mattie g Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I have to be honest about chasing... The main reason I don't care about snow is that my suburban's 4wd computer is having some problems. Sometimes it won't lock the hubs and other times it won't unlock the hubs. The not unlocking part is a big problem so I'm kinda afraid to go into 4wd until it's fixed. If this wasn't the case then I have a feeling I would enjoy the brunt and pressure center's closest pass and the start driving to Garret. Vid cam running the whole time of course. My feelings on chasing is: If it's not I'm my backyard, then I don't really care about it too much. Might just be me though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Despite my nonchalant attitude about this now, I still went out this morning and bought three cases of bottled water, a bucketload of D batteries, and 50 lbs. of ice. And crackers. Had to get the crackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 I'm not really excited at all about this anymore. The lack of snow chances has really diminished any enthusiasm I had to begin with. Having a big extratropical storm make landfall in the Delmarva is cool and all, but I'm not quite weather-geeky enough for it to make me tingly. Not that there's anything wrong with those that do get tingly, of course! Dude, it's the end of October... We have all winter for snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I hate that Pepco has made it nearly impossible for me to enjoy extreme weather. As much as I'd love to experience a storm of this magnitude, the near certainty that I'll be without power for multiple days makes me want this storm to stay far away from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 We have all winter for snow I see you're new to these parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 I see you're new to these parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Dude, it's the end of October... We have all winter for snow Of course. But I got excited about this to start because of the chance for an anomalous snowfall in October on the back end of a transitioning tropical system. No that that scenario is out the window, we "only" have heavy rain and a lot of wind to look forward to. I'm not really down with that...not after losing power for nearly four days this summer, as well as having water damage in a bathroom and the family room and flooding in my basement last year from Lee. I understand people are excited, and that's cool. I'll do my best to enjoy this as a fairly incredible weather event, and not to be a downer for the next few days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Go back to SNE You make me sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 You make me sad The feeling is mutual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozart Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 You make me sad Just not sad enough to reel it in a bit. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 You make me sad Don't worry what she thinks of you, just make better posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I'm hoping for Euro to verify. Call me crazy, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 LOL I see some people didn't like my comments early this morning. I apologize I suppose. Love you all too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Everyone but Phineas just to clarify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 You are right. I'd just like to see something cool IMBY though. Perhaps a solitary roof shingle drifting through the air. Yeah, i always thought that too, until the tornado ripped slate off my roof and rain poured in, or Irene peeled caps of my gable ends of my garage roof, ripped siding and facia off the house, then it wasn't cool anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I am using this post to inform mapgirl the 06z NOGAPS keeps on with the same as 00z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Breezepocalypse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 I'm using this post to tell Yoda, I don't give a **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I'm using this post to tell Yoda, I don't give a **** I feel so hurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Breezepocalypse I am sending this on twitter to the tv mets so they can use it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUweathermanDD Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I'm using this post to tell Yoda, I don't give a **** Blow me...away Sandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 I feel so hurt You'll be ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Cherry's Jacket Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I am sending this on twitter to the tv mets so they can use it I'm going to be sure to tag all my photos of storm damage with "#breezy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Putting up some nice wave action off the Florida Coast this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelphi_sky Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Isabel was lame and I expected much better than what it brought. I'm honestly not too emotionally invested in this storm or what I get IMBY........... while I hope the Euro is right, it will be a hell of a storm here no matter where it lands. Certainly wasn't lame for me. It knocked a tree onto my raised deck. Didn't loose power though. So, I can see what you're saying in that regard. At least in the derecho, I lost power for 36 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Isabel certainly was far from lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 Fozz is the worst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windspeed Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I know a lot of us have a real fascination for rare severe weather phenomenon. I am just as intriqued with watching this unfold as any of you. Interest and fascination is what drives the majority to spend so much time on weather forums, blogs, etc., to share, learn and discuss the power of nature, as it were. I will not deny that my eyes want to see this potential record-breaking monster hybrid storm evolve to see it as an object of study. Whether you are a weather hobbyist or a professional atmospheric scientist, such a rare event has to get the adrenaline pumping. However, I can be no clearer when I say that I want no part of this storm and I hope the last 4 operational runs of the ECMWF are no where near close to being correct on intensity and track. Let's say the ECMWF's persistance is a real precursor to what actually unfolds next week. A sub-945 baroclinic bomb makes landfall over the Delmarva, pushes into northern Virginia and crawls to the northwest. Coastlines from the Chesapeake up through New Jersey will have devestating storm surge and many population centers along the megalopolis are going to have dangerous winds for 48-72 hours straight. Non-stop, pounding, battering, nerve-wrecking, relentless high wind. Electrical infrastructure will be fubar. Millions of deciduous trees will succumb to the prolonged high winds combined with crazy precipitation totals. The central Appalachians will get record snow falls with abnormally strong N-NW flow that will result in insane snow drifts. Even low valleys from northeast TN, western N.C. up through W.Va. and western PA could be looking at a 1-2' of snow in places. Locales in the warm sector could see over 10 inches of rain with major flooding over a large region. All combined, the total economic impact of such a massive storm could surpass anything we have seen in the mid-Atlantic. Tens of billions of dollars in damages and folks without power for weeks. I hope this sounds more like hype and it just doesn't pan out. I don't think our nation is all that strong right now to easily absorb something of this scale. Perhaps I am just pessimistic, but I think this event is real bad timing with the current ecomomic and political environment. We will all take a huge hit. I'd rather this storm just not happen at all. But if indeed a real historic and epic event is about to unfold, no offense to my friends in the Northeast, but New England can have all it wants of this juggernaut. I hope the ECMWF is way off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 There is no disincentive to hyping anymore.. it's all pure gain. At worst you can say "the models were wrong BUT it was oh so close to the worst nightmare ever." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Hat tip to combined weenieism of messenger and blizz for their analysis of nam at 84 in the NE thread. with apologies to the departed bethesda boy, i've never quite seen the like. Its PhD level weenieism. Sent from my DROIDX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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