H2O Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 There was a horrible wreck near me last night that I got stuck in. It appears a car didn’t yield to a fire truck out on a call. Def see a lot of that where cars just don’t move out of the way or stop to allow EMTs to pass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdhokie Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Baltimorewx said: I dont know that its Covid related....I just think its a multitude of things. The number of people on the roads increases by day, there are more potential distractions than ever and I think in general people just are becoming more aggressive/lack of being carful and taking more risks in just about everything they do. Then combine all the mental health issues, substance abuse etc. Its not going to get better I dont think Ill say that. Everyone is on edge after so many below average snowfall winters 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 7 hours ago, mdhokie said: I've been WFH for 6 years and don't miss the commute one bit. Feel like covid made people even worse on the roads. I LOVE being a delivery person so much! NEVER a dull moment! I'd LOVE to try delivery in Tahoe in January in a super Nino! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 4:20 PM, mappy said: It’s amazing to me how very basic driving skills, like turning to look over your shoulder when going to change lanes, is lost on people. A quick glance could have saved lives. On 3/23/2023 at 4:28 PM, H2O said: I’ve been trying to get my daughter to learn this as she starts driving. Mirrors can’t always give the full picture and prevent two people merging into the same lane at the same time. You have to look. So, BOTH of my parents (and particularly my mother), used to literally SCREAM at me while giving me driving lessons back in the mid-late 80s -- "DON'T you dare look back over your shoulder(s), and ONLY use your mirrors!!!" Patently, NO. Sorry. I pushed back on that back then (and sometimes lost my driving privileges with my parents' cars because of my "insolence"), and I continue to do so today. And like @H2O, I absolutely refused to teach my sons my parents' fool-hardy approach, when they were learning to drive in the DMV a decade or so ago. You can still safely take a half-second glance back over EITHER one of your shoulders to switch lanes...and you NEED to in a major metro area, with the kind of traffic that we all have to deal with, from way north of Baltimore, to way south of Richmond. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Can You Dig It?!!!!!! This is definitely not to be missed, folks! THE GREAT DIG OUT AT PALISADES! I wub this ski resort so much! I am beside myself with sublime JOY, about all the deep snowpack Tahoe has to offer! https://blog.palisadestahoe.com/general/photo-gallery-the-great-dig-out-at-palisades/ Don't forget, they got ANOTHER 2-3 FEET of cold blower POW on the way starting late Monday, you heard that right! This upcoming Monday - EVEN MORE HEAVY POWDER SNOW for Palisades! The dig-out on KT-22 is truly iconic of this season! I wish I could go up there and show those folks how to dig that snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 3 hours ago, vastateofmind said: So, BOTH of my parents (and particularly my mother), used to literally SCREAM at me while giving me driving lessons back in the mid-late 80s -- "DON'T you dare look back over your shoulder(s), and ONLY use your mirrors!!!" Patently, NO. Sorry. I pushed back on that back then (and sometimes lost my driving privileges with my parents' cars because of my "insolence"), and I continue to do so today. And like @H2O, I absolutely refused to teach my sons my parents' fool-hardy approach, when they were learning to drive in the DMV a decade or so ago. You can still safely take a half-second glance back over EITHER one of your shoulders to switch lanes...and you NEED to in a major metro area, with the kind of traffic that we all have to deal with, from way north of Baltimore, to way south of Richmond. yeah - only using your mirrors is really bad advice. Also - real city driving requires 100% focus. The number of folks driving in DC proper I see on their phones is just astounding. You have to be paying attention to everything - all the other vehicles (where they might stop suddenly for no apparent reason), pedestrians, bikes, delivery trucks, emergency vehicles, buses, etc etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 To @vastateofmind...wishing you Happy Birthday, from a fellow March 25th-er!! Not sure about you, but strangely, I've found my birthday to be either kind or cruel some years. March in general seems to be that way to me. Something fun or good that day, or something unpleasant or downright awful. Kind of a strange contrast! On the lousy end, I've had chicken pox over my birthday, I have been mugged on that day (still a very vivid memory), and I saw Purdue (in 1988) get knocked out of the tournament in a year they were widely thought to go to the Final 4! But...I've had some very fun times with friends and family that I also remember, people who helped make it a good day for me, took me out, etc. I guess because of all that, I have always felt that everyone should be entitled to enjoy something special or fun on their birthday. Doesn't have to be anything big, but just to have a great day! So...have a great birthday and a fun time for yourself! I actually wrote a sort of free-form poem in 2020 about when I got mugged, 30 years before. I had been meaning to write about the incident for some time but never got around to it until then, thinking that "30 years" would be a good time to do it. I completed it appropriately (and purposely) right on March 25, 2020 after working on it for a couple of months. Though I don't think of it so much anymore, I was amazed how much detail I still can remember about it. It was actually a bit cathartic to put it all into words, a bit of closure in a way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Happy birthday! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Happy Birthdays! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Happy birthday! As a big east fan, really happy to see two teams in the elite eight. Let’s go UCONN and Creighton! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Happy Birthday!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 yoinks 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 13 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said: yoinks That's some high-end stuff. Awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 29 minutes ago, MN Transplant said: That's some high-end stuff. Awful. Terrible. F3-F4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted March 25, 2023 Author Share Posted March 25, 2023 1 minute ago, WxUSAF said: Terrible. F3-F4? Likely at least higher-end of EF-4 IMO. Surveys will determine actual rating, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09-10 analogy Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Rolling Fork’s town water tower got pulled up out of the ground and snapped. Like the proverbial piece of straw. Some hardwood trees completely debarked. Lots of comparisons I’m reading this morning to Mayfield, total path length excepted. Seems like an EF4 candidate for sure. Edit: water tower about 1:20 into the posted drone footage. Seems to be some question as to how well it was anchored. Ratings aside, just devastating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 8 hours ago, nj2va said: Happy birthday! As a big east fan, really happy to see two teams in the elite eight. Let’s go UCONN and Creighton! Yessss let’s go HUSKIES MD women also made it to the elite eight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Sipping on an LTO High Rye, a Barrel aged Imperial Stout from Ten Eyck. Outstanding. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormfly Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 What boring ass weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 13 minutes ago, Stormfly said: What boring depressing ass weather! FYP 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbler86 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Gutsy comeback by the Caps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbler86 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said: Gutsy comeback by the Caps! And....then they do a Cap thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 8 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said: Yessss let’s go HUSKIES MD women also made it to the elite eight UConn is embarrassing Gonzaga in this game. Up 31 points, wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Just now, nj2va said: UConn is embarrassing Gonzaga in this game. Up 31 points, wow. blowing the doors off - goodness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Just now, pazzo83 said: blowing the doors off - goodness UConn has been so impressive the whole tournament so far. But to do this against Gonzaga is another level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, nj2va said: UConn has been so impressive the whole tournament so far. But to do this against Gonzaga is another level lookin like that 2014 team... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Also Gonzaga is missing basically everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 13 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said: And....then they do a Cap thing. Always nice for a Capitals loss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 4 minutes ago, pazzo83 said: Also Gonzaga is missing basically everything. 15 total points in the 2nd half lol. They’re going to be like 20 points below their lowest scoring game all season. And they missed a lot of FTs it feels like too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 What an unbelievable run. Absolute domination. I was in shock. They were flooring it from the moment the ball was inbounded in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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