North Balti Zen Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Brutal. The mountain community we used to stay in just outside gatlinburg was Cobbly Nob just above Bent Creek golf course. Supposedly 75-100 homes burned there. Log cabin vacation homes up there - gorgeous.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I'm in a hatched risk area today here in Louisiana... what's the severe weather like up there anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 10 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said: The further north the better. I'd love to be out in Rockville or Gaithersburg. Rockville gives the option of metro'ing into the city, which is a big bonus IMO. I'm hoping for a good winter. I like the projected pattern heading into December...hope we can produce. That's what I heard. Believe it or not I'm looking for high elevation areas Finding lots of spots above 500 feet. We had those terrible floods in Baton Rouge this year, so I am selling it to my wife as "want to be high elevation for flooding!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 16 minutes ago, supernovasky said: I'm in a hatched risk area today here in Louisiana... what's the severe weather like up there anyway? Awful. As in, hardly any - especially compared to what you are used to. I grew up in Ohio and lived in Memphis for 10 years before moving here in 2009, and the severe over here is nothing remotely like what you coming from. Even when it is a severe potential day here, the storms themselves are blah. Good luck getting a true super cell in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 10 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said: Awful. As in, hardly any - especially compared to what you are used to. I grew up in Ohio and lived in Memphis for 10 years before moving here in 2009, and the severe over here is nothing remotely like what you coming from. Even when it is a severe potential day here, the storms themselves are blah. Good luck getting a true super cell in the area. I'll miss the glorious thunderstorms. Baton Rouge rarely, if ever, gets true severe weather though. We get supercells, strong rain, strong wind, and even hail sometimes... but we're close enough to the coast that it inhibits tornadoes and makes all of the real severe events happen about 100 miles north of us. Still, we do get TONS of severe warned storms and at least 1-3 TOR warnings every year (they never drop anything). Gonna miss that up there. You guys DO get derachos though from what I remember! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Cashed in on one in my time here - it was quite something.One thing you CAN plan on for here if your wife is willing, if you get frustrated waiting for a decent snow at whatever your address will be, is a snow chase. Easy to get to good snows even if we are crapping out near the fall line without having to drive too very far. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 CWG on the Gatlinburg fire: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/29/worst-possible-conditions-residents-flee-gaitlinburg-tenn-as-flames-lick-roads/?postshare=281480435663460&tid=ss_tw#comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Also, now that I trash talked our area severe to supernovasky, watch us get something historic tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said: Also, now that I trash talked our area severe to supernovasky, watch us get something historic tomorrow... Doesn't look like you are under much threat tomorrow - us on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, supernovasky said: Doesn't look like you are under much threat tomorrow - us on the other hand... Right. But what you don't get is thunder for us tomorrow might qualify as historic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 we can get some decent severe, just everything has to be perfect. otherwise it's usually your run of the mill pop up storms, or pre-frontal lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 11 hours ago, supernovasky said: I know I talked to some people about moving up there. Almost done with preps, narrowed it down to east Gaithersburg, a few spots along the trail/park/creek area in Rockville, and one place in North Silver Springs! How's winter coming along up there? I hope I get to see snow! Severe storms down here in Louisiana right now. Silver Spring is a snow hole... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said: Silver Spring is a snow hole... Snow hole meaning they get missed by winter storms/dryslotted? ROCKVILLE IT IS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 1 minute ago, supernovasky said: Snow hole meaning they get missed by winter storms/dryslotted? ROCKVILLE IT IS! Yes. Also miss out on marginal events where 100 feet or a degree makes all the difference. Gaithersburg or Rockville are the better spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Gaithersburg looks like good elevation but I hate missing out on public transportation. I don't have a car, my wife does. It will be much more bearable for me if I can get around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 1 minute ago, supernovasky said: Gaithersburg looks like good elevation but I hate missing out on public transportation. I don't have a car, my wife does. It will be much more bearable for me if I can get around. Rockville then. You're close to the Rockville Metro and county bus routes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Any of you know if there is Uber coverage in Gaithersburg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 1 minute ago, supernovasky said: Any of you know if there is Uber coverage in Gaithersburg? There's Uber all over Montgomery County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I may end up going with Gaithersburg today. Wife just got the call back from various complexes around and Gaithersburg looks like the place where we got the best offer for move in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I hate being so far from the metro station but at least I'll have bus stops nearby. Ugh. I need a car. Sharing a car is just too tough. Gotta get out of debt first though, and the wife's job will help that out a lot. But I DO look forward to Gaithersburg snows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 It's 80 degrees in Louisiana today. Can it be the 10th yet so I can live in the cold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 4 hours ago, North Balti Zen said: CWG on the Gatlinburg fire: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/29/worst-possible-conditions-residents-flee-gaitlinburg-tenn-as-flames-lick-roads/?postshare=281480435663460&tid=ss_tw#comments My FIL posted some photos from up in North GA. They have a house up there in Sky Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 the images from that area are stunning. Just awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 29 minutes ago, H2O said: the images from that area are stunning. Just awful Yep, terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 5 hours ago, supernovasky said: I hate being so far from the metro station but at least I'll have bus stops nearby. Ugh. I need a car. Sharing a car is just too tough. Gotta get out of debt first though, and the wife's job will help that out a lot. But I DO look forward to Gaithersburg snows! Shady Grove Metro is nearby and numerous bus routes go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 16 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said: Shady Grove Metro is nearby and numerous bus routes go there. That's good to hear. Looks like Gaithersburg will be the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 8 hours ago, Eskimo Joe said: Yes. Also miss out on marginal events where 100 feet or a degree makes all the difference. Gaithersburg or Rockville are the better spots. Very true. I live in the Bethesda/Chevy Chase area and it's not bad in terms of getting more snow than when I lived right in DC of course. But yeah, Gaithersburg and even Rockville are far enough out to experience notably more wintry weather than the closer in 'burbs and general Metro area. Same is also true obviously for ice type events. I'm maybe ~10 miles from Rockville (going up the Pike, that is), and I've definitely seen differences in the snow from where I live to there. For instance, during the blizzard I got 24" at my place, and was sort of riding the edge of the "dry slot" for several hours (though the snow never actually stopped here). Had I been a mere few miles up closer toward Rockville I'm absolutely certain I would have topped 30" easily. There were many reports over 30" up that way and more toward Gaithersburg. Not complaining at what I got from that storm by any means, but that's just one illustration of what differences there can be in location as you go farther north and west from the immediate DC area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Gaithersburg it is. Finalizing between two places. Both are about 500' elevation. That should count for something hopefully. On another note, rental properties up there are seriously messed up. We called probably 20 places, and every. single. place. raised the price on the phone from the advertised price. That is unheard of here in Baton Rouge. We thought we were getting scammed at first but apparently its standard operating procedure up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 maryland blows. Better snow locations in VA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Oh noes! Not the Cansips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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