that we have areas with a couple inches and other areas with 3+ feet. Just shoveling the walkway from the door to the driveway showed that as one half of the walkway had easily over 2 feet of snow but it tapered down to about 5 inches on the other side. It's much heavier snow than we got in December thanks to the temperature being much higher. Imagine how much higher the snow would be if it was 10 degrees colder like it was in December. As it is we're probably going to beat that storm.

02-06-2010, 01:26 PM	#36
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Just heard from my twin brother in NE West Virginia. They got nailed, sent a picture of his wife standing in a 39 inch snow drift this morning. Hope all of you in the storm's path are warm and safe right now.

02-06-2010, 01:37 PM	#37
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Watching a movie with the kids and seeing the snow continue out the windows. Nice relaxing day.

02-06-2010, 01:58 PM	#38
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	This shit may be pretty and all, but I can't reasonably get out of my house. I am not happy! __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

02-06-2010, 02:12 PM	#39
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	i installed 4 celing fans making bread now...ill maybe post some pics... me and my roomate jsut went out, an insignifigant 18 inches of snow. __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-06-2010, 02:12 PM	#40
Marc Vaughan SI Games Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne, FL	It was a little nippy here in florida about 8am ... quite nice out now

02-06-2010, 02:13 PM	#41
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Pretend I added some redundant pictures and reports here. I'll spare you the details. Still coming down more than an inch an hour, though.

02-06-2010, 02:18 PM	#42
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I've got 4.5" in front of my apartment so nothing crazy. We had 11.5" last weekend. Here are the "official" snow totals: National Weather Service Text Product Display 36" in the aptly name Frostburg, MD tops the list but some of those totals are old. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

02-06-2010, 02:23 PM	#43
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	So I went out last night to do my normal delivery. They were calling for something like 6 inches. After several attempts to make a couple turns, and/or climb a few hills, I ended up spending all night in a Wal Mart. Waiting for the weather to break enough to get home.

02-06-2010, 05:36 PM	#45
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	The amount of snow I shoveled today can be measured in the tons. Made a kickass snow fort for the kids with underground passageway action. So it wasn't a total loss. __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

02-06-2010, 05:58 PM	#46
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Are you guys having to clean off your roofs to avoid a collapse? I remember a huge storm as a kid where we could walk on the roof without a ladder if we piled the snow up right.