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Big snow on the way for DC & PA

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in the philly area it has been front page news for three days now...i need to go to the store for fixins as i plan to make chili this weekend with some venison that my boss gave me...i fully expect the shelves to be soviet-era empty
 

RootDKJ

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What a waste! 16+ Inches and it isn't coming to Mass, VT, NH or Maine! :(
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billski

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Are you kidding me? Sugarbush is reporting 16" in the past 5 days. Get some perspective people.

Great point. The big dumps get all the attention. But said here by others, a few inches a day over a week, sure adds up. People have very short attention spans. That's why looking at the historical data is so important to sizing up conditions.

I was just thinking about how fine it would be to hit up NVT this weekend, but I'm having trouble given that I was there for three days last week.\
 

PomfretPlunge

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Is there anyone else down there looking forward to it, other than you? I thought the general tenor was anti-snow. :-D

Well, our mogul crew is lookin' forward to it! :cool:

But everybody else is running around like Chicken Little and emptying all the grocery shelves.
 

wa-loaf

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I know they are based out of Atlanta but CNN had the headline "Big snowstorm to hit North East". WTF! Virginia and Maryland are not the NE. Someone over there needs to fact check.
 

billski

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too much snow

I love the sensationalized reporting and panic DC citizens are responding with:

"My goal was to have the city essentially evacuated by 2 p.m." :roll:- John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management.

"The wet snow was easily formed into snowballs " - What an amazing discovery! :???:

"The full weight of winter bore down on the Washington region... bringing life to a near standstill :-o Wow! Life as we know it ends!

"A line of more than 30 customers snaked through Blockbuster Video" - Goes well with milk and bread I suppose. Up here, we'd go sledding. :idea:

"...the Washington area's TV stations plan to be in full battle mode Saturday, preempting their regular schedules to go deep into snowvertime with weather coverage" - Sure, spread the cataclysmic panic! :spin:

And the benefits pour in:

Officials estimate that closing Washington area federal offices costs taxpayers $100 million in lost operation and opportunity costs,
 

ERJ-145CA

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It's dumping snow right now in Richmond, VA. I just talked to my wife and we got nothing at home but at least I get to see snow today. Oh yeah, CNN is calling it "Snowmageddon". :lol: Here is the view from my hotel room window:
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Of course I'd rather be home skiing manmade than watching it snow here.
 

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I love the sensationalized reporting and panic DC citizens are responding with:

"My goal was to have the city essentially evacuated by 2 p.m." :roll:- John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management.

"The wet snow was easily formed into snowballs " - What an amazing discovery! :???:

"The full weight of winter bore down on the Washington region... bringing life to a near standstill :-o Wow! Life as we know it ends!

"A line of more than 30 customers snaked through Blockbuster Video" - Goes well with milk and bread I suppose. Up here, we'd go sledding. :idea:

"...the Washington area's TV stations plan to be in full battle mode Saturday, preempting their regular schedules to go deep into snowvertime with weather coverage" - Sure, spread the cataclysmic panic! :spin:

And the benefits pour in:

Officials estimate that closing Washington area federal offices costs taxpayers $100 million in lost operation and opportunity costs,

Agreed--the reporting for any storm makes me puke. I used to do radio weather and the station's hype before a New England snowstorm was rediculous sometimes. It's right up there with hurricane reporting--I refuse to watch any of it. I'm tellin ya, someone's head is gonna get lopped off by some flying sheet metal and maybe then they'll stick to just a few remote cameras.
 
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