That one looks like it's going to be all south.
We don't have anything predicted until Monday and the current forecast is only 50%
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That one looks like it's going to be all south.
We don't have anything predicted until Monday and the current forecast is only 50%
there are about five pages, some good , others not so much.
I thought I saw someone hanging out of that helicopter yesterday.
ETA the link!
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/med...210/index.html
NY--It's like that in North Arlington, too. N. Glebe seems ok, as does Lee Hwy and N. Quincy. In the neighborhoods, forget it. The front loader and plow/salt dumper that did work in our neighborhood cleared one lane so you really have to be alert for oncoming traffic. Tell you the truth, I'm grateful for it. Getting out of the house today and going somewhere in the car was wonderful.
It's beautiful outside, despite the snow. The sun is bright, the sky is so blue, and it feels warm... Really, you can tell that spring is around the corner (I hope we don't miss out of the crocuses--they should be making an appearance in a couple weeks)
The clipper on Monday is supposed to be minor---not much moisture associated w/it. Let's hope it dies out...
The sun was really warm yesterday. I'm so happy that spring is getting closer.
Biciclista, the roads in my community didn't get plowed in our December snowstorm, either. Well, actually, SOME roads got plowed.... ones on the Montgomery County side. On the PG side? No. One main road, a huge hill, has one lane plowed out, and that's it; everything coming off that road hasn't been touched.
I hear big equipment out there now and one of the neighbors said she'd seen a front-end loader in our 'hood. Another day of this, and I'd have called the media; almost did that today.
I did get out today (it's my mother's 87th birthday; duty, you know); another driver and I had to push someone's car out into an intersection because it was stuck on the side street. Our "potholes" are places where snow has melted -- perhaps because people have been spinning their wheels there -- with snow and ice 8-10" high around the "pothole." I may need new shocks after this.
Heard someone on the radio talking about Fenty's (the mayor of DC) snow removal program; he referred to it as "spring." His street hasn't been plowed yet, either; I feel his pain!
One of the Frederick county commissioners posted this on facebook to demonstrate some of the challenges they've been facing in their plowing efforts:
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...0_895803_n.jpg
My grocery store was well stocked with food tonight. But it had ice cream, so all was good in the world.
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._2997619_n.jpg
I missed that FB photo.
That must be out towards Adamstown.
I went to Weis today and it was fully stocked. I'm not much impressed with Bloom. It seems to be more of a market than a grocery store.
Meh. Weis always seems ghetto when I go into it, and I hate where it's located. Bloom's convenient for me and I like it.
He said it was Steiner Smith Road, whereever that is.
Oh, that heads down to Legore Bridge road, which means I've probably ridden on it.
Now to figure out where Adamstown is
Past the Bike Doctor towards Sugarloaf.
Still no mail delivery.
No mail since Thursday, Feb 4th.
They MAY come today - but usual Saturday delivery is after we leave.
Stupid USPS. :mad:
I have seen the mail truck in my hood.
I have to go dig out the mailbox.
Thing is, there are two boxes together, mine and the reverend across the road. If I dig mine out his automatically gets dug out too. I know there are teenagers over there who could do this.
My mailbox has become detached though, and it kind of just sits there.
I'm thinking I might dig enough to get to my mailbox, make a pedestal out of snow and viola!
We got mail yesterday and on Tuesday.
My mailman has come twice at least, I think - but he comes and gives me junk mail, because I guess they're not sorting mail - so one or two pieces of mail like the coupon packs, but not real mail.
And I don't care enough about junk mail for the effort that it took for the mailman to get out here - he shoulda just stayed home.
A front-end loader is on my street, clearing it!!!!!!
FINALLY!!!!
I'm so excited about this, I'm eating cupcakes to celebrate!!!!!
I had a cupcake earlier :)
Mr. Bobcat saw me trying to dig out the mailbox and came to the rescue once again. :) :)
Yay, Zen, for Mr. Bobcat! Should we be tying him up and throwing him into your tent, or do you have that already covered? :D
Or uncovered, as the case may be.... :D
Umm, Mr. Bobcat should definitely stay covered.
I wanna ride my bicycle!!!! Over 4 feet of snow here between the two storms. I've done 20 hours of shoveling since Saturday, but no riding in 8 days. I'm starting to have bicycling dreams! Tomorrow I'm going to order studded tires for my Crosscheck, which will of course assure that there will be no more snow! Pictures from Wednesday afternoon here while it was still snowing. That's four board fence, almost 5 foot high! It's a good thing the snow stopped when it did. My horses would have been very confused when their fence disappeared!
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Congratulations! A most excellent way to celebrate! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by owlice
7, I heard Vail's getting snow... Have fun out there.
I drove down to NC on Friday to have my race snowed out on Saturday. It melted by afternoon, so I went for a ride, which was nice. Sunday's race ended early with pothole-induced mechanical problems :(. Oh well.
