weatherpruf Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 The cars kicking up all the salt on the main roads today created a foggy appearance lowering the visibility a bit. It looked like driving on a country dirt road here on Long Island today. I was trying shoes on in Nordstroms ( not buying; too expensive ) and I noticed I was getting salt dust on the soles from the store's carpet, which is near the entrance. Plus all the roadside shrubs are white with it. We really need a soaking rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HailMan06 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I was trying shoes on in Nordstroms ( not buying; too expensive ) and I noticed I was getting salt dust on the soles from the store's carpet, which is near the entrance. Plus all the roadside shrubs are white with it. We really need a soaking rain.Lots of dead vegetation on the roadsides come Spring. Looks like snowfall. I've never seen so much salt on the Interstates in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpruf Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Lots of dead vegetation on the roadsides come Spring. Looks like snowfall. I've never seen so much salt on the Interstates in my life. Lots of threats that didn't pan out, resulted in lots of salt dumped that has not been washed away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpruf Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 the loan shark that was portrayed in mean streets might as well have been the guy around the block from me...I thought it was based on him...his uncle who was in jail for years was rubbed out after he was released...I remember walking home from the subway and the street was blocked off with yellow tape and his body was still lying on the sidewalk... Ya know Unc, the other day I got into a road spat with a garbage truck driver. It was green and I thought it was waste management or midco. So I went at it with the dude. Then I noticed it was a private hauler out of Newark. I got a little worried after that. One of the reasons NJ had so many EPA sites is the Philly and NY mobs used to dump a lot of illegal stuff here. The notorious Kin Buc landfill in Edison had a little creek oozing into the Raritan that would catch fire spontaneously. I recommend the film A Most Violent Year; not strictly a mob film but is about the oil heating business in the city in 1981. These kids today don't know what the subways looked like back then. Or how snowless the winters were.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I was trying shoes on in Nordstroms ( not buying; too expensive ) and I noticed I was getting salt dust on the soles from the store's carpet, which is near the entrance. Plus all the roadside shrubs are white with it. We really need a soaking rain. It also gets into the local water supply. From last winter: http://www.northjersey.com/news/winter-runoff-adding-more-than-a-pinch-of-salt-to-north-jersey-s-drinking-water-1.842140 So much salt has been making its way into the water supply that customers of a number of water utilities in the Northeast, including United Water, which serves North Jersey, have complained that their water tastes salty. “That’s a good marker that we’ve had a tough winter here,” said Howard Woods Jr., a private water industry consultant. The Passaic Valley Water Commission, which provides drinking water to Paterson, Passaic, Clifton and other towns, has also seen sodium levels rise — at one point it was three times normal levels, said Joe Bella, the commission’s director. Too much sodium can exacerbate problems for people on low-salt diets for hypertension and other conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 The weekend storm looks to be a mostly rain event. If anything it'll be more like a cold front more than anything else. I don't think we should worry about flooding unless the future model runs show a more robust and east storm. If it cuts that west there's not going to be a big event here for rain or snow IMO Just jumping right in after registering, huh? Good for you. Wanna introduce yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Just jumping right in after registering, huh? Good for you. Wanna introduce yourself? He's fresh in from Ruritania... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Just jumping right in after registering, huh? Good for you. Wanna introduce yourself? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 We really have a thread for the "dusting" we are getting tonight? Is this the Atlanta Metro forum now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnionWeatherWx Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 We really have a thread for the "dusting" we are getting tonight? Is this the Atlanta Metro forum now No, we live 800+ miles north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 We really have a thread for the "dusting" we are getting tonight? Is this the Atlanta Metro forum now? Difference is, Atlanta would shut down from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Difference is, Atlanta would shut down from that. Pazzo is just angry...pitchers and catchers reporting this week and somehow the nationals have underperformed already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Difference is, Atlanta would shut down from that. They were parking trains in the express tracks over the weekend (thus shutting down all express service) for MTA's "cold weather plan". It was 20F. I mean, really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Pazzo is just angry...pitchers and catchers reporting this week and somehow the nationals have underperformed already. Our hitting with RISP is God-awful right now. Just not clutch at all. Luckily our pitching is keeping us in games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Man, I can't WAIT for baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Pazzo is just angry...pitchers and catchers reporting this week and somehow the nationals have underperformed already. Weren't they once called the Senators? Walter Johnson and others? Now that guy could pitch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnionWeatherWx Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 They were parking trains in the express tracks over the weekend (thus shutting down all express service) for MTA's "cold weather plan". It was 20F. I mean, really? Pretty MO post. When we had Hurricane Sandy, Louisiana peeps where like "it barely even rained" "wasn't even a hurricane was a tropical storm" "winds made it to 100 mph? psh, thats nothing try dealing with a cat 4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Weren't they once called the Senators? Walter Johnson and others? Yep, last time they won the WS too (back in '24). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Pretty MO post. When we had Hurricane Sandy, Louisiana peeps where like "it barely even rained" "wasn't even a hurricane was a tropical storm" "winds made it to 100 mph? psh, thats nothing try dealing with a cat 4". 20F is only that cold to people south of I-10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Yep, last time they won the WS too (back in '24). Good Faustian play about them ran around mid century, Damn Yankees... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Pretty MO post. When we had Hurricane Sandy, Louisiana peeps where like "it barely even rained" "wasn't even a hurricane was a tropical storm" "winds made it to 100 mph? psh, thats nothing try dealing with a cat 4". Ike was a huge deal in Texas and was a cat 2. It's the size that matters <<<creepy winking face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Good Faustian play about them ran around mid century, Damn Yankees... yea, the Yankees always beat up on the Senators. The Nats and Yanks play this year in the Bronx!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Yep, last time they won the WS too (back in '24). Lol poor DC. Nats..Caps..Skins...Wizards. Rough time... even when they're good, they're bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Lol poor DC. Nats..Caps..Skins...Wizards. Rough time... even when you're good, you're bad. We are the champs of the off season, just ask Snyder. Maybe things change this year, Nats/Caps/Wizards all looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Washington- First in War, First in Peace, Last in The American League (And on the cumulative snowfall charts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Washington- First in War, First in Peace, Last in The American League (And on the cumulative snowfall charts) I'm old enough to remember the old Washington Senators...Jim lemon, Bob Allison and of course Harmon Killabrew...I saw the Yankees play the nats in Washington in 1964...Jim King was their best hitter...Mickey Mantle got two hits including a drag bunt single...yanks won that hot day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRRTA22 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I can't wait for tstorm season!! I have a good feeling about severe wx this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Man, I can't WAIT for baseball. Violently agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I'm old enough to remember the old Washington Senators...Jim lemon, Bob Allison and of course Harmon Killabrew...I saw the Yankees play the nats in Washington in 1964...Jim King was their best hitter...Mickey Mantle got two hits including a drag bunt single...yanks won that hot day... That is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternLI Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 You don't see this very often...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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