Up to my waist in snow. Yes, literally. Buffalo has been dumped on.
At this point I'd be in Batavia, my hometown, where they've only recieved about 6 inches of snow. But last night, as a christmas gift, I traveled to my sister's place in southern Buffalo to upgrade my nephew's computer. Little did I know but the lake effect snow bands were currently planning an offensive against me. By the time I had finished with the computer, my car was already in a foot of snow. I doubt I would have gotten far. By morning there was 3 feet of snow outside, and another foot to drop down within a couple hours. The snow storm has thwarted my efforts to return home. Luckily, with a working computer and an internet connection, I am quite satified and no doubt I will survive until the roads open back up and the snow has been plowed.
Not to disillusion anyone, but I love snow, especially lots of it- however, not when it's inconvenient. However, I will not let this sudden attack stop me either. Lake Effect Snow, you will bow before me! *raises fist in stubborn defiance*
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
quote:Luckily, with a working computer and an internet connection,
I'd be really happy with a roof over my head and either a heater or a fire. And some food, can't forget something to eat.
Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
What Snow? Nothing here in Toronto as far as I know.
One.
Lousy.
Half.
Inch.
[singing]I'm dreaming, of a Green Christmas, with every hole of golf I play..... [/singing]
Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on :
Only 3 feet, did you try driving that's what we do.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Yeah, I suppose that might work if you're driving a monster truck, or something. But I've never seena normal car that could magically push three-foot-thick snow out from in front of it in order to drive...
Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
Driving would be rather stupid. Especially with the 4-5 SUV's stuck in the road of people who *thought* they could get out of it, but couldn't. I drive a 1990 Chevy Lumina and you suggest driving? Cuh-razy!
And a house and food and heat is a given, JeffSnay. Without an internet connection, I'd go stir crazy
And with the snow being what it is, I could very well be stuck here for a lot longer than expected. Apparently the snow bands are shifting north to south and back again. This lake effect should continue until tomorrow, and another low pressure front will move in to start the whole lake effect cycle again. I might not be able to get out until monday or even tuesday.
I no longer consider it "snow." It is now "white shit." Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I love the snow. It's just two bad that I've only seen the stuff three times in my life. Then again, if I lived in the North all of my life, I'm sure I'd be as sick of the snow as I am now with the heat and humidity of the South.
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
"I'd be really happy with a roof over my head and either a heater or a fire. And some food, can't forget something to eat."
AMEN TO THAT!!! Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
quote:Without an internet connection, I'd go stir crazy
Never heard of a book ... ?
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
or T.V.?
or Radio?
or Movie?
or Phone?
etc...etc...etc...
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Siegfried: Move to some place like St. Louis. Then you can get sick of the snow in winter just in time to get sick of the heat in summer.
Posted by Pro. Portside (Member # 390) on :
Move to Houston where you can get sick of the Heat, then the snow, then the heat, then have breakfeast.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
quote:Snow snow snow snow.
Funny.
Current weather pattern exhibits high degree of uniformity. Variation negligable. Type rain.
Rain rain rain rain.
Kinda like Ferenginar, only worse. Damned global warming...
Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
A book you say? Well, seems as how my trip was supposed to be temporary, my books are at home. I really wish I had brought "Cradle of Saturn" or the 3rd book in the X-Wing series.
I suppose, this being a house with kids in it, I could read "Clifford goes to School" or one of the Sesame Street books, but I'm sure I'd get bored of it fast. in actuality, I've already started reading Sol's Dirk Tungsten story, but with only 3 chapters, it won't last very long.
Daytime TV consists of kids shows and soap operas. I'm not much to watch TV, and programming on radio isn't what it used to be.
My point is that I am most fortunate to have an internet connection, necessities aside. Otherwise you guys wouldn't even know of my plight.
On the same note, there is now 5 feet of snow out there. Plows are no where in site. I'm not going anywhere soon.
Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
Here are some pictures as well of the situation. The guy is my sister's neighbor, trying once again to uncover his car. My car isn't even visible in these pictures.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
TSN: Eh, St. Louis is nice and all that. I there for a while on a vacation several years ago. I guess that'd be an all right place to live, but I was actually thinking of moving to Wisconsin after I'm done with higher education.
