Here comes the snow and what bad timing.

NikiH · Post by **NikiH** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:55 am

Tomorrow is supposed to be Jackson's first day of school. We have him prepared. And now they say we may get 10 inches of snow tomorrow. What horrible timing. I am due to start my job on Tuesday so that's sort of up in the air as well. I am not quite sure our fate because not one local forecaster we've found will solidly give an esitmate. They say "it could change by the hour." Good gosh bad bad timing.

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:42 am

We're going to get blasted pretty soon up here in MI. . .I'm not looking forward to it. . .

redskindave · Post by **redskindave** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:13 am

Very bad timing, Its raining here now a little, But its supposed to change over to all snow soon, They are saying we should get 6 to 8 inches of snow here, Looks like March is going to come in like a Lion

SkinsChic · Post by **SkinsChic** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:32 am

Yep, I know what ya mean Niki....I'm at work (30 miles away from home) waiting for it to get ugly and then will leave and drive home with the idiots that don't know how to drive in it. One radio station says 4-6 inches and another says up to 12 inches. Everyone be careful. We've not had very much snow this year but I'm sick of it already ! Wouldn't mind if it were a weekend where we didn't have to leave the house and could light a nice fire in the fireplace and sit back and relax and eat all weekend long....but hate having to go to work in it.

Jake was happy when I told him not to get up cause schools are closed !

skinsfan1 · Post by **skinsfan1** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:27 am

I'm from MD, but i've lived here in san antonio now for 10 years (via military). I haven't seen any type of snow in about six years. I miss it sometimes....but not the cold or the accidents.

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:35 am

SkinsChic wrote:Jake was happy when I told him not to get up cause schools are closed !

5 straight days of school closings. Love it. :lol:

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:45 am

Wanna see snow? Come hang up here for a winter. :shock:

We get 6-8 inches a day. :^o

Well not really, but that seems to be what people think so why not propogate the myth.

Drive safely. :wink:

skinsfan1 · Post by **skinsfan1** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:08 pm

BossHog wrote:Wanna see snow? Come hang up here for a winter.

We get 6-8 inches a day.

Well not really, but that seems to be what people think so why not propogate the myth.

Drive safely.

I don't miss it that much....

... But I'll come hang though.

curveball · Post by **curveball** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:33 pm

Closing schools based on "forecasts" is ridiculous.

Our's are closed yet it's 11 am and still not snowing.

If one argues that they should close for "the safety of the children", shouldn't the parents then decide what's in their child's best interests safety wise instead of school officials and busing companies who seem more concerned with potential liability than safety.

wormer · Post by **wormer** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:35 pm

BossHog wrote:We get 6-8 inches a day.

I bet Niki & Skinschick will be on the firt plane!:wink:

SkinsChic · Post by **SkinsChic** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:37 pm

Depends if it's a MALE 6-8 or a FEMALE 6-8 inches....you KNOW there IS A BIG DIFFERENCE !!!! HA! HA !

Redskins1974 · Post by **Redskins1974** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:57 pm

My wife hasn't been to work since last wednesday (she's a teacher). The snow barely stuck to the roads downtown each day but they closed them anyways. Back in my day, I had to trek through the snow barefoot backwards uphill... OK, I'm only 30 so maybe not but this is getting out of hand. They jump the gun way too early now a days.

SkinsChic · Post by **SkinsChic** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:14 pm

If the meteorologists could get it right once in a while then the schools would be able to make better judgement calls for the kids.

curveball · Post by **curveball** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:19 pm

Our school closing is now beyond ridiculous.

Their school would be letting out now and there's been a net loss of snow today.

More snow melted than fell. I can now see some grass in certain areas of my yard.

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:25 pm

From the angle the snow's falling there's a couple of bare spots here and there, but it's supposed to pick up in a couple of hours.

NikiH · Post by **NikiH** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:28 pm

Well out here is it finally coming down with good force. Jackson's school closed at 3pm. So his first day was cut short. He loved it though. I was told he ran circles around all the other little boys on the playground. And that he was trying to eat the snow. So he amused them. lol

When Scott and I dropped him off he said "See ya mom and day" and didn't look back. No tears, no worries. He just jumped right in and loved every second of it. It helps me feel better about going back to work. I would love to tell everyone that no tears were shed today but I'm be lying! Jackson didn't cry at all though! ;-)

I hope you are home safe Terry and not out there fighting those idiots. I remember driving in that area when it snowed, not fun.

tcwest10 · Post by **tcwest10** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:03 pm

My job is all about the weather. I love snow.
What I don't love is the people that think it's a really good plan to try and pass the salt spreader before there's any material on the ground to give them a little traction.

JansenFan · Post by **JansenFan** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:29 pm

tcwest10 wrote:My job is all about the weather. I love snow.
What I don't love is the people that think it's a really good plan to try and pass the salt spreader before there's any material on the ground to give them a little traction.

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:45 pm

Any Canadian on the board is just laughing their butts off at this thread... just thought you'd all like to know.

I wouldn't get to leave my house 1/3 of the year if it were like that up here. :oops:

1niksder · Post by **1niksder** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:56 pm

skinsfan1 wrote:I'm from MD, but i've lived here in san antonio now for 10 years (via military). I haven't seen any type of snow in about six years. I miss it sometimes....but not the cold or the accidents.

Been about 8 years for me and my wife has NEVER seen real snow

tcwest10 · Post by **tcwest10** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:21 pm

I'm not kidding. I've been doing this for 14 years now. I've been hit 10 times. Eight times, it was a passing vehicle. (Two of those were tractor-trailers, one of the two was a tandem). The two remaining times ? One was my own co-worker, in another spreader, who was supposed to be just behind me, throwing the snow I threw to him off the road, and the other was a spin out SUV. A Lincoln Navigator.
The driver of the SUV was ejected and killed.
It's not a game, you know.

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:25 pm

LOL, county schools get closed if its raining too hard.

I went to City schools and they almost never closed. We wouldn't find out about the closing until that morning, while county schools were closed the night before.

curveball · Post by **curveball** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:29 pm

BossHog wrote:Any Canadian on the board is just laughing their butts off at this thread... just thought you'd all like to know.

I wouldn't get to leave my house 1/3 of the year if it were like that up here.

Boss, you'd probably be scared out of your wits driving south of the Mason-Dixon line with even a dusting. I know I am.

Very little road maintenence equipment and inexperienced winter drivers. Scary combination.

I'd rather do 65 on I-79 through a Buffalo lake effect blizzard than jump on the Beltway with 2 snowflakes in the air.

tcwest10 · Post by **tcwest10** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:40 pm

Oh, I know ! I saw maintenance guys in St. Pauls, NC doing the snow removal with a Gradall !

Amberion · Post by **Amberion** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:40 am

I wish it would snow here - just once

I had to go to Canada in December to finally see snow fall all the way to the ground

For the record it was 36 C (97F) here yesterday