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It’s currently 18 F and is going to be 15 F by 7AM here in SATX. Obviously it doesn’t compare to -50 but for Texas this is loving insane.
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Idiot Kicker posted:The local media in Portland were preparing us for an epic battle with every Norse god but there's just a thin layer of frost Amazon just shut down one of their grocery warehouses in Seattle for all of the 23rd due to, "an expected severe weather event". Not sure if that applies to other general freight warehouses but if Fresh is getting rolled up everyone else must be taking precautionary measures. All I can think of is the Imperial Death Star sized BFI4 warehouse in Kent Valley which has been eating snow crap for the last week and they're probably about to get iced literally. I hope they get a break too.
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Only light dusting of snow, but the wind is going NUTS. Currently 34 MPH Sustained Winds, ??? Gusts and absolutely terrifying howling outside.
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Dec 23, 2022 12:39
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News is saying it's the first official blizzard in over 40 years. Work emailed and said "good luck driving in, we're open!"
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wilderthanmild posted:Only light dusting of snow, but the wind is going NUTS. Currently 34 MPH Sustained Winds, ??? Gusts and absolutely terrifying howling outside. We got maybe an inch or two of snow but it is also shockingly cold with bonkers wind.
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Dec 23, 2022 13:56
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satanic splash-back posted:News is saying it's the first official blizzard in over 40 years. “Good luck opening, we’re not driving in!”
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Dec 23, 2022 14:01
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Buffalo NY goon checking in, here is our forecast: - 70 mph wind gusts - 1-3 feet of snow - Blizzard conditions for 30 hours .... THIRTY - Dropping from 40 degrees to 13 in the span of a few hours after it poured rain for the last 12 The pouring rain just switched over to horizontal snow and the wind is howling. This is fun!
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Dec 23, 2022 14:09
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Isnt that just Buffalo though?
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Also snow seems good and cool but then its the middle of February and all the snow that fell a month ago is still around but blackened from car exhaust and it also blinds you if the sun dares to show itself if you don't wear sunglasses and if you have too much snow it can and will gently caress up roofs and power lines and you have to deal with salt dumped on roads to get rid of the snow which also rots out cars unless you also go get that poo poo washed every other day and snow just sucks rear end
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Dec 23, 2022 14:48
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Also the first couple times you shovel snow it's nice. Almost like a workout. But by the 10th time you're shoveling snow for the season and there's 8 inches on the ground and you got another 8 on the way, you start to really hate the poo poo. For some reason I still insist on never moving somewhere that doesn't have regular snow, because I am a moron.
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Dec 23, 2022 14:52
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No weather but it's like 18 degrees in Albuquerque right now. There was a deep freeze one night a decade+ ago here where somehow Albuquerque became the coldest place in the entire country, including Alaska, for an hour and the temp dropped to -16 without warning. My dad's house has a well. So do all the other houses in that neighborhood. My dad was in Alaska working at the time. I woke up and my brother was making margaritas in the kitchen and I was like man we gotta go to school wtf I gotta take a shower like right now I have like 3 tests today, and then he handed me a margarita and said, "all the schools are closed because their pipes blew, and you're not taking a shower because we don't have running water." We were the last ones to call the pump guys so we didn't have water for like 4 days lol, I had to drive like 8 miles to my mom's house to take a poo poo or shower.
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Dec 23, 2022 14:56
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Also it loving owns(no it doesn't) that the first thing heard out of your 68+ year old dad when the wind roars and the snow falls doing wellness checks regarding winter weather is how white people are being deliberately outbred by illegal immigrants as a long con conspiracy theory 
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Dec 23, 2022 15:01
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It's rear end-cold here, but this meme keeps me going.
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Poohs Packin posted:Isnt that just Buffalo though? Yep! Buffalo is getting it worse due to Lake Erie : you have this combo of lake effect snow AND the fact that there isn't anything to slow down the wind over open water. It's basically hurricane snow right now.
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WalletBeef posted:Yep! Buffalo is getting it worse due to Lake Erie : you have this combo of lake effect snow AND the fact that there isn't anything to slow down the wind over open water. 
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Dec 23, 2022 15:40
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I'm working from home and actually love this .... but I'm sure that will change if we lose power .
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Winter Storm Elliott IRL:
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Post blizzard pics: Weird wind sculpts on the porch. This is all pure snow, not covering furniture like my friend thought:  There are two benches and a bird feeder in this pic.  It's hard to get the scale, but the drift by the dog is 9-10 feet.  I can't tell the wind because our weather station's frozen, but it looks like it's a little warmer today! 
