Surprise today after the 70's last week..

ConqSoft · 01-19-2005, 2:18 PM

Pictures show the progression.... Only a couple inches.

ER · 01-19-2005, 2:35 PM

I almost thought you moved to St. Louis there for a second.

The joke around here is, "If you don't like the weather just stick around". We went from 65F one day to snow the next just this last week.

colryn · 01-19-2005, 2:46 PM

What's the white stuff covering everything outside? I have never seen that stuff before.

Latebraking · 01-19-2005, 3:42 PM

Our experiences of late out here on the left coast are the inverse. We are going to have lingering effects from those two weeks.......

SilverBullet · 01-19-2005, 8:10 PM

You got more than I did here. Only had a good dusting. But the roads are solid ice now.

OSIRIS · 01-19-2005, 8:36 PM

We had about an inch, but the roads were terrible. A co-worker's drive home is normally about 40 minutes and last I talked to him he was over 2 hours into his drive with about 10 miles to go.

Johnny Diablo · 01-19-2005, 9:03 PM

Today: Sunny 82F/55F
Tomorrow : Sunny 80F/53F
Friday: Mostly Sunny 74F/54F
Sat: Sunny 78F/52F
Sun: 80F/51F

I think I will pull my shorts out of retirement tomorrow.

Bacchus · 01-19-2005, 9:15 PM

Conq, did you say something about 70's?

Brrrr...

TGZ13 · 01-19-2005, 9:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Bacchus

Conq, did you say something about 70's?

Brrrr...

OSIRIS · 01-19-2005, 9:17 PM

it's official...all of the tidewater area is closed tomorrow

ND4SPD · 01-19-2005, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ConqSoft

Pictures show the progression.... Only a couple inches.

That's what she said...

ConqSoft · 01-21-2005, 1:12 AM

Wow, we made CNN. I'm glad I avoided the stupidity by working at home yesterday.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/01/2....ap/index.html

ConqSoft · 01-21-2005, 1:14 AM

If they hadn't released the schools and closed businesses during the storm, so that the road crews would have a chance to salt/sand the roads, it would have been a non-event. But, they ****ed up and got rush hour traffic on untreated roads in the middle of the day.

G-Force Junkie · 01-21-2005, 2:38 AM

I'll be riding this weekend... http://www.weather.com/activities/ot...ml?locid=91355

slodsm · 01-21-2005, 9:25 AM

It is the same here Conq, we were warm as hell last week and although we missed the snow you guys got in Raleigh, it's still freezing cold and miserable with snow flurries and sleet. Great thing for me, or not.

Red Rider · 01-21-2005, 11:27 AM

It's only 10F degrees outside right now at 11:30 in the morning. And to make it worse we're supposed to get 6-8" of snow tonight. *sigh*

CBR929RE · 01-21-2005, 2:08 PM

we're suppose to get 8-12" tonight. but they said that last night so it'll probably change in the report tonight.

1 inch and some ice and you people in NC come to a halt and/or crash into each other. this wasn't the first snow you guys have gotten. I love when it snows an inch because then nobody can drive.

ConqSoft · 01-21-2005, 2:10 PM

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Originally Posted by CBR929RE

we're suppose to get 8-12" tonight. but they said that last night so it'll probably change in the report tonight.

1 inch and some ice and you people in NC come to a halt and/or crash into each other. this wasn't the first snow you guys have gotten. I love when it snows an inch because then nobody can drive.

Did you read why? Snow normally doesn't cause a problem here, when they're ready for it. This was supposed to be a few flurries, so they didn't have the roads treated, or the road crews on standby. By the time they got out there, it was too late... The ground was too cold, the packed snow became ice. No matter how good of a driver you are, hills with ice are going to cause issues.

CBR929RE · 01-21-2005, 2:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ConqSoft

Did you read why? Snow normally doesn't cause a problem here, when they're ready for it. This was supposed to be a few flurries, so they didn't have the roads treated, or the road crews on standby. By the time they got out there, it was too late... The ground was too cold, the packed snow became ice. No matter how good of a driver you are, hills with ice are going to cause issues.

around here they don't do much pretreating of the roads and we don't have a lot of trouble. but yes hills with ice do cause problems but there are precautions to take to prevent accidents on them. following distance and being very very gentle with the brakes is important. Accidents do happen though (unless you're from MA then according to the state every accident is avoidable. thats the reasoning they used when they changed the accident report form to a crash report form). I think if more people would get some training or pracite driving on snow and ice there'd be less problems. I love sliding around and I do it on purpose, good practice for when its actually needed.

GhostRider · 01-21-2005, 2:34 PM

Snow sucks

Critz · 01-21-2005, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ConqSoft

If they hadn't released the schools and closed businesses during the storm, so that the road crews would have a chance to salt/sand the roads, it would have been a non-event. But, they ****ed up and got rush hour traffic on untreated roads in the middle of the day.

aye. my 40 minute drive to pick up my son... took me over 5 hours. what a friggin nitemare..

ND4SPD · 01-21-2005, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Critz

aye. my 40 minute drive to pick up my son... took me over 5 hours. what a friggin nitemare..

CBR929RE · 01-21-2005, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by GhostRider

Snow sucks

I used to like snow and driving in it. I still like driving in it but I'm going through serious bike withdrawals this winter.

slodsm · 01-22-2005, 2:23 PM

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Originally Posted by CBR929RE

I think if more people would get some training or pracite driving on snow and ice there'd be less problems.

OK, and in a state like NC where it has snowed 4 times in the 9 years I have lived here, exactly how are they supposed to get more training?

Some people are just ignorant in general of things like auto control no doubt and others are born with an ability to control and understand mechanical things. When there is no precedence set to train anyone because it never happens, what do you do then?

I know, have an 11 month riding season