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The Calm before the Storm

Old 01-13-2008, 01:05 PM
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The Calm before the Storm

Hadn't taken my '8 out in a couple weeks and today's sunny 45 degf after a week of snow/salt-clearing warmth and rain made my usual backcountry route sublime. Topped off with 93 and some Stabil, detail sprayed it (even tho' not much road dust) and Winter-covered back up. Looks like a couple weeks of hibernation ahead. Oh well, good memories from today to hold me.
Old 01-13-2008, 02:51 PM
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"Snowfall totals of 8 to 14 inches are expected by Monday evening."

Yeah, I'm working from home tomorrow. Heh.
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ha! I'm definitely working from home, too!
Old 01-13-2008, 05:28 PM
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Thank god I have tomorrow off hehe
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i just hope i don't have to dig my car out of the train station tomorrow when i get back home since i have to be in NYC.
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I dont pay attention anymore to the weather channel unless its a couple hours before a storm is gonna hit.

They try to scare you, "O yeah the northeast will get 1000000 inches of snow by the morning!!!"

Then couple hours before, you check again, "1-2 inches of snow expected".

LOL its funny. They said i was supposed to get 4-6 inches yesterday, this morning and this afternoon. I just checked again 5 minutes ago to make sure so i can put my wipers up on my car and spread some salt on the ground to get it ready and it said, "1-2 inches of snow expected".

Thats nothing.
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It's still coming down at a good clip at 9:30 am.
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so much for needing to dig myself out. when i caught the train this morning it was just slush and is now only expected to get another inch or two.
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Didnt even snow here. We got rain.

Told you weather channels are full of it.

Awesome "6-12 inches" we're supposed to get LOL
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We got something like 4 inches, I just drove to work, the roads didn't have much traffic at 10am and I got in fine.
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thats the weather man hyping it up as usual. they canceled school in all of RI for a couple inches of slush.
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We ended up getting 6", sleet compressed to 4". Took me an hour and a half to shovel the heavy stuff. I'd rather face a foot of dry.
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Originally Posted by mja64
thats the weather man hyping it up as usual. they canceled school in all of RI for a couple inches of slush.
yup, after predicting 6+ inches at the end of last week, they changed to 3 inches at most by this a.m.

I stayed home until it stopped snowing then came to work when it looked like the roads would be fine. I have a short commute, but it hits 4 highways - so if the roads get bad it's a massive nightmare to get home.
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wow, the weathermen got it right at my place....they said 8-14 inches, and we got aright about a foot. I did a little work from home, took the snow blower out & blasted the driveway, and went to work. Roads weren't bad at all
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Got a foot here in Worcester but my 8 has been in the garage since October.

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we got nothing...not even a light blanketing
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We got atleast 4" here in Norwood. Shoveled the heavy stuff around 9am then after that the snow let up by alot. Overall the storm was hyped up a bit but I think after the last major storm we had they didnt want to be blamed for not warning people. I'd hate to be a weatherman, one of those "Damned if you do, Damned if you don't." jobs.
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