Cold Rain Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 OK so don't be surprised every time it snows. Hahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallsLake Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 https://www.facebook.com/CraigWVEC?fref=photo There are people on my facebook wall going nuts over this map. Not sure who this met is but thought it was comical. All bread and milk in my area will be gone by noon. A guy in my office just ran over and showed me this image(I brought him back to reality). Funny and sad at the same time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacoma Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 was hoping the models would start showing a snowstorm again for the super sunday and monday time frame, I guess that's not going to happen. terrible terrible winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I was really hoping there would be a snowstorm next weekend or next week since i will be on vacation. I was looking forward to driving to NC or TN to see some snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernskimmer Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I am so pumped about this being a rain event due to a huge work project going on. Otherwise I would be taking a dip with my toaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I am so pumped about this being a rain event due to a huge work project going on. Otherwise I would be taking a dip with my toaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnweathernut Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I was really hoping there would be a snowstorm next weekend or next week since i will be on vacation. I was looking forward to driving to NC or TN to see some snow. LOL, just head a little further and go to Kentucky or Indiana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 LOL, just head a little further and go to Kentucky or Indiana. At this point i'm pretty desperate so I would drive to Kentucky. Idk about Indiana though. Maybe southern Indiana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 LOL, just head a little further and go to Kentucky or Indiana.Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Boston. That's over 1,100 miles from my house ! It may be worth the drive though. I'm afraid though that if I went there, I would end up putting a curse on Boston and wouldn't see any snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Had a dusting on the cars this morning. Looks like Vance County to the north was a good place to be and they saw some measurable snow. I didn't expect anyone around here to get even that much. Good place to be for what amounted to a heavy frost is in bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 That certainly sounds like him. IIRC, Dt was the one who came up with the EE (euro/nam/old eta rule) . If not, he certainly used to promote it a lot. So it doesn't surprise me he went with that. Given his history, One would think that dt would not be so bullish on calling people out so soon. I mean it's one thing to disagree with someone but it's entirely something else to go ballistic and start throwing insults while claiming victory so soon. He should know better that in the world of weather and forecasting, such talk is absolutely absurd and potentially embarrassing. And he has to be pretty embarrassed right now. I doubt he is embarrassed. I don't think he has it in him. Pissed? Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherokeeGA Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Not every neighborhood in these cities will have access to Google Fiber. And it won't be cheap. I understand that. I also understand it costs $80 per month, the same amount I fork over to Comcast for terrible service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 The models are a lot like WWE...they keep letting me down but for some reason I keep watching in the hopes I get what I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I understand that. I also understand it costs $80 per month, the same amount I fork over to Comcast for terrible service. Let's get one thing straight. Google Fiber costs $70 per month for 1gb internet. Every other provider will be charging you the same price for 25mb down or at the most 50mb down (TWC is $64.99 for a year contract at 50mb their fastest speed) and half the time their speeds aren't consistent. I don't know how anyone can claim it is expensive...expensive compared to what? 5mb is either $25 a month or $300 a year with Google Fiber. For 5mb with TWC it's $29.99 and you're locked in for a year. Not to mention you can do 1gb speed and cable TV for $120 a month. I pay around $220 for the fastest internet and digital cable. Sign me up today for Google Fiber please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 (moving this to banter) It has sucked compared to expectations, not necessarily because of a deviation from normal. Incorrect. It has sucked by any expectation. This is the second time in my 22 winters that I have not had accumulating snowfall before the end of January (the other being 2011-2012). The HYPE HYPE HYPE made it even more unbearable, but it's terrible by any metric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 The models are a lot like WWE...they keep letting me down but for some reason I keep watching in the hopes I get what I want. Probably a good thing they canceled Raw last night after the way they got booed so bad for what happened in the Rumble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherokeeGA Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Let's get one thing straight. Google Fiber costs $70 per month for 1gb internet. Every other provider will be charging you the same price for 25mb down or at the most 50mb down (TWC is $64.99 for a year contract at 50mb their fastest speed) and half the time their speeds aren't consistent. I don't know how anyone can claim it is expensive...expensive compared to what? 5mb is either $25 a month or $300 a year with Google Fiber. For 5mb with TWC it's $29.99 and you're locked in for a year. Not to mention you can do 1gb