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Hey who is in NY or anywhere inside of this massive blizzard? If so, post your blizzard pictures!

http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com
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http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/The%20Outlaw/Photos/blizzard2006.htm
Direct link to pictures.

Because there are now 39 pictures (going to be more after the plows come) I will have to link it rather than post the pictures.

Christ! Try resizing those pictures. What resolution are they, 2272*1420? My poor little monitor can't cope.

Christ! Try resizing those pictures. What resolution are they, 2272*1420? My poor little monitor can't cope.

I just dropped them to 1024 x 750. I forgot about the resolution when I posted. They're in 2MP mode.

You call that massive?

I don't think I've ever seen snow that thick. In fact I think I've only ever seen settle decently where I live once (I've seen it settle more frequently in the countryside, but less and less frequently as the years go by).

That's what I call 'winter'... sheesh...southerners :p

You call that massive?

Considering that everywhere north of DC is getting 10" or more and that NYC is slated for 16" and Boston 13", the storm being the size of New England, yeah that's massive.

This is officially the first blizzard I have ever experienced with thunder & lightning. Yes it was! Around 6am I heard a thunderclap, just thought it was a wind gust throwing around a garbage can. Called out of work, laid back down in bed, and FLASH... Lightning!?!?!? Then thunder. A few more after that. Yeah BIZZARE-O-WORLD.

Considering that everywhere north of DC is getting 10" or more and that NYC is slated for 16" and Boston 13", the storm being the size of New England, yeah that's massive.

Area-wise, maybe.

:( We never get snow where I live - we did once, about seven or eight years ago, and that was seriously unbeliveably awesome - I'm talking drifts several feet deep, so naturally we had a huge ruck all day - but other than that nothing, apart from maybe aninch or so of muddy slush. Of course when I went to Austria we got shit loads and that was awesome, but thats all the way over in Austria.

Still, if there's that much snow where you are what are you doing indoors? Get out there with your mates and have a rumble!:D

May I just point out that I live further north than any of those places. Heck I live further north than all the of the states, except Alaska.

May I just point out that I live further north than any of those places. Heck I live further north than all the of the states, except Alaska.

And you meant thick as in heavy, or thick as in deep?

O: i'm in philly. it's exciting because i love snow but come on guys i've seen better. ;0

I wish it'd snow that much here. Damned Gulf Stream

I wish it'd snow that much here. Damned Gulf Stream

I second that - and even worse, the damn Isle of Wight and Portsdown Hill - whenever we do look to be getting some snow, those two big geographical bastards steal it all.:mad:

I second that - and even worse, the damn Isle of Wight and Portsdown Hill - whenever we do look to be getting some snow, those two big geographical bastards steal it all.:mad:

For a while there some people were hoping that big Russian blizzard would head over this way and give us some snow. Then we realised it'd just snow all over Europe, there'd be a bit of snow in England, and it'd rain here.

Christ! Try resizing those pictures. What resolution are they, 2272*1420? My poor little monitor can't cope.Maybe you should join the present where people have 1024x780 resolutions.

Yeah there's no point digging out my car right now. I shoveled the walk around the buildings near me and it was covered in a matter of minutes. I'll wait until later when it stops. More pictures coming.

Stop whining and get aquainted with a little friend called: the shovel.

Stop whining and get aquainted with a little friend called: the shovel.

Even if I dug my car out it isn't going anywhere. They won't plow until its over and there is currently 12" down there now. Just wait, there will be more. My good friend shovel helped me clear the pathway in front of my building and the three adjacent ones.

In Rochester we got almost no snow at all, it sucks.

In Rochester we got almost no snow at all, it sucks.

Yeah usually you're getting a foot and I am getting 2" but apparently it hath reversed, damn Atlantic moisture.

Even if I dug my car out it isn't going anywhere. They won't plow until its over and there is currently 12" down there now. Just wait, there will be more. My good friend shovel helped me clear the pathway in front of my building and the three adjacent ones.
Wow. You're like, Hercules or something. My back usually feels like I was hit by the other teams biggest line-backer after I do my drive way!

I actually correct my statement.

Stop whining and get aquainted with a little friend called: snow-blower.

Watch out, those blowers eat up cell phones! It ate mine!

Wow. You're like, Hercules or something. My back usually feels like I was hit by the other teams biggest line-backer after I do my drive way!

I actually correct my statement.

