Superstorm Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Kinda disagree. If it is snowing in MDT or PHL, most guaranteed to be snowing in York and Lancaster. Not necessarily the case if it is snowing in BWI and PHL. Being further north does help. have seen slopfests in northeast MD, and then heavy snow right across the border. Many events like the Christmas storm in 2002 and Halloween snowstorm brought us several inches of snow, where it was nothing once you got to BWI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 I always appreciated your obs...plus you don't have a forum you really fit into nicely...We are as appropriate as ohio valley or perhaps more so....There is a specific forum for south central PA...it is mentioned exactly in the description of the forum....the 2 aren't remotely analogous....I'd expect someone in South central PA to post in the forum that specifically says "south central PA"...I don't really see the need for interpretation there i wasn't calling him out in any way. i should have expected he might take it that way perhaps. i'd say the guy 40 miles from balt has a pt but i don't care enough to argue it. subforums have always sucked a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Seems I stirred up a small hornet's nest. I really didn't mean to. I was just a little salty seeing someone outside this region's forum posting snow obs that pretty much none of us in this region were seeing. Maybe I'm bitter about missing out on a wet car-topper before December. Or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 lol...I wonder who you are referring too. Anyway, we're transferring to Houston this summer so you guys only have to put up with my occasional obs a few more months. I have also always enjoyed your obs, and could often consider them the upstream version of what to expect here hours later, even as different as our weather could be at times. Sorry to see you go, but all the best with the move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 i wasn't calling him out in any way. i should have expected he might take it that way perhaps. i'd say the guy 40 miles from balt has a pt but i don't care enough to argue it. subforums have always sucked a bit. It's really stupid to make a big deal out of it (not directed at you). If I'm someone that works in the Baltimore metro area and live 5 miles north of the border in Shrewsbury, I probably have an interest in the weather for both locations and I'm not going to be posting in two separate subforums. When I want to report on the weather while at work I post in one forum and while at home I post in another?? Yeah, sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 except there are already 2 forums for PA posters and the mid-Atlantic one does encompass western VA and WV. not everything in this world revolves around DC or Baltimore. Yes it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 They aren't perfect, but most occasional browsers aren't facile enough to sift through pages and pages to find germane information....I never understood how a general forum was useful for someone who checks in for 15 minutes once or twice a day i've never understood why people get bent out of shape seeing obs from an area that is no further than areas they already see obs from. the sub-forums are well established at this point so whatever but i think there was always some question and leeway to the edges. plus forky is in the new england thread posting obs from nj lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 i've never understood why people get bent out of shape seeing obs from an area that is no further than areas they already see obs from. the sub-forums are well established at this point so whatever but i think there was always some question and leeway to the edges. plus forky is in the new england thread posting obs from nj lol. Forky is an exception to every rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 It's really stupid to make a big deal out of it (not directed at you). If I'm someone that works in the Baltimore metro area and live 5 miles north of the border in Shrewsbury, I probably have an interest in the weather for both locations and I'm not going to be posting in two separate subforums. When I want to report on the weather while at work I post in one forum and while at home I post in another?? Yeah, sure. maybe because i follow justin berk on fb but i sorta consider that part of S PA as part of our region. weather seems quite similar to n md. obviously once you're talking like central pa or something it becomes a bit more questionable but if you're in hanover, york, etc. it could really go either way imo. snow weenies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Funny how a little snow can bring out so much fighting. During the Derecho i don't remember someone saying i lost my roof and the other guy saying oh im pissed i wish my whole house got destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 me and you are in the 99th percentile of board users....someone from Northern VA looking for pertinent discussion of our weather is not going to get any benefit from seeing Ray and Kevin talking about weenies and mt Tolland.....the general forum was for entertainment purposes only...it had no practical application...threads that reach 1000 posts in 3 hours are catering to 100 posters when there are thousands....most people do not use the internet in the rapid fire manner that we do... you're sort of right and sort of wrong. it's kind of about the limitations of a platform like this. but your argument doesn't fly well against the uber popular social sites that have one big bucket that users can self configure. in a lot of senses the subforums are the same they're just broken up. you know as well as i do a page of a new england thread flies by in like 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 lol @ regional conflicts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 Funny how a little snow can bring out so much fighting. During the Derecho i don't remember someone saying i lost my roof and the other guy saying oh im pissed i wish my whole house got destroyed. snow weenies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I barely consider mt vortmax to be part of our subforum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 I always saw this forum as hopefully being welcoming to people who aren't that technically adept....you don't want to alienate the H***ward's of the world who don't know how to self configure or what buckets are...But yes...it is not an ideal interface either way...it mainly caters to a smaller group of regs...which maybe it should anyway since we use it the most and contribute the most true... good pts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 When S Central PA posts start disappearing from the obs threads, don't ask why. Post at your own risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 true... good pts I wish you were on staff so we could argue about this in the staff forum. The good ol' days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 I wish you were on staff so we could argue about this in the staff forum. The good ol' days. naa... now you are free to do what you want all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 the northern fringe crew generally only show up when they are getting snow and we aren't...otherwise they aren't usually anywhere to be found if someone's here in good faith all yr not sure they should be told to go somewhere they don't enjoy but if this is the case then it's kinda stupid and/or cross-region trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 40N winter....deal with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 the northern fringe crew generally only show up when they are getting snow and we aren't...otherwise they aren't usually anywhere to be found I was joking a bit but there is a definite shift in climo along the elevated regions near the pa border. It's a bit of a different world up there. Heck, I worked in Mt. Airy for 5 years and that was only 32 miles from my house but it was very different even there. I really don't mind anybody in "the fringe" posting. As long as they are consistent and provide useful information along the way. It's a collective effort to provide analysis, obs, and info and anyone who can provide that is more than welcome. On the flip side, if you only show up to post snow obs when you know damn well nobody down this way is getting snow then your intentions aren't genuine. It's just childish behavior to rub things in other people faces to make yourself feel better. The know who they are and they should stay out of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CranberryWX Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I always appreciated your obs...plus you don't have a forum you really fit into nicely...We are as appropriate as ohio valley or perhaps more so....There is a specific forum for south central PA...it is mentioned exactly in the description of the forum....the 2 aren't remotely analogous....I'd expect someone in South central PA to post in the forum that specifically says "south central PA"...I don't really see the need for interpretation there I know Ian wasn't calling me out...I was just playing along with him... I just post once in a while so I really don't get wrapped up in the forum protocol, but I see your point about PA already having two of their own forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 naa... now you are free to do what you want all the time. Wasn't I always? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 On another note, when did the NWS start putting ads on their forecast page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I know Ian wasn't calling me out...I was just playing along with him... I just post once in a while so I really don't get wrapped up in the forum protocol, but I see your point about PA already having two of their own forums. You're in our group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 On another note, when did the NWS start putting ads on their forecast page? Times are hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 Wasn't I always? yeah, now that i think about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 In defense of Wx Meddler he is from here and is just in school there, and he also always posts good info in our forum. I have no problem with him posting obs from where he is since he always participates in our forum and is not trying to rub our noses in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 40N winter....deal with it I reluctantly agree. But WxUSAF wants to choke me for saying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Times are hard. No need to discuss your personal problems here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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