The Great Snow Apocalypse of FEB 2010

[Bel air bird]

Oh and they are calling for snow on Sunday! lol

BTW, we better hope that all of this snow doesn't melt at once...Flooding will be a problem then.

Just checked models and it looks rather calm for now -Southern stream looks strong- will keep an eye on future events for everyone though!

[RShack]

Quick question: my car is semi-dug out but is backed into the space, so the exhaust pipe is in a snowbank. If I just want to run the engine for a bit to make sure it's OK in the cold, will rolling down the windows keep me from getting gassed with CO?

Edit: There is enough space cleared in front of the car that I can move it forward a bit.

Sure.

Actually, even in a closed space, new-ish cars have such clean exhaust after the first 30-60 seconds or so that people who try to use them to commit suicide from the exhaust can't quite do it. Once the car warms up, you can run out of gas before you kill yourself. (Of course, if you have some old dirty-running thing, that doesn't apply.)

[Miller192]

I'm never seen anything like this. I'm worried about my roof but there's really not much I can do about it. I'm not going to climb up there and start shoveling snow off of an icy roof.

We have a sunroom and the roof is slanted not flat so I guess that helps. I just can't imagine that they are designed to hold this much weight.

[The Wedge]

A lot of people are slamming the road crews...Wondering why stuff isn't done.

I don't think people understand the amount of snow out there and just how many roads need to get done.

And that they are trying to do it the most economical way possible, they're already way in the red from December. The real culprits right now are the businesses that are opening and with liberal leave in effect. Trying to play it both ways, forcing employees to either use their own leave time or go out on roads they're being told to stay off of...

[Mad Mark]

18th Street got plowed about 30 minutes ago, so VDOT lived up to its pledge to hit every residential street at least once before the second storm hits...at least in my neighborhood.

[ChaosLex]

I checked the SSA Emergency Line and I have tomorrow off as well.

If the feds are giving us a day off, things must really be bad.

[BaltimoreTerp]

That's what Harford County did on our court today with a front-end loader. Fortunately it's our neighbor's yard (not for him, obviously...), but somehow that was the only place along here that the guy did that to despite large amounts of snow in the street.

I guess at least they didn't plow over our driveway...

For the record, I'm about 5' 10"; that pile is at least a foot taller than me.

This is my favorite picture, though. The snow from around my car...

[twoBshorty]

Sure.

Actually, even in a closed space, new-ish cars have such clean exhaust after the first 30-60 seconds or so that people who try to use them to commit suicide from the exhaust can't quite do it. Once the car warms up, you can run out of gas before you kill yourself. (Of course, if you have some old dirty-running thing, that doesn't apply.)

It's a 1998 Toyota Corolla. Hey, at least it's too old for a sticky accelerator!

BTerp, that pile in your neighbor's yard makes the mound imprisoning my car look like an anthill. Good grief. Though I did help my roommate dig her car out today and while climbing around the front of it, I was on a pile tall enough that I was using the top of a handicapped parking sign for support. I remember well in the blizzard of 1996, my mom having to go rescue my then-6-year-old brother when he wound up in a snowbank so high he couldn't get out of it.

[scOtt]

It's a 1998 Toyota Corolla. Hey, at least it's too old for a sticky accelerator!

BTerp, that pile in your neighbor's yard makes the mound imprisoning my car look like an anthill. Good grief. Though I did help my roommate dig her car out today and while climbing around the front of it, I was on a pile tall enough that I was using the top of a handicapped parking sign for support. I remember well in the blizzard of 1996, my mom having to go rescue my then-6-year-old brother when he wound up in a snowbank so high he couldn't get out of it.

Ralphie! Wait! I can't get up! Ralphie!

[TonySoprano]

Oh and they are calling for snow on Sunday! lol

That's it ! I'm putting the word out.
I'm putting a contract out on that illegitimate little rat, Punxsutawney Phil.

Six more weeks of this ?!?

[cindyluvsbrady]

That's what Harford County did on our court today with a front-end loader. Fortunately it's our neighbor's yard (not for him, obviously...), but somehow that was the only place along here that the guy did that to despite large amounts of snow in the street.

I guess at least they didn't plow over our driveway...

For the record, I'm about 5' 10"; that pile is at least a foot taller than me.

This is my favorite picture, though. The snow from around my car...

Where again in Bel Air are you?
No need to travel to Nepal.We have Mt Everest where I live

[cindyluvsbrady]

I'm never seen anything like this. I'm worried about my roof but there's really not much I can do about it. I'm not going to climb up there and start shoveling snow off of an icy roof.

We have a sunroom and the roof is slanted not flat so I guess that helps. I just can't imagine that they are designed to hold this much weight.

There is a tin roof over my porch.
The only way to get the snow off would be to ciumb out my sons window and fall to my death
I am very worried.....but I am helpless

[tvz1997]

http://www.footsforecast.org/

Mr. Foot is worried that they have lowballed estimates for snowfall in this storm as most prognosticators have done all winter:

With BWI Airport as representative location for Central-Northern Maryland, the team projects ~1.5 liquid x 16:1 snow ratio = 24.0" by midnight Wednesday. We are concerned the ratio fpr areas north and east of BWI may actually end up at 18:1, as we have underpredicted ratios by 2" on 3 previous storms.

If we get two feet on top of what we have, we will have snow mounds of 10-15 feet from plowing that will obscure vision while driving for WEEKS no matter what sort of weather comes our way between now and then. I know the government has determined that we need to exceed 28 inches of snowfall in a single storm to offer federal aid, but I hope they make an exception this time and give the region some help.

[tvz1997]

There is a tin roof over my porch.
The only way to get the snow off would be to ciumb out my sons window and fall to my death
I am very worried.....but I am helpless

The trick is to shovel the roof before you shovel the sidewalk/driveway so that a fall will just leave you hip-deep in snow with a broken gutter.

[backwardsk]

[QUOTE=The Wedge;2043909]And that they are trying to do it the most economical way possible, they're already way in the red from December. The real culprits right now are the businesses that are opening and with liberal leave in effect. Trying to play it both ways, forcing employees to either use their own leave time or go out on roads they're being told to stay off of...[/QUOTE]

That's how it is for me. And it sucks to use vacation. But, I do feel fortunate that I'm salary and not hourly. It really sucks for people who have to go in or won't get paid at all.