Pro. Portside: Huh? I already live in Houston. It doesn't snow here! The last time is snowed here by an appreciable amount was February 1997. And only then, it was an inch or two. Before that, there were like five flakes in January 1994 and about half an inch in January 1989. But you do have a point about the ever-changing weather conditions...
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Bastard.
I want that much snow.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Hey! I know exactly who my father is! And it ain't the mailman!
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Er, what?
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
It was implied that Sieggy was a bastard. Sieggy refuted such a status, at least by the original definition.
You slow little Englishman.
Interesting-tangent-of-the-day In Britain, the Royal Mail employs postmen. In the United States, the US Postal Service emplys mailmen. Peculiar.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
And in Canada?
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Hmm... Actually, I don't really hear the term "mailman" too much nowadays. I usually hear "postal worker" as the catch-all for all employees whether they're out in the field or sorting the stamp machines' coins.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
We usually call them the mail people...
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Canada Post delivers the mail, as far as popular lingo is concerned.
Posted by StarFire (Member # 748) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: Siegfried: Move to some place like St. Louis. Then you can get sick of the snow in winter just in time to get sick of the heat in summer.
Quite true there. Although, personally, I can take the cold much more than the damn heat and humidity. Probably a good reason why I don't balk at moving up north to Chicago (who gets some of those lake storms) like so many of the people down here in the St. Louis region.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
One time in the late 70's we got about a quarter inch of snow at my house. I built a snow man using all the snow in the front yard. He was almost a foot tall. He'd melted by the afternoon. California is nice.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Is Sieggy using the popular American definition of "bastard", meaning "Unaware of who their father is", and oppossed to the crazy version the UK uses: "child born out of wedlock"?
I win the arugment! The power-up is indeed mine.
We do say mail and post for the actual letters and stuff, but mainly post. And postmen, yes. Despite it being delivered by Royal Mail. Tsk. I did it for a week. It was the most non-fun I'd ever had.
Posted by G.K Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
Well I'm perfectly happy! Stockholm has a lovely feet and a half. It may be hard to believe but the last three winters have been shite, this is the white christmas I was waiting for. And it gets cold too, -22 celsius is the current bottom-limit, but mostly it's about -10, which is quite enough, it's a drag when the nose hurts and crystalizes when you inhale too fast.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
Crack the Code is in the Contest forum, Cartman.
Anyways, I'm free!! My father came in and plowed me out so I was able to get home. My next car is gonna be an 8 cylinder Dodge Ram. That's all there is to it.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jeff Raven: My father came in and plowed me out so I was able to get home. My next car is gonna be an 8 cylinder Dodge Ram. That's all there is to it.
Plowed out AND getting the Ram. Hmm. It's just too easy. Or is it?
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
I'm happy to say it's snowing here in South Carolina. It rarely ever snows and is only doing so here in Goose Creek cause it's inland enough. Areas closer to the coast such as Charleston and Mount Pleasant have nothing.
It's not much, certainly nothing to impress northerners.. but considering I've lived in places such as California, Florida, and Hawaii and my life, snow is an extremely uncommon sight for me.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Well, not to worry. I just spent $106 apiece on four of the best snow tires on the market.
Therefore, it will not snow in Western Pennsylvania again this year.
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
It was the warmest winter on record here in Wisconsin. Little snow, no white Christmas, temperatures in the 50's, etc. In 2000, at this time, we had four feet of snow dumped on us.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"It was the warmest winter on record here in Wisconsin."
And you can make this prediction only two weeks into the season?
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
OK, it's been (so far) the warmest on record here.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
SNOW!
Not much, but, hey ...
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Yeah, same here. Just enough to make the roads suck for a while, and leave some of the grass still white, but not much.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Ever notice that when the forecasters start predicting a snowstorm about five days in advance, the storm invariably fails to produce any accumulation?
They were calling for six inches here in northern Delaware last Wednseday, but we ended up with squat.
Posted by EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
the only time weathermen ever know what they are talking about is when they stick their heads out the window. by the way, bastard always has and always will mean a child out of wedlock, whether you are american or english.
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However, I will not let this sudden attack stop me either. Lake Effect Snow, you will bow before me! *raises fist in stubborn defiance*
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