Stop whining and get aquainted with a little friend called: snow-blower.

Watch out, those blowers eat up cell phones! It ate mine!

Snow blower = nice...but I live in an apartment building without a garage. Mr. Snow Blower isn't going to fit through the door into the apartment. So Mr. Shovel is my friend. I'm 22 my back doesn't hurt after doing walkways, driveways, or anything. Actually I spent my day at work lifting heavy stuff (sucks). It is pointless though to dig a car out when it'll be covered again in two hours. I'd rather do it once than four times.

Yeah there's no point digging out my car right now. I shoveled the walk around the buildings near me and it was covered in a matter of minutes. I'll wait until later when it stops. More pictures coming.

Yeah, it's generally rather pointless to shovel in the middle of a snowstorm. Just be glad that it looks like it's coming down heavy and isn't blowing snow. That way when you do shovel it'll just be an even blanket of medium-depth snow, instead of strips of really deep snow.

Then again, I'd trade extra shovelling for deep drifts any day. <3 Oh snow, how I love you.

For a while there some people were hoping that big Russian blizzard would head over this way and give us some snow. Then we realised it'd just snow all over Europe, there'd be a bit of snow in England, and it'd rain here.

Big Russian blizzard? Hah, we should be so lucky :(

O: i'm in philly. it's exciting because i love snow but come on guys i've seen better. ;0

i'm in south jersey. by the time you notice the streets were plowed, ther is a 3/4" - 1" covering on the street.

i've already been out. granted, yesterday i had a 102 fever (and still recovering), but at least i got out and played football (american :p ) with my friends.

i bet i'll have off tomorrow. :D

:D

They just said on the news that the depth of snow in Central Park is 28.7 inches! Have fun, NYC!

They just said on the news that the depth of snow in Central Park is 28.7 inches! Have fun, NYC!
snow? holy crap, there are actually blizzards? here it's like 85 fahrenheit :eek: last time i saw snow was some six or seven years ago...and it didn't even cover the ground before melting :(

They just said on the news that the depth of snow in Central Park is 28.7 inches! Have fun, NYC!

With the drifts yeah but not overall.

Ah, now that's shaping up to be a nice little snowstorm. Good for you.

Now if our weather would just shape up to it's normal snowy self. *shakes fist at the pitiful storm outside* Not even 10 bloody cm yet.

Ah, now that's shaping up to be a nice little snowstorm. Good for you.

Now if our weather would just shape up to it's normal snowy self. *shakes fist at the pitiful storm outside* Not even 10 bloody cm yet.

Honestly, I am not getting my car out until they plow and even at that I'll still have to dig a little.

We've got about a foot here in north Delaware. (DON'T ask what state that is in....) But I haven't gotten out to take pictures yet due to the fact I slept in until noon or so. It's our first big storm in this house we just bought this past summer, though. Isn't that exciting?

We've got about a foot here in north Delaware. (DON'T ask what state that is in....) But I haven't gotten out to take pictures yet due to the fact I slept in until noon or so. It's our first big storm in this house we just bought this past summer, though. Isn't that exciting?

I hope you have a snowblower.

Hey who is in NY or anywhere inside of this massive blizzard? If so, post your blizzard pictures!


http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/Temp/HPIM0301.jpg
They haven't plowed yet and it is 10:19 AM.

http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/Temp/HPIM0302.jpg
My building door.

http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/Temp/HPIM0303.jpg
My car is in there, third one back on the left, I think...

http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/Temp/HPIM0304.jpg
Looking down the block.

Got more?

Holy living fuck! We don't get that much snow here in Bismarck, but this week it's forecast to hit -12F with 30mph winds (that's a -40F+ wind chill). Still, I'd rather be here, those pix remind me of my youth in Michigan...back when I didn't have to drive in that shit. Best of luck!

Honestly, I am not getting my car out until they plow and even at that I'll still have to dig a little.

I'd hope your plows are running already, there doesn't seem to be any reason for them not to.

Holy living fuck! We don't get that much snow here in Bismarck, but this week it's forecast to hit -12F with 30mph winds (that's a -40F+ wind chill). Still, I'd rather be here, those pix remind me of my youth in Michigan...back when I didn't have to drive in that shit. Best of luck!

When they plow I'll be alright. I have a Monte Carlo. While not 4WD it weighs 3,700 lb. My 3,400 lb. Lumina never got stuck and this is more powerful.

