Three storms threaten to strike U.S. at once

Knight Ridder ^ | 1/05/05 | Seth Borenstein

[Terriergal]

several inches of snow could fall by the end of the weekend in the central Puget Sound lowlands, including Seattle

Oooooooh! Scary!

[Rate_Determining_Step]

Nice try. We do ok in the snow, considering that we have real hills here. This ain't Ohio.

[Terriergal]

>If it's slippery in the coastal northwest, STAY AWAY!

Now, see that pretty much is SOP here in the midwest. How come you other folks don't get it? :-)

[Terriergal]

Thirty below keeps out the riff raff.

Hear hear! And it's a good reason to wear fur.

[newgeezer]

Yippee! I can get out the snowmobile for the first time in FIVE YEARS!

With 6" so far and another 6-or-so on the way, that guy with his snowmobile will likely be surfing my neighborhood streets tonight. I suppose owning a snowmobile in East-Central Iowa makes about as much sense as owning a surf board. (Buying on the used market would seem to be the prudent way to go. ;O)

[Terriergal]

Women and minorities hardest hit.

Not this woman!

[agrace]

I trust you got home safe, hope my husband fares well in the evening commute which is predicted to be pretty icy also. Here in NE Ohio we're getting freezing rain mixed with an occasional snow flake, yuck. I'd much rather have snow. Definitely not more rain though - it's been raining here for a week, looks to keep raining for days more and we're currently under a flood watch. Woohoo, what fun.

[Terriergal]

Yeah I'm not sure why people invest so much in snowmobiles around southern MN/Iowa - so rarely do we get enough to make it worthwhile. It would seem to make more sense to get an ATV you can use all year.

[cake_crumb]

Since the tstnami that killed all those people in Asia has been discovered to be only the opening shot of the extinction of all life on Earth, we should demand our aid money back. What's the sense of helping disaster victims when they're only gonna die a few months from now? We're just prolonging the agony. It would be kinder to let them die of starvation and disease now, rather than make them go through more terrible natural disasters.

The money we save by not aiding the victims can then be spent on cholesteral and fat-laden foods, smokes, alcoholic beverages, SUVs and other unhealthy things, to ease our suffering whilst we wait for Gaia to strike the final blow on humanity.

[evets]

[cake_crumb]

"Come on......The end of winter just means the beginning of mud season!"

In the PA Outback we have 6 seasons : thawing mud season, greening mud season, warm muddy season, dry mud season (August), increasing mud season, and frozen mud season (frequently hidden by snow, ice or a combination).

[newgeezer]

Living in Vermont should be considered suffering enough! :)

Vermont's the only state of the lower 48 where the right to carry a handgun has not been infringed. How bad can it be? ;O)

[LibreOuMort]

Bring it on! I love to see Seattle crippled. The King County bureaucrats can't do their regular mischief. "...let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

[LibreOuMort]

so much for global warming.....

[wyattearp]

"Nice try. We do ok in the snow, considering that we have real hills here. This ain't Ohio."

I don't live in Ohio, I live in Seattle. I've lived all over the Puget Sound region for all of my life, except for when I was in the Navy. People around here seem to think that having 4-wheel drive means that they can do 55 on black ice. When it gets below freezing with snow or ice on the roads, the sides of the roads are littered with 4-wheel drive vehicles.

When it snowed last year downtown, this town was almost completely still. In downtown Seattle you are either going uphill or you are going downhill, without much in between. If people don't know how to drive in those conditions, they shouldn't drive. It is amazing how people will try to drive up or down a snow-and-ice covered hill with no traction devices whatsoever.

Ever driven over Snoqualmie Pass in a snowstorm? I've seen people get scared because they were way out of their league and stop right in the middle of the road, assuming that everybody will just go around them.

[newgeezer]

> If it's slippery in the coastal northwest, STAY AWAY!

Now, see that pretty much is SOP here in the midwest.

Right you are. Here in the midwest, for the most part, people do tend to STAY AWAY in droves (which is mostly fine by me :-).

[Wolfstar]

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!

ROFLMAO! You struck the right note of screechy sarcasm, LOL.

All the egghead meteorologists and dunderheaded reporters seem to have just discovered winter weather. In the meantime, some crackpot Leftists and Islamists are muttering darkly about how the south Asia tsunami "couldn't" have been caused by an earthquake. Nope, it had to be a nuclear test conducted by -- pick your villian.

But the real authorities -- Art Bell, Whitley Strieber, Richard C. Hoagland and their new age crowd -- haven't been heard from yet. If they're "remote viewing" the situation, their results are not in yet.

[Wolfstar]

Of course, here in Southern California, the TV weather folks told us it would rain all week. Right at the moment, the sun is shining and it's a gorgeous day here in L.A. Granted, more storms could be a'comin' -- but at least they're not blaming some contrivance like "El Nino" or "La Nina."

[sionnsar]

It is. Frequently we get ice underneath that snow, or just black ice. Couple that with a lack of road equipment (hard to invest heavily in a lot of equipment that gets used maybe once or twice a year), people's lack of experience in driving in it, AND our steep hills... yes, it gets scary.

Even if you're thoroughly expert at driving in it, you're surrounded by people who aren't.

Ever been in a city and watch cars slide several hundred feet down a hill, out of control? I have.

[Wolfstar]

...the most we've had in one storm in several years (10-16 inches)

There was a time when 10-16 feet would have been routine. Maybe there is some benefit to global warming. ;-)