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Nice surprise snow

ERJ-145CA

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I got up this morning and put on the weather channel and they said a few snow showers and flurries today. Now I have an inch of snow at my house, I'm happy to have my white lawn back.
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Yep. This caught a lot of people off guard. My usual 55 minute commute took 2 hours and 35 minutes... :angry:
 

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Yep. This caught a lot of people off guard. My usual 55 minute commute took 2 hours and 35 minutes... :angry:

I turned around after an hour. I was about 1/4 of the way into my commute when I made the call. Time to start a fire.
 

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"Nice" is relative. In NE they wouldn't think twice about a couple of inches. Here in the flatlands, however:

"Snow causes slick roads, accidents across N.J.
***'We pretty much got slammed all over,' Caravela said. 'No injuries to my knowledge, just a lot of people sliding into one another'***"
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/morning_snow_causes_slick_road.html (with pic of Route 80)

I'm surprised they showed I-80. I-78 seems to be much more accident prone. That picture is just to the west of me and while slow this morning it wasn't too bad. They actually handle snow pretty well in this part of New Jersey. South of here is another story.

Alex

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it wasnt the amount, it was the timing. it fell and froze into a layer of just thin ice here. 91 wasnt that bad but i slid all the way from the exit ramp practically to my desk. i went through one intersection cause its a downhill into it and there was simply no stopping.
 

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it wasnt the amount, it was the timing. it fell and froze into a layer of just thin ice here. 91 wasnt that bad but i slid all the way from the exit ramp practically to my desk. i went through one intersection cause its a downhill into it and there was simply no stopping.

Slid to your desk. Classic! :lol:

I tried to take a side road to get around a line of traffic heading into the city. WRONG answer. I found myself sliding down a hill. About halfway into my slide I noticed two cars at the bottom of the hill in peoples' yard. Then to my left I see a car slide past me into a telephone pole. He must have just missed me. I stayed calm and thought back 20 years to driving class. Pump the brakes! (I don't have antilocks). I was in 4WD and in 1st gear so I quickly regained control. Evetually made my way back to the main road and crawled into work with the rest of the idiots. :lol: I'm watching the radar and will get the F out of dodge before those squalls hit this afternoon.
 

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Nice surprise indeed (except for the traveling issues). I just wish I could go skiing instead of working... :smash:
 

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our lawn was solid white even after the monsoons -- but i've got about a foot in the yard now 4inches down last nite lite fluffy pow with 7 inches to go . BUT the winds r gonna howl and the temps will be below zero . looks like sunday is the first decent ski day --we'll see

Sure is nice to see the storm right now its pretty warm but this afternoon the Arctic express arrives
 

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Pretty good burst of snow coming through right now. Looks like we might get back what we lost during the mid day hours. Winds picking up as well.

Going to take a nap as I feel like I am coming down with something. Gotta get better for the weekend.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ
 
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