Lovely ...

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:37 am

Fantastic evening here. I'm ready to fire up the barbecue as soon as I can get the damn shed door open with a blowtorch.

Get ready, those of you east of the Mississippi ... this storm system is a mother. At one point this afternoon -- Enid, in the northcentral portion of the state, was in the 20s, while Sallisaw, near the Arkansas border, was in the 70s. The towns are about 200 miles apart.

Unwar 50-degree temperature difference cold fronts with fucking sleet and freezing rain thunderstorms on the other side (yes, it has been lightning here). I'll be surprised if anyone makes it to work here tomorrow, as there should be about a good inch-thick sheet of ice covering everything. The good news is that there'll be 5-9 inches of snow to cover the ice, or so they say.

At least I planned ahead and grabbed the ice scraper out of my Bronco when I got home tonight, so I can chisel the ice away from my doorlock in the morning and get the thing started before I slide down the street. At least that's the plan, if the lock and part of the door doesn't go flinging away with the ice.

Loop radar, with 32 degrees in Tulsa, at 9:15 p.m.

How pleasant.

Weird thing was, it was in the 60s and 70s here for about the last month.

At least I have a few fag beers left to keep warm, ala ... Hefeweizens. If I need to survive, the Beam is standing by.

Cali clones ... fuck you.

The Assassin · Post by **The Assassin** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:21 am

fuck you and your "lovely" weather! Its fucking 37 degrees here! In Las Vegas!!!

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:25 am

Rack our mid-western weather. It's quite often remarkable.

Sleet and freezing rain here since about noon. Yesterday tied a NWS record high temp of 71, today it's time to break out the kerosene heater. Tomorrow the forecast is for up to 12" of snow.

Sorta' typical these last few years. Some monster storms spawned from the Gulf or Pacific and an arctic Alberta express of cold air collide late November early December and have folks consulting their farmers almanac and telling old wives tales about furry caterpillars and the dire winter ahead.... then in two weeks it's 60 degrees again.

I'll have to call bullshit on the 1" of ice, though. A 1/4" of ice would be enough to shut down the whole state. 1" would be Hollywood's version of The End Of The World.

Rich Fader · Post by **Rich Fader** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:51 am

Brah, I feel for you, that sounds like one ugly storm.

That said, Rivertucky's supposed to get down to the mid thirties tonight and tomorrow night, so don't fuck us too hard, okay?

kcdave · Post by **kcdave** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:52 am

War Wagon wrote:Tomorrow the forecast is for up to 12" of snow.

Depends on who you listen to.

National Weather Service says up to 12"
That fag Lezac says up to 21"
That fag Busby says 2" to 6"
Thompson says 6" to 12"
Meanwhile weather.com at last check 5 mins ago, said up to 1".

Btw, how the fuck do we have 2 fags doing the weather in this damn town?

Rack Fu · Post by **Rack Fu** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:04 am

In Houston, we almost broke the all-time high temperature for this date. Tomorrow we may break the all-time low record as this weird cold front moves in.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:10 am

Dunno' dave, but I only watch that bull-dyke Katie Horner on KCTV5.

She like rules and stuff, and she sez 12" on the south side of the metro. Us north of the river clones may catch a break this time and only get dry-fucked by 8"

Regardless, I'm expecting the worst mother nature has to throw at us. Bring it, bitch.

When other pussies (sup dinsdale?) are calling in to work saying they won't be in just because it snowed, I'll be the first one in the office.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:29 am

There was ice on our cars this morning. The furnace came on last night.

(yes it does freeze occasionally in Paradise)

socal · Post by **socal** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:34 am

But it's a dry cold.

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:43 am

Rack Fu wrote:In Houston, we almost broke the all-time high temperature for this date. Tomorrow we may break the all-time low record as this weird cold front moves in.

Bro, you may not think you'll need it in the morning, but be sure to grab a jacket ... for your SUV.

rimshot

Update: Just took my two labs for about a 30-minute walk in this shit. The dogs, btw, were happier than two lesbians in the bathroom at an Indigo Girls concert.

Temp has gone down to 29 and rain has turned to sleet, with a thin layer of white covering the grass and part of the streets. Oh, and for the record, that's 29, with a wind out of the North at 17 mph (gusts to 30, and no, Van, I'm not doing the wind-chill math), with a relative humidity of 96 percent. Which means, basically, it's real fucking cold, and not numbers fucking cold. I was wondering wtf was going on, with me bundled up walking two labs without leashes, meaning they are running and I'm plodding along, and just thinking, "damn, I used to ski in this shit 10 years ago," until I saw the humidity reading on TWC.

