Our first snow and we are getting hammered!

[Michie]

The road you see in the picture is the road I jog on

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[Armoured]

Huge wet flakes sticking to everything! Too soon!

Glad that Global Warming thing people were worried about is over.

 

[Michie]

Huh?

Glad that Global Warming thing people were worried about is over.

 

[Armoured]

Huh?

It's snowing, right? Proves it's cold.

(Tongue in cheek here. Great photos. Wish it snowed like that here.)

 

[Michie]

I don't mind snow as long as it does not become a huge problem! It's 18 degrees today so a lot of this very wet snow has turned to ice. Now if you say anything about glacier melting I will track you down and stick an ice cube down your pants.

It's snowing, right? Proves it's cold.

(Tongue in cheek here. Great photos. Wish it snowed like that here.)

 

[Soma Seer]

The meterologists have been dismal in their forecasts the past couple of seasons.

A former co-worker once told me that meteorologists are just about the only people on the planet who can be wrong 85% of the time and not get fired.

 

[Soma Seer]

Ha I'm so jealous. We get snow maybe once per decade where I live.

But seriously if the snowfall you're getting is a big problem, I'm sorry to hear that...

The thing about snow is that it normally toys with us, at first. There's a lighter dusting, which melts; then a slightly heavier snowfall after that, which likely melts, etc. Regardless, people who've been driving on dry pavement for roughly 9 months out of the year have some time to adjust to driving on snow/slush/ice once again.

Getting 10"-12" inches at once, though, generally makes people lose their minds and drive like complete idiots--i.e., not cautiously enough for road conditions. (Yesterday, I watched someone slide through a 4-way stop from the comfort of my kitchen.) Even when snow sneaks up on us more slowly, there always are those who drive too fast/erratically, especially after the first snowfall. (Those are the ones who usually wind up in a ditch and need to call roadside assistance.)

 

[Gnarwhal]

The thing about snow is that it normally toys with us, at first. There's a lighter dusting, which melts; then a slightly heavier snowfall after that, which likely melts, etc. Regardless, people who've been driving on dry pavement for roughly 9 months out of the year have some time to adjust to driving on snow/slush/ice once again.

Getting 10"-12" inches at once, though, generally makes people lose their minds and drive like complete idiots--i.e., not cautiously enough for road conditions. (Yesterday, I watched someone slide through a 4-way stop from the comfort of my kitchen.) Even when snow sneaks up on us more slowly, there always are those who drive too fast/erratically, especially after the first snowfall. (Those are the ones who usually wind up in a ditch and need to call roadside assistance.)

Sounds like when it rains here in California. It never fails, first rain after a dry spell and people are slipping and sliding all over, driving way to fast for wet pavement and creating chaos.

 

[Michie]

So today it is almost 60 degrees. Supposed to hit mid 60's tomorrow. We always have such crazy weather.

 

[Soma Seer]

So today it is almost 60 degrees. Supposed to hit mid 60's tomorrow. We always have such crazy weather.

It's not quite that warm by me today, but much of our 10"-12" inches' worth of snow is gone. But I'm guessing that we'll blink and find a new blanket of snow on the ground.

 

[Cos-play]

I like to get hammered during the first snowfall too.

 

[Michie]

Yeah ok but not exactly the type of "hammered" I was referring to.

I like to get hammered during the first snowfall too.

 

[Michie]

We are expecting a lot of rain here.

It's not quite that warm by me today, but much of our 10"-12" inches' worth of snow is gone. But I'm guessing that we'll blink and find a new blanket of snow on the ground.

 

[Michie]

Mid 60's on Thanksgiving. Cue the twilight zone music. Weird.

 

[Soma Seer]

Mid 60's on Thanksgiving. Cue the twilight zone music. Weird.

Low 60's by me today--and, yes, all the snow now is gone. Just another day in the Midwest.