I also wanted to cry when I went to buy groceries today and it started snowing again. Even though it wasn't sticking.
And it already stopped. So maybe we can be happy until the next snow storm? :p (Sorry to hear about your race cancellation).Quote:
Originally Posted by aicabsolut
Some of my snow melted and there are CROCUSES BLOOMING! There is hope!
Another band is supposed to come through later tonight, although it's expected to be minor (as in 1").Quote:
Originally Posted by pfunk12
It looks like we've got at least a week or so of decent weather for melting and cleaning up.
The vernal equinox is March 20th :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tulip
And we're almost 2 months past the shortest day of the year. :):):)Quote:
Originally Posted by Zen
Is your avatar a new photo from your race? I hope your bike is OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by aicabsolut
The new avatar is from a crit late last season.
The bike is ok. The hoods just slid down the bars from the impact, which caused my brakes to close. I wound up yanking them back in place enough that i could get rolling, but they were loose and low from the hit, so I stopped after I finished that lap to grab some tools. I had just put more carbon paste under the hood clamps last week when I changed the bar tape. At least the front wheel is ok and the bars didn't do something funny at the stem clamp. I am also glad the hoods moved and my injured shoulder didn't take the brunt of the impact. Plus, there was a nasty crash on the final lap of the race, so it was a good time to not be in it. Still, I missed out on scoring points for my collegiate team.
We're heading there Thursday! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Catriona
It's been snowing daily. Not a lot...but enough to make it lovely and the skiing awesome. This morning at Keystone, there were light flurries and it was sunny. The snow in the air and the new snow on the trail were glistening in the sunlight like diamonds. It was the coolest thing I have ever seen here.
(no pix however, cuz it was also danged cold and the mittens stayed on and the camera stayed mostly in my pocket!)
Here's what the W&OD looks like in Vienna:
http://wandodtrailreport.blogspot.com/
From what I've read (http://bikearlingtonforum.com/forum.php) and heard, it seems like it'll be awhile before the DC area MUTs are cleared of the mess.
DH has been running at Haines Point and I might join him on the bike if he heads down there tomorrow am.
The good news is that the piles are receding and the more shaded parts of our roofs are just about clear of snow. I love seeing the streets get wider---by inches---every day we get some melt. The dogs have a snow cave under our azaleas out back (they like going out there and pretending to be wolves!), so there will be three very sad golden retrievers when their fortress disappears! That said, they will have a backyard full of mud to romp in and eat (a delicacy they discovered earlier this winter: cold or frozen mud).
BTW, only three more weeks until DST starts...
Here's a local MTB Trail
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...FlatsTrail.jpg
There's one more good snow in store. You heard it here first.
Made it outside today! On the roads! Got a bit wet and came home pretty filthy. No shoulders to speak of. Hit a couple mild slush patches. Good times. Drivers (most) seemed to be a bit nicer too. Hard to tell me to get on the path/shoulder/sidewalk when it's still under a ton of snow. A couple people still felt the need to honk, yell, and shake fists. Whatever.
I did the N2 ride today but instead of leaving at the normal 7:30 time, I joined a few of the guys and we did it at 9:30. We had an incident with a driver on River Road. He flew by us beeping his horn and then he cut in front of us and stopped. When we caught up to him, he took off and then stopped again. Then he was weaving back and forth so we couldn't get in front of him. And believe me, I was not about to go anywhere near him. It was ridiculous. One of the guys commented that he's probably been stuck in traffic 3 hours each day this week so he was taking his anger out on us.
It was nice to do a long ride but it is no fun cleaning the bike.
That guy is dangerous and should have been reported.
Didn't you read this thread?
I knew about the California incident and one of the guys said that what the motorist was doing was exactly like that. Only one of our riders got close enough to his vehicle. The rest of us stayed way back and didn't want to mess with the fool (or make it look like we were messing with him). We yelled to our guy to get his license plate but he didn't get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zen
I had the opposite experience today. Out on River, a guy was lost or something and after he passed me, he started going really slowly, especially down the hills, but then he'd go for a bit, then slow down again. There was another car following him who put its hazard lights on. I was confused and stayed way back to avoid being sprayed from the wet road. Eventually, they "pulled over" (not really b/c of the snow) and let me pass. The guy in the front car yelled "sorry!" as I went by. Weird, but nice, I guess.
I was soooo hoping to get in a ride today; I haven't ridden since Feb 5, and that was just a few miles. (I'd fallen the weekend before on my snowy driveway, so the ride hurt some, but I was glad I got in a little ride.) I had homework (dang it!) that took MUCH longer than I thought it would; I'd hoped to finish it yesterday.
I might take my bike with me to work tomorrow and try to get in a quick ride before it rains (probably over at Hains Point).