So far, the residential streets only have a layer of slush mixed with ice on them, with rivers of rainwater still rushing by the curbs. I only almost fell once. Should make for a beautiful morning by the time the temp dips to the mid-20s.

Wags, I was exaggerating about the one-inch ice coat. Since I got home about 3 hours ago, it's about 1/16, but by morning it could easily be 1/2 ...

Oh, and just in case you guys didn't know it -- based on the local news here, they're about to call in helicoper evacations any second now, and we all need to run for our lives. I don't think I'm going to make it, bros. I haven't stocked up on canned goods, flour and sugar.

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:47 am

Toddowen wrote:I remember one time I went through Oklahoma and I saw that they had weather.

It must not have been spring. Especially not in May, 1999. Damn, dude, there were 72 tornadoes here in a 6-hour period, before the National Weather Service stopped counting. What a lovely way you could have gone out. Too bad your timing was off.

Luther · Post by **Luther** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:03 am

[align=center]We've got the sleetiest sleet,
we've got the lushest snow.
We've got the wettest rain,
and the foggiest fog.

We get the weather
like I get chicks.
Dig it.

--Dinsdale[/align]

Rip City

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:44 am

Bwah @ Luth

As to skiing and the weather here ... I've been, in many conditions, at many locales in the Rockies -- Taos, Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Snowmass, Purgatory, Winter Park, Sandia Peak, Ski Apache [Sierra Madre peak, in N.M.], and Sante Fe, with tons of snow -- and Yosemite, cross-country skiing in March, for two days, roughing it, but I digress ...

The weather here, at present, reminds me of being at a Rockies ski area, where everyone is pissed, with no snow and sleet. Half of them, like me, are praying for something to happen ('sup Cure fans?), the other half are doing whatever it is they do.

Probably watching TV news and stocking up.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:24 pm

Jsc810 wrote:
War Wagon wrote:Regardless, I'm expecting the worst mother nature has to throw at us. Bring it, bitch.
You really don't want to taunt Mother Nature like that.

Of course Missouri being above sea level does help matters.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:02 pm

12 F
Feels Like 4 F

Bunch of Whiney Twats!

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:08 pm

e wrote:if i have to be in shit like this, i'd rather be at Alta

^^^^^^ I love Alta...

when considering all factors, probably the best in the state.......

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:14 pm

The weatherdorks were busting out their double-secret threats on us. Was supposed to be a half-inch of freezing rain, starting around 10 last night. Around 10 last night, I was out and about...in the rain. And it wasn't freezing.

Whatever weatherdork says, the forecats is always accurate...if you plan for the opposite.

Although there was like 1/8 of an inch of snow on the ground the other day...well, maybe an 1/8...probably not quite. Regardless, don't see that very often.

Keep your fucking snow...I'll take my winter rains, thank you very much. Snow sucks. The cold that causes snow sucks. Which is why I live near the Big Heater, aka the Good Ocean.

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:59 pm

I hate to go all Dinsdale on y'all, but we're laughing at you up here in Minnesota, where the roads are always open and businesses don't have "snow days."

I take that back. We had 30 inches of snow one year on Halloween and traffic kind of came to a halt, but I bundled up and walked the couple of miles to work anyway. I remember passing a bus that was stuck in a drift and all the passengers were out behind pushing it.

My car was parked on the wrong side of the street, which usually means a ticket and tow, but it was literally buried to the roofline in a snow drift and I thought if they want to tow me out of that mess, have at it.

Parting advice:
Give yourself a lot of room on those roads and take it slow.

The Whistle Is Screaming · Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:18 pm

Uncle Fester wrote:Parting advice:
Give yourself a lot of room on those roads and take it slow.

Funny how common sense seems to be lost on so many. Fisrt day of snowfall or icy roads and there dozens of fender benders.

Luther · Post by **Luther** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:24 pm

I always like to see the people who put their chains on their rear tires...on a front wheel drive car.

Rip City

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:28 pm

The Whistle Is Screaming wrote:Funny how common sense seems to be lost on so many. Fisrt day of snowfall or icy roads and there dozens of fender benders.

Oh, dude -- I can sooooo trump that...

Around here, we have these things called "californians"(a'plenty), and all it takes is about a quarter inch of rain....buy stock in body shops.

It's pretty fucking funny, actually.

Man, you people can't drive for shit up here. You fuckers drive sooooo slow ****SCREEEEEECH!KBAM!****

Funny, funny shit.

