Great Snow 1717

"warm season things" and the months of March and April do not go all that well together. And by warm season things do you mean leaving your basement for 10 minutes???

He should just stick to the weather

Another thing that was ignored was the storm tracks during the fall.

I do not think Larry Cosgrove was ever onboard with the idea of a cold and snowy winter.

I think many of them ignored the overall warmth of the oceans and the record warmth across much of the Northern Hemisphere. And let's face it a forecast for a cold and snowy winter is click bait on some level.

Actually there hasn't been much to clean up. Usually I have to clean up a lot of twigs/branches during the winter but not this winter. I only have 1/2 of a lawn bag so far. In a typical winter I usually fill 4-5 bags with branches and twigs. The lawn looks more like it does during later March and/or early April.

I agree.

Exactly, it's why so many forecasts for the winter fail.

A 3-5 inch storm is much better than no snow at all.

The snowglobe on his office desk....

Fisher had 3.1 on his broadcast on Tuesday Edit...and I believe a total of 5.7 combined for this January and last January. Fisher also added that a total that low had only occurred in back to back Januarys one other time, and that was back in the 30's

Wrong as usual.....but then again when have you ever been right about anything????

Yes there was. At the time it was referred to as the worst storm since 1888.

Agree

As things stand right now, every winter forecast that called for a cold and snowy winter stands as a complete fail. There is still some time left to raise the grade from an F to a D/C but the time to do so is getting shorter with each passing day.

I try to watch as many of the TV mets as possible especially if there is an approaching winter storm. Some mets I like better than others. I have a side gig with a baseball scouting service so I will pay a lot of attention to the weather forecasts during the spring and summer. Also I scout for a hs football team so I will watch the TV mets to stay up to date on the forecast for the upcoming games on Friday and Saturday. There is nothing worse than a long rain delay prior to or during a game. And one of the job requirements is I have to stay until the game is completed , postponed or called during a game. I once left a NH Fisher Cats game at slightly after 1 AM. There was a 21/2 hour rain delay to start the game. Normally the game would have been rained out but it was Akron's only trip to NH.

Noyes has had a pretty good handle on the winter so far.

For the most part it has had an El Nino look to it for quite some time. JB has made the point that the waters have never returned to normal following the Super El Nino of 15-16.

no hype, no false hopes, just daily drivel.....

I agree. There might not have been much in the way of snow but it still felt like winter. Winters have changed in SNE and for much of the east coast.

You are the forum's lump of coal...…...

A couple of friends tried it and they weren't impressed with the product. Regular sod is better.

Perhaps planting a tree(s) in that area to provide shade.

Agree

And it is likely that it doesn't stop the infestation because many if not all insects have become resistant to pesticides. And chinch bugs fall into that category. The overuse of pesticides and other lawn care products have made it increasingly difficult to control insects. When I was a kid, and playing baseball and football ,the fields were all in pretty good shape. No one used lawn care products. The lawn care industry has made billions by convincing home owners that they need the perfect lawn. Do you honestly think the lawn care companies are producing top of the line products?? The answer is no they are not. They are producing products that barely work for the most part because they want home owners to continue to purchase their products in the hope that the lawn will look better. It's all one giant con game.