speed and cable TV for $120 a month. I pay around $220 for the fastest internet and digital cable. Sign me up today for Google Fiber please. Exactly. From Comcast I get a slower speed than Google Fiber, a data cap that we regularly bump up against in our household, and just the general hatefulness that is Comcast's service. I could tell you stories about them, but it would piss me off for the rest of the day if I think much about it. I honestly don't expect them to come this far north of the city. Probably the best we can hope for is that they help drive down prices in this market. But, Comcast will probably just game their pricing by zip code or even neighborhood in the greater metro area, and any neighborhoods that don't have GF as an option will still pay high prices for lower quality offerings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Let's get one thing straight. Google Fiber costs $70 per month for 1gb internet. Every other provider will be charging you the same price for 25mb down or at the most 50mb down (TWC is $64.99 for a year contract at 50mb their fastest speed) and half the time their speeds aren't consistent. I don't know how anyone can claim it is expensive...expensive compared to what? 5mb is either $25 a month or $300 a year with Google Fiber. For 5mb with TWC it's $29.99 and you're locked in for a year. Not to mention you can do 1gb speed and cable TV for $120 a month. I pay around $220 for the fastest internet and digital cable. Sign me up today for Google Fiber please. Yep. I have gb with Northstate. $69 They have the same bundle deals. EDIT: Actually a much better deal. Scroll down to bottom of page. http://www.northstatefiber.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 I got that u verse, TV and Internet . Had about 3 months, love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Also keep in mind, Google Fiber has a pretty good TV service. If you like Uverse mackerel_sky, you're going to freak out when Google Fiber makes it your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I wonder if Google Fiber will ever be available in small towns far away from big cities ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Yep. I have gb with Northstate. $69 They have the same bundle deals. EDIT: Actually a much better deal. Scroll down to bottom of page. http://www.northstatefiber.com/ What I wouldn't give for $70 internet at 1gb....best I can do is 50mb down and half the time it's only like 25mb down through speedtests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 What I wouldn't give for $70 internet at 1gb....best I can do is 50mb down and half the time it's only like 25mb down through speedtests. I would pay that in a heartbeat if I could get it here. I have crappy ATT Uverse right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueRidgeFolklore Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 (moving this to banter) Incorrect. It has sucked by any expectation. This is the second time in my 22 winters that I have not had accumulating snowfall before the end of January (the other being 2011-2012). The HYPE HYPE HYPE made it even more unbearable, but it's terrible by any metric. Whats the average snowfall in High Point for the year? 4 or 5 inches? My point is that one storm in either February and March, and suddenly you are at normal or above, whether or not you had snow in December or January. Our expectations created by forecasts going into winter, was that all of the South was suddenly going to become Buffalo, NY and because so, here we are with people crying from areas that receive a couple inches a year, because they haven't received their average by the end of January. A little perspective goes a long way, that was my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 If they are forecasting a very warm winter next fall, will anyone take it seriously ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Do y'all think it would be cheaper to ditch cable and satellite TV and watch everything online eventually? I was thinking of just getting Netlix, Hulu Plus, HBO Go, and the new ESPN deal when it became available. The only bad thing is it would not have ESPNU, which has college games I would want to watch. But I wonder if it would be cheaper to subscribe to all those streaming services and have an HD antenna for the local stations with the internet, or if would still come out to about the same as the cable and internet bundle I have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 What I wouldn't give for $70 internet at 1gb....best I can do is 50mb down and half the time it's only like 25mb down through speedtests. TWC is totally ripping us off here in the CAE area. It's the only option for true high-speed. They just got around to rolling 50/100mb out, but I just have the 30 because they want like $20 more for 50... which isn't that great of an improvement. Bandwidth is cheap, Google is taking advantage of that.. while other companies act like its precious as gold. The Wireless phone companies are the absolute worst about it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Do y'all think it would be cheaper to ditch cable and satellite TV and watch everything online eventually? I was thinking of just getting Netlix, Hulu Plus, HBO Go, and the new ESPN deal when it became available. The only bad thing is it would not have ESPNU, which has college games I would want to watch. But I wonder if it would be cheaper to subscribe to all those streaming services and have an HD antenna for the local stations with the internet, or if would still come out to about the same as the cable and internet bundle I have now. The only thing keeping me from ditching cable completely is sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Sitting here chuckling at the two women on TWC, who are amazed and astonished at almost everything, showing video of Maine and telling everyone to STAY INSIDE. I can picture Maine folks looking at each other and saying, "How come? It's just a noreastah." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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