YD · Post by YD » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:42 pm

Dinsdale wrote:

Man, you people can't drive for shit up here. You fuckers drive sooooo slow ****SCREEEEEECH!KBAM!****

Funny, funny shit.

$$$ so fukking true

Around here we get the "I got 4 wheel drive I won't sl.....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!" *SMASH!!!*

really funny unless the morons are sliding into you with their freekin tank on ice skates

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:55 pm

Back when I was going to school
at a small state college in CNY!

Seriously though, I was riding in a rental car with this guy who lived down the hall from me in college through the town of Fulton, NY. He was from Forest Hills in Queens, where they consider 6 inches of snow to be a major winter event. Dude takes a bend in the snow covered road at the posted limit of 45 MPH resulting in a 720 degree spinout through 4 lanes worth of traffic. After we came to a stop, I asked him WTF he was thinking taking that turn at 45. His answer? "Dude, my car at home has anti-lock brakes."

From then on, I took the wheel.

Luther · Post by **Luther** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:03 pm

FACTS:

Bsmack and a friend in a car.
Car is a rental.
They are in college.
Snow is on the ground.

Conclusion:

Both of these birkenstockers are high on chronic.

Rip City

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:11 pm

Dude was just going on the theory that he was driving the best-handling car ever made -- the Rental.

Although, the U&L is finishing the wettest November on record. This side of the mountains, anyway. Not sure how it worked out on the Timmay side of the mountains...then again, if they got more than 2 inches, it probably broke their record.

YD · Post by YD » Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:16 pm

pretty sure its at least a recent record. I rained or snowed all month.

highs in the mid to upper 20's this week

fukken sucks. The good thing is my office is on the 2nd floor and on a corner of our street with a very confusing(for morons) intersection. The direction with no stop sign , people always stop, the direction WITH the stop sign people always blow through at like 35 mph.

when the streets are icy, like now, I get a bird's eye view of one good, non fatal wreck a week.

usually messicans that dont read signs anyway.

good times

Luther · Post by **Luther** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:23 pm

My new neighbor has some people who resemble "day laborers" out in his back yard with shovels. I heard talking etc., and I looked out to see about four of them digging around the guys foundation. Hmmm....guess he's got some H2O in at least the crawl space. More than likely his carpets are damp and all his windows are fogged over.

It appears they will be doing just a half assed job with the problem solving. Last year they did the same thing...they dug a 6 inch trench around the house and stuffed some black drain pipe in it. I don't think the hole was even deep enough to put any river rock over the pipe. The pipe goes around to the front of their house. I remember last year I drove around the block to see what it looked like. Bwahaha...A black pipe coming out of the guys lawn...I didn't see any water though.

Back in '96 when we had all the floods and shit, I put in one of those "French" drains in the house. The basement had two walls that were getting pretty wet and I'd get water on the laundry room floor. In comes the workers who jackhammer a trench by the concrete wall and cover it with rock and a drain system. Works like a charm...dry as a bone. Best investment that I ever did.

Rip City

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:16 pm

Luther wrote:Back in '96 when we had all the floods and shit, I put in one of those "French" drains in the house. The basement had two walls that were getting pretty wet and I'd get water on the laundry room floor. In comes the workers who jackhammer a trench by the concrete wall and cover it with rock and a drain system. Works like a charm...dry as a bone. Best investment that I ever did.

Rip City

I spent a summer doing that shite back in my college days. Jackhammered the concrete, which then had to be hauled to a basement window and chucked out piece by piece. Then I went outside, crawled down into the window well, and chucked the broken concrete into a Bobcat loader. That job sucked a giant rat cock.

Then we dug down about 12 inches to form a trench. All of the sand had to be hauled to the basement window, shoveled out, and then hauled away outside. That REALLY sucked.

Laying down the drain tile and putting in new concrete was tough work, but was easy by comparison.

My back hurts just thinking about it.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:50 am

I took an "ice day" yesterday, as there was lots of ice & snow from the day before (when I did a controlled slide down a hill to work). The road ended up being closed anyways due to the conditions.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:54 am

Dude, about time you learned U&L traditions...NOBODY goes to work when there's snow/ice, except the mailman.

That is how we roll.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:42 am

Dinsdale wrote:Dude, about time you learned U&L traditions...NOBODY goes to work when there's snow/ice, except the mailman.

That is how we roll.

That's because you must all be pussies.

Seriously, if you let a little (or a lot) of snow or ice shut down your business, then you aren't worth a damn.

I'll bet they don't even have urinals in your workplaces, because you U&L'ers all squat to piss.

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:27 am

War Wagon wrote:
Dinsdale wrote:Dude, about time you learned U&L traditions...NOBODY goes to work when there's snow/ice, except the mailman.