Holy living fuck! We don't get that much snow here in Bismarck, but this week it's forecast to hit -12F with 30mph winds (that's a -40F+ wind chill). Still, I'd rather be here, those pix remind me of my youth in Michigan...back when I didn't have to drive in that shit. Best of luck!

You seem overly excited for the amount of snow involved.

You seem overly excited for the amount of snow involved.
And you seem like kind of a dick for the amount of levity involved. Jesus! I'm a confessed Seattleite and we don't get much snow. Since moving to Bismarck, I've seen snow, but not that much. We get more wind and cold than snow here.

I was merely commenting that it seemed like a lot in MY experience. Why the hell do people have this asshole need to one-up others with regard to weather-related phenomena and then condescend or dismiss those who've never or only rarely experienced it? It's my right to be excited, Skeezix, so back the fuck off. If you've seen worse, then GOOD FOR YOU. I haven't seen snow like those pictures since I was five. If that somehow irritates you, sorry and tough shit.

And you seem like kind of a dick for the amount of levity involved. Jesus! I'm a confessed Seattleite and we don't get much snow. Since moving to Bismarck, I've seen snow, but not that much. We get more wind and cold than snow here.

I was merely commenting that it seemed like a lot in MY experience. Why the hell do people have this asshole need to one-up others with regard to weather-related phenomena and then condescend or dismiss those who've never or only rarely experienced it? It's my right to be excited, Skeezix, so back the fuck off. If you've seen worse, then GOOD FOR YOU. I haven't seen snow like those pictures since I was five. If that somehow irritates you, sorry and tough shit.

You seem overly excited for the slight involved. <3

When they plow I'll be alright. I have a Monte Carlo. While not 4WD it weighs 3,700 lb. My 3,400 lb. Lumina never got stuck and this is more powerful.

The one year in Seattle (1996) when we had lots of snow (for US, people, for US), my little Integra was high-centered on the two feet we had. Seattle snow is called "Cascade concrete" because it's very high in water content. I lived in a suburb (Everett) on a quiet dead-end street. Needless to say, snowplows, which were rare already, weren't coming to plow my street any time soon. I waited for it to stop that day, shoveled out my car and had to shovel about half a block's worth of clearance for my low-slung car. I was a high school teacher then and school had been canceled (Seattle area schools are notoriously wussies, but given the hilly nature of the terrain, the buses here can't take the grades and there's no alternate routes for many districts), so I went out for some salt for the walkway and came home satisfied with my effort. The next morning, I woke to discover school was still closed, which I expected, but not why. Overnight, 22 more inches had fallen. So I understand waiting until it's all over. At the time I was 26 years old, but worse for the wear after all that shoveling. My next car will have higher ground clearance.

Driving in snow is not too difficult, but there were a lot of transplants from warmer climates back home (mostly Californians), all slamming on their brakes or thinking their SUVs would make them immune to the laws of physics. Maintain pressure on the accelerator and stay off the brake as much as possible, and mostly, pay attention, and anyone can get through the snow in almost any car.

Hey who is in NY or anywhere inside of this massive blizzard? If so, post your blizzard pictures!


http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/Temp/HPIM0301.jpg
They haven't plowed yet and it is 10:19 AM.

http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/Temp/HPIM0302.jpg
My building door.

http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/Temp/HPIM0303.jpg
My car is in there, third one back on the left, I think...

http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/Temp/HPIM0304.jpg
Looking down the block.

Got more?

I live on Long Island, where do you live?

You seem overly excited for the slight involved. <3
Well, I suppose I'm tired of people like you "slighting" for no reason. If I say something stupid or incorrect or egregiously esoteric, then I deserve whatever censure I get. But to be "slighted" for commenting on weather strikes me as just plain elitist and needlessly arrogant.

Well, I suppose I'm tired of people like you "slighting" for no reason. If I say something stupid or incorrect or egregiously esoteric, then I deserve whatever censure I get. But to be "slighted" for commenting on weather strikes me as just plain elitist and needlessly arrogant.

Aww, but being weather elitist is fun. :p

And I do it with the knowledge that there's other people laughing out there at what I think is a bad snowstorm, as well as there being people laughing at what I think is 'intolerably hot weather'. How can anybody live in places where it's consistantly hotter than 35°C? I would melt!

