Aaron Thomas wrote to All <=-
Since the media is so full of sh!!, my prediction for this big
snowstorm is:
It will be either too cold or too warm for snow, but we will all go out and buy tons of groceries and gas anyway.
About right. Here in Michigan the forecast is "snow", until today when it's so cold there's no more moisture in the air to make snow.
I hope my neighbors brought their brass monkeys in last night. -24F this morning.
Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-
My wife asked me "Do you think we should get a whole bunch of
groceries?" and I reminded her "The same people who say that Trump is
bad are the ones who are predicting all this snow."
What are brass monkeys? Chuck Schumer on trumpet, Hakeen Jeffries on
sax? lol
Since the media is so full of sh!!, my prediction for this big snowstorm is:
It will be either too cold or too warm for snow, but we will all go out and buy tons of groceries and gas anyway.
groceries?" and I reminded her "The same people who say that Trump is bad are the ones who are predicting all this snow."
Ya, that's about right. Around here, with the exception of the
abnormally low temps, it's a normal Michigan winter.
Be grateful you are where you are. Georgia gives the kids a day off if there is Frost never mind snow!!!
Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-
I think the media has worked out a deal with the plow truck drivers because they're letting it pile up, not plowing anything, and it's
making it look like the "big bad storm" that the media made it out to
be.
Normally they'd just plow this and everything would be fine.
IB Joe wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-
Be grateful you are where you are. Georgia gives the kids a day off if there is Frost never mind snow!!!
How is it in Florida? When I lived in Albuquerque I barely got any snow, and snow days there are almost unheard of. There was 1 in the 7 years
that I lived there.
I think the media has worked out a deal with the plow truck drivers because they're letting it pile up, not plowing anything, and it's making it look like the "big bad storm" that the media made it out to be.
I'd attribute it to the Leftie gov't's wanting to spend money on their social programs (i.e.graft) and not on infrastructure. So they don't
have enough equipment, men, etc. to do the work and don't want to get it because it would take away from their graft.
You know it... I HATE the cold now. I get sand in my vagina.
And you moved from New Mexico so you have no one to blame but yourself.
Ya, but they have to.
None of those people know how to drive in icy (even a little bit)
weather nor do they keep their tires up. In Michigan, you'd be dead driving in winter with bald tires. Down south, bald tires are the norm.
Northern states have the facilities and plans for icy weather. They pre-emptively salt (or sand if the temps are too cold) the roads - especially the intersections. But that means that they have to
stockpile both, and have the trucks and drivers ready to spread the salt/sand when needed.
It's just the expense of the heat that I don't like.
I actually like the snow. Snow days are great. Keeping the kids home, shoveling, outrageous heat bills, it's all good ;)
I was trapped in Kentucky for a few hours because it snowed a little... Cincinnati was my goal. At least if there was a hint of snow the people of Ohio knew what to do.
Ohio drivers are the worst, and also most easily offended. My bro came from Europe for a week (Serbia), and got 2 middle fingers in a day here. From women to boot! ;)
That rule kept me alive for the better part of 25 years.
I'd rather have false hope than no hope.
;)
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Its OK, in Florida they don't bury their dead... The let them drive in
the left lane with their turn signal on.
There was a snow day... I told my daughter if she cleaned her room she could take the next day off...
She was pissed because she finally read her txt message to say that
school was canceled because of snow.
Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-
That's part of it. I noticed that the city doesn't have the big plow trucks that plow the state and county roads, but instead they have some guy with a pickup truck plowing streets like mine.
Deals with local contractors instead of using county equipment and
county employees, hmm...
IB Joe wrote to Dr. What <=-
And I'll look those kids straight in the eye and tell them I had to
walk to school 5 miles each way in -40 weather... Uphill both ways.
I was trapped in Kentucky for a few hours because it snowed a little... Cincinnati was my goal. At least if there was a hint of snow the
people of Ohio knew what to do.
Deals with local contractors instead of using county equipment and county employees, hmm...
That might be more cost effective, though. There's a lot of "it
depends".
But I would argue that in NY state, that's not cost effective and it probably would have been cheaper to work with a nearby entity to pool resources for plowing.
I shoveled for 3 hours straight and I still didn't have a big enough
path for our cars to get out, so then I went back at it for another hour and I'm hoping it's enough to get out in the morning.
I feel like I've been at the beach all day.
Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-
I think so too, and it would be better for the taxpayers too. These
guys with their little pickup trucks are nowhere to be found when we
need them, but they scrape the sh!t out of the road when we get a
dusting.
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