That is how we roll.
That's because you must all be pussies.

Seriously, if you let a little (or a lot) of snow or ice shut down your business, then you aren't worth a damn.

Dude, I come from the land of the ice and snow (apologies to Led Zeppelin), but even the storm that hit us on October 12-13 shut things down.

I live about 1 hours' drive away from work. I tried to make it into work the next day, got about halfway, and there was a sheriff's car parked in the road perpendicular, turning everyone back (the New York State Thruway had been completely shut down). I tried calling in to let them know I couldn't make it in. After two attempts, I figured that nobody else made it in, either.

We lost a lot of trees that day. The snow was extremely heavy, and most of the leaves were still on the trees. That resulted in a lot of downed power lines as well.

Driving home on Thursday night, I saw something I had never seen before and hope never to see again: lightning and snow at the same time. That was a scary trip.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:52 am

War Wagon wrote:
Dinsdale wrote:Dude, about time you learned U&L traditions...NOBODY goes to work when there's snow/ice, except the mailman.

That is how we roll.
That's because you must all be pussies.

Seriously, if you let a little (or a lot) of snow or ice shut down your business, then you aren't worth a damn.

When we want the opinion of some asswipe flatlander, we'll beat it out of you.

Jerkovich · Post by **Jerkovich** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:44 am

Mikey wrote:There was ice on our cars this morning. The furnace came on last night.

(yes it does freeze occasionally in Paradise)

No shit, mine came on about 0200 and I was pissed.....until I crawled out of bed this morning to a 29 degree frozen wonderfuckingland.

No way for a coasty to live, God & god damnit!

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:22 am

Terry in Crapchester wrote:Dude, I come from the land of the ice and snow (apologies to Led Zeppelin), but even the storm that hit us on October 12-13 shut things down.

2 or more feet of snow falling on trees that have not yet shed their leaves will do that. I was damn glad to be in Rochester that week.

420 · Post by **420** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:27 am

BSmack wrote:
Terry in Crapchester wrote:Dude, I come from the land of the ice and snow (apologies to Led Zeppelin), but even the storm that hit us on October 12-13 shut things down.
2 or more feet of snow falling on trees that have not yet shed their leaves will do that. I was damn glad to be in Rochester that week.

Is there a reason that you guys choose to live in a place that sounds like hell?

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:31 am

420 wrote:
BSmack wrote:
Terry in Crapchester wrote:Dude, I come from the land of the ice and snow (apologies to Led Zeppelin), but even the storm that hit us on October 12-13 shut things down.
2 or more feet of snow falling on trees that have not yet shed their leaves will do that. I was damn glad to be in Rochester that week.
Is there a reason that you guys choose to live in a place that sounds like hell?

It's hardly hell. Hell is a hurricane, earthquake or a wildfire. We don't get those.

420 · Post by **420** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:43 am

BSmack wrote:
420 wrote:
BSmack wrote: 2 or more feet of snow falling on trees that have not yet shed their leaves will do that. I was damn glad to be in Rochester that week.
Is there a reason that you guys choose to live in a place that sounds like hell?
It's hardly hell. Hell is a hurricane, earthquake or a wildfire. We don't get those.

Those are brief moments. You live on a frozen tundra for 9 months a year without any culture. That sounds like hell to me.

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Dec 02, 2006 6:06 am

420 wrote:
BSmack wrote:
420 wrote: Is there a reason that you guys choose to live in a place that sounds like hell?
It's hardly hell. Hell is a hurricane, earthquake or a wildfire. We don't get those.
Those are brief moments.

Those are brief moments that kill people.

You live on a frozen tundra for 9 months a year without any culture. That sounds like hell to me.

See above. The frozen tundra doesn't kill, unless you're both unlucky and dumb, or careless.

And the winters are actually a perverse source of pride for the locals, in a way. We pride ourselves on being able to hack it, whereas much of the country could not. 100 inches of snow is considered a relatively mild winter in these parts.

Rudolph · Post by **Rudolph** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 6:27 am

War Wagon wrote:
Dinsdale wrote:Dude, about time you learned U&L traditions...NOBODY goes to work when there's snow/ice, except the mailman.

That is how we roll.
That's because you must all be pussies.

YOU are a pussy, scarecrow boy. I've seen your picture. Coke bottle glasses resting atop a face far too aquainted with the ugly stick. If you were a bird your mom would have slaughtered you at birth and fed you to the rest of the nest, runt.

Mix in a steak once in a while, flyweight. I fear a strong wind might blow your scrawny little ass right into the next neighboring hick state.