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Blizzard 2009: No riding until 2010!

Started by ducatiz, December 19, 2009, 05:24:11 AM

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NAKID

#15
December 19, 2009, 10:33:20 AM
A buddy of mine has a XT225 and puts sheet metal screws in his tires every winter!
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triangleforge

#16
December 19, 2009, 11:17:41 AM
Quote from: angler on December 19, 2009, 10:01:37 AM
2:30 and 16" - yes Ducatiz and I are in similar zips

If you look closely the bench in my yard has all but disappeared from the last pic.



45 minutes of aggressive shoveling and the jeep is free as are all important paths.  No need to climb on the stairmaster today.  Street has yet to be plowed, but unlikely that will happen before late tomorrow at the earliest I'm guessing.

I miss big snowstorms in the mid-Atlantic -- every few years, DC would find itself on the seam between an Arctic air mass and a big wet storm blowing up from the Gulf. I was there for a similar storm in the late '80s. We spent the day skiing up and down the Capitol Mall, and then stopped off at the greenhouse of the National Botanical Gardens (which was open!!!) and kicked off our skis to step through the doors into the palms and cacti of the tropics.

That, and I miss the '73 LandCruiser with chains for all four corners...
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angler

#17
December 19, 2009, 11:34:41 AM
Quote from: yuu on December 19, 2009, 10:32:34 AM
When I lived in the CO mountains this would be a daybto celebrate the awsome skiing for tomorrow

I miss snows like that.  When I lived in Flagstaff, 24" wouldn't even slow anything down, but they had to deal with that many times a winter.  DC not so much....

Days like this make we wish I hadn't got rid of my x-country skis.......
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ducatiz

#18
December 19, 2009, 11:42:36 AM
Quote from: yuu on December 19, 2009, 10:32:34 AM
Yep I'm in that area too - couple feet on the ground and still going. This area just isn't prepaired for it like WI would be. Not enough plows or people who know how to handle the snow. It's all about scale and DC isn't scaled for it. When I lived in the CO mountains this would be a daybto celebrate the awsome skiing for tomorrow

VA DOT is actually doing a great job with the plows.  They got smart(er) and bought a lot of truck-sized plows and are putting them on county vehicles, mostly F250s for the smaller areas. 

Still, this is some huge shit.  Biggest snowfall in 80 years?  or ever, they are saying.   I mean, it's been snowing since ~8 pm last night here.. JEEZ ENOUGH ALREADY.  WE GET THE POINT, AL GORE IS COMING TO TOWN
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#19
December 19, 2009, 12:05:47 PM
Mild enough in the mile high city that a neighbor got the lawn mower out.   :o
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Bick

#20
December 19, 2009, 12:16:02 PM
Quote from: Stella on December 19, 2009, 12:05:47 PM
Mild enough in the mile high city that a neighbor got the lawn mower out.   :o

Big change from the -4 in Eagle this morning.

Got home, and there are people out golfing.  [thumbsup]
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Stella

#21
December 19, 2009, 12:18:39 PM
Gotta love the state of extremes!  [thumbsup]

Hoping all the right coasters stay safe, warm and dry and cupboards and fridges are well stocked!     [beer]   [bacon]
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Bick

#22
December 19, 2009, 12:25:33 PM
Quote from: Stella on December 19, 2009, 12:18:39 PM
Gotta love the state of extremes!  [thumbsup]

Like no place else!  [thumbsup]

Quote from: Stella on December 19, 2009, 12:18:39 PM
Hoping all the right coasters stay safe, warm and dry and cupboards and fridges are well stocked!     [beer]   [bacon]

Absolutely!
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *

NAKID

#23
December 19, 2009, 03:31:18 PM
So, it's just now starting here. Was forecasted to start around 3 originally.

Here is what www.weather.com says:

http://www.weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/USCT0087?phenomena=BZ&significance=W&areaid=CTZ012&office=KOKX&etn=0001
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#24
December 19, 2009, 03:53:18 PM
we're at just over 11" now.   :(
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Bick

#25
December 19, 2009, 04:07:30 PM
Supposed to be in the 50's tomorrow.

Meeting some friends for lunch, and seeing Avatar.

Might just have to go on 2 wheels.
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *

Bun-bun

#26
December 19, 2009, 05:40:43 PM
I came up to the D.C. area Thursday afternoon,to help my parents with shoveling, and see the folks before X-mas made the trip a nightmare.
Snow started here about 8:30 Friday night, and just kept going. This really was/is the energizer bunny of snowstorms.
Before I went to sleep last night, I put a yardstick out against a bush about 5' from the front door.
This was about 3:00pm today:

This was about 8pm tonight:


See the little stick just right of center? That's the yardstick. It's showing about 23" of snow.

Glad I brought the truck.
I don't even need to blur the license number!


Anyone for a picnic?


It's still snowing, but it's been tapering off for about an hour now. I think it's about over. Tomorrow comes the digging out and driving back to Norfolk, where we don't get any snow.
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Bun-bun

#27
December 19, 2009, 08:15:23 PM
Oh yeah,
Couldn't believe some of the names the news anchors were coming up with for the storm
"The shopper stopper"
"Blizzilla"
"The Christmas crippler"
etc.
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#28
December 19, 2009, 08:33:55 PM
Best plow trucks have the scraper blades underneath.

Unfortunately, they make the beast with two backs up the roads morel



just wait til you get a good rain in to wash away the salt and shit they lay down.

You can get in some short rides to keep the bikes current
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#29
December 19, 2009, 09:14:28 PM
 :'( I miss Colorado. 9 monthes of the year I could care less where I live, but in the winter I want snow. Frickin' Albuquerque.  >:(

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