Aww, but being weather elitist is fun. :p

And I do it with the knowledge that there's other people laughing out there at what I think is a bad snowstorm, as well as there being people laughing at what I think is 'intolerably hot weather'. How can anybody live in places where it's consistantly hotter than 35°C? I would melt!
Very well. Fair play to you.

And I agree with you on 35C/95F+. I get lethargic and wet-noodly in that kind of heat. However, I'm adjusting to the cold here (I recently heard myself say that 28F/-2C heralded a week of "warmer" weather), so I suppose, with enough exposure and acclimatization, you can get used to anything. That said, the summer I spent with my ex-fiancee in her native Austin, Texas saw routine temps at or above 37C/98F. Three months of attempted acclimatization just didn't work. Hated it. Especially the fantastic energy expended on ridiculous amounts of air conditioning and the shock upon leaving an icy building for the lung-like air outside.

This is mother nature's birthday present to me. I'd take some pictures, but I'm not nearly insane enough to go out there right now, when it's all toasty warm in here.

And you meant thick as in heavy, or thick as in deep?
deep. :( ... be even worse if it was only as heavy as that. That looks quite powdery.

Very well. Fair play to you.

And I agree with you on 35C/95F+. I get lethargic and wet-noodly in that kind of heat. However, I'm adjusting to the cold here (I recently heard myself say that 28F/-2C heralded a week of "warmer" weather), so I suppose, with enough exposure and acclimatization, you can get used to anything. That said, the summer I spent with my ex-fiancee in her native Austin, Texas saw routine temps at or above 37C/98F. Three months of attempted acclimatization just didn't work. Hated it. Especially the fantastic energy expended on ridiculous amounts of air conditioning and the shock upon leaving an icy building for the lung-like air outside.

Also, I might've sounded harsher than I had meant or something. As in, I think it's perfectly understandable to be excited over that much snow. I'd be excited if we had that much snow as I utterly love snow. It just seemed more like 'OMG! Lot's of snow, yay!' level excitement rather than 'Holy shit, that's a freakload of snow!' level excitement.

But I will admit I was being asinine. I mean, someone from uh... Australia would probably be shocked by very little snow. Or something. Rar.

I live on Long Island, where do you live?

These are pictures from the Bronx. I grew up in Elmont where it's just as bad.

Maybe you should join the present where people have 1024x780 resolutions.*checks his display resolution* Oh look at that, it is already on 1024x780. Maybe you should read the the first reply to my reply in which the author of the thread says he has changed the resolution of the pictures. The pictures were about twice the width of the screen.

Maybe you should join the present where people have digital cameras that are actually able to make photo quality images. Just a suggestion.

deep. :( ... be even worse if it was only as heavy as that. That looks quite powdery.

I really shouldn't play the blizzard pissing game anymore... but urge... to brag... rising...

Hem. This (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan1.jpg) is (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan2.jpg) what (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan3.jpg) I (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan4.jpg) call (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan5.jpg) deep (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan6.jpg) snow (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan7.jpg).

Heh. Though to be realistic, that was a freak occurance. We generally get storms about like the one happening in NY right now, and this year we've barely even gotten that. *sigh* Worst winter ever.

I really shouldn't play the blizzard pissing game anymore... but urge... to brag... rising...

Hem. This (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan1.jpg) is (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan2.jpg) what (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan3.jpg) I (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan4.jpg) call (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan5.jpg) deep (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan6.jpg) snow (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan7.jpg).

Heh. Though to be realistic, that was a freak occurance. We generally get storms about like the one happening in NY right now, and this year we've barely even gotten that. *sigh* Worst winter ever.
Well I can probably brag that I live further North than you. 52°27' N to be precise. NYC is 40°47' N.

Well I can probably brag that I live further North than you. 52°27' N to be precise. NYC is 40°47' N.

You would be correct! I'm at 44°39′N latitude.

You would be correct! I'm at 44°39′N latitude.You'd think global warming was higher up the British agenda. If it weren't for the gulf stream then the UK would be... well... it be pretty damn cold...

Sorry, I couldn't think of anything decent.

Well the snow stopped. I hope the plows come.

I wish it'd snow that much here. Damned Gulf Stream
it would be nice. "snow" for us is more like a pathetically light dusting of sweet fuck all. ok the countryside gets it more but still... tis crap.

here's (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Assorted/assorted.htm)a couple of my pics from last time it snowed in england :D
(those pics from NY are awesome btw :P)

More pictures. They are linked on the first page through links because at 39, I don't feel like posting them all.

i called it! i'm already off for tomorrow!

