Enough with the snow already

[Cataboo]

4wd doesn't allow you to keep driving at 60 mph in slipper conditions either.

I didn't go more than a few miles last Saturday before the roads were clear, and my subaru wasn't doing great at turning.

I kept off the roads mostly though.


Breckenridge typically grooms really well, so there will be great groomer skiing there. I didn't go by keystone in Dec when I was out there, but it's usually icy at the best of times.

[ny biker]

I am mentally preparing myself to shovel out this weekend. But this is what I'm worried about:

My sister's birthday is Feb 10. My father and I have often commented that we usually get snow somewhere between her birthday and Valentine's Day. And every few years we get a blizzard somewhere between her birthday and President's Day.

But this next storm is coming on Feb 6!! So is the traditional blizzard just a bit early, or will we get another one in a week or two?????

[Selkie]

I am mentally preparing myself to shovel out this weekend. But this is what I'm worried about:

My sister's birthday is Feb 10. My father and I have often commented that we usually get snow somewhere between her birthday and Valentine's Day. And every few years we get a blizzard somewhere between her birthday and President's Day.

But this next storm is coming on Feb 6!! So is the traditional blizzard just a bit early, or will we get another one in a week or two?????

The final indignity: I turn 47 on 6 February. Yes, one of the most anti-snow people in the DC area will have a BLIZZARD (and not the DQ kind) as her birthday present!

Let's hope this is IT.

[Zen]

i think I heard something about a second storm...

[Cataboo]

I'm gonna be sleeping with my pj's inside out to try to get a 2nd storm.

[Selkie]

Just got an email from the milkman---they are starting Friday delivers tonight! Thank goodness because I was afraid we'd miss out on our weekly "moo juice fix."

Just keep your fingers crossed that you don't lose power because it's supposed to be a heavy snow.

[spokewench]

I'm feeling for you all. After the 5 feet in 5 days, we got all shoveled out except for the roof. It's been almost 2 weeks now since the last storm, but we've only got about 1/2 the roof shoveled off. 1/2 to go.

More snow to come this weekend too, but I'm hopeful, it doesn't look like it will amount to much.

spoke

[ny biker]

I am mentally preparing myself to shovel out this weekend. But this is what I'm worried about:

My sister's birthday is Feb 10. My father and I have often commented that we usually get snow somewhere between her birthday and Valentine's Day. And every few years we get a blizzard somewhere between her birthday and President's Day.

But this next storm is coming on Feb 6!! So is the traditional blizzard just a bit early, or will we get another one in a week or two?????

I would like to make one thing perfectly clear: when I wrote this, I was not asking for yet another ****ing snow storm!

My sister will celebrate her 50th birthday during our next storm. Apparently Mother Nature has decided to make it memorable for all of us.

[owlice]

The decrepit cat does have a name; he regularly hisses at me (though I've been feeding him for a few years now), so his name is Alger Hiss. That's one thing -- the name -- that my someday-will-be-ex-husband left behind that I don't mind holding on to!

I spent over seven hours -- seven hours out of my life that I will never get back -- shoveling over the past three days. I.hurt.EVERYwhere. I was able to back my car ever so carefully down my driveway without dragging the sagging phone lines with me. I went to the store because I absolutely, positively had to buy cat food. And chocolate, because I ate the very last of the chocolate when I came in from today's first shoveling foray.

I usually like snow, but I DO NOT WANT ANY MORE! THERE IS NO MORE ROOM IN MY YARD, ON MY PATIO, OR ON MY ROOF FOR MORE SNOW!

[ny biker]

I will say this: experience doing 3+ hour bike rides is helping me spend 3-4 hours shoveling snow. Not helping physically, but mentally.

BTW I just read that the federal government will be closed again tomorrow. I haven't decided yet if I will go into the office for a few hours or if I will just work from home all day to save my parking space.

If they're closed tomorrow, I can't imagine they will be open on Wednesday. But then how can they be closed for 3 days in a row? Crazy.

[Possegal]

If they're closed tomorrow, I can't imagine they will be open on Wednesday. But then how can they be closed for 3 days in a row? Crazy.

The blizzard of '96 started late Saturday evening. The federal govt was closed Monday and Tuesday then reopened on Wednesday - even though metro was still only running underground so most of us weren't able to get into my place of work. Lots of people tried to get to their places of work though. The local governments then had a fit and said that their ability to clear the roads was hindered by so many more people back on the roads on Wednesday. The federal govt then shut down Thursday and Friday. And then Monday was MLK day so we were closed then too.

Ah, the blizzard of '96, I remember it well.

[HillSlugger]

I can't believe how bad Georgia Ave is up here in Olney, barely even one lane wide in many places with intersections being a foot deep and rutted, with no visibility. I worked from home today and there's no way I'm going to try that road when it's busy tomorrow.

[divingbiker]

The blizzard of '96 started late Saturday evening. The federal govt was closed Monday and Tuesday then reopened on Wednesday - even though metro was still only running underground so most of us weren't able to get into my place of work. Lots of people tried to get to their places of work though. The local governments then had a fit and said that their ability to clear the roads was hindered by so many more people back on the roads on Wednesday. The federal govt then shut down Thursday and Friday. And then Monday was MLK day so we were closed then too.

Ah, the blizzard of '96, I remember it well.

And that was after three weeks of being furloughed, wasn't it?

[divingbiker]

I've shoveled for six hours since Friday, and surprisingly I don't hurt at all. I have, however, been hitting the chocolate quite heavily also.

And I've got a whole Lindt dark chocolate bar and tons of clif chocolate brownie zbars (deliciously decadent when heated in the microwave) to get me through the next storm.

[Zen]

Oh, they can. I'm guessing you weren't here for the last blizzard in 97 or when Clinton was in office, the budget conundrum.

the decrepit cat does have a name...his name is alger hiss.