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Dec 23, 2022 15:52
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Das Boo posted:Post blizzard pics: that's a wild-rear end sculpt, it was so drat cold that it made a ramp lol presumably to do a kickflip off while it was dunking on everyone
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It's 8c/47f and raining on & off here in New York City. That's normal, right?Das Boo posted:
 What does -53 even feel like? I would think that below -30 -- in Celsius OR Fahrenheit -- you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.Anyway, the snowy wintry pics in this thread are beautiful. 
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wilderthanmild posted:Only light dusting of snow, but the wind is going NUTS. Currently 34 MPH Sustained Winds, ??? Gusts and absolutely terrifying howling outside. I live on a hilltop in Wales, 34 MPH wind with gusts at 70+ is most winter storms. You get used to it and just stay indoors. Of course it's normally well above freezing and just smashing rain and the occasional hail, because Britain is a largely benign island. Blizzard will be a very different experience.
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it's beautiful outside today.
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Das Boo posted:Post blizzard pics: Cool sculpture but I am very triggered by the uncovered water spigot. Do you like frozen pipes? THAT IS HOW YOU GET FROZEN PIPES! Also your home is very lovely.
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Fabulousity posted:Cool sculpture but I am very triggered by the uncovered water spigot. Do you like frozen pipes? THAT IS HOW YOU GET FROZEN PIPES! I assume they are winterized. Basically a spigot like that shouldn't have any water in it or the supply line running to it. Typically a cover alone won't save it when things are really cold.
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A ton of flights got cancelled.
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I went outside for about 30 minutes brushing snow off poo poo and it surprisingly wasn't that bad even with the tree-rattling winds
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Animal-Mother posted:A ton of flights got cancelled. Sure have. My job is a hell of a lot easier today because of the weather.
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I just moved up to north georgia from miami and my wife is super worried about the cold like it's a hurricane, telling me to not take too long on dog walks. it's -7f - pretty brisk, but not like instant death terriroty. neither me or the dogs want to be outside longer than absolutely necessary. The sun is shining and it's beautiful out though, it's kind of weird stepping out into it.
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Storm started hitting here about an hour ago so I started drinking early
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My flight from MSP is late but not cancelled Suck it Elliot
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It went from drizzly to rainy to snowy to just grey in like 20 minutes
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the climate's always changed, don't worry about it
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wilderthanmild posted:Also the first couple times you shovel snow it's nice. Almost like a workout. Old people die shoveling snow all the time. YeahTubaMike posted:It's 8c/47f and raining on & off here in New York City. That's normal, right? It is very painful. Any exposed skin hurts immediately upon walking outside. You can literally get frostbite in minutes. It really is the wind that's the worst. I'd take 0F with zero wind over 20F with a heavy wind.
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I actually just got home from making a run out, here in Green Bay. As of current, it's Cold (about -3 before the wind chill), but it's actually not that bad out there. Wouldn't want to go camping or down to the Manitowoc pier to hang out for a few hours, but this was better than anticipated
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I should note though that this year I bought myself a Carhartt vtao 169 coat and a pair of their storm defender gloves. Both of which loving rock as anyone who buys any Carhartt crap could probably guess
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Big Beef City posted:I should note though that this year I bought myself a Carhartt vtao 169 coat and a pair of their storm defender gloves. Both of which loving rock as anyone who buys any Carhartt crap could probably guess Down filling or?
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Layers, binch
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nom epique posted:Down filling or? No but it's rated equally to them on the website plus this is less puffy and rainproof. I liked that more than a down. The last Carhartt coat I had that I lost in a move was down but also pretty bulky https://www.carhartt.com/Categories.../105002-205LREG It looks thin but still rated for warmth at 4/5 https://www.carhartt.com/Categories/Accessories/Gloves/Insulated-Gloves/Pipeline-Insulated-Glove/p/800226-003M And those are the gloves, which have separate removable wearable liners AND a nose wipe BUILT IN Big Beef City fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Dec 23, 2022 |
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Old people die shoveling snow all the time. Yeah, because anything more than like an inch is on par with a fairly intense workout, which most people, especially older people, aren't ready for. I live in Cleveland and have been told pretty much my whole life to either buy a snow blower or hire someone to shovel/plow by your mid 40s because some stupidly high number of men die of heart attacks shoveling every year.
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