(thank you small catholic school in middle of nowhere!)

All you guys that want snow can have it. I'm sick of it- as far as I'm concerned, I don't want it anymore.

I really shouldn't play the blizzard pissing game anymore... but urge... to brag... rising...

Hem. This (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan1.jpg) is (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan2.jpg) what (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan3.jpg) I (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan4.jpg) call (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan5.jpg) deep (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan6.jpg) snow (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/Chimeran/BlizzJuan7.jpg).

Heh. Though to be realistic, that was a freak occurance. We generally get storms about like the one happening in NY right now, and this year we've barely even gotten that. *sigh* Worst winter ever.

:eek: :eek:

That IS a freak snowstorm. Especially that last picture. How were you able to get out?

Those pics rock, man. I've always wanted to live in the Northern states where it actually snows in the Winter (though I did stay in Colorado for a while during the Winter --- no blizzards, though).

All you guys that want snow can have it. I'm sick of it- as far as I'm concerned, I don't want it anymore.



:eek: :eek:

That IS a freak snowstorm. Especially that last picture. How were you able to get out?

I've shovelled 3 times already today. My landlord came by with salt so that was good, my shovelling didn't go in vain. I did a few other walkways to for the neighbors, you know. Then to my car? Well...I dug...

I live twenty miles south of NYC (if you swim). There was about a foot or so, maybe a little more, but not bad at all. It was easy to clean. I finished quicker than the people with snow blowers anywho, because there was too much snow for them to handle it, but at least the snow isn't dense and frozen sheets of ice yet.

I live twenty miles south of NYC (if you swim). There was about a foot or so, maybe a little more, but not bad at all. It was easy to clean. I finished quicker than the people with snow blowers anywho, because there was too much snow for them to handle it, but at least the snow isn't dense and frozen sheets of ice yet.

It won't be because it's going to be in the 40s all week.

Considering that everywhere north of DC is getting 10" or more and that NYC is slated for 16" and Boston 13", the storm being the size of New England, yeah that's massive.

We got 5 inches at the most i think :'( Makes me sad living right outside of DC. Now, winter '96, THAT was a blizzard.

We got 5 inches at the most i think :'( Makes me sad living right outside of DC. Now, winter '96, THAT was a blizzard.

Yeah I remember. We had 78" that winter. One storm his us January, on a Sunday night and I was out of school for 2 days. It dumped close to 4 feet on us down in Elmont and the drifts were double that because of the Nor'Easter winds....

Apparently they're cancelling school for me tomorrow! :D
w00t no precalc test

Apparently they're cancelling school for me tomorrow! :D
w00t no precalc test

I finished school last semester :( Although I did get in one final snow day. I do have to go to work tomorrow though.

All you guys that want snow can have it. I'm sick of it- as far as I'm concerned, I don't want it anymore.



:eek: :eek:

That IS a freak snowstorm. Especially that last picture. How were you able to get out?

Heh, there was a drift valley that rang precisely along our front path, so we could go out the front door. That was just the back door. Though it took us awhile to get rid of the drift that went along the back of the house. Seeing as I could stand on it and look into my bedroom window... shoveling it involved me sitting on top and hacking away while my dad scooped everything up.

It's seems to be very white outside...

It's seems to be very white outside...

We officially have the largest understatement in 2006.

http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/The%20Outlaw/Photos/blizzard2006.htm

Jesus Christ. You really don't know what *snow* is over there, do ye? And a blizzard? Looks like the amount of snow I get here Every Week. *psssshhhh* :p

26.9" in Central Park. I was there today, sledding, and the amount of snow was mind boggling! I was so cold by the time I got home that I couldn't feel my toes.:)

26.9" in Central Park. I was there today, sledding, and the amount of snow was mind boggling! I was so cold by the time I got home that I couldn't feel my toes.:)

Nor could I after an hour of shoveling in waist deep snow.

Heh, there was a drift valley that rang precisely along our front path, so we could go out the front door. That was just the back door. Though it took us awhile to get rid of the drift that went along the back of the house. Seeing as I could stand on it and look into my bedroom window... shoveling it involved me sitting on top and hacking away while my dad scooped everything up.

Oh my goodness....didn't you worry about falling through though?

Oh my goodness....didn't you worry about falling through though?

SNOW FORT!

Oh my goodness....didn't you worry about falling through though?

