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I’m heading up 31 in Brockport right now. Should smash right into it. Already been in some blinding snow!

I’m out here staring right down a really narrow but super intense band. Just when I got into Greece it started to shift. I knew I was chasing the wrong band to start. Anyway, now I’m sitting in position, not sure if I should drive into it or just wait for it. its just so damn fun driving around in snow.

I’m thinking of taking a quick cruise up through Greece. Looks like heavy banding is setting up there and building upstream as the connections establish.

You know what I know causes severe life changing symptoms? The virus itself. The lung damage studies I’m seeing are absolutely terrifying. I’ll take my chances on the vaccine that so far have shown nothing anywhere near the damage caused by the virus itself. It’s an easy decision for me.

I have no information as to the decisions they are making about treating people who’s bodies are destroyed by Chemo, radiation, and cancer itself.. That scenario is obviously a far more complex discussion. As for regular healthy adults, I have little concern. I trust our scientists. I trust the vaccine makers and doctors. Call me crazy, I’m a hopeless optimist.

I hope all these people who don't want the vaccine help bump me up in the line. I have zero reservations and concerns about any effects. I know at least a dozen people who have gotten the first shot and had absolutely zero reaction. I think a lot of these people claiming adverse reactions have vivid imaginations and suffer from psychosomatic symptoms. It's safe, it's extremely similar to many vaccines routinely taken. Anyway, keep spreading the fear, hopefully it gets me a jab sooner!

KROC picked up a quick 2 inches of snow in this morning in about 2 hours. Heaviest snow of the year for us and pretty wet. It'll make a nice base during this cold snap so I'm happy. Should be white for at least the next week! Hooray. I'll be interested to see if Lake Ontario gives us some love later, low levels are pretty dry but it's a decent setup otherwise.

I always joke that I said the word piton over a hundred times when we were there. Those things go down so easy.

i've only been car sick once in my entire life and it was on the ride from the Sandals resort on the North end of the island back to the airport. I'm not sure what it is about those roads and tour buses, but damn...

It was honestly incredible. I don't know if part of that is because I haven't done much fun stuff for the past 10 months but I had a blast. The snow was super light and soft, damn near champagne powder. The woods had an easy foot of untouched stuff. We crushed 29 runs in 4 hours and got into a ton of glades (most which aren't even real glades, just my usual secret woods spots). We never waited a single second in a lift line because it was a Tuesday morning. One of the better days I've had in a long time... My body feels like it was hit by a truck today, kind of a great feeling and a horrible feeling all at once.

38 degrees tomorrow should be good enough to send me back to zero, lol. Ugh, can't win.

I just cracked 15" on the season this morning with a fresh inch overnight. I actually have 2" on the ground which is close to the deepest "snowpack" I've had all season ()!. Rochester firmly in record territory at this point with only 2 winters in history that had less snow to this date.

That band is really lining up and intensifying right into Hamburg. You’re a lucky guy. You could pick up a foot in short order.

I blasted down to holiday valley today so I got to punch that band. It was pretty juicy just north of springville, there is definitely a lot of snow on the ground. Eyeballing over 18” in that area. Less snow in ellicotville but hopeful we get clipped by that band for awhile later this morning.

Yeah I’m wondering if this might cover my grass for the first time in 2021!

It’s a silly map for sure. I’m in the 4-6 range and likely will not see an inch. So you can trim 4-6 off everything to start lol

We came incredibly close to a very snowy game. Look at these backing winds trying to setup a decent band, just a few wind degrees shy.

There are two things to unpack here. Some people do just complain a lot, and that gets tiring but it somewhat understandable in a year like this when we are diehard winter enthusiasts. There is also our one lonely troll (who I have blocked, but I can see him post when others quote). No one understands his schtick so I advise the rest of you to just block him and move on. On the other hand, we also happen to be in the midst of a historically low snowfall totals, therefore there isn't much to do except complain. If we can't complain, then there is honestly nothing to even discuss. I'd rather kibitz about the lousy weather than just not talk at all. People complaining doesn't change the weather. A shitty winter is a shitty winter and thus there will be a lot of sad posts...thats life. I'm not sure what you expect from us in a winter like this. We are passionate winter lovers and we literally have nothing to show for it. I'm trying to be positive by at least saying it would be fun to break a low snowfall record, that's something noteworthy at least.

I keep coming in here hoping there will be something to follow, but there just isnt (for ROC specifically). Just more rain and green grass. You can't squeeze blood from a stone. I'm officially pulling for no snow from here on out. Will be far more interesting to smash a record in that direction than to dink and dunk my way to 45 lousy inches. Good grief.

This is where we get into trouble. I think it would honestly be better for all our mental health if we didnt look beyond 5-7 days. it's just such a fools game with the way the GFS and some of these models seem to runaway and overamplify patterns out past 10 days. It's just not based in reality.

This is a wacky winter. Just crunched some numbers. Since December first, it has snowed 33 out of 43 days..... for whopping 11.2" of snow!! That's pretty wild to have frozen precip on that many days yet it amounts to virtually nothing. We are definitely lining up to have a top 5 least snowy winters ever for KROC. I always say I like extremes, so if its not going to snow, lets at least break some records. Would be pretty historic to see us be under 40 on the season. The lowest seasonal snow total for KROC since 1940 is 41" ......It only takes one big storm though.

At least this lackluster winter isnt confined to just our area. The whole country is really struggling this year. Some areas really count on snowfall....could be a tough spring and summer out west if things don't shape up.

All eyes now on the potential for a major snow game next week!! The potential is way higher than normal with this upcoming setup. Allen doesn’t play well in snow but sure would make it memorable.

Rochester doesn’t look to get more than passing snow showers with this potential pattern. I think we could start inching into record territory for lowest snowfall this year. I’m already planning to travel into some snow again in the coming weeks so I can work with this pattern! Would love to see another SW wind event for Erie. Easy to chase and best rates around. Chasing east of Lake Ontario is much more difficult, there are so few roads and towns. Much more dangerous too.

As others have mentioned, I went to the doctor after my first bout of intense anxiety and they immediately tried to put me on anti depressants and benzos. I filled the scripts but never took a pill. I will say that knowing that I had benzos on hand in case a truly debilitating panic attack hit was reassuring. It was actually enough to help me ride through some of the darker times just knowing that If needed, I could chemically calm myself. Years later, I got a super low dose of lorazepam for long distance flights. Flying usually makes me a little uneasy and the thought of a crippling panic attack hitting during the middle of my 13 hour flight to New Zealand was somewhat terrifying. I took 1 on the flight there and none on the way back...but I travel with them and they act as a little security blanket. It's almost like a placebo as just knowing I have them seems to fend off the impending waves of anxiety. All that said, and 13 years later....one of the best solutions to anxiety has been simple deep breathing. There is a sense of control one can get from controlling their breathing. Definitely something you should try out.