Fozz Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 lol.... another 12/2009 call https://twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi/status/544076211010682880 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Feel better about yourself? He has a point though, you can't ever know for sure that a certain type of storm will never again be surpassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 He has a point though, you can't ever know for sure that a certain type of storm will never again be surpassed. I meant hasn't been surpassed in my lifetime. You know what I meant and so would any other moron. Whatever...I'll just stay out of the discussion. You guys carry on. I don't have the energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Zugzwang, No worries about the formatting. Your reply looks fine. I did not quote us again here in order to keep it shorter. Yea, western Ohio, much of Indiana and some of Illinois took the brunt of it in 78. Don't recall the governor of Ohio at the time, but do recall him being on TV in Columbus and then by helicopter because nobody could go anywhere. I-70, 71, 81 etc were all parking lots. The lucky one's who got into a truck stop were at least better off there than out on the road. Recall the National Guard dropping hay from choppers in the more remote areas. In some cases, necessary. In others, suspect it was more for good PR than anything else as farmer's are typically the most resourceful and resilient among us. I remember trying to plow through the drifts in front of our house with my dad's Gravely tractor. Every nook, cranny, tree and twig had created its own drift due to the wind. Loved the days off of school (they didn't close school in Ohio then at the first flake like here), but had to make them up later that year. What became serious was when folks ran out of heating oil in the outlying areas. Frozen pipes, floods, short circuits and fires were common. Recall one fire our department responded to when it was nearly -30F. That really taxes the equipment not to say the firefighters. Many of the farmers joined forces to plow open the roads because there were not enough trucks to go around and many of them just could not handle the depth of the drifts. As with everything the silver lining was the way all the communities pulled together to help each other out. Our town of 5500 was just close enough to Dayton that we got food deliveries within a couple days, but some in the more outlining areas cut off for 4-5 days or more started getting desperate. With today's "just in time" delivery m/o for many commercial enterprises, combined with higher population densities, the situation could be different. Also recall the cold. There was a span in Jan and Feb of that year when we did not get above freezing for a whole month. Unusual for Ohio, even back then. Only recall us considering ourselves fortunate for not being up in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Many folks around here have never felt cold like it feels at -30F with a stiff wind. That does things to you that you don't quickly forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Surpassing 93 would be tough as an event overall.. it could shift mainly perhaps. If it was bigger many prob wouldn't even notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 lol.... another 12/2009 call https://twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi/status/544076211010682880 Don't laugh. It's happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Surpassing 93 would be tough as an event overall.. it could shift mainly perhaps. If it was bigger many prob wouldn't even notice. 93 was an extreme nor'easter which I don't think we will see on that level for a long time. I remember the bands of snow coming straight off the atlantic during the morning. A foot or more of snow followed by sleet with maybe some freezing rain in there allowing you to walk on the snow followed by several more inches. It was a beast...just too far west here to give us those obscene snow amounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Some late night thread cleaning in the mid/long range thread eh? I thought some of the weenie posts were fairly innocent and expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Some late night thread cleaning in the mid/long range thread eh? I thought some of the weenie posts were fairly innocent and expected. Not really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Not reallyIt is important to lock down the forum at 2 AM so that you and mapgirl can "get to the information" in the easiest way possible the next morning. I hope you weren't too inconvenienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 It is important to lock down the forum at 2 AM so that you and mapgirl can "get to the information" in the easiest way possible the next morning. I hope you weren't too inconvenienced. I look forward to your next warm/wet cold/dry post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 We need a nice warm rain. Everyone is on edge in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Not really Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I can't tell if half of the posts in the MR thread are serious or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Don't laugh. It's happening. To be fair I didn't think the first one would happen either... maybe you're on to something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 So how long until the EURO shows an Ohio Valley low and all the weenie dreams are crushed just days before Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I can't tell if half of the posts in the MR thread are serious or not. That's the goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 To be fair wishing on a storm that happens means absolutely nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Just gonna enjoy things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 So how long until the EURO shows an Ohio Valley low and all the weenie dreams are crushed just days before Christmas. 12 hours or so probably. But that's why we have the 25th storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ltrain Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 So many negative Nancys. It's like they want snow but wanna go negative so they don't get their hopes up. Let out your inner weenie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 isn't analyzing to death snowy runs of the Euro part of what we do around here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 So many negative Nancys. It's like they want snow but wanna go negative so they don't get their hopes up. Let out your inner weenie.Might be fun for the first few winters but after 20 not as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 isn't analyzing to death snowy runs of the Euro part of what we do around here?I'm sorry I snapped but there is a history of me and others who don't weenie it up getting attacked. That's not going to fly with me anymore at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ltrain Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Might be fun for the first few winters but after 20 not as much. Fair enough. Even if it does end up as a rain storm it will be okay. Snow addicts, I tell ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I'm sorry I snapped but there is a history of me and others who don't weenie it up getting attacked. That's not going to fly with me anymore at least. it's fine, I don't anything on this Board seriously (.....on 2nd thought, maybe I should? ) and I understand your perspective completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I feel much the same way, Ian. 3+ years ago I would have 2 treble hooks in my lips getting reeled in. This is far from a mediim lead slam dunk setup. It's just one of many possibilities and probably on of the best case scenarios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 So many negative Nancys. It's like they want snow but wanna go negative so they don't get their hopes up. Let out your inner weenie. Do we always get all the snow models try to give us? It is insane to keep buying into things when history shows that we don't get buried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I feel much the same way, Ian. 3+ years ago I would have 2 treble hooks in my lips getting reeled in. This is far from a mediim lead slam dunk setup. It's just one of many possibilities and probably on of the best case scenarios It looks pretty good though the 500mb passage is too close for my liking at this range. I'd rather have some breathing room for the inevitable negative trend locally. My issue is maybe more that we've been continuing to consider longer ranges more useful every year at a greater rate than the models are improving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 It is important to lock down the forum at 2 AM so that you and mapgirl can "get to the information" in the easiest way possible the next morning. I hope you weren't too inconvenienced. What are you babbling about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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