Naw. Snow generally doesn't work like that. Worst case scenario is that you'd sink in to your waist, and then it's just a matter of flailing your way out. Though I do recall getting somewhat stuck in a large drift as a child and my dad pulling me out. I probably could've made it out on my own though.

Naw. Snow generally doesn't work like that. Worst case scenario is that you'd sink in to your waist, and then it's just a matter of flailing your way out. Though I do recall getting somewhat stuck in a large drift as a child and my dad pulling me out. I probably could've made it out on my own though.

True. Depends on the composition. I'd be worried about being up that high though.

SNOW FORT!

SNOWBALL FIGHT!

*launches snowball*

True. Depends on the composition. I'd be worried about being up that high though.



SNOWBALL FIGHT!

*launches snowball*

prepares to use car as fort boundary...sets up beind car and begins making snowballs...arms Mark I Right Arm

True. Depends on the composition. I'd be worried about being up that high though.


Heh! I've done worse. Like walked along the snow cliffs that formed over a steep hill in that storm. They were probably something like 5-8 meters straight down to the road, both from the edge of the cliff itself and through the cliff to the ground. I've honestly never fallen deeper then my waist, though, and I often have to try for that. Snow gets pretty solid when it's packed in high enough drifts.

I can only dream of having snow like that again. Though for now I'd settle for even 20 cm. Stupid winter of little snow...

:( I wish we had snow like that...and I live in Canada. I just got back form 2 days at Marmot Basin and the rocks and snow were starting to show through the snow. Whats worse, where I live we're supposed to have like 2 to 3 feet of the stuff right now and we have none. It was like 10C out today and there is grass everywhere. Have fun in New York with all that wonderful snow.:(

:( I wish we had snow like that...and I live in Canada. I just got back form 2 days at Marmot Basin and the rocks and snow were starting to show through the snow. Whats worse, where I live we're supposed to have like 2 to 3 feet of the stuff right now and we have none. It was like 10C out today and there is grass everywhere. Have fun in New York with all that wonderful snow.:(

It'll be fun once they plow and I can go to work.

:( I wish we had snow like that...and I live in Canada. I just got back form 2 days at Marmot Basin and the rocks and snow were starting to show through the snow. Whats worse, where I live we're supposed to have like 2 to 3 feet of the stuff right now and we have none. It was like 10C out today and there is grass everywhere. Have fun in New York with all that wonderful snow.:(

So it's a horrible winter for the west coast of Canada as well! Canada without (with little) snow, what's the world coming to?

Heh! I've done worse. Like walked along the snow cliffs that formed over a steep hill in that storm. They were probably something like 5-8 meters straight down to the road, both from the edge of the cliff itself and through the cliff to the ground. I've honestly never fallen deeper then my waist, though, and I often have to try for that. Snow gets pretty solid when it's packed in high enough drifts.

I can only dream of having snow like that again. Though for now I'd settle for even 20 cm. Stupid winter of little snow...

My goodness...you don't have a fear of heights do you?

prepares to use car as fort boundary...sets up beind car and begins making snowballs...arms Mark I Right Arm

*condenses snowballs*

Gloves: Thinsulate
Arm: Strength: 9 Accuracy: 5

My goodness...you don't have a fear of heights do you?



*condenses snowballs*

Gloves: Thinsulate
Arm: Strength: 9 Accuracy: 5

Gloves: SOLAG (SOF Gloves)
Arm Strength: 12 [Go Home Depot lifting]
Accuracy: 5 - 8 [Depends on weariness]
New Yorkness: Eleventy-Billion!

Gloves: SOLAG (SOF Gloves)
Arm Strength: 12 [Go Home Depot lifting]
Accuracy: 5 - 8 [Depends on weariness]
New Yorkness: Eleventy-Billion!

I was going on a ten-point scale!

That's it! Snow bombs!

*launches snow balls*

I was going on a ten-point scale!

That's it! Snow bombs!

*launches snow balls*

Oh okay well then I = 9.4

NY still is eleventy billion

Oh okay well then I = 9.4

NY still is eleventy billion

Not sure how your New Yorkness is going to help you here. *throws*

No fair! We only got 6 inches. They said it was sort of like a snow-hurricane.

Not sure how your New Yorkness is going to help you here. *throws*
New Yorkness is ALWAYS useful.

NEW YORKNESS +9999999999!

Not sure how your New Yorkness is going to help you here. *throws*

Hit on windshield.

Good aim...bah

New Yorkerness = uber 1337 power glory & honor

Launches 4 in rapid succession

Hit on windshield.

Good aim...bah

New Yorkerness = uber 1337 power glory & honor

Launches 4 in rapid succession

*Misses head but gets it down coat*
*Is highly annoyed and cold*
*Fires five*

direct hit to shoulder, knocks me down.

"I'll show him that son of a son of a bitch!"

prepares secret weapon (double arm power)

has 8 ready, fires all...laughs hysterically





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THE BLIZZARD IS OVER AND THE PLOWS CAME!

I live about an hour north of albany and we got like an inch and we were al laughing at people in NYC and Boston cause we always get lot's of snow. One year we got 3 feet on christmas eve. I heard NYC got 26" in central park. Where are they going to put it? They could sell it to the southern states.:p

I live about an hour north of albany and we got like an inch and we were al laughing at people in NYC and Boston cause we always get lot's of snow. One year we got 3 feet on christmas eve. I heard NYC got 26" in central park. Where are they going to put it? They could sell it to the southern states.:p

NY has a great snow removal policy, it's the best in the nation. Let me explain. They suspend all alternate side of the street parking and wait until Spring comes. There's no policy better than that one except one, the Schmidt-Devlin policy. This is a great one. FORCE alternate side of the street parking and plow out the side of the street with payloaders and plows, put it into dump trucks. The next day, do the same for the other side.

http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/Graphics/The%20Outlaw/Photogallery/Blizzard%202006/blizzard2006-43.jpg

:eek:

How are the cars going to get out?

NY has a great snow removal policy, it's the best in the nation. Let me explain. They suspend all alternate side of the street parking and wait until Spring comes. There's no policy better than that one except one, the Schmidt-Devlin policy. This is a great one. FORCE alternate side of the street parking and plow out the side of the street with payloaders and plows, put it into dump trucks. The next day, do the same for the other side.

Wouldn't that clear away all the cars though? Or is that the point?

Also, I know who's Devlin...who's Schmidt?

direct hit to shoulder, knocks me down.

"I'll show him that son of a son of a bitch!"

prepares secret weapon (double arm power)

has 8 ready, fires all...laughs hysterically

*jumps up and down*
*gets nailed in the head by a snowball, gets knocked down*
*runs to other side of fort*
*throws more snowballs*

Instead of blizzards, we have the unseasonable temperature of plus 3 Celsius and a complete lack of snow. But we'll pay for it. Either with torrential rains or a hideous drought.

Instead of blizzards, we have the unseasonable temperature of plus 3 Celsius and a complete lack of snow. But we'll pay for it. Either with torrential rains or a hideous drought.

Where's this? Vancouver? Toronto's doused with the white stuff and I want it gone... :(

Wierd.

You guys were getting buried in snow while I had to use the air conditioner in my car. :rolleyes:

Instead of blizzards, we have the unseasonable temperature of plus 3 Celsius and a complete lack of snow. But we'll pay for it. Either with torrential rains or a hideous drought.

Lucky, in Edmonton it was like plus 13 the other day.:(

NY has a great snow removal policy, it's the best in the nation. Let me explain. They suspend all alternate side of the street parking and wait until Spring comes. There's no policy better than that one except one, the Schmidt-Devlin policy. This is a great one. FORCE alternate side of the street parking and plow out the side of the street with payloaders and plows, put it into dump trucks. The next day, do the same for the other side.
I don't know how it is in the bronx, but in Manhattan the streets are cleared VERY quickly. The snow management is really good. Another good New York strategy is, since the great blizzard of 189something, all power lines are required to be underground, stopping the black-outs we say yesterday in DC and Baltimore. Also, that blizzard was a driving reason for the construction of the subway, an easy(er) to maintain through natural disasters method of transportation (although they do get screwy, it's usually reliable after a short while).

I don't know how it is in the bronx, but in Manhattan the streets are cleared VERY quickly. The snow management is really good. Another good New York strategy is, since the great blizzard of 189something, all power lines are required to be underground, stopping the black-outs we say yesterday in DC and Baltimore. Also, that blizzard was a driving reason for the construction of the subway, an easy(er) to maintain through natural disasters method of transportation (although they do get screwy, it's usually reliable after a short while).

There's snow everywhere. Parking is now more difficult than normal.